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2014年空军工程大学博士研究生入学考试——英语13- 1

I. For question 1-30, choose one word that is closest in meaning to the underlined word. For question 31-40, choose one word that can best complete the sentence. (0.5’*40)

1. Numbing terror overtook them as they witnessed the explosions.

A torpid

B tantalizing

C paralyzing

D sentient

2. The comic routines of Stan Laruel and Oliver Hardy involved pantomime and novel use of

props.

A original

B appropriate

C literal

D funny

3. Then, to connect the pueblos and to give access to the surrounding tableland, the architects laid out a system of public roads with stone staircases for ascending cliff faces.

A arriving at

B carving

C connecting

D climbing

4. Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a growing appreciation of the importance of biological diversity, the number of species in a particular ecosystem, to the health of the Earth and human well-being.

A recommendation

B recognition

C tolerance

D forgiveness

5. She also photographs away from her studio at various architectural sites, bringing camera, lights, mirrors, and a crew of assistants to transform the site into her own abstract image. At first she works only with objects, concentrating on their composition ; then she lights them and adds color from lights covered with colored filters.

A. arrangement B brightness C quality D size

6. Without a plentiful and convenient supply of some suitable writing medium, any very extended development of the arithmetic process was bound to be hampered.

A impeded

B concluded

C unnoticed

D rejected

7. Finally, there is safety in numbers at communal roosts since there will always be a few birds awake at any given moment to give the alarm. But this increased protection is partially counteracted by the fact that mass roosts attract predators and are especially vulnerable if they are on the ground.

A suggested

B negated

C measured

D shielded

8. It was the manner of expression, the satiric method, that made them interesting and entertaining, satires are read because they are aesthetically satisfying works of art, not because they are morally wholesome or ethically instructive.

A artistically

B exceptionally

C realistically

D dependably

9. Beads are miniature bundles of secrets waiting to be revealed: their history, manufacture, cultural context, economic role, and ornamental use are all points of information one hopes to unravel.

A communicate

B transport

C improve

D discover

10. Even the most mundane beads may have traveled great distances and been exposed to many human experiences.

A carved

B beautiful

C ordinary

D heavy