考研英语历届词汇真题(1994~2001)
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1997 年词汇真题
21. When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them __________.
[A]off [B] aside [C]out [D]down
22. The wealth of a country should be measured ________ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
[A] in line with [B] in terms of [C] in regard with [D] by means of
23. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any ________ on what be promises.
[A] faith [B] belief [C] credit [D]reliance
24. My students found the book _________ for it provided them with an abundance of information on the subject.
[A]enlightening [B]confusing [C] distracting [D]amusing
25. Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will _______ down the economy.
[A]put [B] settle [C] drag [D]knock
26. In this factory the machines are not regulated ________ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.
[A]independently [B] individually [C] irrespectively [D]irregularly
27. Every chemical change either results from energy being used to produce the change, or causes energy to be _________ in some form.
[A]given off [B]put out [C] set off [D]used up
28. If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually ___________.
[A]shrink [B] delay [C]disperse [D]sink
29. American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to ________ enterprises.
[A]moveable [B] changing [C] flexible [D]varying
30. If you know what the trouble is, why dont you help them to _______ the situation?
[A]simplify [B]modify [C] verify [D]rectify
31. I cant __________ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning.
[A] figure out [B] draw out [C] look out [D]work out
32. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat __________.
[A]disapproval [B] rejection [C] refusal [D] decline
33. From this material we can _________ hundreds of what you may call direct products.
[A] derive [B] discern [C] diminish [D]displace
34. She had clearly no _________ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.
[A] tendency [B] ambition [C] intention [D]willingness
35. What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become _________ a third time.
[A] clean and measurable [B] notable and systematic
[C] pure and wholesome [D] clear and organic
36. The public opinion was that the time was not ________ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.
[A] reasonable [B] ripe [C] ready [D]practical
37. Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the __________ of hunger.
[A] sensation [B] cause [C] purpose [D] motive
38. For the new country to survive, ________ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required.
[A]to name a few [B] let alone [C] not to speak [D] lets say
39. Foreign disinvestment and the _________ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.
[A] displacement [B] elimination [C] exclusion [D] exception
40. When a number of people ________ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands.
[A] pad [B] pack [C] squeeze [D] cluster