Part II Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: In this section there are ten incomplete sentences, each of which has a blank. Four words or phrases, marked A, B, C and D, are given beneath each sentence. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence, and then mark the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.
31. It is believed that the Black Death, rampant in the Medieval Europe _______, killed 1/3 of its population.
A. at large
B. at random
C. on end
D. on average
32. HIV and AIDS may threaten the fundamental values of society, and any attempt to deal with them presents a _______ challenge.
A. formidable
B. feasible
C. favorable
D. fantastic
33. Nature never ceases to surprise us. Molecules with ______ structures and properties turn up in the laboratory all the time.
A. bioactive
B. miniature
C. bizarre
D. invisible
34. ________ is a branch of medical sciences focusing on the cause of a disease.
A. Neurology
B. Physiology
C. Pathology
D. Etiology
35. The WHO remains the only organization ________ to health for all, regardless of wealth.
A. subjected
B. submitted
C. committed
D. confined
36. In the United States alone, cancer ________ a thousand lives a day.
A. declares
B. claims
C. expires
D. exclaims
37. There are many dangers ________ in the operation of the highly technical services that a hospital provides.
A. inherent
B. indefinite
C. indispensable
D. independent
38. The brain centers that process numbers seem to be different for exact and ________ calculations.
A. adequate
B. apparent
C. approximate
D. objective
39. Treatment of persons with viral infection is supportive and utilizes the patient's own inner body defenses to ________ recovery.
A. execute
B. expel
C. endure
D. enhance
40. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _______ what color it was.
A. make out
B. make off
C. make for
D. make up
Section B
Directions: In this section there are ten sentences, each of which has a word/phrase underlined. There are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D beneath each sentence. Choose the one that would best keep the meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined part, and then mark the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.
41. Up to 30 percent of all deaths from coronary heart disease can be attributedto cigarette smoking.
A. admitted
B. exposed
C. entitled
D. ascribed
42. Life in technologically advanced societies has additional perils.
A. advantages
B. prospects
C. hazards
D. adventures
43. Obesity is a condition perpetuated by a diversityof factors.
A. Category
B. directory
C. majority
D. variety
44. Abandon fat diets and heedyour body's hunger cues.
A. go in for
B. put up with
C. pay attention to
D. get rid of
45. Health is an economic and political asset.
A. wealth
B. essence
C. circumstance
D. issue
46. This growth in the morbidityof diabetes is due, in part, to an increase in obesity.
A. repetition
B. co-therapy
C. incidence
D. mortality
47. Experts cautionthat no matter which method patients choose, they may need to wear eye glasses again one day—at least for reading.
A. declare
B. conclude
C. warn
D. claim
48. These techniques were appliedover the centuries.
A. employed
B. explored
C. allocated
D. innovated
49. Babies need to be held and soothedwhen they are disturbed or hurt.
A. smoothed
B. calmed
C.touched
D. cared
50. High blood glucoseis a typical symptom of both type l diabetes and of type 2 diabetes.
A. Hyperglycemia
B. Hypoglycemia
C. Hyperplasia
D. Hypoplasia
答 案：
Section A
31. A 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. C
36. B 37. A. 38. C 39. D 40. A
Section B
41. D 42. C 43. D 44. C 45. A
46. C 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. A
