对外经济贸易大学2013 年二外英语考研真题 Part I Vocabulary and grammar (20%) Directions: Choose from A, B, C or D the one that best completes each sentence. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. Undergraduate students have no ____to the rare books in the school library. A. entrance B. way C. access D. path 2. Picking flowers in the park is absolutely ____. A. avoided B. prohibited C. rejected D. repelled 3. I felt that I was not yet ____ to travel abroad. A. too strong B. strong enough C. so strong D. enough strong 4. For the success of the project, the company should ______ the most of the opportunities at hand. A. obtain B. grasp C. catch D. make 5. Follow the _____ of the vine as it winds through some of the most picturesque towns in Connecticut. A. trail B. trial C. trailer D. trait 6. Since the ____ of atomic power, there have been great changes in industry. A. departure B. threshold C. advent D. commencement 7. Once this picture was auctioned to be worth of more than two million dollars, but after the commenting of an expert, it becomes quite ____. A. invaluable B. priceless C. worthless D. unworthy 8. The study found that emerging economies continued to grow in the three months to the end of June, but at a slower pace. The index ______to 53.0, from 53.6 in the first quarter. A. slumped B. slipped C. climbed D. ascended 9. The chemist had made an _____ report on the characteristics of this metal. A. exhaustive B. exhausted C. exhausting D. exuberating 10. No one disputes that firms have to make organizational changes when the business environment demands them. But the idea that a firm might want change for its own ____ often provokes skepticism. A. concern B....
