2015年在职硕士考试常用词汇练习(5)

　　1. He is seriously ill because his girlfriend has just deserted him. Why don’t you try some occupational ________ to remove his mind from distress?

　　A. operation

　　B. therapy

　　C. injection

　　D. medicine

　　2. The government used their emergency powers to ________ the truth about the accident.www.examda.com

　　A. suppress

　　B. manipulate

　　C. control

　　D. manage

　　3. The ________ of the member countries is supposed to be held recently at Geneva.

　　A. summit

　　B. summary

　　C. suffering

　　D. summon

　　4. The ghostly presence was just a (n)_________ sensation of some people.

　　A. objective

　　B. subjunctive

　　C. subjective

　　D. objected

　　5. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy, and thousands of jobs are at ________.

　　A. danger

　　B. loss

　　C. threat

　　D. stake

　　参考答案：

　　1. 答案为B。operation 指“手术”，therapy 指“疗法”，injection 指“注射”，medicine 指“医术，医学;药”。occupational therapy 指“职业疗法”，即给患者创造性或生产性工作以治疗其身心某些疾病的方法。

　　2. 答案为A。suppress 意思是“阻止..被知道或看到”，manipulate 指“熟练地控制或操纵(某事物)”，control 意思是“控制”，manage 意思是“负责(谋事物)，管理，经营”。

　　3. 答案为A。summit 意思是“峰会，首脑会晤”，summary 意为“小结”，suffering 指肉体或内心的痛苦，summon 意为“传唤，传讯;(法院的)传票”。

　　4. 答案为C。objective 意为“客观的”，subjunctive 意为“虚拟语气的”，subjective 意为“主观的”，object 意思是“反对，抗议”，作动词。

　　5. 答案为D 。at a loss 意思是“不知如何是好，茫然，不知所措”，at stake 指“凶吉难卜，好坏无法预料”。可以说in danger 或under threat,但不可以说at danger 或at threat。

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