2012年TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列七

会计考友

The widespread and usually uncritical acceptance of this thesis led in turn to the assumption that application of science to industrial purposes was a linear process, starting with fundamental science, then proceeding to applied science or technology, and through them to industrial use.
  Z, d/ m/ M, r4 _; l2 o) R' \- @The word "assumption" is closest in meaning to which of following?
7 D- T( }- \  v6 m0 P' Y(A) understanding
(B) public awareness
0 P. D! h! p4 w6 J2 v' B(C) scientific knowledge
! ^2 m$ ]" K! Z% j(D) expansion

% H  p! y% E8 g7 P8 y6 f The most thoroughly studied cases of deception strategies employed by ground-nesting birds involve plovers, small birds that typically nest on beaches or in open fields, their nests merely scrapes in the earth.
  j- S9 S" ]" N- PThe word "merely" is closest in meaning to which of following?
3 Z$ X7 u" z$ }: H: y% C6 v(A) often
(B) only
" }: J. G' T4 }/ U* `. [' ?(C) usually
(D) at first
' e* C3 U$ s$ s7 G0 g6 _- F) R- z
One technique involves first moving quietly toward an approaching animal and then setting off noisily through the grass or brush in a low, crouching run away from the nest, while emitting rodentlike squeaks.
The word "emitting" is closest in meaning to which of following?
$ G( S6 ~$ M, S4 X9 F9 m8 D(A) bringing
2 A5 d1 O5 e6 i; z# g4 R# g' i4 C$ I(B) attracting
(C) producing
4 K# Y& l& n$ e(D) minimizing
7 s7 U1 i, h6 w9 _
4 I+ p7 j7 V0 `; tThe plover's most famous stratagem is the broken --- wing display, actually a continuum of injury --- mimicking behaviors spanning the range from slight disability to near -complete helplessness.
The word "spanning" is closest in meaning to which of following?
- I: m& i* B, W; ?# L" c(A) covering
! j4 ?- i0 @9 Z- b4 k, z(B) selecting
5 R- z2 S' ?# o/ w(C) developing
(D) explaining

; ]! R  M7 m4 K$ N3 C! z Few predators fail to pursue such obviously vulnerable prey. Needless to say, each short run between "flight attempts" is directed away from the nest.
8 m: n/ V; H5 m& L7 f) G$ G/ VThe word "pursue" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) catch
(B) notice
(C) defend
(D) chase
9 w+ T; u1 }" t8 G: A
A
' `; F5 k6 y; P2 Q- T B
5 Y; q2 X" q* g" W" | C
5 F. f* }1 m- R9 [6 n* {A
' h# W: c% I+ x% H8 WD