基础英语1997(试题与答案)南开.doc

南开大学1997年研究生入学考试试题 考试科目：基础英语 I. Words. （20%） A. Directions：From the choices given below, select （underline）an appropriate synonym for the italicized word in each sentence. 1. The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back thousands of years. pharmacy theatre market stadium 2. This is a personal day, a terrible day , the day to which his entire sojourn has been tending. plan visit focus life 3. New York is no longer the leading city in the United States, at least if it is measured by who begets the styles and sets the trends. forgets produces abuses respects 4. In that city, helpfulness is often delivered as a taunt. gibe welcome whiplash attack 5. Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father of Huck Finn’s idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyers endless summer of freedom and adventure. happy poetic deplorable timeless 6. This is a remarkably large and beautiful animal, and sagacious to an astonishing degree. vicious shrewd loathsome awkward 7. I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife. obscene harsh vague lurid 8. I looked upon my future felicity as secured. madness leisure happiness misery 9. Having procured mortar, sand, and hair, with every possible precaution, I prepared a plaster which could not be distinguished from the old, and with this I very carefully went over the new brick-work. acquired stolen concealed mixed 10. Escorted by Churchill, the President hobbled alt the way across the deck, and sat.