MBA联考-英语（二）-14.doc

MBA联考-英语(二)-14

(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)

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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C or D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

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? A. Suppose ? B. Consider ? C. Observe ?

D. Imagine

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (2).

? A. tended ? B. feared ? C. happened ?

D. threatened

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (3).

? A. thinner ? B. stabler ? C. lighter ?

D. dimmer

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (4).

? A. tendency ? B. advantage ? C. inclination ?

D. priority

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (5).

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? A. insists on ? B. sums up ? C. turns out ?

D. puts forward

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (6).

? A. off ? B. behind ? C. over ?

D. along

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (7).

? A. incredible ? B. spontaneous ? C. inevitable ?

D. gradual

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (8).

? A. fight ? B. doubt ? C. stop ?

D. think

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (9).

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? A. invisible ? B. limited ? C. indefinite ?

D. different

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (10).

? A. upward ? B. forward ? C. afterward ?

D. backward

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (11).

? A. features ? B. influences ? C. results ?

D. costs

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (12).

? A. outside ? B. on ? C. by ?

D. across

（分数：0.50） A. B. C. D. (13).

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