西外考研06年基础英语.doc

西外考研06年基础英语
西安外国语学院
2006年硕士研究生入学考试试题
考试科目：基础英语 科目代码：311
PART ONE
I. Vocabulary (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by four choices labeled A, B, C, and D. Select the one that best fits in with each context and draw a bar across the correspondent letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. In view of the petrol shortage, _________ will be placed on the unnecessary use of private cars for pleasure.
A. limitations B. restrictions C. rationing D. banning
2. During a war, many of the normal basic rights of the individual are ___________ in the national interest.
A. disregarded B. infringed C. suspended D. stamped
3. Countries bordered by the sea have a pleasant _________ climate because the sea warms the coast on winter and cools it in summer.
A. arboreal B. aquatic C. maritime D. ocean
4. Crimes of violence appear to be quite __________; but psychologists can usually find a motive hidden away in the criminal’s childhood.
A. senseless B. sensational C. nonsensical D. sensitive
5. I’m afraid the result of the coming election is a _________ conclusion.
A. foregone B. foreseen C. predictable D. prospective
6. It is possible to organize housework so as to ________ inefficiency but not monotony.
A. deplete B. minimize C. diminish D. subtract
7. The _____________ of social security benefits often feel that they are contributing more than they in fact receive in terms of medical care, pensions, etc.
A. receipts B. receivers C. recipients D. payees
8. If silicon chips are going to be significant and profitable then Britain ought to have a _________ in their manufacture.
A. stake B. bid C. bet D. flutter
9. I had no _________ about speaking the language when I was in Greece, it was driving on the other side of the road which bothers me.
A. panic B. quake C. nervousness
D. qualms
10. As he took his foot off the clutch the car _________ forward and the pass