2008 山西大学考博英语试题.docVIP

2008 Shanxi University General English Admission Test for Non-English Major PH.D. Program PARTI VOCABULARY(10 points) Directions: There are 20 sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence .Then put the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. Retail sales volume in local urban都市的and rural乡下的areas rose 57.8 percent and 46.8 percent, D over February 1995. A. individually分别地 B. accordingly因此，相应地 C. correspondingly相对地，比照地 D. respectively各自地，各个地 2. The attic阁楼was full of D a bronze buffalo水牛, a glass colt小雄马, and a lifelike peacock孔雀. A. deception骗局 B. deletion删除 C. digestion消化 D. decoration装饰 3. Few companies can afford to hire the most A people. A. eminent杰出的 B. emergent紧急的 C. emphatic着重的 D. envious嫉妒的 4. The fact that the earth’s surface heats C provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature regions. A. irregularly不规则地 B. infrequently嫉妒的 C. unevenly不规则地，不均匀地 D. unsteadily不稳定地 5. It is rare for so D an old man to get angry. 我觉得选B A. warlike好战的 B. temperate有节制的；（气候）温和的；适度的 C. vocational职业的 D. vulgar庸俗的 6. They need a couple of D young fellows to move the piano. B A. spacious宽敞的 B. stout强壮的 C. sullen 愠怒的 D. strenuous费力的 7. He was arrested because the police had found a large sum of B money in his suitcase. A. illiterate文盲的 B. forged 文盲的 伪造；假冒 C. hypothetical假设的 D. lethal致命的 8. These guitar players enjoyed success on a scale D by any precious group. A. unintentional 无意的 B. unnecessary不必要的 C. unworthy不值得的 D. unparalleled 无比的，空前的 9. A period of five days C before local fight escalated（战争）逐步升级into a full-scale war. A. engraved（使）铭记，雕刻