2012年职称英语(综合类B级)考前预测——词汇选项

　　第一部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)

　　下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　1 According to some observers，television has acquired a disquieting monopoly over peoples leisure time.

　　A recent

　　B business

　　C noisy

　　D troubling

　　2 Professor Smith continued his research work and disregarded his colleagues advice.

　　A ignored

　　B deplored

　　C explored

　　D implored

　　3 Before the development of movable metal type in the mid-fifteenth century，news was disseminated by word of mouth，by letter，or by public notice.

　　A organized

　　B requested

　　C distributed

　　D limited

　　4 Corn，domesticated by the American Indians，was brought to Europe by Columbus.

　　A trained

　　B cultivated

　　C implanted

　　D reared

　　5 Of all the wild dogs，none is more closely related to the domesticated dog than the wolf.

　　A ordinary

　　B tame

　　C faithful

　　D hunting

　　6 The dominant theme in the music is of tranquility and peacefulness.

　　A major

　　B final

　　C copious

　　D sluggish

　　7 During their winter hibernation period，bears doze.

　　A sleep lightly

　　B lose fur

　　C go hungry

　　D have babies

　　8 The municipal home-rule system used in many United States cities gives a city the right to draft its own charter.

　　A enforce

　　B make revisions in

　　C draw up

　　D have

　　9 The Little Foxes，a drama by Lillian Hellman，was first produced in New York in 1939.

　　A play

　　B novel

　　C musical

　　D dance

　　10 The new wing of the National Art Gallery in Washington，D.C.，drew twenty-two thousand visitors on its opening day.

　　A captivated

　　B attracted

　　C entertained

　　D fascinated

　　11 Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft，rust too easily，or have some other drawback.

　　A property

　　B additive

　　C disadvantage

　　D disparity

　　12 A long journey in cold weather is dreadfully tiring.

　　A unfortunately

　　B terribly

　　C noticeably

　　D predictably

　　13 The manchineel tree has smooth，pale brown bark and long，drooping branches.

　　A spindly

　　B prickly

　　C sagging

　　D blossoming

　　14 A drop in the overall price of goods and services may signal a period of deflation.

　　A A freeze

　　B A pattern

　　C A fall

　　D An interest

　　15 The drought destroyed the crops in the Southwest of the United States.

　　A dry period

　　B precipitation

　　C locusts

　　D temperature extreme