武大研究生英语词汇复习整理.doc

Unit OneVocabulary Exercise Fill in the blanks with the best choice.1. _implies an active choice to cling to something, not passively being carried along out of inability to imagine anything else.A. Tenancy B. Tenacity C. Tendency D. Tenure2. In Egypt, I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx, smiling a (an)_ smile. An amazing journey!A. inscrutable B. sweet C. incredulous D. incurious 3. The elimination of _ was believed to be a prerequisite for any successful intercultural exchange. A. generalizations B. judgments C. doubts D. stereotypes4. The Pentagon was planning to launch a 24-hour satellite television channel based in Baghdad to make it easier to _ the news media “filter” that Bush Administration officials believe is misleading the public by emphasizing bad news about the occupation of Iraq. A. circumnavigate B. circulate C. circumvent D. curriculum 5. This class will provide you as a parent with age appropriate songs and activities to enjoy music at home with toddler that will develop coordination, balance and _ relationship skills as well as communication and cooperation. A. scrutiny B. spacious C. stereotype D. spatial6. It is a _ to say that the women who teach in India must know the language, the religion, superstitions and customs of the women to be taught in India. It ought to be the very same case for England.A. truism B. genuine C. tenacity D. similarity7. The _ of “white” in Chinese includes something unhappy. At funerals, Chinese pay respect to the dead and express their sorrow by wearing white and writing elegiac couplets in white paper. In the West, however, white is the traditional color for the bride at weddings, and to wear white at funerals would be offensive.A. configuration B. conjunction C. connotation D. connection8. The just-concluded election in Pakistan is simply a _ for continuing military rule, according to Selig Harrison, a leading US authority on South Asia, Afghanistan and the region. A. inflection B. faade C. ambiguity D. fabrication9. As television, and to an extent the internet have _further through our society, the effects are perhaps more significant than even we realize. A. perpetuated B. pervasive C. permanent D. permeated10 Theres this new girl coming to my school, and I like her a lot. I want to _ our friendship before I start a serious relationship. A. cement B. lime C. clay D. concrete Unit Three1. There was so much pain there, _ caused by both sides over the years. I didnt want to hurt them, nor they me, but the harm had been done and it was irreversible.A. inappreciably B. inadvertently C. inarticulately D. invisibly2. Strengthening regional economic cooperation is a top priority for many Asian countries. Interdependence among these different countries is becoming stronger - thanks to the adoption of a more open economic model. And now, Asian countries are making efforts to promote regional_, and in turn realize common prosperity.A. integration B. diversity C. competition D. integral 3. When people cant explain a new phenomenon using their knowledge, they will firstly try to understand the new phenomena using the logic reference of_.A. comparison B. analysis C. counterpart D. analogy4. If you mess up, its not your parents fault, so dont _about your mistakes, learn from them.A. wonder B. worried C. whine D. pester 5. The system was redesigned to embrace the network and eventually _ it in a profitable direction. A. adapt B. control C. install D. steer6. The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow _, particularly in western Europe. A. obscure B. obsolete C. optional D. overlapping7. From busy homemakers to professional people, many Americans enjoy the convenience of prepackaged meals that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less. On the other hand, many Americans recognize the value of _ art. A. cookie B. culinary C. cuisine D. cook8. The chairman of the board _ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ. A. compelled B. posed C. pressed D. tempted9. I am not _ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live. A. concerned B. compatible C. considerate D. complied10.A good education should train students to think for themselves. However, most of them are trained in the technique of examination under _. A. duly B. duty C. duress D. obligation Unit FourVocabulary Check A Choose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to complete the following sentences. Remember to change the form if necessary. thwart optimize infrastructure vestige warrant entail offset symptomatic aggregate retard 1.More studies on rigorous data are _ warrant _. 2.The progress of studies comes from hard work and is_ retard _by frivolities.3.Unforfunately, what the farmers had gained in the autumn harvest was _ offset _by the heavy losses caused by a snowstorm in the winter.4. The renewing of the _ infrastructure _ needs greater fiscal investments from the government.5.The _ vestige _of plan economy is being erased step by step. 6.The newcomer has gradually learned what is_ entail _in the position as a qualified salesperson.7. The disagreements in the nuclear negotiation are _ symptomatic _of the tensions between America and Iran.8.The policy by EU that imposes serious constraints on textile imports from China will definitly_ thwart _the bilateral trade in other areas.9.The Labour Party under Tony Blair won a(n) _ aggregate _ number of 356 seats in the presidential election.10.Policy makers and economists shoulder the responsibility of_ optimize _the use of resources.Vocabulary Check B Choose the appropriate word from the list to complete the following paragraph. Remember to change the form if necessary. evaluate eliminate return harness warrant expenditure foster maximize presume limitThe true rate of (1)_ return _ to education in China may be as high as 30% or 40%. Our knowledge of true return to education is currently very (2)_ limit _ as is our knowledge of the true rate of return to physical capital. More studies on rigorous data are (3)_ warrant _. A more factually informed knowledge base will improve government decision making. If governments (4)_ evaluate _ projects, whether they are human capital projects, or investment projects for dams, road, bridges or factories, they will make better investment decisions. Project evaluations play an important role in keeping good investments and promoting good projects and (6)_ eliminate _ the bad. The value of factually informed cost-benefit econometrics is extraordinarily high. Cost-benefit studies produce value for local governments, provincial government and central government. Research that creates and collects much richer data sets on the returns to all kinds of human and physical capital to guide policy formation will improve policy making. Creating incentives and developing capital markets would promote investment in human capital. It is not necessary to use funds from the center or (7)_ presume _ that education and skill formation should be governmentally supplied. Free up the labor market and the market for education would _harness_ the forces that promote acquisition of skills by (8)_foster_ the training of individual workers by firm, or encourage individuals to train themselves in the workplace to be better farmers, better factory workers and better managers. Otherwise, educational (9)_ expenditure _ should be increased and equalized across regions to (10)_ maximize _ the return on human capital investment. Unit Five1. The decision to opt for composting was made largely in order to reduce the need for water for flushing the toilet.A. sewB. sewerage C. sewage D. sewn2. The end product of such a course of evolution is an obligate that is inextricably linked to a particular host.A. paradise B. parasitic C. endoparasite D. parasite3. The situation for teachers without varies according to the circumstances surrounding the dismissal.A. tenure B. tent C. tendencyD. tenured 4. Garth doesnt work; he just lives off his .A. inheritor B. inherent C. inheritD. inheritance5. It causes many complications, including small placenta size, and low birthweight.A. stillbornB. stillbirth C. stillageD. stillman6. The market will goods that yield social benefits in excess of private benefits and will consequently produce too few of these goods.A. undervalueB. devalue C. underweightD. value7. The alert library media specialist will have recognized at once that is, after all, a kind of integration.A. majorityB. maintenance C. mainstreamingD. mainframe8. The new decoder uses an amplitude locked-in combination with a phase locked _ to achieve this breakthrough.A. loopyB. loophole C. loonyD. loop9. Geometrically, the inner product of two can be considered a measure of their similarity.A. carriersB. vectors C. agentsD. mediums10. They include a new way of controlling diseases, and of administering drugs to people with chronic diseases.A. waterborneB. aquatic C. waterbedD. enhydrous Unit SevenFill in the blanks with the best choice.1. The sea laughed and flashed and preened and allured, like a beautiful, _woman.A. coquettish B. vulnerable C. weird D. shrewd2. He has done me no harm, poor wrench, but he is an _ to me now, for he is Driscoll, the young gentleman, and I am aoh, I wish I was dead.A. eyelash B. eyewitness C. eyesore D. eye-opener3. Does any secret repugnance, or any _ dislike, exist between you and her family? A. hysterical B. hereditary C. incredible D. incredulous4. And so the sailors fled into the stern and crowded _ about the right-minded helmsman, until suddenly the lion sprang upon the master and seized him; and when the sailors saw it they leapt out overboard one and all into the bright sea, escaping from a miserable fate, and were changed into dolphins. A. amused B. amazed C. bemused D. obsessed5. There must be some good reasons for these _ of fate, but I have never sought to discover them. A. discrepancies B. discriminations C. disp