2016年南京农业大学博士研生入学考试英语试题及答案.docx

南京农业大学2016年博士研究生入学考试英语试题考生答题须知：所有题目（包括填空、选择、图表等类型题目）答题答案必须做在考点发给的答题纸上，做在本试题册上无效。请考生务必在答题纸上写清题号。评卷时不评阅本试题册，答题如有做在本试题册上而影响成绩的，后果由考生自己负责。答题时一律使用蓝、黑色墨水笔或圆珠笔作答（画图可用铅笔），用其它笔答题不给分。答题时不准使用涂改液等具有明显标记的涂改用品。PART I Vocabulary (15points)Section ADirections: Choose the word that is the closest synonym to the underlined word.1. The government slated new elections in the spring, largely as a result of the public clamor.A. demand B. view C. request D. opinion2. The most prolific writer is not necessarily the best.A. written-about B. productiveC. artful D. religious3. Imagine my vexation when they said they would come to dinner and then didnt show.A. enlightenment B. astonishment C. annoyance D. contrariness4. Any troop of wild animals should be approached warily.A. fearlessly B. confidently C. silently D. prudently5. There is little learning involved when one is reprimanded two or three months after the deed.A. recommended B. reproached C. recompensed D. reversed6. Archaeologists are interested in pottery, figurines and other vestiges of ancient civilizations.A. tracesB. shards C. products D. artifacts7. Packaging is designed so as to encourage impetuous shopping.A. extravagant B. careful C. impotent D. impulsive8. Pan of his general thrift is to be meticulous in verifying monthly expenses.A. painstaking B. dilatory C. meretricious D. gaudy9. The jurors came to a deadlock in the defendants trial for murder.A. a decision of guilty B. a decision to punish by electrocutionC. an impasse D. an unusual verdict10. Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless frequently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.A. guidance B. sovereignty C. authority D. suzerainty11. A mistake is rarely atoned for by a single apology, however profuse.A. extravagant B. produced C. divergent D. repetitious12. Her office in the First National Bank building is provisional.A. permanent B. temporary C. corrupt D. craven13. The burglars ransa