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English Entrance Examination
For Non-English Major Doctoral Candidates
Model Test One
November, 2006
Part I Vocabulary (10 points)
Directions: There are twenty questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or
phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with
a single bar across it on your Answer Sheet.
1.The large towers of the George Washington Bridge were not encased in masonry but were left
exposed to reveal their handsome steel structure.
A. harsh B. hoarse C. good-looking D. flagrant
2.The jewel was kept by the money-lender as a pledge.
A. guarantee B. speculation C. pulchritude D. guise
3.The revolt was foiled by troops loyal to the king.
A. blocked B. frustrated C. fluttered D. faltered
4. It is interesting to note how public opinion oscillates between the extremes of optimism and
pessimism.
A. swings B. hovers C. converges D. foils
5. G. Jung had a lot of to say about the human psyche.
A. world B. mind C. enthusiasm D. determination
6. Caesar ridiculed his wife‟s foreboding about the approaching of the family plague.
A. forewarning B. predicting C. signal D. signification
7. I‟m amazed at the imbecility of the readers of these trashy magazines.
A. stupidity B. weak-mindedness C. potentiality D. idiosyncrasy
8. Though the subway system of the city has been well-planned for years, its funding is still in the
air.
A. widely spreading B. totally uncertain
C. hysterically unconstrained D. already broadcast
9. As they crumbled back, he ordered everyone to sit down and keep quiet. .
A. retreated B. crawled C. stumbled D. went
10. Add religion to the humblest of edifices and you have a sanctuary.
A. offices B. adjuncts C. buildings D. chapel
11. Theywere asked to curb those orgies and resume the pose of self-deceiving innocence. .
A. position B. air C. action D. bombast
12. Revolutions are often caused when the legitimacy of a government is questioned by the people.
A.validity B.effectiveness C. bureaucracy D. prejudice
13. When they others went swimming, I followed suit.
A. learned from B. secede