2006年12月17日英语六级考试真题试卷 - 词汇

Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
41. Grey whales have long been _______ in the north Atlantic and hunting was an important cause for that.
A) extinct B) extinguished C) detained D) deprived

42. He was given major responsibility for operating the remote manipulator to ______ the newly launched satellite.
A) retreat B) retrieve C) embody D) embrace

43. Foreign students are facing unprecedented delays, as visa applications receive closer _________ than ever.
A) irrigate B) intrigue C) irritate D) intimidate

44. If you are late for the appointment, you might _______ the interviewer and lose your chance of being accepted.
A) irrigate B) intrigue C) irritate D) intimidate

45. Children’s idea of a magic kingdom is often dancers in animal ______ as they have often seen in Disneyland.
A) cushions B) costumes C)skeletons D) ornaments

46. Ever since the first nuclear power stations were built, doubts have _____ about their safety.
A) preserved B) traces C) tracks D) trails

47. This clearly shows that crops and weeds have quite a number of ________ in common.
A) traits B) traces C)tracks D) trails

48. From science to Shakespeare. Excellent television and video programs are available ________to teachers.
A) in stock B) in store C) in operation D) in abundance

49. When the Italian poet Dante was ________ Florence, he decided to walk form Italy to Paris to search for the real meaning of life.
A) exerted B) expired C) exiled D) exempted

50. Habits acquired in youth-notably smoking and drinking-may increase the risk of ________diseases in a person’s later life.
A) consecutive B) chronic C) critical D) cyclical

51. F.W. Woolworth was the first businessman to erect a true skyscraper to _______ himself, and in 1929, Al Smith, a former governor of New York, sought to outreach him.
A) portray B) proclaim C) exaggerate D) commemorate

52. To label their produce as organic, farmers have to obtain a certificate showing that no _______ chemicals have been used to kill pests on the farm for two years.
A) toxic B) tragic C) nominal D) notorious

53. Ancient Greek gymnastics training programs were considered to be an _______ part of the children’s education.
A) intact B) integral C) inclusive D) infinite

54. Researchers have found that happiness doesn’t appear to be anyone’s ______ ; the capacity for joy is a talent you develop largely for yourself.
A) disposal B) excelled C) exceeded D) enriched

55. We want our children to have more than job skills; we want their lives to be _____ and their perspectives to be broadened.
A) envisaged B) excelled C) exceeded D) enriched

56. Online schools, which ________ the needs of different people, have emerged as an increase-ingly popular education alternative.
A) stir up B) switch on C) cater to D) consent to

57. This kind of songbird sleeps much less during its annual ______. But that doesn’t seem to affect its flying.
A) migration B) emigration C) conveyance D) transference

58. The developing nations want rich countries to help shoulder the cost of _____ forests.
A) updating B) upgrading C) conserving D) constructing

59. In the study, researchers succeeded in determining how coffee ______ different areas of the brain in 15volunteers.
A) integrated B) motivated C) illuminated D) activated

60. They are trying to ______ the risk as much as they can by making a more thorough investigation of the market.
A) minimize B) harmonize C) summarize D) jeopardize

61. The cycles of the sun and moon are simple but ______ forces which have shaped human lives since the beginning.
A) frantic B) gigantic C) sensational D) maximum

62. An effort was launched recently to create the first computer ______ of the entire human brain.
A) repetition B) repression C) saturation D) simulation

63. In the face of the disaster, the world has united to aid millions of ______ people trying to piece their lives back together.
A) fragile B)primitive C) vulnerable D) susceptible

64. AIDS is a global problem that demands a unified, worldwide solution, which is not only the responsibility of nations in which AIDS is most _______.
A) relevant B) prevalent C) vigorous D) rigorous

65. After the earthquake, a world divided by _______ and religious disputes suddenly faced its common humanity in this shocking disaster.
A) ethnic B) epidemic C) strategic D) pathetic

66. Psychologists suggest that children who are shy are more _______ to develop depression and anxiety later in life.
A) eligible B) engaged C) prone D) prospective

67. Initially, the scientists and engineers seemed _______ by the variety of responses people can make to a poem.
A)reinforced B)embarrassed C) depressed D) bewildered

68. Is it possible to stop drug _______ in the country within a very short time?
A) adoption B) addiction C) contemplation D) compulsion

69. The parents of Lindsay, 13, an _______ tennis player who spends eight hours a day on the court, admit that a regular school is not an option their daughter.
A) exotic B) equivalent C) elite D) esthetic

70. Our research confirmed the ______ that when children have many different caregiver important aspects of their development are liable to be overlooked.
A) hypothesis B) hierarchy C) synthesis D) syndrome