考博考试

【单选题】 He wanted very much to run for a second term, but owing to poor health, he was ______ to give it up.
A．driven
B．permitted
C．rebuked
D．compelled

【单选题】 Mother who takes care of everybody is usually the most ______person in each family.
A．considerable
B．considerate
C．tolerant
D．understanding

【单选题】She considered herself always in the right, and ______ anybody's suggestion.
A．skimped
B．sent down
C．sneered at
D．submitted to

【单选题】 This policy gave ______ to private property and led to differences between the rich and the poor.
A．life
B．birth
C．way
D．death

【单选题】 Psychologists agree that human beings have a strong need to ______ their time; having too much idle time can be as stressful as having none at all.
A．threaten
B．annihilate
C．structure
D．punctuate

【单选题】 The girl ______ when she couldn't answer the question in the presence of all her classmates.
A．flourished
B．flattered
C．flushed
D．fluttered

【单选题】 The hum of conversation ______ as the chairman mounted the rostrum.
A．died out
B．died off
C．died of
D．died away

【单选题】 The patient's health failed to such an extent that he was put into care.
A．tense
B．rigid
C．intensive
D．tight

【单选题】TheEnglish vocabulary is known for a(an) ______ of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversations.
A．multitude
B．altitude
C．latitude
D．platitude

【单选题】They ______ for an early end to the fighting which had brought about a great loss to the city.
A．petitioned
B．reasoned
C．reckoned
D．rebuked