南京农业大学博士研究生入学考试英语试题.doc

南京农业大学2016年博士研究生入学考试英语试题
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PART I Vocabulary (15points)
Section A
Directions: Choose the word that is the closest synonym to the underlined word.
1. The government slated new elections in the spring, largely as a result of the public clamor.
A. demand B. view C. request D. opinion
2. The most prolific writer is not necessarily the best.
A. written-about B. productive C. artful D. religious
3. Imagine my vexation when they said they e to dinner and then didn't show.
A. enlightenment B. astonishment C. annoyance D. contrariness
4. Any troop of wild animals should be approached warily.
A. fearlessly B. confidently C. silently D. prudently
5. There is little learning involved when one is reprimanded two or three months after the deed.
A. mended B. reproached C. pensed D. reversed
6. Archaeologists are interested in pottery, figurines and other vestiges of ancient civilizations.
A. traces B. shards C. products D. artifacts
7. Packaging is designed so as to encourage impetuous shopping.
A. extravagant B. careful C. impotent D. impulsive
8. Pan of his general thrift is to be meticulous in verifying monthly expenses.
A. painstaking B. dilatory C. meretricious D. gaudy
9. The jurors came to a deadlock in the defendant's trial for murder.
A. a decision of guilty B. a decision to punish by electrocution
C. an impasse D. an unusual verdict
10. Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless frequently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.
A. guidance B. sovereignty C. authority D. suzerainty
11. A mistake is rarely atoned for by a single apology, however profuse.
A. extravagant B. produced C. divergent D. repetitious
12. Her office in the First National Bank building is provisional.
A. permanent B. temporary C. corrupt D. craven
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