外国语水平全国统一考试

　　Paper One  试卷一

　　(90 minutes)

　　Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes, 15 points) （略）

　　Part II Vocabulary (15 minutes, 15 points)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section there are fifteen sentences , each with one word or phrase underlined . Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　16. I’d like to take this opportunity to extend my heart-felt gratitude to the host .

　　A. increase   B. prolong   C. intensify   D. express

　　17. Chinese farmers are mostly living a simple and thrifty life as it is today.

　　A. miserable  B. economical  C. luxurious   D. sensible

　　18. Many of the local residents left homes to ward off the danger of flooding.

　　A. overcome   B. enclose   C. encounter   D. avoid

　　19. The State Council will lay down new rules that aim to make management compatible with internationally accepted conventions.

　　A. conferences   B. conversations  C. practices   D. formations

　　20. Personality in Americans is further complicated by successive waves of immigration from various countries.

　　A. uninterrupted  B. successful   C. forceful   D. overwhelming

　　21. Without question, people’s lives in China have improved dramatically in the past two decades.

　　A. Out of the question     B. No doubt

　　C. Naturally      D. Obviously

　　22. The dean can’t see you at the moment. He is addressing the first-year students in the lecture hall.

　　A. complaining to  B. arguing with  C. speaking to  D. consulting with

　　23.He does nothing that violates the interests of the collective.

　　A. runs for   B. runs against  C. runs over   D. runs into

　　24. As a result of sophisticated technologies, this device has several advantages over like products.

　　A. traditional   B. intelligent   C. industrious  D. advanced

　　25. The patient’s condition has deteriorated since he had a heart attack.

　　A. improved a little    B. remained the same

　　C. become worse    D. changed a lot

　　26. When taken in large quantities some drugs can cause permanent brain damage.

　　A. lasting    B. serious   C. terrible   D. temporary

　　27. One U.S. dollar is comparable to 131 Japanese yen according to China Daily’s finance news report yesterday.

　　A. compatible   B. compact   C. equal    D. entitled

　　28. At that time work was restricted to slaves and to those few poor citizens who couldn’t support themselves.

　　A. attributed   B. limited   C. connected   D. devoted

　　29. I found this very profitable in diminishing the intensity of narrow-minded prejudice.

　　A. lessening   B. reflecting   C. removing   D. increasing

　　30. When a man knows that he will be put into prison if he uses a potentially deadly object to rob or do harm to another person, he will think twice about it .

　　A. passive   B. lifelong   C. unhappy   D. fatal

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