大学英语六级词汇真题练习卷及答案.doc

大学英语六级词汇真题练习卷1.For many patients, institutional care is the most _ and beneficial form of care. A) pertinent B) appropriate C) acute D) persistent 2.Among all the changes resulting from the _ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important. A) massive B) quantitative C) surplus D) formidable 3.Mr. Smith became very _ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake. A) ingenious B) empirical C) objective D) indignant 4.Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into _ ones. A) turbulent B) tragic C) vulnerable D) suspicious 5.The _ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike. A) incompatible B) exceeding C) instantaneous D) eternal 6.She remains confident and _ untroubled by our present problems. A) indefinitely B) infinitely C) optimistically D) seemingly 7.Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations _. A) simultaneously B) spontaneously C) homogeneously D) contemporarily 8.The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the _. A) vain B) vicinity C) court D) jail 9.Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major_ in every familys budget. A) nutrition B) expenditure C) routine D) provision 10.Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from _ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars. A) configuration B) constitution C) condemnation D) contamination 11.There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the _ from fall to winter. A) transmission B) transformation C) transition D) transfer 12.I think we need to see an investment _ before we make an expensive mistake. A) guide B) entrepreneur C) consultant D) assessor 13.The _ on this apartment expires in a years time. A) treaty B) lease C) engagement D) subsidy 14.The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state _. A) pensions B) earnings C) salaries D) donations 15.There is supposed to be a safety _ which makes it impossible for trains to collide. A) appliance B) accessory C) machine D) mechanism 16.After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally _. A) deteriorated B) dispersed C) dissipated D) drained 17.No one can function properly if they are _ of adequate sleep. A) deprived B) ripped C) stripped D) contrived 18.For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly_ by a dictator. A) depressed B) immersed C) oppressed D) cursed 19.Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been _ towards producing workers. A) harnessed B) hatched C) motivated D) geared 20.The prospect of increased prices has already _ worries. A) provoked B) irritated C) inspired D) hoisted 21.The suspect _ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime. A) advocated B) alleged C) addressed D) announced 22.Although the colonists _ to some extent with the native Americans , the Indians influence on American culture and language was not extensive. A) migrated B) matched C) mingled D) melted 23.E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that _ well to human needs. A) adheres B) reflects C) conforms D) satisfies 24.The wings of the bird still _ after it had been shot down. A) slapped B) scratched C) flapped D) fluctuated 25.The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously _ relations between the two countries. A) tumble B) jeopardize C) manipulate D) intimidate 26.When you put up wallpaper, should you _ the edges or put them next to each other? A) coincide B) extend C) overlap D) collide 27.Under the present system, state enterprises must _ all profits to the government. A) turn down B) turn up C) turn out D) turn in 28.Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _. A) laid out B) laid off C) laid down D) laid aside 29.Well _ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it. A) compensate B) remedy C) supplement D) retrieve 30.She cut her hair short and tried to _ herself as a man. A) decorate B) disguise C) fabricate D) fake 1. Starting with the _ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist went on to develop his argument. A) premise B) pretext C) foundation D) presentation 2. After several nuclear disasters, a _ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy. A) quarrel B) suspicion C) verdict D) controversy 3. Their diplomatic principles completely laid bare their _ for world conquest.A) admiration B) ambition C) administration D)orientation 4. The director gave me his _ that he would double my pay if I did my job well. A) warrant B) obligation C) assurance D) certainty 5. The Christmas tree was decorated with shining _ such as colored lights and glass balls. A) ornaments B) luxuries C) exhibits D) complements 6. The two most important _ in making a cake are flour and sugar . A) elements B) components C) ingredients D) constituents 7. Cultural _ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another. A) translation B) transition C) transmission D) transaction 8. We must look beyond _ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing. A) justifications B) illusions C) manifestations D) specifications 9. No one imagined that the apparently _ businessman was really a criminal. A) respective B) respectable C) respectful D) realistic 10. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of species that are alive today will have become _ . A) deteriorated B) degenerated C) suppressed D) extinct 11. The _ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can succeed in understanding the universe. A) essence B) texture C) content D) threshold 12. The old lady has developed a _ cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time. A) perpetual B) permanent C) chronic D) sustained 13. What the correspondent sent us is an _ news report. We can depend on it. A) evident B) authentic C) ultimate D) immediate 14. Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an _ force who pushes her students to excel far beyond their own expectations. A) inspirational B) educational C) excessive D) instantaneous 15. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly _ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather sensitive people. A) subjective B) subordinate C) liable D) vulnerable 16. Hurricanes are killer winds, and their_ power lies in the physical damage they can do. A) cumulative B) destructive C) turbulent D) prevalent 17. In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and _ in the classroom. A) skeptical B) faithful C) obedient D) subsidiary 18. In spite of the _economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly. A) gloomy B) miserable C) shadowy D) obscure 19. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in preliterate societies in order to attract good health or to _ disease. A) set aside B) ward off C) shrug off D) give away 20. The international situation has been growing _difficult for the last few years. A) invariably B) presumably C) increasingly D) dominantly 21. The prisoner was _ of his civil liberty for three years. A) discharged B) derived C) deprived D) dispatched 22. Small farms and the lack of modern technology have _ agricultural production. A) blundered B) tangled C) bewildered D) hampered 23. The Japanese scientists have found that scents _ efficiency and reduce stress among office workers. A) enhance B) amplify C) foster D) magnify 24. All the students have to _to the rules and regulations of the school. A) confirm B) confront C) confine D) conform 25. He _ his head, wondering how to solve the problem. A) scrapped B) screwed C) scraped D) scratched 26. As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living he _ his parents strict rules. A) defied B) refuted C) excluded D) vetoed 27. The helicopter _ a light plane and both pilots were killed. A) coincided with B) stumbled on C) tumbled to D) collided with 28. To _ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. A) conserve B) conceive C) convert D) contrive 29. Put on dark glasses or the sun will _ you and you won t be able to see. A) discern B) distort C) distract D) dazzle 30. In _ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favourable climate. A) prime B) primitive C) primary D) preliminary 1.If you want this painkiller, youll have to ask the doctor for a _. A)transaction B)permit C)settlement D)prescription 2.The _ form childhood to adulthood is always critical time for everybody. A)conversion B)transition C)turnover D)transformation 3.It is hard to tell whether we are going to have b boom in the economy or a _. A)concession B)recession C)submission D)transmission 4.His use of color, light and form quickly departed from the conventional style of his as _ he developed own technique. A)descendants B)predecessors C)successors D)ancestors 5.Failure in a required subject may result in the _of a diploma. A)refusal B)betrayal C)denial D)burial 6.To help students understand how we see, teachers often draw an _between an eye and a camera. A)image B)analogy C)imitation D)axis 7.A 1994 World Bank report concluded that _girls in school was probably the single most effective anti-poverty policy in the developing world today. A)assigning B)admitting C)involving D)enrolling 8.The author of report is well _with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years. A)acquainted B)informed C)accustomed D)known 9.When the farmers visited the city the first time, they were _by its complicated traffic system. A)evoked B)bewildered C)diverted D)undermined10.If Japan _ its relation with that country it will have to find another supplier of raw materials. A)precludes B)terminates C)partitions D)expires 11.They were _ in their scientific research, not knowing what happened just outside their lab. A)submerged B)drowned C)immersed D)dipped 12.You should _ to one or more weekly magazines such as time, or Newsweek. A)ascribe B)order C)reclaim D)subscribe 13.The automatic doors in supermarkets _the entry and exit of customers with shopping carts. A)furnish B)induce C)facilitate D)allocate 14.Each workday, the workers followed the same schedules and rarely _from this routine. A)deviated B)disconnected C)detached D)distorted 15.The little girl was _ by the death of her dog since her affection for the pet had been real and deep. A)grieved B)suppressed C)oppressed D)sustained 16.A visitor to a museum today would notice _ changes in the way museums are operated. A)cognitive B)rigorous C)conspicuous D)exclusive 17.Most people tend to think they are so efficient at their job that they are _ . A)inaccessible B)irreversible C)immovable D)irreplaceable 18.Bejing impatient is _ with being a good teacher. A)intrinsic B)ingenious C)incompatible D)inherent 19.For a particular reason, he wanted the information to be treated as _. A)assured B)reserved C)intimate D)confidential 20.Fortune-tellers are good at marking _ statements such as “Your sorrows will change,” A)philosophical B)ambiguous C)literal D)invalid 21.The tenant mush be prepared to decorate the house _the terms of the contract. A)in the vicinity of B)in quest of C)in accordance with D)in collaboration with22.The winners of the football championship ran off the field carrying the silver cup _ . A)turbulently B)tremendously C)triumphantly D)tentatively 23.He said that they had _ been obliged to give up the scheme for lack of support. A)gravely B)regrettably C)forcibly D)graciously 24.The law on drinking and driving is _ stated. A)extravagantly B)empirically C)exceptionally D)explicitly 25.Their claims to damages have not been convincingly _. A)refuted B)overwhelmed C) depressed D)intimidated 26.Please dont _ too much on the painful memories. Everything will be all right. A)hesitate B)linger C)retain D)dwell27.The jobs of wildlife technicians and biologists seemed _to him ,but one day he discovered their difference. A)identical B)vertical C)parallel D)specific 28.Mary became _ homesick and critical of the United States, so she flied from her home in west Bloomfield to her hometown in Austria. A)completely B)sincerely C)absolutely D)increasingly 29.Despite almost universal _of the vital importance of womens literacy, education remains a dream for farmary women in too many countries of the world. A)identification B)compliment C)confession D)acknowledgement 30.In todays medical, little agreement exists on the _for defining mental illness. A)legislation B)requirement C)criteria D)measures 31.The lady in this strange tale very obviously suffers from a serious mental illness. Her plot against a completely innocent old man is a clear sign of_. A)impulse B)insanity C)inspiration D)disposition 32.The Prime Minister was followed by five or six _ when he got off the plane. A)laymen B)servants C)directors D)attendants 33.There is no doubt that the _ of these goods to the others is easy to see. A)prestige B)superiority C)priority D)publicity 34.All the guests were invited to attend the wedding _ and had a very good time. A)feast B)congratulations C)festival D)recreation35.The price of the coal will vary according to how far it has to be transported and how expensive the freight _ are.A) payments B) charges C) funds D) prices 36.The manager gave her his _ that her complaint would be investigated. A) assurance B) assumption C) sanction D) insurance 37.Although the model looks good on the surface, it will not bear close _. A) temperament B) contamination C) scrutiny D) symmetry 38.We are doing this work in the _ of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres. A) context B) contest C) pretext D) texture 39.While a full understanding of what causes the disease may be several years away, _ leading to a successful treatment could come much sooner. A) a distinction B) a breakthrough C) an identification D) an interpretation 40.Doctors are often caught in a _ because they have to decide whether they should tell their patients the truth or not. A) puzzle B) perplexity C) dilemma D) bewilderment 41.To _ important dates in history, countries create special holidays. A) commend B) memorize C) propagate D) commemorate42.His successful negotiations with the Americans helped him to _ his position in the government. A) contrive B) consolidate C) heave D) intensify43. Please do not be _ by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract attention. A) distracted B) disregarded C) irritated D) intervened 44. Once you get to know your mistakes, you should _ them as soon as possible. A) rectify B) reclaim C) refrain D) reckon45. He wouldnt answer the reporters questions, nor would he _ for a photograph. A) summon B) highlight C) pose D) marshal 46. The club will _ new members the first week in September. A) enroll B) subscribe C) absorb D) register 47. If you dont _ the children properly, Mr. Chiver, theyll just run riot. A) mobilize B) warrant C) manipulate D) supervise 48. Already the class is _ about who our new teacher will be. A) foreseeing B) speculating C) fabricating D) contemplating 49. We should _ our energy and youth to the development of our country. A) dedicate B) cater C) ascribe D) cling 50. Just because Im _ to him, my boss thinks he can order me around without showing me any respect. A) redundant B) trivial C) versatile D) subordinate51. Many scientists remain _ about the value of this research program. A) skeptical B) stationary C) spacious D) specific 52. Depression is often caused by the_ effects of stress and overwork. A) total B) increased C) terrific D) cumulative 53. A humans eyesight is not as _ as that of an eagle. A) eccentric B) acute C) sensible D) sensitive 54. It is _ that women should be paid less than men for doing the same kind of work. A) abrupt B) absurd C) adverse D) addictive 55. Shoes of this kind are _ to slip on wet ground. A) feasible B) appropriate C) apt D) fitting 56. Well be very careful an