2019 年湖北武汉科技大学外语专业综合考研真题Part A: Comprehensive EnglishI. Vocabulary. (25X1’=25 points)Directions: In this part, there are 25 sentences, each with an underlined word or phrase. Following each sentence are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is closest in meaning to the underlined word or expression.1.The chief functions of direct-mail advertising are to familiarize prospective buyers with a product, its name, its maker, and its merits and with the product’s local distributors.A. potential B. responsive C. inquisitive D. perceptive2. Jane and Tom have been able to reconcile their difference and are a happy family again.A. settle B. arrange C. balance D. pacify3. Giving the child problems he can’t solve will only frustrate him.A. baffle B. worry C. alarm D. cultivate4．When we were in the mountains, we often found ourselves entirely enveloped by the fog.A. confined B. surrounded C. darkened D. blocked5. Perhaps more than anything else, it was onerous taxes that led to the Peasants Revolt in England in 1381.A. multiple B. unjust C. burdensome D. infamous6. In ancient Egyptian paintings, royal figures were differentiated by making them several times larger than others. A. distinguished B. estranged C. deferred D. enlarged7.The United States Food and Drug Administration has shown itself to be particularly wary with regard to alleged “miracle” drugs in recent times.A. bellicose B. exhausted C. cautious D. strange8.The plainer a bowerbird’s plumage, the more brightly it decorates its nest to attract a mate.A. more spectacular B. duller C. flatter D. more melancholy9. Adverse reviews in the New York press may greatly change the prospects of a new Broadway production.A. additional B. encouraging C. unfavorable D. subversive10.The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of the conspirators.A. admiration B. passion C. contempt D. offense11. In the Pacific Northwest, as climate and topography vary, so do the species that prevail in the forests.A. dominate B. reproduce C. rebuild D. invade12 ． There are still some outdated prejudices lurking in the minds of individuals.A. existing B. hiding C. remaining D. emerging13. In buying a suit, a difference of ten cents in price is negligible.A. negligent B. negotiable C. insignificant D. consequential14. Don’t meddle in my affairs, and in fact I can handle them properly by myself.A. interfere B. interest C. involve D. attend15. Death ensued as a result of suffocation.A. heart failure B. an accident C. disease D. asphyxiation16. The report was unusual in that it is insinuated corruption on the part of the minister.A. denied B. suggested C. reprisal D. loss of profit17. In mountainous regions, much of the snow that falls is compacted into ice.A. hauled B. compressed C. compiled D. harnessed18. The human treatment of prisoners is endorsed b...
