2008年职称英语考试词汇选项习题(二)b

词汇学习 四

每组词汇学习有15道小题。在每道题的句子里都有一个加底线的词或短语，请在四个选项中找出与加底线的词或短语意义最相近的一项。

1. Many fine cooks insist on ingredients of the highest quality.

  A)demand                       B)rely on                       C)prepare for               D)create

2. Since the Great Depression, the United States Government has protected farmers from damaging  drops in grain prices.

  A)slight                          B)surprising           C)sudden                       D)harmful

3. Cement was seldom used in building during the Middle Ages.

  A)crudely                       B)rarely                       C)originally                       D)symbolically

4. Nerve signals may travel through nerve or muscle fibers¹ at speeds as high as two hundred miles per hour.

  A)velocities                       B)impulses                       C)ratios                       D)atrocities

5. The poet Carlos Williams was a New Jersey² physician.

  A)doctor                       B)professor                       C)physicist                       D)resident

6. Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized³ branches.

  A)conventionally                B)obviously                       C)especially                       D)inevitably

7. We shall take the treasure away to a safe place.

  A)clean                          B)pretty                       C)distant                       D)secure

8. An important part of the national government is the foreign service, a branch of the Department of State.

A)a unity                 B)a division                 C)an embassy        D)an invasion

9. The child’s abnormal behavior puzzled the doctor.

  A)bad                             B)frightening           C)repeated                       D)unusual

10. There is an abundant supply of cheap labor⁴ in this country.

  A)a steady                       B)a plentiful                C)an extra                    D)a meager⁵

11. In order to improve our standard of living, we have to accelerate production.

  A)step up                              B)decrease                       C)stop                       D)control

12. Gas does accumulate in the mines around here.

  A)increase                       B)spread                       C)collect                       D)grow

13. Our plan is to allocate⁶ one member of staff to handle appointments.

  A)assign                         B)persuade                       C)ask                         D)order

14. Her behavior is extremely childish.

  A)simple                         B)immature                       C)beautiful                       D)foolish

15. We also want to use the water to irrigate⁷ barren desert land.

  A)hairless                       B)bare                       C)empty                       D)bald