2017年理工类职称英语B级模拟试题1

下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

1. The Americans recognize that the UN can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity.

A. place

B. medium

C. resort

D. tunnel

2. The growth of part-time and flexible working pattern allows more women to take advantage of job opportunities.

A. make use of

B. catch up with

C. cast light on

D. get rid of

3. Nobody can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the science fiction.

A. impressed

B. amused

C. attracted

D. puzzled

4. Senator James Meeks has called off a boycott of Chicago Public Schools, organized to protest Illinois' education funding system.

A. reclaimed

B. proposed

C. indulged

D. canceled

5. In spite of a problem with the faulty equipment, some very useful work was accomplished.

A. imperfect

B. temporary

C. emergent

D. reinstalled

6. Talks on climate change resumed in the German city of Bonn on July 16 to combat global warming.

A. focus on

B. settle down

C. fight against

D. sum up

7. Silk, although it is considered a delicate fabric, is in fact very strong, but it is adversely affected by sunlight.

A. soft

B. sheer

C. fragile

D. refined

8. There are some things in the class the teachers will not put up with.

A. tolerate

B. contribute

C. resist

D. prohibit

9. Without question, people's lives in China have improved dramatically in the past two decades.

A. Out of the question

B. No doubt

C. Naturally

D. Obviously

10. When a man knows that he will be put into prison if he uses a potentially deadly object to do harm to another person, he will think twice about it.

A. passive

B. lifelong

C. unhappy

D. fatal

11. Why can't you stop your eternal complaining .9

A. everlasting

B. long

C. temporary

D. boring

12. Hundreds of buildings were wrecked by the earthquake.

A. shaken

B. damaged

C. fallen

D. jumped

13. These paintings are considered by many to be authentic.

A. faithful

B. royal

C. genuine

D. sincere

14. Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics.

A. attraction

B. simplicity

C. power

D. rigor

15. Ten years after the event, her death still remains a puzzle.

A. mist

B. fog

C. mystery

D. secret