2006年人民大学考博英语真题及答案详解.docxVIP

中国人民大学2006Part I Vocabulary Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one that completes the sentence or is the nearest in meaning with the underlined word. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.1. When I heard that Mrs. Thacher resigned, I called her. I wanted her to know that my heart was ______ her. A. for B. of C. in D. with2. Gentleness has been considered a ______ trait. A. boyish B. delicate C. feminine D. male3. We know that this is true, but ______ we recognize this truth only in our backward glance. A. all too often B. too often C. all too late D. too late4. The retiring professor was ______ by his colleague. A. criticized B. exalted C. driven out D. examined5. He is honest. His actions are always ______ his words. A. contradictory to B. contradicted by C. agreed with D. consistent with6. Life is never just ______. A. living B. being C. existing D. going7. The lady ______ her skirt by sitting on the seat while flying. A. disordered B. disarranged C. creased D. crashed8. You must always be ready to sacrifice ______ to duty. A. inclination B. tendency C. interest D. career9. In many countries now, smoking is not ______ in public places. A. permissive B. permissible C. permutable D. pernicious10. His pleasant ways ______ me into thinking that he was my good friend. A. deprived B. despised C. diverted D. beguiled11. ______ animals must be kept in cages in case they might hurt the tourists. A. Land B. Domestic C. Vicious D. Farm12. Almost overnight, Ames became a hero of environmentalists when his finding led to new and ______ bans on certain chemicals. A. regulations B. authorities