《中国社科院考博英语2016年试题及详解》.pdf

中华英语学习网： 官方总站： 中国社会科学院2006 年博士研究生入学考试试题 Part Ⅰ Vocabulary Section A (10 points) Directions: Choose the word that is the closest in meaning with the underlined word. 1. With computers doubling in speed and power every couple of years, and with genetic engineering’s dazzling feats growing more and more routine, the battered American faith in technological progress has been growing stronger and giddier of late. A. intriguing B. ornate C. brilliant D. obsessing 2. One suggested method of containing the fires was presented by Gary Colaizzi of the engineering firm Goodson, which has developed a heat-resistant grout (a thin mortar used to fill t cracks and crevices), which is designed to be pumped into the coal fire to cut off the oxygen e supply. n A. restraining B. comprising C. embracing D. releasing . 3. The two fanatic Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to assassinate Harry Truman in 1950 u y attacked him when he was living across the street in Blair House while the White House was being renovated. ng A. refurbished B. refurnished C. reiterated D. repainted i 4. But by the time we are adult, the childhood hiding which dwindled to adolescent shyness,