2000年大學(xué)英語六級考試試題及參考答案(6月)(3)

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Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
    Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
    41.For many patients, institutional care is the most ______ and beneficial form of care.
    A) pertinent
    B) appropriate
    C) acute
    D) persistent
    42.Among all the changes resulting from the ______ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.
    A) massive
    B) quantitative
    C) surplus
    D) formidable
    43.Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
    A) ingenious
    B) empirical
    C) objective
    D) indignant
    44.Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into ______ ones.
    A) turbulent
    B) tragic
    C) vulnerable
    D) suspicious
    45.The ______ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike.
    A) incompatible
    B) exceeding
    C) instantaneous
    D) eternal
    46.She remains confident and ______ untroubled by our present problems.
    A) indefinitely
    B) infinitely
    C) optimistically
    D) seemingly
    47.Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______.
    A. simultaneously
    B) spontaneously
    C) homogeneously
    D) contemporarily
    48.The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ______.
    A) vain
    B) vicinity
    C) court
    D) jail
    49.Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family's budget.
    A) nutrition
    B) expenditure
    C) routine
    D) provision
    50.Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
    A) configuration
    B) constitution
    C) condemnation
    D) contamination
    51.There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.
    A) transmission
    B) transformation
    C) transition
    D) transfer
    52.I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
    A) guide
    B) entrepreneur
    C) consultant
    D) assessor
    53.The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time.
    A) treaty
    B) lease
    C) engagement
    D) subsidy
    54.The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
    A) pensions
    B) earnings
    C) salaries
    D) donations
    55.There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
    A) appliance
    B) accessory
    C) machine
    D) mechanism
    56.After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
    A) deteriorated
    B) dispersed
    C) dissipated
    D) drained
    57.No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
    A) deprived
    B) ripped
    C) stripped
    D) contrived
    58.For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
    A) depressed
    B) immersed
    C) oppressed
    D) cursed
    59.Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
    A) harnessed
    B) hatched
    C) motivated
    D) geared
    60.The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
    A) provoked
    B) irritated
    C) inspired
    D) hoisted
    61.The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
    A) advocated
    B) alleged
    C) addressed
    D) announced
    62.Although the colonists ______ to some extent with the native Americans , the Indians' influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
    A) migrated
    B) matched
    C) mingled
    D) melted
    63.E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that _______ well to human needs.
    A) adheres
    B) reflects
    C) conforms
    D) satisfies
    64.The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down.
    A) slapped
    B) scratched
    C) flapped
    D) fluctuated
    65.The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ?______ relations between the two countries.
    A) tumble
    B) jeopardize
    C) manipulate
    D) intimidate
    66.When you put up wallpaper, should you ______ the edges or put them next to each other?
    A) coincide
    B) extend
    C) overlap
    D) collide
    67.Under the present system, state enterprises must ______ all profits to the government.
    A) turn down
    B) turn up
    C) turn out
    D) turn in
    68.Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
    A) laid out
    B) laid off
    C) laid down
    D) laid aside
    69.We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
    A) compensate
    B) remedy
    C) supplement
    D) retrieve
    70.She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.
    A) decorate
    B) disguise
    C) fabricate
    D) fake