2008年职称英语考试词汇选项习题(五)b

词汇学习 十

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.Most chemical reactions of an organic compound involve only a few of its numerous and bonds; the remainder stay unchanged.

  A)majority                       B)distribution                C)rest                         D)stability

2.The specific mechanisms¹ by which cortisone and similar compounds function are poorly documented.

  A)partially                       B)occasionally               C)inadequately                D)rarely

3.Can you account for your absence from the class last Thursday?

  A)explain                       B)examine                       C)excuse                       D)expand

4.A limited number of books on this subject are in the library.

  A)little                            B)small                       C)tiny                         D)low

5.The company recommended that a new petrol station be built here.

  A)ordered                       B)insisted                       C)suggested                  D)demanded

6.Jim has gained so much weight that a lot of his clothes don’t fit him any more.

  A)put off                       B)put down                       C)put on                       D)put up

7.Foreign money can be converted at this bank.

  A)altered                       B)changed                       C)bought                       D)sold

8.Government health campaigns have fostered an awareness² of the dangers in certain social habits.

  A)included                       B)discovered           C)cultivated                       D)discouraged

9.Evidence verifies that hearing problems may be alleviated³ by changes in diet and exercise habits.

  A)initiated                       B)cured                       C)complicated               D)lessened

10.The police contended that the difficulties they faced were too severe.

  A)argued                       B)predicted                       C)said                         D)suggested

11.The conclusion can be deduced from the premises⁴.

  A)allowed                       B)derived                       C)permitted                       D)come

12.Fruits such as apples and oranges are very wholesome⁵, and may be eaten at any time.

  A)normal                       B)healthy                       C)appropriate         D)proper

13.There are only five minutes left, but the outcome of the match is still in doubt.

  A)end                             B)judgment                       C)estimation           D)result

14.Long before the concert began, big crowds of pop fans had assembled in the stadium.

  A)concentrated                B)resembled           C)gathered                       D)dispersed

15.It is hard for the young people to imagine what severe conditions their parents once lived under.

  A)sincere                       B)hard                       C)strict                              D)tight