2014年职称英语考试理工类词汇选择练习题及答案(2)

　　1.Loud noises can be annoying.

　　A) hateful

　　B)painful

　　C)horrifying

　　D)irritating

　　2.Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately controlled and modified.

　　A) sufficiently

　　B)noticeably

　　C)intentionally

　　D)absolutely

　　3.The Constitutions vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change.

　　A) imprecise

　　B)concise

　　C) unpolished

　　D)elementary

　　4.The expedition reached the summit at 10：30 that morning.

　　A)top of the mountain

　　B)bottom of the mountain

　　C)starting point

　　D)site

　　5.The latest census is encouraging.

　　A) count

　　B)statement

　　C)agreement

　　D)estimate

　　6.Academic records from otller instimtions often become part of a universitys official file and can neither be returned to a student nor duplicated.

　　A)borrowed

　　B)purchased

　　C)copied

　　D)rewritten

　　7.While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s，Barbara Jordan supported legislation to ban discrimination and to deal with environmental problems.

　　A)list

　　B)forbid

　　C)handle

　　8.Gambling is lawful in Nevada.

　　A)legal

　　B)irresistible

　　C)enjoyable

　　D) profitable

　　9.They always mock me because I am ugly.

　　A) smile at

　　B)look down on

　　C)belittle

　　D) laugh at

　　10.These are our motives for doing it.

　　A) reason

　　B)arguments

　　C)targets

　　D)stimuli

　　11.It was a question of making sure that certain needs were addressed，notably in the pensions area.

　　A) noticeably

　　B)remarkably

　　C)particularly

　　D)significantly

　　12.His new girlfriend had omitted to tell him that she was married.

　　A)forgotten

　　B)failed

　　C)deleted

　　D)left out

　　13.Many of their ideas are being incorporated into orthodox medical treatment

　　A) acceptable

　　B)conservative

　　C)western

　　D)conventional

　　14.Charges for local telephone calls are outrageous

　　A) unheard of

　　B)unacceptable

　　C)unbelievable

　　D)ridiculous

　　15.Guests were scared when the bomb exploded.

　　A)frightened

　　B)killed

　　C)endangered

　　D)rescued

　　答案及解析：

　　1.D。annoying和irritating意思最相近，有使烦恼的使人不愉快的等意思。hateful有可恨的心怀不满的等意思。He is hateful to me.我觉得他可恨。Dont be so hateful.别这么怨天尤人。painful：痛苦的。I dont like hispainful look.我不喜欢他那副痛苦的表情。horrifying是恐怖的使震惊的意思。These were horrifying experiences.这些经历不堪回首。

　　2.C deliberately和intentionally意思相同：故意，蓄意地。sufficient： 足够的，充分的。This is sufficient for my needs.足够我用了。noticeable：明显的，易见的。There is no noticeable difference.二者之间没有显着差异。absolutely：绝对地。Hes absolutely correct.他绝对正确。

　　3.A vague：模糊的，含糊的。imprecise：不确切的，不明确的。concise：简明扼要的。Her letter was concise，omitting everything not pertinent to thejob for which she was applying.她的信很简明，省去了所有跟申请就业不相关的东西。unpolished：未经修饰的。She is reading an unpolished poem.她在读一首未经润色的诗。elementary：基本的，初级的。How can you expect to succeed without even the most elementary knowledge ofthe field?连该领域中的基本知识都没有，你还能成功?

　　4.A探险队在那天上午10：30到达了山顶。summit指山顶，与top the mountain意思相近。选项B意思与之相反。选项c指的是起点。D则指的是地点。

　　5.A census指的是all official count of the people who live in a country including information about their ages，jobs，ete.，即人I：1普查，与eotmt意思最接近。B的意思是陈述报告C的意思是同意;D的意思是估计。这几个词的词义与census相去甚远。

　　6.C duplicate和copy意思近似，表示复制。borrow：借。purchase：买。rewrite：改写。

　　7.B ban和forbid意思相近，表示禁止。list：列出。list a few reasons：列举几条理由。handle：对待，应付。 The speaker handled his subject concisely.演讲者对主题作了简要的论述。investigate：调查。

　　8.A lawful：合法的。legal：合法的。what I did was perfectly legal.我所做的完全合法。irresistible：不可抵挡的。tmusic is irresistible.音乐太动听了。enjoyable：有乐趣的。Was it all enjoyable movie? 这部电影有意思吗?profitable：有益的;有利可图的。We had a profitable talk.我们的谈话是有益的。

　　9.D mock：取笑，嘲笑。laugh at：取笑，嘲笑。It is unkind to laugh at a person who is in trouble.嘲笑有困难的人是不好的。smile at：笑。what are you smiling at?你在笑什么?look down on：看不起。Small boys usually look down on little girls and refuse to play with them.小男孩常常看不起小女孩，因此不愿意跟她们玩。befittle.：贬低;低估。Dont belittle what he has achieved.不要贬低他所取得的成绩。

　　10.A motive：动机。lllff,,~on..理由。There is nO reason to doubt his word.没有理由不相信他的话。argument：论据。There are many arguments against smoking.有许多论据可以证明吸烟是有害的。target：目标。ttarget of the new plan is primary education for all children.新计划要取得的目标是使所有的孩子都得到初等教育。stimulus：刺激。stimuli是其复数形式。Reduced tariffs are a stimulus to foreign trade.降低关税可以促进外贸。

　　11.C notably：值得注意地;特别。particularly：尤其，特别。I often do absent.minded things，particularly when Im worried.我常干些心不在焉的事，特别是当我焦虑的时候。noticeably：显而易见地。Standards of riving are deteriorating rather noticeably.生活水平正在明显下降。remarkably：显着地。Working conditions have been remarkably improved.工作条件得到了显着改善。significantly：显着地，在相当大的程度上。Sales levels are significantly lower than last year.销售额比去年大幅下降了。

　　12.B omit：疏忽，遗漏。fail：失败;没有能够。He failed to understand the real significance of it.他没有理解它的真正意义。forget：忘记。I forgot to wind my watch last night.昨晚我忘了给手表上发条。delete：消去;删除。t patients high fever deleted most of his memories.病人的高烧使他的记忆差不多丧失殆尽。leave out：遗漏;省略。She left out all important detail in her account.她在叙述中漏掉了一个重要的细节。

　　13.D orthodox：正统的;传统的。conventional：常见的;传统的。People still wear conventional clothes here.这儿的人仍穿传统的衣服。acceptable：可接受的。Some of the suggestions are acceptable.有些建议是可以接受的。conservative：保守的。Great Britain has three patties-te Conservative.the Liberal and the Labor Party.英国有三个党-保守党、自由党和工党。western：西方的。I dont like Western food.我不喜欢西餐。

　　14.B outrageous：凶暴的;令人不能容忍的。unacceptable：不可接受的。Mary left her husband because of his unacceptable behavior.因为丈夫的行为不可接受，玛丽离开了他。 unheard of：没有听说过的。You Callt do that-its unheard of.你不可干此事，从未听说有人干过。unbelievable：难以置信的。His guitar solos.are just unbelievable 他的吉他独奏曲实在太棒了。ridiculous：可笑的。That hat makes you look ridiculous.你戴上那顶帽子，看上去很滑稽。

　　15.A scared：受到惊吓的，恐惧的。frightened：害怕的，受惊的。killed：被杀死。All her five sons were killed in the earthquake.她的5个儿子都在地震中身亡。endanger：使遭到危险，使濒于灭亡。You will endanger your health if you work so hard.你太卖力的话会损害自己健康的。rescued：被营救的。She was rescued nine days after the plane crash.飞机失事9天后她被人营救。