浙江省2008年7月高等教育自學(xué)考試

高級英語試題

課程代碼：10005

Part IVocabulary (20% )

Directions A: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.

1. Strangely, Bill keeps his office neat as pin, while his home is always in a state of (     )

A. chaos                                                 B. clarity

C. Charity                                               D. chorus

2. The soil in this part of the world is not rich enough to _______ a large population.(     )

A. digest                                                 B. retain

C. sustain                                               D. survive

3. Their ambitious schemes for making big money quickly(     )

A. took a chance                                     B. got to the point

C. came to nothing                                  D. went into action

4. These technological advances in communication have_______the way people do business.(     )

A. revolved                                             B. represented

C. Adopted                                               D. transformed

5. Lucy felt she had to be nice to everyone because she never knew who might be a(n) _______ customer.(     )

A. prospective                                         B. perspective

C. respective                                          D. executive

6. Since the energy crisis, these big cars have become a real_______. They cost too much to run.(     )

A. advantage                                          B. liability

C. reliability                                            D. asset

7. This_______porcelain vase was made with superb workmanship.(     )

A. requisite                                             B. prerequisite

C. exquisite                                             D. appropriate

8. After such a confrontation between the two parties, any reconciliation would be(     )

A. out of question                                   B. within question

C. out of the question                               D. without question

9. Examinations are not the only means of _______a student’s ability.(     )

A. assuming                                           B. asserting

C. assigning                                            D. assessing

10. She tried to keep a _______ face, but inside she rejoiced at the news.(     )

A. sober                                                 B. stable

C. Stationery                                           D. stationary