上海海事大学2017年《621综合英语》考研专业课真题试卷

2017

from the 4 alternatives attached: (40/150)

1.Only after I finished reading this essay did it dawn on me that the whole story about grebe s diet was

not a __________ of her imagination.

A. figment

B. fantasy

C. fabrication

D. figure

2.Cooper was delighted to learn that aluminum is the most plentiful metal in the earth s __________.

A. surface

B. exterior

C. crust

D. core

3. A detective story ___________ in the African jungle or Australian bush appeals to our interest in

remote places.

A. set down

B. set

C. set out

D. set to

4.The young, self-assured prince _______ power upon the death of the king.

A. assumed

B. consumed

C. resumed

D. presumed

5.The good news that his book was at last published left him with a ____________ of satisfaction in his

heart.

A. blaze

B. scorch

C. flame

D. glow

6.The writer was not used to speaking in public, but when the opportunity presented itself, he rose to

the ______________.

A. chance

B. circumstance

C. event

D. occasion

7.The new employee would be more popular in the office if he did

himself with the boss.

A. regard

B. identify

C. ingratiate

D. appreciate

8.The U. S. Government made a very _____________ excuse for conducting the experiments with the

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