职称英语综合类：学习资料词汇选项练习8

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1. Philip Roth was hailed as a major new author in 1960.
5 q# E: d3 V& L1 b+ k9 yA) published
B) challenged
C) acclaimed
D) guided

2. He was one of the principal organizers of the association.
  g% h9 d& J+ v6 Z3 Y/ x$ aA) planners
  e  q8 O( H' ~( F, Y6 b! E; ZB) employees
C) actors
D) recipients

- F3 f: q- N6 r3. It is postulated that population trends have an effect on economic fluctuations.
& Q* h, w8 b$ w9 w  w/ q& UA) challenged
. p& H. l  |4 V) m8 dB) assumed
C) deducted
5 y, t) Z" N; ND) decreed

& d8 d2 S* R# ^" d: [4. This kind of animals are on the verge of extinction, because so many are being killed for their fur.
$ a5 I3 |  L+ B' kA) drying up
" z' w4 x' K3 \& q+ |7 SB) dying out
C) being exported
D) being transplanted
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2 w7 W( u4 ^/ Q2 U8 _+ D5. The train came to an abrupt stop, making us wonder where we were.
A) slow
B) noisy
& x0 l+ H( g: jC) sudden
. \. \: H3 r+ d" ~7 b* JD) jumpy
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+ F2 x- s4 h0 x8 ?6. During the Second World War, all important resources in the U.S. were allocated by the federal government.
A) nationalized
B) commandeered
C) taxed
D) distributed

  L2 u; B( D5 g. G% v7. The little boy was so fascinated by the mighty river that he would spend hours sitting on its bank and gazing at the passing boats and rafts.
7 G/ O" ~5 `) b$ u% [/ H9 @/ nA) very strong
! e, F+ |( f- ~7 v1 DB) very long
4 U* W5 u8 C6 N! k& JC) very great
3 M6 ?/ w( d3 o# V3 ZD) very fast

8. The stories of Sarah Orne Jewett are considered by many to be more authentically regional than those of Bret Harte.
A) elegantly
B) genuinely
C) intentionally
4 h1 }6 @: o) `5 a+ l0 ^- d; u) y' {D) thoroughly

9. The number of United States citizens who are eligible to vote continues to increase.
A) encouraged
, A' m5 P1 ?; p! Z# sB) enforced
C) expected
0 ]: _, E8 P  S7 b( w; p; GD) entitled
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10. Formulated in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine asserted that the Americas were no longer open to European colonization.
. O  [) s' v. A& iA) stated firmly
B) argued light-mindedly
C) thought seriously
D) announced regrettably

11. Smoking is not permitted in the office.
# t. I: e6 ^7 b& V/ DA) probable
) c, e& }  e/ {, k7 f" ]5 n- w& Y$ LB) possible
C) admitted
D) allowed
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; D- F8 c7 j: w5 P. t# g12. The chairman proposed that we should stop the meeting.
A) stated
B) declared
C) suggested
D) announced
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/ j5 p. E$ B" P3 h0 Y13. I feel regret about what's happened.
A) sorry
B) disappointed
C) shameful
D) disheartened

14. She has proved that she can be relied on in a crisis.
/ J- M8 s8 t/ s$ t$ NA) lived on
) |8 K+ W: p+ G; M7 LB) depended on
C) lived off
9 W7 E% m, S4 z4 lD) believed in

15. John removed his overcoat.
7 N( w6 _! c% S2 H) rA) took away
B) left aside
C) took off
D) washed off
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