综合类2015年职称英语考试词汇经典练习(3)

　　1.　All the flats in the building had the same layout.

　　解释：layout n.布局，安排，设计 本大楼所有的布局都一样。

　　An arrangement or a plan, especially the schematic arrangement of parts or areas: the layout of a factory; the layout of a printed circuit

　　A. color B. size C. function D. arrangement

　　2、 The weather was crisp and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.

　　解释：crisp： pleasantly dry and cold: a crisp winter morning 干冷的，清新的

　　pleasantly hard and dry脆的, 干脆的,

　　A. hot　 B. heavy C. fresh 　D. windy

　　3. The walls are made of hollow concrete blocks.

　　解释：hollow：having a hole or empty space inside; not solid 空的; 中空的:

　　a hollow tree, ball 中空的树，球

　　A. big B. empty C. long D. now

　　4、 Our aim was to update the health service, and we succeeded.

　　解释：update： bring up to date; modernize 更新; 使现代化:

　　update a dictionary, file, law 修订词典﹑ 档案﹑ 法律

　　update production methods, computer systems 更新生产方法﹑ 计算机设备.

　　A. offer 　 B. provide C. modernize D. fund

　　5、 Her comments about men are utterly ridiculous completely.

　　解释：utterly：Completely; absolutely; entirely 完全地

　　A. completely B. slightly C. partly D. faintly

　　6.　Every week the magazine presents the profile of a well-known sports personality.

　　解释：profile：brief biography of sb 人物简介

　　description of sth in a newspaper article, broadcast program, etc 人物或事物之简介, 概况, 传略

　　A. success B. description C. evidence D. plan

　　7、 He has been granted asylum in France.

　　解释：asylum：safety; refuge 安全; 庇护: A place offering protection and safety

　　ask for/be granted political asylum, i.e. protection given to a political refugee by a foreign country 请求[准予]政治避难.

　　A. power B. relief C. protection D. license

　　8.　When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldnt resist having a peep.

　　解释：peep: short quick look, esp. a secret or sly one

　　一瞥; 偷看; 窥视:

　　have a peep through the window 隔着窗户偷看

　　A. chance B. visit C. look D. try

　　9、She moves from one exotic location to another.

　　解释：exotic：striking or attractive because colorful or unusual

　　醒目的, 吸引人的, 漂亮的:

　　exotic plumage 别致的羽毛 exotic clothes 奇装异服.

　　A. unusual 　B. familiar 　C. similar D. proper

　　10. We almost ran into a Rolls-Royce that pulled out in front of us without signaling.

　　解释：ran into：

　　If a vehicle runs into something, it accidentally hits it or crashes into it.

　　 If you run into problems or difficulties, you unexpectedly begin to experience them.

　　 ran into: encounter, bump into

　　If you run into someone, you meet them unexpectedly

　　A. overtook B. hit C. passed D. found

　　Overtake: pass 追上, 超越