2006同济大学考博英语试题.docVIP

Vocabulary 10% Directions：There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 1 How can personal income tax be levied to ______as many as possible while at the same time ensuring State finances do not suffer too much? A interest B benefit C profit D concern 2 To fund the ________event and also promote the marketing value of the National Games, the organizing committee set up the Marketing Development Department (MMD). A beneficent B expensive C costly D luxurious 3 Japanese workers still put in an impressive 42 hours each week but they are _______by the South Koreans and Singaporeans who spend an average 46 hours at the grindstone. A outdone B outweighed C outrun D outrivaled 4 This is an alarming realization as natural resources and the environment are being degraded and _________ at a record pace. A wasted B reconstructed C destructed D reversed 5 The elements of nature must be reckoned with in any military campaign. Napoleon and Hitler both underestimated the _________of the Russian winter. A severity B consequence C influence D threat 6 The company, EDS, is smart enough to _________ its 90,000-person workforce into independent microteams that work directly with individual clients on creative business solutions. A break out B break off C break from D break down 7 Most environmental ________ -- from climate changes to freshwater and forest habitat loss ---have become markedly worse. A symptoms B highlights C indicators D symbols 8 what we call nature is , __________, the sum of the changes made by all the various creatures and natural forces in their intricate actions and influences upon each other and upon their places. A in common sense B from a sense C by the sense D in a sense 9. Although the “on line” life style has dominated the majority of city youth, most people in the