医学博士英语统考核心词汇题精练6_h

1、微信公众号：医学博士英语南京医科大学小白老师医学博士英语统考核心词汇题精练（6）1. The quality of preservation is outstanding, but what is even more impressive is thenumber of ichthyosaur fossils containing preserved embryos.(A) extensive(B) surprising(C) vertical(D) excellent2. Ichthyosaurs with embryos have been reported from 6 differen

2、t levels of the shale in asmall area around Holzamden, suggesting that a specific site was used by large numbers of ichthyosaurs repeatedly over time.(A) example(B) location(C) development(D) characteristic3. The quality of preservation is almost unmatched, and quarry operations have been carried ou

3、t carefully with an awareness of the value of the fossils. But these factors do not account for the interesting question of how there came to be such a concentration ofpregnant ichthyosaurs in a particular place very close to their time of giving birth.(A) record(B) describe(C) equal(D) explain4. In

4、 the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became thechieftruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the pianosupplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century.(A) a suggestion(B) an improvement(C) a dominance(D) a development5. A series of mech

5、anical improvements continuing well into the nineteenth century,including the introduction of pedals to sustain tone or to soften it, the perfection of a metalframe, and steel wire of the finest quality, finally produced antrument capable ofmyriad tonal effects from the most delicate harmonies to an

6、 almost orchestral fullness ofsound, from a liquid, singing tone to a ship, percussive brilliance.1 / 4微信公众号：医学博士英语南京医科大学小白老师(A) noticeable(B) many(C) loud(D) unusual6. Each one was virtually a stone town, which is why the Spanish would later call them pueblos, the Spanish word for towns. These pueb

7、los represent one of the Anasazis supreme achievements. At least a dozen large stone houses took shape below the bluffsof Chiaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico.(A) most common(B) most outstanding(C) most expensive(D) most convenient7. They functioned as sanctuaries where the elders met to plan festi

8、vals, perform ritualdances, settle pueblo affairs, and impart tribal lore to the younger generation.(A) sink(B) decide(C) clarify(D) locate8. Then, to connect the pueblos and to give access to the surrounding tableland, thearchitects laid out a system of public roads with stone staircases for ascend

9、ing cliff faces.(A) arriving at(B) carving(C) connecting(D) climbing9. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemnfilm became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.(A) simple(B) serious(C) short

10、(D) silent10. Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these earlyspecial scores was that composed and arranged for D. W. Griffiths film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.2 / 4微信公众号：医学博士英语南京医科大学小白老师(A) selected(B) combined(C) played(D) created(A) totals(B)

11、 successes(C) musical compositions(D) groups of musicians11. The Earth comprises three principal layers: the dense, iron-rich core, the mantle madeof silicate rocks that are semi-molten at depth, and the tholid-surface crust.(A) adapts to(B) benefits from(C) consists of(D) focuses on12. These plates

12、 move over the semi-molten lower mantle to produce all of the major topographical features of the Earth. Active zones where intense deformation occurs areconfined to the narrow, interconnecting boundaries of contact of the plates.(A) surface(B) sudden(C) rare(D) extreme13. New oceanic crust is forme

13、d along one or moreof each plate by materialissuing from deeper layers of the Earths crust, for example, by volcanic eruptions of lavaat midocean ridges.(A) edges(B) peaks(C) interiors(D) distances14. If at such a spreading contact the two plates support continents, a rift is formed thatwill gradual

14、ly widen and become flooded by the sea. The Atlantic Ocean formed like this as the American and Afro-European plates move in opposite directions.(A) separate(B) create(C) reduce3 / 4 marg微信公众号：医学博士英语南京医科大学小白老师(D) hold15. Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been ag