2005年12月大学英语六级考试真题试卷 - 词汇

Part III Vocabulary (20minutes)
41. It seems somewhat ___________ to expect anyone to drive 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting.
A) eccentric B) impossible C) absurd D) unique

42. This area of the park has been specially __________ for children, but accompanying adults are also welcome.
A) inaugurated B) designated C) entitled D) delegated

43. The girl’s face __________ with embarrassment during the interview when she couldn’t answer the tough question.
A) beamedB) dazzledC) radiatedD) flushed

44. Slavery was __________ in Canada in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the slaves, who escaped from America, to settle on its vast virgin land
A) diluted B) dissipated C) abolished D) resigned

45. Unfortunately, the new edition of dictionary is __________ in all major bookshops.
A) out of reach B) out of stockC) out of business D) out of season

46. The hands on my alarm clock are __________, so I it is in the dark.
A) exotic B) gorgeousC) luminous D) spectacular

47. Psychologists have done extensive studies on how well patients __________ with doctors’ orders.
A) comply B) correspondC) interfere D) interact

48. In today’s class, the students were asked to __their mistakes on the exam paper and put in their possible corrections.
A) cancelB) omit C)extinguish D)erase

49. The Government’s policies will come under close __ in the weeks before the election.
A) appreciation B) specificationC)scrutinyD)apprehension

50. Police and villagers unanimously __the forest fire to thunder and lightning.
A) ascribedB) approachedC)confirmed D)confined

51. In some remote places there are still very poor people who can’t afford to live in __conditions.
A) graciousB) decentC)honorable D)positive

52. Since our knowledge is __ none of us can exclude the possibility of being wrong.
A) controlled B )restrainedC)finiteD)delicate

53. You shouldn’t __your father’s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced teacher.
A) deduce B) deliberateC)defyD)denounce
　
54. The company management attempted to __information that was not favorable to them, but it was all in vain.
A) suppressB) supplementC)concentrate D)plug

55. It is my hope that everyone in this class should __ their errors before it is too late.
A) refuteB) exclude C)expelD)rectify

56. The boy’s foolish question __his mother who was busy with housework and had no interest in talking.
A) intriguedB) fascinatedC) irritated D)stimulated

57. Millions of people around the world have some type of physical, mental, or emotional __ that severely limits their abilities to manage their daily activities.
A) scandal B) misfortuneC)deficit D)handicap

58. It is believed that the feeding patterns parents __ on their children can determine their adolescent and adult eating habits.
A) compel B) impose C)evokeD)necessitate
　
59.If the value-added tax were done away with, it would act as a __ to consumption.
A) progressionB) primeC)stabilityD)stimulus

60. The bride and groom promised to __ each other through sickness and health.
A) nourish B) nominateC)roster D)cherish

61. They’re going to build a big office block on that __ piece of land.
A) voidB) vacantC)blank D)shallow

62. Without any hesitation, she took off her shoes, __up her skirt and splashed across the stream.
A) tucked B) revolved C)twisted D)curled

63.Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was very __.
A) faint B) obscure C)gloomyD)indefinite

64. Professor Smith explained the movement of light__ that of water.
A) by analogy withB) by virtue ofC)in line withD)in terms of

65. Tom is bankrupt now. He is desperate because all his efforts __ failure.
A) tumbled toB) hinged uponC)inflicted onD)culminated in

66. While fashion is thought of usually __ clothing, it is important to realize that it covers a much wider domain.
A) in relation toB) in proportion to C)by means of D)on behalf of

67. The meaning of the sentence is __; you can interpret it in several ways.
A) skeptical B) intelligible C)ambiguousD)exclusive

68. Cancer is a group of diseases in which there is uncontrolled and disordered growth of __ cells.
A) irrelevantB) inferiorC)controversial D)abnormal

69.At that time, the economy was still undergoing a __and job offers were hard to get.
A) concession B) supervision C)recession D)deviation

70.I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which __all other sounds.
A) overturned B) drowned C)deafenedD)smoothed