2008年职称英语考试词汇选项习题(五)a

词汇学习 九

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.Although originally a German innovation, kindergarten got its real start in the United States as a movement to provide an improved learning environment for children.

  A)an easy                       B)a playful                       C)an open                       D)a better

2.There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of  performance.

A)beats                    B)matches                 C)maintains                 D)announces

3.The attack on Fort Sumter near Charleston provoked a sharp response from the North, which led to the American Civil War.

A)demanded                 B)elicited                 C)extracted                 D)defied

4.Illinois has produced writers such as Carl Sandburg, gangsters¹ such as Al Capone, and architects such as Louis Sullivan.

  A)violent criminals              B)politicians           C)musicians                  D)industrialists.

5.The towers of a suspension bridge serve as a rigid² framework to which the cables are attached.

  A)boundary                       B)skeleton                       C)enclosure                       D)material

6.The use of the chemical may present a certain hazard to the laboratory workers.

  A)protection                       B)indication                       C)immunity                       D)danger

7.Many economists³ have given in to the fatal lure⁴ of mathematics.

  A)error                           B)function                       C)attraction                       D)miracle

8.The development of the transistor⁵ and integrated circuits revolutionized the electronics industry by allowing components⁶ to be packaged more densely⁷.

  A)compactly                       B)inexpensively              C)quickly                       D)carefully

9.The leading astronomers⁸ of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were fascinated by comets.

  A)intrigued                       B)infected                       C)inconvenienced         D)inclined

10.In their productions, choreographers of modern dance have introduced humor, protested social injustice⁹, and probed psychological problems.

  A)solved                         B)explored                       C)involved                       D)disputed

11.They agreed to settle the dispute by peaceful means.

  A)solve                          B)determine                       C)untie                              D)complete

12.The children trembled with fear when they saw the policeman.

  A)wept                           B)cried                              C)ran                          D)shook

13.We were shocked to find that Mary didn’t know her guest’s name.

  A)frustrated                       B)disturbed                       C)relieved                       D)surprised

14.We have got to abide¹⁰ by the rules.

  A)stick to                              B)persist in                       C)safeguard                  D)apply

15.The river widens considerably¹¹ as it begins to turn east.

  A)extends                       B)stretches                       C)broadens                       D)traverses