2007 年全国攻读工商管理硕士（MBA）学位研究生入学考试
模拟试题（第六套）
Section I Vocabulary (10 points)
Directions:
There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET
1. I don’t think you should ______ your father’s instructions in that he is an experienced teacher anyway.
A. defy B. decline C. designate D. deduce
2. Most mathematicians trust their ______ in solving problems and readily admit they would not be able to function without it.
A. conception B. observation C. intuition C. tolerantD. cognition
3. Having a(n) ______ attitude towards people with different ideas is an indication that one has been well educated.
A. grim B. impartial D. elastic
4. The manager was sorry that he had to ______ the scientist’s good ideas because there was no enough money to develop them.
A. break down C. pull down D. turn down
5. High grades are supposed to ______ academic ability, but John’s actual performance did not confirm this.
A. clarify B. exemplify C. certify D. simplify
6. In order to keep the line moving, customers with lengthy ______ are required to do their banking inside.
A. trade s B. transactions C. transfer s D. transformations
7. I should have gone back and changed my jeans had I known how ______ I should be among the formally dressed people.
A. eminent B. obvious C. prudent D. conventional
8. It is believed that we should plant and care more for trees ______ a great many benefits they give us.
A. according to B. in honor of C. in proportion to D. in return for
9. At the physics examination yesterday, one of the questions ______ me completely and I couldn’t answer it.
A. baffled B. mingled C. provoked D. diverted
10. Old Americans are extremely reluctant to buy on ______ and likely to save as much money as possible.
A. credit B. debt C. budgetD. arrears
11. It seems somewhat ______ to expect anyone to drive more than three hours just for a 10-minute meeting.
A. unique B. impossible C. absurd D. meaningless
12. The manager told his employees that if they wanted further information, they could ______ these technical books.
A. refer to B. go for D. look for
13. Those novels that do no good to young readers should have been banned before they have been widely ______.
A. flourished C. circulated D. popularized
14. It is said that the family has promised to offer a ______ to anyone who can give information about the kidnapper.
A. bonus C. prize D. award
15. ______ his great achievements in chemistry, he was considered as one of the most outstanding
A. On the basis of B. On behalf of C. In terms of D. In the form of
16. After she had arrived at the museum, Elisabeth did not enter it at once, but ______ in the courtyard.
A. strode B. lingered C. hovered D. revolved
17. The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. contains an impressive ______ of books on every conceivable subject.
A. swarm B. series C. pile D. array
18. Because a degree from a university is the means to a better job, education is one of the most ______ area in Japanese life.
A. sophisticated B. competitive C. superficial D. comparable
19. He could not ______ ignorance as his excuse, he should have known what was happening in his department.
A. plead B. resort C. pledge D. reproach
20. It was such a ______ when they met each other in Beijing, for each thought that the other was still in Hong Kong.
A. distortion B. contradiction C. drama D. coincidence
