2016医学考博英语词汇真题

Part II Vocabulary (10%)

Section A

Directions: In this section all the sentences are incomplete. Four words or phrases, marked A, B, C and D, are given beneath each of them. You are to choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.

31. Employers have a legal obligation to pay _______ to their workers for injuries.

A. compensation B. compromise C. commodity D. consumption

32. The argument between the two patients became so fierce that the doctor had to _________.

A. alleviate B. aggravate C. extinguish D. intervene

33. But despite all the legal hustle and bustle, they don’t actually expect to _______ death sentences to life terms without parole.

A. induce B. convert C. revive D. swerve

34. To maintain physical well-being, a person should eat _______ food and get sufficient exercise.

A. integral B. gross C. wholesome D. intact

35. The Central Government’s pledge to maintain the ______ and stability of Hong Kong at all costs is a great encouragement to the local finance.

A. provision B. prosperity C. privilege D. preference

36. It is pointed out that patients must be reassured that “their lives will not be ______ as a result of bed shortages.”

A. facilitated B. forfeited C. fulfilled D. furnished

37. The cause of his death has been a mystery and _______ unknown so far.

A. exclusively B. superficially C. utterly D. doubtfully

38. It is known that some ways of using resources _______ can destroy the environment as well as the people living in it.

A. recklessly B. sparingly C. sensibly D. incredibly

39. Cholera is a preventable waterborne bacterial infection that is spread through ______ water.

A. filtered B. distilled C. contaminated D. purified

40. We welcome him not ____________ as a new broom but rather as a very old friend.

A. by the way B. at all events C. by no means D. in any sense

[答案]

31-35：ADBCB

36-40：BCACC