东北财经大学 2006 年博士研究生入学考试英语试题参考答案及解析 I. Vocabulary and Structure (20%) Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Now mark you answers on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the letter corresponding to your choice. 1. The boredom and deep contempt for his work must result from the worker’s relationship to his work which is completely of humanity. A. destitute B. devoid C. desolate D. derelict 1.B devoid of 没有或毫无某事物。根据completely 一词可判断此处指的是“毫无人性”，而不是“缺少人性”。destitute 穷困的，缺少某事物。desolate 使荒凉，使无人烟。derelict荒废的，被弃置的。 2. A(n) glance from his lawyer friend, Tim Green, confirmed him in his conviction that he was bound to win the case in spite of the jury’s verdict in favor of the prosecutor. A. assuring B. insured C. reassuring D. ensured 2.A 句意：律师朋友投来的给人信心的一瞥„。assuring 确信的，给人信心的。insured 加入保险的。reassuring 安心的，可靠的。ensured 确保的，担保的。 3. The indifference of the majority of the citizenry, to the scandal is of a cynicism characteristic of an age in which individualism predominates. A. depreciative B. initiative C. distinctive D indicative 3.D 句意：大部分市民对这一丑闻的冷漠暗示了在个人主义盛行时代的一种玩世不恭的特点。indicative of sth.表示或暗示某事物。depreciative 贬值的，藐视的。initiative 起初的，自发的。distinctive 与众不同的，有特色的。 4. What the New Yorker would find missing is what outsiders find oppressive and distasteful about New York— the congested democratic presence of so many New Yorkers, in their own worlds. A. encased B. encroached C. encountered D. encumbered 4.A 句意：„纽约人将自己置于个人世界中。encase in 将„置于„中。encroach on/upon 超出正当或适当的程度。encounter 遭遇，相遇。encumber sb. /sth. with ...
