Section I Vocabulary

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 (10 points )

1. Once the profits in one year are not sufficient to pay the dividend, the_______will be paid from the profits of later year.

A. rears B. arrears C. arbitrages D. undue

2. If you want to sell your shop, you must make an/a ____________of the stock in details.

A. inventory B. invention C. payment D. investigation

3. ESPN is a ______ division of ABC, Inc., with the ABC, Inc. owning a 90-percent share of the network.

A. secondary B. dependent C. subsidiary D. supplementary

4. In addition to the ______ owned and operated television networks in the US, there is a public television network free from advertising.

A. financially B. economically C. profitably D. commercially

5. In 1997 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas Corporation ______ into a single company under the Boeing name, creating the world’s largest aerospace company.

A. emerged B. alloyed C. blended D. merged

6. If you draw a(n) ______ between two things, that means the two things are different.

A. prescription B. intersection C. partition D. distinction

7. As computers become part of modem society, computer scientists to invent better methods of solving current problems with it.

A. strive B. stress C. stretch D. strike

8. He has been from Beijing to Shanghai by the company.

A. transited B. transmitted C. transferred D. transformed

9. Before people first attempted cultivation they existed ______ by hunting and gathering food.

A. exclusively B. occasionally C. eventually D. inclusively

10. Their marriage came to an end because they were simply not ______ with each other.

A. comparative B. comparable C. compatible D. competitive

11. For these exceptional children to develop to their full adult potential, their education must be ________to those differences.

A. adapted B. adept C. adopted D. added

12. He’s ______ in having a good job, since business is bad nowadays.

A. wealthy B. valuable C. luxurious D. fortunate

13. Walking is a(n) ______ exercise because it is safe, easy and relatively kind to your muscles.

A. advanced B. advantageous C. superior D. progressive

14. As far as I am concerned, it is a __________ choice for you to take part in MBA exam.

A. sensible B. sensitive C. sensory D. sensing

15. The businessman was sent to prison for trying to ______ a tax official with money.

A. corrode B. corrupt C. correlate D. correct

16. They were told to ______ and wait for further instructions during the military training.

A. stand in B. stand out C. stand for D. stand by

17. I suppose Smith is unlikely to ______ a good idea for improving our product.

A. bring forth B. bring into C. bring on D. bring off

18. The following morning he ______ of the hotel and went straight to the airport.

A. checked out B. checked off C. checked up D. checked over

19. Computer software ______ some 70 percent of the company’s products.

A. applies for B. allows for C. accounts for D. answers for

20. We are immediately ______ and hopefully you will have a pleasant time in our hotel.

A. at your service B. in the way C. at your disposal D. by your side

参考答案：1--5: BACDD 6--10: DACAC

11--15: ADBAB 16--20: DAACA