2008年职称英语考试词汇选项习题(四)b

词汇学习 八

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.Philip Roth was hailed as a major author in 1960.

  A)published                       B)challenged           C)acclaimed           D)guided

2.He was one of the principal organizers of the association.

  A)planners                       B)employees           C)actors                       D)recipients

3.It is postulated¹ that population increase has strong effect on economic fluctuations².

  A)challenged                       B)assumed                       C)deducted                       D)decreed

4.This kind of animals are on the verge³ of extinction⁴, because so many are being killed for their fur.

  A)drying up                                                          B)dying out

C)being exported                                                 D)being transplanted

5.The train came to an abrupt⁵ stop, making us wonder where we were.

  A)slow                           B)noisy                       C)sudden                       D)jumpy

6.During the Second World War, all important resources in the U.S. were allocated⁶ by the Federal Government.

A)nationalized                 B)commandeered      C)taxed                 D)distributed

7.The little boy was so fascinated by the mighty⁷ river that he would spend hours sitting on its bank and gazing at the passing boats and rafts.

  A)very strong                       B)very long                       C)very great             D)very fast

8.The stories of Sarah Orne Jewett are considered by many to be more authentically⁸ regional than those of Bret Harte.

A)elegantly                 B)genuinely                 C)intentionally          D)thoroughly

9.The number of United States citizens who are eligible⁹ to vote continue to increase.

  A)encouraged                       B)enforced                       C)expected                       D)entitled

10.Formulated¹⁰ in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine¹¹ asserted that the Americas were no longer open to European colonization¹².

  A)stated firmly                                              B)argued light mindedly

C)thought seriously                                                 D)announced regrettably

11.Smoking is not permitted in the office.

  A)probable                       B)possible                       C)admitted                       D)allowed

12.The chairman proposed that we should stop the meeting.

  A)stated                         B)declared                       C)suggested                  D)announced

13.I feel regret about what's happened.

  A)sorry                          B)disappointed               C)shameful                       D)disheartened

14.She has proved that she can be relied on in a crisis.

  A)lived on                       B)depended on                C)lived off                       D)believed in

15.John removed his overcoat.

  A)took away                       B)left aside                       C)took off                       D)washed off