2013年职称英语考试理工类A级词汇练习题（2）

　　1. He talks tough but has a tender heart.

 

　　A. heavy

　　B. strong

　　C. kind

　　D. wild

　　2. Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging dropsin grain prices.

　　A. slight

　　B. surprising

　　C. sudden

　　D. harmful

　　3. Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing.

　　A. waste

　　B. buy

　　C. use

　　D. sell

　　4. There's not much dispute that children who surf the web these days can gain access to smut.

　　A. reach

　　B. arrive

　　C. pick

　　D. get

　　5. The steadily rising cost of labor on the waterfront has greatly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water.

　　A. continuously

　　B. quickly

　　C. excessively

　　D. exceptionally

　　6.John Hanson helped draft instructions for Mary land's delegates to the Stamp Act Congress.

　　A. clarify

　　B. formulate

　　C. revise

　　D. contribute

　　7. The current edition of that magazine discusses the ancient civilization of Latin America.

　　A. first

　　B. latest

　　C. old

　　D. special

　　8. They showed me some photos and 1 had to identify he woman that I saw coming out of the post office.

　　A. make out

　　B. make in

　　C. make up

　　D. make for

　　9. An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of the Department of state.

　　A. a unity

　　B. a division

　　C. an embassy

　　D. an invasion

　　10. She has been the subject of massive media coverage.

　　A. extensive

　　B. negative

　　C. responsive

　　D. explosive

　　11.Many teenagers say they use the internet for the purpose of study.

　　A. aim

　　B. target

　　C. point

　　D. plan

　　12. Accordingly, a number of other methods have been employed.

　　A. Therefore

　　B. Afterwards

　　C. However

　　D. Furthermore

　　13. Gunpowder was used extensively in firearms prior to 1990.

　　A. in

　　B. around

　　C. from

　　D. before

　　14. Her death was a great grief to him and I doubt if he ever recovered afterwards.

　　A. got through

　　B. got by

　　C. got on

　　D. got over

　　15. He bought his house on the payment plan paying a certain amount of money each month.

　　A. piece

　　B. share

　　C. installment

　　D. part