Vocabulary Replacement

　　21. He remained calm In the face of the impending danger.

　　A. terrific B. trivial C. astonishing D. imminent

　　22. “Holmes!” I whispered. “What on earth are you doing in this disgusting place?”

　　A. humble B. unpleasant C. underprivileged D. noisy

　　23. The futility of the program resulted from poor planning. A. possible failure in the future

　　B. ineffectiveness and uselessness C. blindness to its mistakes D. potential disaster

　　24. Construction of the gigantic office building in this city was for years intermittent

　　A. stopping and starting at intervals B. something that will happen soon

　　C. being watched with keen interest D. anything that comes and goes

　　25. Although many modifications have been made in it, the game known in the United States as football can be traced directly to the English game of rugby.

　　A. rules B. changes C. demands D. leagues

　　26. Your silence implies countenancing his abject behavior; therefore please clarify your stand to him.

　　A. supporting B. obscuring C. concealing D. assisting

　　27. The graduate committee must be in full accord in their approval of a dissertation.

　　A. indecisive B. sullen C. vocal D. unanimous

　　28. We regret being unable to entertain your request for providing free boarding to 15 sportsmen for two weeks.

　　A. receive B. comply C. coincide D. consider

　　29. Justices of the peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses.

　　A. superiority B. authority C. guidance D. consider

　　30. One of the things we have to do to prevent a pandemic is to make sure people understand and know what they can do to minimize the commotion.

　　A. command B. collusion C. turmoil D. tutelage

　　31. One of the effective ways to lessen environmental pollution is the reservation and protection of more swamps.

　　A. vast thick corals B. pockets of wet land C. warm volcanoes D.millions of bees and wasps

　　32. The word “wrath” in The Grapes of Wrath by the Nobel prize winner John Steinbeck probably means:

　　A. great anger B. large crowds C. hard labor D. sudden storms

　　33. The artist spent years on his monumental painting, which covered the whole roof of the church, the biggest in the country.

　　A. archaic B. sentimental C. outstanding D. entire

　　34. The ancient Jewish people regarded themselves as the salt of the earth, the chosen few by God to rule the world.

　　A. outcast B. elite C. nomad D. disciple

　　35. Many of the electric and electronic products we purchase and consume today are what some industrial experts call “homogenous toys”.

　　A. identical B. homosexual C.unrelated D. distinguishable

　　Part 2 共15题，每题0.5分，满分为7.5分

　　21. D 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. D

　　28. D 29. B 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. B 35 .A