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2014 年上海海事大学攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题
（重要提示：答案必须做在答题纸上，做在试题上不给分）
考试科目代码 621 考试科目名称 综合英语
I. Vocabulary (40*1=40)
Directions: There are forty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A,
B, C and D. Choose one that best complete the sentence or answer the corresponding question.
1. Although she gives badly ____ titles to her musical compositions, they ____ unusual combinations of
materials including Gregorian chant, Asian scale patterns and rhythms, electronic sounds, and bird songs.
A. exotic… belie B. eccentric … deploy C. imaginative… disguise D. conventional… incorporate
2. In arguing against assertions that environmental catastrophe is imminent, her book does not ridicule all
predictions of doom but rather claims that the risks of harm have in many cases been _____.
A. derided B. exaggerated C. scrutinized D. ignored
3. There seems to be no ____ the reading public’s thirst for books about the 1960’s: indeed, the normal level
of interest has ___ recently be cause of a spate of popular television documentaries..
A. ignoring… transformed B. whetting … mushroomed
C. quenching… moderated D. slaking… increased
4. The research committee urged that archaeologist to _____ her claim that the tomb she has discovered was
that of Alexander the Great, since her initial report has been based only on ___.
A. document… conjecture B. undercut… caprice
C. downplay… facts D. withdraw… evidence
5. It is only slight hyperbole to say that Roy Disney averted a cultural tragedy. Select among the following an
antonym of the underlined.
A. understatement B. imprecation C. concession D. obstinacy
6. The bus drivers' union has ______ any involvement in the violence.
A. acknowledged B. disavowed C. instigated D. inculcated
7. The scientist found it puzzling that his theory encountered ____ despite widespread agreement that it was
___
A. dismissal… simplistic B. skepticism… unfathomable
C. opposition… indisputable D. acceptance… comprehensive
8. The meeting on environmental issues produced ____ discussion but no commitment on a plan of action:
the many uncertainties surrounding global climatic change and the huge cost of efforts to limit it made the
policy makers ___.
A. frustrating… affable B. cordial… quarrelsome
C. heated… contentious D. interminable… businesslike
9. Still another possibility is that the United States is heading into an era of political ____ and reform.
A. familiarity B. upheaval C. ennui D. intimacy
10. To explain this seeming ____, let me refer you to a drawing now found in many introductory psychology
textbooks.
A. constraint B. paradox C. bias D. triviality
11. The _____ with which the politician peppers her speeches are so memorable that many people think of her
as being far more _____ than she in fact is.
A. diatribes… censorious B. examples… soporific
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