英语专业八级词汇专项自测题十套(1000题)By 朱晓慧(北大出版社)
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自测题第九套
I. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE
that best completes the sentence:
801. Dyes and stains offer no surface protection for the wood, which requires a final
coat of clear _.
A. vanish B. rill C. blueprint D. iceberg
802. We must find some way of paying off our rent _.
A. treadles B. arrears C. infirmaries D. funnels
803. I watched the birds through my _.
A. benchmarks B. chromosomes C. binoculars D. radiogenetics
英语专业八级词汇专项自测题十套(1000题)By 朱晓慧(北大出版社)
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804. When toxic fumes from the factory chemical spill began to drift toward our
homes, we were told to _.
A. evacuate B. excavate C. exhale D. exhort
805. The head of the department has a great _ for public speaking.
A. flex B. flax C. flail D. flair
806. They claim that the lack of collection _ into which rain and spilt liquids can drain
could contaminate the surrounding land.
A. aquatics B. sumps C. gauzes D. torsos
807. Missionaries travel all over the world to preach the _.
A. Gospel B. Gourmet C. Granary D. Gosh
808. He worked as a builder in Chicago and _ half his monthly wage to his family in
the Philippines.
A. refunded B. remitted C. reposed D. rebuffed
809. Spread the cream evenly over your arms and legs and _ it into the skin.
A. mastermind B. massacre C. massage D. message
810. The painter has managed to capture every _ of the woman's expression.
A. nuance B. hysteria C. bison D. bitch
811. She is one of the few professors in this department who have _.
A. bogey B. tenure C. cessation D. penitence
812. My idea of a holiday is to book myself into a five-star hotel and just _ in the
luxury for a week.
A. bellow B. burrow C. fallow D. wallow
813. Health inspectors _ the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.
A. castigated B. capitulated C. corroded D. debilitated
814. He was _ when he touched the bare wires.
A. slaked B. slaughtered C. enervated D. electrocuted
815. It's wrong that some people have a _ of food, while others don't have any.
A. beet B. surfeit C. gong D. rooster
816. In human reproduction, one female egg is usually fertilized by one _.
A. spike B. sperm C. spew D. sphere
817. She found him sleeping in a _ hanging between trees.
A. larva B. larynx C. hammock D. gut
818. Since its _ in 1968, the company has been at the forefront of computer
development.
A. inception B. hearth C. amnesia D. banter
819. _ is one component in several affective disorders, such as depression.
A. Manor B. Mania C. Mantis D. Manila
820. To make a Halloween lantern, you first have to _ out the inside of the pumpkin.
A. connote B. belie C. accrue D. gouge
821. He left what little furniture he owned to his landlord in _ of rent.
A. lilac B. lesion C. lieu D. levity
822. He went to strike her face but she _ his hand with her arm.
A. adulated B. parried C. harried D. griped
823. The ladder _ dangerously and I nearly fell off.
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A. controverted B. teetered C. deciphered D. derogated
824. Most political prisoners were freed under the terms of the _.
A. curator B. diocese C. amnesty D. inquest
825. Industrial waste is _ the environment.
A. deflected B. deployed C. detracted D. despoiling
826. In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in _ contrast to the slums of the city's
poor.
A. foolhardy B. furtive C. insidious D. stark
827. If the dam breaks it will _ large parts of the town.
A. inundate B. bootleg C. circumvent D. gird
828. Her later writing so lacked subtlety that it almost read like a _ of her earlier
work.
A. urn B. satin C. consortium D. parody
829. It is a _ of contemporary psychology that an individual's mental health is
supported by having good social networks.
A. tenor B. tenet C. tensile D. tentacle
830. The company's sales _ from $ 11 million to $ 160 million.
A. zoomed B. doomed C. bustled D. butted
II. Each sentence has a word or phrase underlined. There are four words or phrases
beneath each sentence. Choose the ONE word or phrase which would best keep the
meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined part:
831. The climate in the great plain is arid.
A. hot and dry B. hot and wet C. cold and wet D. cold and dry
832. The armaments race among the great powers is a threat to world peace.
A. arms B. army C. armour D. armature
833. He was assailed with questions after his lecture.
A. astonished B. frightened C. assaulted D. disappointed
834. Many of the old houses have wooden balconies.
A. stairs B. floor C. deck roofs D. verandas
835. Cotton is packed in bales before it is sent to foreign countries.
A. bundles B. baskets C. boxes D. loads
836. Out candidate was defeated on the third ballot.
A. speech B. round C. vote D. tour
837. The graduate students will convene in the Students' Union.
A. converge B. meet C. summon D. raze
838. Two corpses were found in the ruins of an old building.
A. dead dogs B. dead men C. dead bodies D. dead women
839. The hospital we visited this morning has more than one thousand cots.
A. wards B. consulting rooms
C. doctors and surgeons D. beds
840. We must comply with the terms of the covenant.
A. demand B. article C. Agreement D. reference
841. He is not a man to jest with.
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A. deal B. talk C. joke D. work
842. The coveted Oscar was won by the best performing actor.
A. much desired B. rewarding C. withstanding D. highly regarded
843. My grandfather used to sit in the cozy corner near the fireplace.
A. farthest B. remote C. dark D.snug
844. She was seized with cramps while swimming.
A. sharks B. swift currents C. storms D. sharp pains
845. After the air-raid, all the roads leading to the city were full of craters made by
exploded bombs.
A. dead bodies B. pits and clefts C. wounded soldiers D. destroyed tanks
846. The senators came to a deadlock in their attempt to find a solution.
A. an impasse B. a raid C. a hamlet D. a breakthrough
847. Television is so dreary because it has a dearth of good writing.
A. amplitude B. scarcity C. simplicity D. number
848. Did you suspect that the entire episode was an elaborate deception?
A. large party B. death C. invitation D. hoax
849. Do you have anything to declare?
A. reverberate B. vindicate C. promulgate D. instigate
850. We cannot defer the decision until Mr. Adams return.
A. review B. make C. announce D. postpone
851. At the time of the accident, many people became frantic with fear.
A. wild B. quiet C. serious D. shock
852. He was charged with fraud for using false coins.
A. money B. cheating C. lawbreaking D. murder
853. The officer is gallant in his behavior toward the woman.
A. brave B. pertinent C. obedient D. courtly
854. The feast was garnished with flowers.
A. served B. heaped C. decorated D. arranged
855. Even after he had been named as the most valuable employee, he could not
gather enough courage to ask his boss for a raise.
A. mumble up B. matter up C. master up D. muster up
856. She was the victim of her neighbor's malicious gossiping.
A. malevolent B. violent C. lenient D. benevolent
857. The new device is mandatory for engines over 120 horsepower.
A. unproven B. prohibited C. required D. merged
858. This part of the sea is rich in marine products.
A. livestock B. foreign C. aquatic D. food
859. The martial music roused everyone to a peak of excitement.
A. pertaining to marriage B. dirge-like
C. seasoned D. warlike
860. I ordered a plate of sausage and mash for my lunch.
A. fowl B. vegetables C. crushed potatoes D. mushrooms
861. He used a brick as a prop to keep the door open.
A. support B. footing C. bearer D. barrier
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862. Maria has a provisional license.
A. permanent B. temporary C. corrupt D. craven
863. Many wild animals prowl at night.
A. crawl out of their caves B. come out in search of water
C. move about in search of food D. break in some house to steal
864. Marc bought a pet puppy from the kennels yesterday.
A. kitten B. squirrel C. young dog D. cat
865. His car was rammed into from behind by a lorry with faulty brakes.
A. run into B. run down C. run over D. run through
866. I’11 wring your neck if you don't behave.
A. twist B. knock C. squeeze D. lower
867. We like to drive in a sled in winter.
A. sledge B. car C. skate D. ski
868. The naughty boys slung stones at street lamps.
A. aimed B. hurled C. picked D. smashed
869. John is too slow to do anything.
A, prodigious B. tedious C. dingy D. sluggish
870. Be careful not to mention the matter to him; he's still a bit touchy on the subject.
A, handy B. sensitive C. manual D. ill-mannered
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the forms where necessary.
A) exonerate linguist scathing venerate logo sentry mesmerize autograph
merger percussion
871. The priests _ the shrine as the holiest in their religion,
872. I got Paul McCartney to _ my T-shirt.
873. The report _ the crew from all responsibility for the collision.
874. He was _ about the report, denouncing it as out of date and biased.
875. The _ of the two companies would create the world's biggest accounting firm.
876. Drums, tambourines and cymbals are all _ instruments.
877. At night I park the car outside the Polish embassy, within sight of a(n) _ box, to
deter thieves.
878. The idea of allowing players to wear the sponsor's _ may win approval.
879. The audience was completely _ by her singing voice.
880. Only the best _ can become interpreters at the United Nations.
B) fungus nadir methane seep schism rookie turbid gazette penury
celibacy
881. During the Great _ in the Roman Catholic church, from 1378 to 1417, there was
a Pope in Avignon and a Pope in Rome.
882. The once-clear waters of the lake have become _ with microscopic algae.
883. _ is only used now in the titles of newspapers.
884. These _ cops don't know anything yet.
885. She found moving from her affluent home into student _ a very difficult
experience.
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886. A major contributor to the destruction of the ozone layer is the _ produced by
cows.
887. The defeat was the _ of her career.
888. This young man wish to take a vow of _ for life and study for the priesthood.
889. Mushrooms and mould are _.
890. Radioactive water had _ into underground reservoirs.
C) schizophrenia pentagon nauseate rogue meteor buck dope secular
nepotism metro
891. We live in an increasingly _ society, in which religion has less and less influence
on our daily lives.
892. He was known as being a bit of a _ who had left his wife and run off with his
secretary.
893. The _ is aiming to cut US forces by over 25 per cent in the next five years.
894. They were arrested for smoking _.
895. Symptoms of _ can include delusions, hallucinations, thought disorder, and
strange behavior and emotions.
896. He is _ by the smell of meat cooking.
897. We saw a _ streak across the night sky.
898. The government was dismissed following revelations about corruption, _ and
political incompetence.
899. Shall we take the _, or go by bus?
900. When he tried to put a saddle on it, the horse _ wildly.
参考答案:
I. 801~810 ABCAD BABCA 811~820 BDADB--BCABD
821~830 CBBCD DADBA
II. 831~840 AACDACBCDC 841~850 CADDBABDCD
851~860 ABDCDACCDC 861~870 ABCCAAABDB
III. 871.venerate 872.autograph 873.exonerated 874.scathing 875.merger
876.percussion 877.sentry 878.logo 879.mesmerized 880.linguists
881. Schism 882.turbid 883.Gazette 884. rookie 885. Penury 886. methane
887. nadir 888. celibacy 889. funguses 890. seeped 891. secular 892. rogue
893. Pentagon 894. dope 895.schizophrenia 896. nauseated 897. meteor
898. nepotism 899.metro 900. bucked