詞匯題主要測試應試者對大綱詞匯和短語的詞義、用法和搭配的辨認和運用能力。測試的重點主要有：
一、動詞短語和介詞短語的搭配和辨義
二、近義詞辨異
三、形近詞辨義
四、單詞辨義
五、固定搭配關系：如動詞和名詞、名詞與形容詞、動詞、名詞、形容詞與介詞或副詞之間的搭配。
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1.Example
a.Select any of these periodicals: Time, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest or The New Yorker.
b.She is studying glaucoma and other disease of the eye.
2.Comparison
a.The snow was falling. Big flakes drifted with wind like feathers.
3.Contrast
a.Most of us agreed, however, Bill dissented.
b.Peter was not fugal since he spent money so freely.
4.Definition
a.The harbor is protected by a jetty—a wall built out into the water.
b.Jane is indecisive, that is , she can’t make up her mind.
5.Restatement
a.He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill.
b.Carbon monoxide is a noxious gas which can cause death.
c.I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I won’t give up easily.
6.General Knowledge
a.The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel.
b.“We have found that no one in the freshmen class can add, multiply, subtract or divide simple sums… Therefore we are starting up a special remedial arithmetic course…”
6.The cat took refuge from the dog behind the tree.
shelter
7.Their hope of finding him alive was shattered when his dead body was found.
Break, smash, destroy,
8.He tilted his chair back too far and fell on the floor.
Incline, leap, slope
9.His belief that he was too clever to be caught in his wrongdoing was absurd.
Foolish, silly, ridiculous
均含“不合情理”、“荒唐”、“可笑”、“愚蠢的”意思。
absurd 強調“不符合人情或常識的”, 如:
It's clear to everybody that the creation of the world by God is absurd.
foolish 強調“缺乏智慧和判斷力的”, 如:
What a foolish suggestion!
silly 強調“單純、糊涂、低能的”, 如:
I can't stand her giggling, she's so silly.
ridiculous 意為“荒謬的”、“令人發笑的”, 常會有“鄙視”之意, 如:
How ridiculous!
Logical, rational, reasonable, sensible
10. She is an amiable girl and gets along with every one in the office.
good-natured, obliging, agreeable, pleasant
hated, ill-natured
11. “The sweet temper” is a figurative expression, but “sweet coffee” is not.
literal
12. Most flowers will not thrive without water and sunshine.
Bloom, boom, develop, flourish, grow, increase, mushroom, prospers,
decline
13. They buy at wholesale and sell at retail.
14. Our country is in great danger; we must mobilize the army.
15. Mr. Eisenhower preceded Mr. Kennedy as president of the United States.
Forerun, head, lead
follow
16. When a person has successfully completed a certain course of study, he is given a diploma by the school.
17. In the museum there is a miniature of the ship “Mayflower”.
minute
18. The poet used the word “flight” as a rhyme for the word “night”.
rhythm
