宁波大学661基础英语2017年考研真题考研试题

宁波大学 2017 年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题(B 卷)
(答案必须写在考点提供的答题纸上)
科目代码: 661 科目名称： 基础英语
适用专业: 英语语言文学 外国语言学及应用语言学 翻译学
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I. Vocabulary (30 points)
This part consists of two sections.
Section A
Directions: Choose one of the four alternatives which is closest in meaning to the
underlined word or phrase and mark the corresponding letter. Please write your
answers on the Answer Sheet.(1×20 points).
1. He avowed his commitment to those ideals.
A. acknowledged B. converted C. conformed D. renounced
2. The political dissident was accused of instigating a plot to overthrow the government.
A. devising B. supporting C. funding D. provoking
3. I wish you two would stop bickering.
A. complaining B quarreling C. bargaining D murmuring
4. The defendant is facing severe verdict despite the appeal for clemency by his lawyer.
A. forgiving B. release C. leniency D. impartiality
5. The little boy listened, enthralled by the Captain’s story.
A. fascinated B. swindled C. shocked D. bored
6. I was impressed by his expertise on landing craft.
A. encouragement B. special skill C. shrewdness D. eloquence
7. Your action is a breach of our university regulations.
A. observation B. violation C. creation D. attack
8. Subsequent events vindicated his policy.
A. predicate B. swing C. dilate D. verify
9. Drug smuggling carries a mandatory death penalty in most countries in the world.
A. impulsive B. multicolored C. obligatory D. laughable
10. Morality, for him, was doing what is expedient.
A. undesirable B. unavailable C advantageous D. inappropriate
11. “The giant was big” is a tautological statement, to say the least.
A . tight B. redundant C. illogical D. relative