六级词汇题高分路线图计划（二）
英语世界 来源：新东方 作者： 发布时间：2006-08-23
2001年1月六级词汇练习及解析 31. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist went on to develop his argument. A) premise B) pretext C) foundation D) presentation 32. After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy. A) quarrel B) suspicion C) verdict D) controversy 33. Their diplomatic principles completely laid bare their ________ for world conquest. A) admiration B) ambition C) administration D)orientation 34. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well. A) warrant B) obligation C) assurance D) certainty 35. The Christmas tree was decorated with shining ________ such as colored lights and glass balls. A) ornaments B) luxuries C) exhibits D) complements 36. The two most important ________ in making a cake are flour and sugar. A) elements B) components C) ingredients D) constituents 37. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another. A) translation B) transition C) transmission D) transaction 38. We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing. A) justifications B) illusions C) manifestations D) specifications 39. No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal. A) respective B) respectable C) respectful D) realistic 40. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of species that are alive today will have become ________. A) deteriorated B) degenerated C) suppressed D) extinct 41. The ________ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can succeed in understanding the universe. A) essence B) texture C) content D) threshold 42. The old lady has developed a ________ cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time. A) perpetual B) permanent C) chronic D) sustained 43. What the correspondent sent us is an ________ news report. We can depend on it A) evident B) authentic C) ultimate D) immediate 44. Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an _______ force who pushes her students to excel far beyond their own expectations. A) inspirational B) educational C) excessive D) instantaneous 45. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly ______to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather-sensitive people. A) subjective B) subordinate C) liable D) vulnerable 46. Hurricanes are killer winds, and their ________ power lies in the physical damage they can do. A) cumulative B) destructive C) turbulent D) prevalent 47. In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and ________ in the classroom. A) skeptical B) faithful C) obedient D) subsidiary 48. In spite of the ______economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly. A) gloomy B) miserable C) shadowy D) obscure 49. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre-literate societies in order to attract good health or to _______ disease. A) set aside B) ward off C) shrug off D) give away 50. The international situation has been growing _____difficult for the last few years. A) invariably B) presumably C) increasingly D) dominantly 51. The prisoner was ______ of his civil liberty for three years. A) discharged B) derived C) deprived D) dispatched 52. Small farms and the lack of modern technology have ______ agricultural production. A) blundered B) tangled C) bewildered D) hampered 53. The Japanese scientists have found that scents ______ efficiency and reduce stress among office workers. A) enhance B) amplify C) foster D) magnify 54. All the students have to ______to the rules and regulations of the school. A) confirm B) confront C) confine D) conform 55. He ______ his head, wondering how to solve the problem A) scrapped B) screwed C) scraped D) scratched 56. As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living he ______ his parents' strict rules. A) defied B) refuted C) excluded D) vetoed 57. The helicopter_______ a light plane and both pilots were killed. A) coincided with B) stumbled on C) tumbled to D) collided with 58. To ______ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. A) conserve B) conceive C) convert D) contrive 59. Put on dark glasses or the sun will ______ you and you won' t be able to see. A) discern B) distort C) distract D) dazzle 60. In ______ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favorable climate. A) prime B) primitive C) primary D) preliminary
