职称英语理工类B级词汇选项模拟习题(2)

　　1.We saw a lot of commercial buildings in Chicago.

　　A condemned B razed C business D vacant

　　2.Salt has been a respected commodity for much of recorded time.

　　A flavoring B preservative C remedy for illnes D article of trade

　　3.Pure feldspar is a colorless, transparent mineral, but impurities commonly make it opaque and colorful.

　　A truly B rapidly C periodically D frequently

　　4.In 1925 Clarence Darrow competently opposed William Jennings Bryan at the renowned Scopes Monkey Trial.

　　A adeptly B maliciously C privately D rashly

　　5.The Olympic Games attempt to transcend national interests and bring together the best international athletes in a spirit of friendly competition and peace.

　　A debate B celebration C instruction D rivalry

　　6.Each member of the committee helped to gather the information contained in the report.

　　A surmount B consig C compil D devise

　　7.In recent years people have become interested in purchasing gemstones for investment.

　　A works of arts B rural land C houses D jewels

　　8.Mosquitoes generally breed in swampy areas.

　　A always B usually C rarely D never

　　9.Solar energy is generated as protons fuse to form helium atoms.

　　A bred B conceived C developed D produced

　　10.Since rhetoric is the art of calculated polemic and has persuasion as its goal, can it be considered a verbal science?

　　A competition B objective C subject D core

　　11.The works of Walt Whitman had a lasting effect on the development of modern American poetry.

　　A an enduring B an unknown C a startling D a final

　　12 Not until his play Beyond the Horizon was produced was Eugene ONeill lauded as the foremost creative American playwright.

　　A compensated B secretly named C given preference D praised

　　13.A prominent advocate of woman suffrage, Susan B.Anthony lectured throughout the Unites States for the cause of womens rights.

　　A raised money B arranged meetings C wrote articles D gave speeches

　　14.Helen Kellers achievements as an author and lecturer were an inspiration to millions.

　　A editor B directo C correspondent D speaker

　　15.A corporation is a business organization that is formed to act as a single person and is legally endowed with particular rights and duties.

　　A by word B by law C laudably D liberally