2016年职称英语考试试题理工类B级冲刺试题(3)

　　第一部分：词汇选项(第1——15题，每题1分，共15分)

　　下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　1　Probability is the mathematical study of the likelihood of an event's occurrence.

　　A　predictability

　　B　fallibility

　　C　desirability

　　D　undeniability

　　2　Students working toward a degree in business are likely candidates for careers in the banking industry.

　　A　lively

　　B　friendly

　　C　promising

　　D　sophisticated

　　3　Twins do not always display a noticeable likeness.

　　A　compatibility

　　B　sensitivity

　　C　fondness

　　D　resemblance

　　4　In 1845 Sarah Mather invented a submarine telescope that could be used to locate and study underwater objects.

　　A　illuminate

　　B　raise

　　C　find

　　D　examine

　　5　For some animals, locomotion is accomplished by changes in body shape.

　　A　evolution

　　B　movement

　　C　survival

　　D　escape

　　6　Youth hostels provide inexpensive lodging for young people throughout the United States and in other countries.

　　A　clothes

　　B　entertainment

　　C　transportation

　　D　accommodations

　　7　South Carolina's mineral resources are abundant, but not ail of them can be lucratively mined.

　　A　profitably

　　B　safely

　　C　easily

　　D　extensively

　　8　When the United States stock market fell in 1929, many stockholders were forced to sell their shares at ludicrously low prices.

　　A　predictably

　　B　relatively

　　C　suspiciously

　　D　ridiculously

　　9　Frostbitten fingers and toes should be treated with lukewarm water.

　　A　frigid

　　B　tepid

　　C　boiling

　　D　steamy

　　10　Georgia O'Keeffe's best-known paintings are those in which she magnified flowers or animal skulls to fill the picture.

　　A　enlarged

　　B　dissected

　　C　duplicated

　　D　glorified

　　11　The ship left New York on her maiden voyage.

　　A　first

　　B　final

　　C　fast

　　D　famous

　　12　The shrapnel maimed the young soldier.

　　A　endangered

　　B　slanted

　　C　crippled

　　D　embarrassed

　　13　National forests make money for the government through the sale of trees for lumber.

　　A　earn

　　B　print

　　C　trade

　　D　borrow

　　14　The value of a particular variety of clay for pottery is related to its mineralogical and chemical makeup.

　　A　reactions

　　B　attraction

　　C　charts

　　D　composition

　　15　Materials such as clay, wax, glass, and rubber are widely used in industry today because they are malleable.

　　A　easy to manufacture

　　B　readily available

　　C　pliable

　　D　buoyant