2013年职称英语考试卫生类冲刺试卷及答案(1)

　　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 We saw a lot of commercial buildings in Chicago.
　　A condemned
　　B razed
　　C business
　　D vacant
　　2 Salt has been a respected commodity for much of recorded time.
　　A flavoring
　　B preservative
　　C remedy for illness
　　D article of trade
　　3 Pure feldspar is a colorless, transparent mineral, but impurities commonly make it opaque and colorful.
　　A truly
　　B rapidly
　　C periodically
　　D frequently
　　4 In 1925 Clarence Darrow competently opposed William Jennings Bryan at the renowned Scopes' "Monkey Trial".
　　A adeptly
　　B maliciously
　　C privately
　　D rashly
　　5 The Olympic Games attempt to transcend national interests and bring together the best international athletes in a spirit of friendly competition and peace.
　　A debate
　　B celebration
　　C instruction
　　D rivalry
　　6 He is going to compile the data requested by the tax collector.
　　A sprout
　　B evade
　　C redeem
　　D gather
　　7 After 1850, various states in the United States began to pass compulsory school attendance laws.
　　A harsh
　　B diversified
　　C mandatory
　　D complicated
　　8 In statistics the most frequently used computations are the mean, the median, and the mode because all are indicators of central tendency.
　　A graphs
　　B variables
　　C calculations
　　D words
　　9 The Empire State Building was conceived on a grander scale than previous skyscrapers.
　　A executed
　　B designed
　　C financed
　　D applauded
　　10 Theodere Dreiser was one of the first American novelists to portray immoral characters without condemnation.
　　A hostility
　　B sadness
　　C blamed pity
　　11 Most religions are concerned with the worship of one or several deities as well as with ethical rules of conduct.
　　A faith
　　B speech
　　C thought
　　D behavior
　　12 The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot people were confederates of the colonists in Maine at the time of the Revolutionary War.
　　A guardians
　　B teachers
　　C allies
　　D observers
　　13 By the 1880's, living conditions in the congested Eastern Seaboard cities of the United States had become local scandals.
　　A developing
　　B diverse
　　C crowded
　　D wealthy
　　14 The population of Seattle is a conglomerate of people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
　　A a company
　　B a fluctuation
　　C an assortment
　　D a matching
　　15 Although dolphins sometimes swim singly or in pairs, they usually congregate in large herds, often numbering in the hundreds.
　　A procreate
　　B eat
　　C lived assemble