2014年4月雅思考试摸底题及答案(第一套)_第4页

　　Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

　　INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentence and decide which answer: a, b, or c, best matches the meaning of the　underlined words. Write your answer: a, b, or c, in the space provided.

　　____ 31. Someone who is thought of highly could be an academic who is well-known by the public and respected　nationally.

　　a. has a good repute

　　b. enjoys a good reputation

　　c. has a reputation

　　____ 32. To undertake market research, researchers often conduct nationwide surveys to gather as much balanced and　in-depth information as possible.

　　a. research in local area only

　　b. research in more than one country

　　c. research throughout their own country only

　　____ 33. The professor's library research reinforced his belief that there was a serious shortage of certain types of folk　song material.a. field work

　　b. academic study work

　　c. telephone enquiries

　　____ 34. Great children's books may be described as great pieces of written works of art.

　　a. literate

　　b. literature

　　c. literal

　　____ 35. The changing of the behaviour of two characters in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett　represents a paradigm.

　　a. a very clear or typical example

　　b. an exception

　　c. something rare and valuable

　　____ 36. Adult fiction usually deals with three themes: sex, money and death. But the first, sex, is absent from classic　children's literature.

　　a. always included

　　b. never included

　　c. sometimes included

　　____ 37. Our ancestors began to adorn their bodies with beads, pendants and tattoos in the Stone Age.

　　a. decorate

　　b. hide

　　c. camouflage

　　____ 38. Humans have inhabited the African continent for millennia.

　　a. hundreds of years

　　b. thousands of years

　　c. millions of years

　　____ 39. Genetics does not tell the whole story of the shaping of the modern human brain.

　　a. the study of ancient objects

　　b. the study of history

　　c. the development of living things through substances passed on through their cells

　　____ 40. The huge collection of artefacts on loan to the museum required them to have a mathematical system to keep

　　a tally of what was owned by whom.

　　a. to keep a count of

　　b. to describe

　　c. to label