2002年6月英语六级试题及答案_第4页

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

41. It was ______ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.
A) addicted B) alleged
C) assaulted D) ascribed
42. The medicine ______ his pain but did not cure his illness.
A) activated B) alleviated
C) medicated D) deteriorated
43. He is the only person who can ______ in this case, because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously.
A) testify B) charge
C) accuse D) rectify
44. Professor Hawking is ______ as one of the world’s greatest living physicists.
A) dignified B) clarified
C) acknowledged D) illustrated
45 The financial problem of this company is further ______ by the rise in interest rates.
A) increased B) strengthened
C) reinforced D) aggravated
46. We shall probably never be able to ______ the exact nature of these sub-atomic particles.
A) assert B) impart
C) ascertain D) notify
47. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colourful balloons ______ slowly into the sky.
A) ascending B) elevating
C) escalating D) lingering
48. Many years had ______ before they returned to their original urban areas.
A) floated B) elapsed
C) skipped D) proceeded
49. What you say now is not ______ with what you said last week.
A) consistent B) persistent
C) permanent D) insistent
50. Military orders are ______ and cannot be disobeyed.
A) defective B) conservative
C) alternative D) imperative
51. Some educators try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of ______ grouping is advisable.
A) homogeneous B) instantaneous
C) spontaneous D) anonymous
52. Even sensible men do ______ things sometimes.
A) abrupt B) absurd
C) acute D) apt
53. The commission would find itself ______ at every turn if its members couldn’t’ reach an agreement.
A) collided B) savaged
C) crumbled D) hampered
54. Grain production in the world is ______, but still millions go hungry.
A) staggering B) shrinking
C) soaring D) suspending
55. He developed a ______ attitude after years of frustration in his career.
A) sneaking B) disgusted
C) drastic D) cynical
56. They believed that this was not the ______ of their campaign for equality but merely the beginning.
A) climax B) summit
C) pitch D) maximum
57. Several guests were waiting in the ______ for the front door to open.
A) porch B) vent
C) inlet D) entry
58. As the mountains were covered with a ______ of cloud, we couldn’t see their tops.
A) coating B) film
C) veil D) shade
59. We couldn’t really afford to buy a house so we got6 it on hire purchase and paid monthly ______.
A) investments B) requirements
C) arrangements D) installments
60. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an ______.
A) illusion B) impression
C) image D) illumination
61. A good education is an ______ you can fall back on for the rest of your life.
A) asset B) ethic
C) inventory D) obligation
62. Giving a gift can convey a wealth of meaning about your appreciation of their ______ and the importance you place upon the relationship.
A) solidarity B) priority
C) superiority D) hospitality
63. The designer has applied for a ______ for his new invention.
A) tariff B) discount
C) version D) patent
64. The toy maker produces a ______ copy of the spaced station, exact in every detail.
A) minimal B) minimum
C) miniature D) minor
65. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil imports and cut the budget ______.
A) disposition B) discrepancy
C) defect D) deficit
66. They have decided to ______ physical punishment in all local schools.
A) put away B) break away from
C) do away with D) pass away
67. Astronauts are ______ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.
A) inclined to B) subjected to
C) prone to D) bound to
68. Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usually include ______ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.
A) drawing on B) drawing in
C) drawing up D) drawing down
69. Up until that time, his interest had focused almost ______ on fully mastering the skills and techniques of his craft.
A) restrictively B) radically
C) inclusively D) exclusively
70. All the ceremonies at the 2000 Olympic Games had a unique Australian flavor, ______ of their multicultural communities.
A) noticeable B) indicative
C) conspicuous D) implicit