12月英语CET6词汇选择试题及答案

1、12月英语CET6词汇选择试题及答案1. Starting with the _ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientistwent on to develop his argument.?A) premiseB) pretextC) foundationD) presentation ?2. After several nuclear disasters, a _ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.?A) quarrelB) suspicionC) verdictD) cont

2、roversy ?3. Their diplomatic principles completely laid bare their _ for world conquest.A) admirationB) ambitionC) administrationD)orientation4. The director gave me his _ that he would double my pay if I did my job well.A) warrantB) obligationC) assuranceD) certainty ?5. The Christmas tree was deco

3、rated with shining _ such as colored lights and glass balls.?A) ornamentsB) luxuriesC) exhibitsD) complements ?6. The two most important _ in making a cake are flour and sugar .A) elementsB) componentsC) ingredientsD) constituents7. Cultural _ indicates that human beings hand their languages down fr

4、om one generation to another.A) translationB) transitionC) transmissionD) transaction8. We must look beyond _ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.A) justificationsB) illusionsC) manifestationsD) specifications9. No one imagined that the apparently _ businessman was really a criminal.

5、A) respectiveB) respectableC) respectfulD) realistic10. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of spedes that are alive today will have become _ .A) deterioratedB) degeneratedC) suppressedD) extinct11. The _ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can suceeed in understand

6、ing the universe.A) essenceB) textureC) contentD) threshold12. The old lady has developed a _ cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time.A) perpetualB) permanentC) chronicD) sustained13. What the correspondent sent us is an _ news report. We can depend on it.A) evidentB) authenticC) ulti

7、mateD) immediate14. 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) inspirationalB) educationalC) excessiveD) instantaneous15. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particu

8、larly _ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather sensitive people.A) subjectiveB) subordinateC) liableD) vulnerable16. Hurricanes are killer winds, and their _ power lies in the physical damage they can do.A) cumulativeB) destructiveC) turbulentD) prevalent17. In some countries, students are

9、 expected to be quiet and _ in the classroom.A) skepticalB) faithfulC) obedientD) subsidiary18. In spite of the _economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly.A) gloomyB) miserableC) shadowyD) obscure19. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre?literate societies in order

10、to attract good health or to _ disease.A) set asideB) ward offC) shrug offD) give away20. The international situation has been growing _difficult for the last few years.A) invariablyB) presumablyC) increasinglyD) dominantly21. The prisoner was _ of his civil liberty for three years.A) dischargedB) d

11、erivedC) deprivedD) dispatched22. Small farms and the lack of modern technology have _ agricultural production.A) blunderedB) tangledC) bewilderedD) hampered23. The Japanese scientists have found that scents _ efficiency and reduce stress among office workers.A) enhanceB) amplilfC) fosterD) magnify2

12、4. All the students have to _to the rules and regulations of the school.A) confirmB) confrontC) confineD) conform25. He _ his head, wondering how to solve the problem.A) scrappedB) screwedC) scrapedD) scratched26. As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living he _ his parents strict rules.A) de

13、fiedB) refutedC) excludedD) vetoed27. The helicopter _ a light plane and both pilots were killed.A) coincided withB) stumbled onC) tumbled toD) collided with28. To _ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment.A) conserveB)

14、 conceiveC) convertD) contrive29. Put on dark glasses or the sun will _ you and you won t be able to see.A) discernB) distortC) distractD) dazzle30. In _ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favourable climate.A) primeB) primitiveC) primaryD) preliminary答案解析1. A 参考译文：以火星

15、上有生命存在这一假设开始，那位科学家继续进行论证。?2. D 参考译文：发生几次核灾难之后，关于核能安全的问题引起了一场激烈的争论。3. B 参考译文：他们的外交原则完全暴露了他们要征服世界的野心。4. C 参考译文：主任向我保证，如果我工作干得好，他就会给我双倍的工资。5. A 参考译文：圣诞树上点缀着闪光的饰物，如彩灯和玻璃球。6. C 参考译文：制作蛋糕时所需的两种最重要的原料是面粉和糖。7. C 参考译文：文化传播意味着人类将语言代代相传。8. B 参考译文：我们必须看破那些幻觉和设想，努力去发现遗漏的东西。9. B 参考译文：没有人想象到这位表面上受人尊敬的商人实际上是个罪犯。10.

16、 D 参考译文：如果不采取措施保护环境，数百万的现存物种就会灭绝11. A 参考译文：科学态度的本质是人类的智力能够成功地理解宇宙的奥秘。12. C 参考译文：那位老太太患有慢性咳嗽，短时间内无法完全治愈。13. B 参考译文：记者发来的是一份可靠的新闻报道，我们可以依赖它。14. A 参考译文：由于她是我的教授兼指导老师，我可以告诉你，她具有一种鼓舞力量，激发着她的学生超越他们自身的期望的成绩。15. D 参考译文：一些研究者认为某些人具有易受干燥热风伤害的神经系统，我们称他们为天气敏感者。16. B 参考译文：飓风是具有杀伤力的风，其破坏性的力量在于其能够造成的物质损坏。17. C 参考译文：在某些国家，要求学生在教室里安静、听话。18. A 参考译文：尽管经济发展前景不容乐观，但制造业的产量却稍有增加。19. B 参考译文：在史前社会，主要是男人纹身或纹面以追求健康或防止疾病。20. C 参考译文：最近几年里，国际形势日益严峻。21. C 参考译文：那个罪犯被剥夺了三年的公民自由权。22. D 参考译文：农场规模小和现代技术的缺乏束缚了农业生产。23. A 参考译文：日本科学家已经发现，香味能提高办公室工作人员的