职称英语考试精选习题之词汇选项短语（4）

　　每组词汇学习有15道小题。在每道题的句子里都有一个加底线的词或短语，请在四个选项中找出与加底线的词或短语意义最相近的一项。

　　1. Many fine cooks insist on ingredients of the highest quality.

　　A)demand B)rely on C)prepare for D)create

　　2. Since the Great Depression, the United States Government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.

　　A)slight B)surprising C)sudden D)harmful

　　3. Cement was seldom used in building during the Middle Ages.

　　A)crudely B)rarely C)originally D)symbolically

　　4. Nerve signals may travel through nerve or muscle fibers at speeds as high as two hundred miles per hour.

　　A)velocities B)impulses C)ratios D)atrocities

　　5. The poet Carlos Williams was a New Jersey physician.

　　A)doctor B)professor C)physicist D)resident

　　6. Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.

　　A)conventionally B)obviously C)especially D)inevitably

　　7. We shall take the treasure away to a safe place.

　　A)clean B)pretty C)distant D)secure

　　8. An important part of the national government is the foreign service, a branch of the Department of State.

　　A)a unity B)a division C)an embassy D)an invasion

　　9. The childs abnormal behavior puzzled the doctor.

　　A)bad B)frightening C)repeated D)unusual

　　10. There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.

　　A)a steady B)a plentiful C)an extra D)a meager

　　11. In order to improve our standard of living, we have to accelerate production.

　　A)step up B)decrease C)stop D)control

　　12. Gas does accumulate in the mines around here.

　　A)increase B)spread C)collect D)grow

　　13. Our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle appointments.

　　A)assign B)persuade C)ask D)order

　　14. Her behavior is extremely childish.

　　A)simple B)immature C)beautiful D)foolish

　　15. We also want to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.

　　A)hairless B)bare C)empty D)bald

　　答案：A D B A A C D B D B A C A B B