2016年全国医学博士英语统考答案 Listening Comprehension (30%) Section A 1. B. At three next Wednesday. 2. B. A piercing pain. 3. A. He is going to get married. 4. D. She couldn't agree with the man more. 5. A. Jack's girlfriend is mad at him. 6. B. It's wise to be prepared. 7. B. He is a trouble-maker. 8. D. $30 9. C. Work out in the gym. 10. B. 232 11. A. Mary isn't his type. 12. A. Play tennis. 13. C. In the hospital. 14. A. She is seriously ill. 15. B. She makes a living now as a landlady. Section B Dialogue 16. A. A duodenal ulcer. 17. B. Try medical means. 18. A. Overweight. 19. C. He is a heavy smoker. 20. D. Make an appointment with Dr. Oaks. Passage One 21. D. He is the creator of a website on longevity. 22. C. Women develop cardiovascular disease much later than men. 23. B. In their 60s and 70s. 24. D. Iron. 25. C. Another possibility for women's longevity. Passage Two 26. C. He struggled under the strain of poverty. 27. B. He is an investment advisor. 28. D. Fear. 29. B. He began reading investment books and then began practicing. 30. C. Where there is a will, there is a way. Part II Vocabulary (10%) Section A Directions: In this section all the sentences are incomplete. Four words or phrases, marked A, B, C and D, are given beneath each of them. You are to choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.

31. Employers have a legal obligation to pay _______ to their workers for injuries.

A. compensation B. compromise C. commodity D. consumption Key: A 32. The argument between the two patients became so fierce that the doctor had to _________.

A. alleviate B. aggravate C. extinguish D. intervene Key: D 33. But despite all the legal hustle and bustle, they don’t actually expect to _______ death sentences to life terms without parole.

A. induce B. convert C. revive D. swerve Key: B 34. To maintain physical well-being, a person should eat _______ food and get sufficient exercise.

A. integral B. gross C. wholesome D. intact Key: C 35. The Central Government’s pledge to maintain the ______ and stability of Hong Kong at all costs is a great encouragement to the local finance.

A. provision B. prosperity C. privilege D. preference Key: B 36. It is pointed out that patients must be reassured that “their lives will not be ______ as a result of bed shortages.”

A. facilitated B. forfeited C. fulfilled D. furnished Key: B 37. The cause of his death has been a mystery and _______ unknown so far.

A. exclusively B. superficially C. utterly D. doubtfully Key: C 38. It is known that some ways of using resources _______ can destroy the environment as well as the people living in it.

A. recklessly B. sparingly C. sensibly D. incredibly Key: A 39. Cholera is a preventable waterborne bacterial infection that is spread through ______ water.

A. filtered B. distilled C. contaminated D. purified Key: C 40. We welcome him not ____________ as a new broom but rather as a very old friend.

A. by the way B. at all events C. by no means D. in any sense Key: C Section B 41. scrutiny? ?? A. sanction ? ? ?B. restriction ? ? ?C. census ? ??D. examination Key: D

42. potent? ? ? A. inexpensive ? ?B. powerful ? ?C. conventional ? ?D. lethal Key: B

43.?at odds with? ?? A. in tune with ? ? ?B. in favor of ? ? ?C. for the sake of ? ? ?D. in disagreement with Key: D

44. eminent? ? ? A. renowned? ? ? B. notorious ? ? ?C. popular ? ? ?D. mysterious Key: A

45. diversity? ? ? A. sevrity ? ? ? ?B. reliablility ? ? ???C. variety ? ? ? ?D. specificity Key: C

46. lapse? ? ? A. error ? ? ?B. sin ? ? ?C. guilt ? ? ?D. offense Key: A

47. jaundice? ? ?? A. grievance ? ? ? ? B. sympathy ? ? ? ??C. jealousy? ? ? ? ?D. indignation Key: C

48. to little avail? ? ?? A. by no means ? ? ? ??B. in vain ? ??? ? C. of no account ? ? ? ? D. at stake Key: B

49. lavishly? ? ?? A. fearlessly ? ? ? ?B. conspicuously ? ? ? ?C. wastefully? ? ? ? D. ferociously Key: C

50. progression? ? ?? A. deterioration ? ?? ? ?B. accumulation ? ? ? ? C. expansion ? ? ? ? D. promotion Key: A