2003年1月大学英语六级考试真题试卷 - 词汇

Part III Vocabulary and Structure

41. I have had my eyes tested and the report says that my _______ is perfect.
A) outlook C) horizon
B) vision D) perspective

42 He was looking admiringly at the photograph published by Collins in _______ with the Imperial Museum.
A) collection C) collaboration
B) connection D) combination

43. In those days, executives expected to spend most of their lives in the same firm and, unless they were dismissed for _______, to retire at the age of 65.
A) integrity C) incompetence
B) denial D) deduction

44. Others viewed the findings with _______, noting that a. cause-and-effect relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains to be shown.
A) optimism C) caution
B) passion D) deliberation

45. The 1986 Challenger space-shuttle _______ was caused by unusually low temperatures the launch.
A) expedition C) dismay
B) controversy D) disaster

46. When supply exceeds demand for any product, prices are _______ to fall.
A) timely C) subject
B) simultaneous D) liable

47. The music aroused an _______ feeling of homesickness in him.
A) intentional C) intense
B) intermittent D) intrinsic

48. I bought an alarm clock with a(n) _______ dial, which can be seen clearly in the dark.
A) supersonic C) audible
B) luminous D) amplified

49. The results are hardly _______; he cannot believe they are accurate.
A) credible C) critical
B) contrary D) crucial

50. This new laser printer is _______ with all leading software.
A) comparable C) compatible
B) competitive D) cooperative

51. The ball _______ two or three times before rolling down the slope.
A) swayed C) hopped
B) bounced D) darted

52. He raised his eyebrows and stuck his head forward and _______ it in a single nod, a gesture boys .used then for O.K. when they were pleased.
A) shrugged C) jerked
B) tugged D) twisted

53. Many types of rock are _______ from volcanoes as solid, fragmentary material.
A) flung C) ejected
B) propelled D) injected

54. With prices _______ so much, it is difficult for the school to plan a budget.
A) vibrating C) fluttering
B) fluctuating D) swinging

55. The person who _______ this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise.
A) originated C) generated
B) speculated D) manufactured

56. _______ that the demand for power continues to rise at the current rate, it will not be long before traditional sources become inadequate.
A) Concerning C) Assuming
B) Ascertaining D) Regarding

57. Her jewelry _______ under the spotlights and she became the dominant figure at the ball.
A) glared C) blazed
B) glittered D) dazzled

58. Connie was told that if she worked too hard, her health would _______.
A) deteriorate C) descend
B) degrade D) decay

59. We find that some birds _______ twice a year between hot and cold countries.
A) transfer C) migrate
B) commute D) emigrate

60. As visiting scholars, they willingly _______ to the customs of the country they live in.
A) submit C) subject
B) conform D) commit

61. More than 85 percent of French Canada's population speaks French as a mother tongue and _______ to the Roman Catholic faith.
A) caters C) ascribes
B) adheres D) subscribes

62. The professor found himself constantly _______ the question: "How could anyone do these things?
A) presiding C) pondering
B) poring D) presuming

63. Weeks _______ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.
A) terminated C) overlapped
B) elapsed D) expired

64. In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which _______ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely.
A) relieve C) reclaim
B) reconcile D) rectify

65. How much of your country's electrical supply is _______ from water power?
A) deduced C) derived
B) detached D) declined

66. She had recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company's client data, which she intended to _______ in starting her own business.
A) dwell on C) base on
B) come upon D) draw upon

67. The glass vessels should be handled most carefully since they are _______.
A) intricate C) subtle
B) fragile D) crisp

68. Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only _______ the crisis.
A) accelerates C) ascends
B) prevails D) precedes

69. He blew out the candle and _______ his way to the door.
A) converged C) strove
B) groped D) wrenched

70. Often such arguments have the effect of _______ rather than clarifying the issues involved.
A) obscuring C) tackling
B) prejudicing D) blocking