吴中东：考研-基础英语词汇考点精炼（五）
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1、填空
a) Pilots must abstain ______ alcohol for 24 hours before flying（避免）.
b) Achieving a standstill is vital for Heron if it is to make headway ______ rescheduling its debt（在……取得进展）.
c) Similarly we can only draw inferences ______ the nature of learning from observing these changes（根据……推论）.
d) All of us complimented Joe ______ his cooking（夸奖某人）.
e) He knew he was bound to pull any girl he set his heart ______ - he always had（下决心做）.
f) These developments are instrumental ______ the increased regulation and stability of affective thought（有助于……）.
g) You'll stand a better chance ______ getting a job with a degree（有...的希望）.
h) The new program is designed to tempt young people ______ studying engineering（引诱某人做……）.
i) I took the liberty ______ telling my office I could be reached here（冒昧，擅自）.
j) The rich man who deludes himself ______ behaving like a mendicant may conserve his fortune although he will not be very happy（欺骗某人……）.
2、选择
(1) You need to train the dog to desist from ________ excessively.
A. bark B. barking C. barked D. barks
(2) Mattie grunted abstractedly, totally engrossed in ________ the various plastic containers and bowls in the refrigerator.
A. peering at B. peers at C. peer at D. peered at
(3) They remember you at your most awkward and unformed and they delight in ________ you of it.
A. remind B. reminded C. reminds D. reminding
(4) I was reckoning on ________ at least 60% of the votes.
A. get B. got C. gotten D. getting
(5) Attempts to coerce people into retiring must be resisted; rights to retraining must also be secured.
A. retiring B. retire C. retired D. retires
(6) In the late 1980s, the United States ________ a major undertaking: the human genome project.
A. gambled on B. embarked on C. took the liberty of D. counted on
(7) Simon did well after that but ________ simple good luck to anyone who questioned his apparent good fortune.
A. had a dread of B. fell short of
C. had enough of D. made a pretence of
(8) Less developed countries fear that both those initiatives would ________ trading opportunities.
A. make a habit of B. make a legend of
C. deprive them of D. suspect them of
(9) ________ dreaming dreams, because one day they may have to come true.
A. There’s no merit in B. There's no harm in
C. There's no sense in D. There's no shortage of
(10) Don't let yourself be ________ into buying things you don't want.
A. persuaded B. shamed C. forced D. terrified
（节选自环球时代学校吴中东教授等编著的《英语专业考研基础英语高分突破》）
答案
1.
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2.
(1) B(2) A(3) D(4) D(5) A(6) B(7) D(8) C(9) B(10) A