词汇精练
1) Liberal policy was sufficiently to accommodate both views.
A.changeable B.inte rchangeable
C.international D.unchangeable
2) This local election will provide a useful index of the national political mood.
A.pictur e B.sign
C.view D.significance
3) Thick smoke rose into the t ree’s upper limbs.
A.tops B.leaves
C.branches D.tips
4) Luckily they have furnished us with a t ranslation.
A.offer ed B.provided
C.given D.brought
5) The sound of the radio upstairs interferes with my work.
A.helps B.makes
C.affects D.interrupts
6) We’re having the hotel grounds landscaped.
A.beautified B.changed
C.leveled D.cleaned
7) I know the room is a mes s，but make yourself at home.
A.untidines s B.uneasy
C.in a good order D.neat
8) She’s as romantic as a child of sixteen.
A.fool B.na tive
C.lovely D.imaginative
9) The house is situated in a ve ry pleasant surrounding.
A.place B.view
C.look D.point
10) Changes would not be confined to the technical r ealm.
A.kingdom B.house
C.field D.place
11) He joined in an underground group of anti gove rnment guerillas.
A.famous B.secret
C.apparent D.forbidden
12) He was the foremost conductor of his day.
A.famous B.well known
C.good D.leading
13) Try to keep neut ral in their conflict.
A.conce rned B.involved
C.not involved D.not concerned
14) The confe rence declar ed its intent to organize a national movement.
A.intention B.proposal
C.advice D.achievement
15) The Labor has lost three consecutive general election.
A.continual B.continuous
C.res pective D.all together.
答案:
1) A 2 ) B 3 ) C 4 ) B 5 ) C 6) A 7 ) A 8 ) D
9) A 10) C 11 ) B 12) D 13) C 14) A 15) B
Part One In Class Reading
Ambition
词汇精解
abrogate [.... br..u..eit ] v.取消，废除
[例句] No futur e government can or will abrogate the accord.
apologetic * [....p..l....d..etik] a dj.表示歉意的，道歉的
[考点] be apologetic about 对.感到抱歉
[例句] He was apologetic about not being able to come to the pa rty.
attainable* [....tein..bl] a dj.可达到的，可获得的
[同义] feasible
[辨析] feasible ；at tainable
feasible (计划、观点、方法) 可行的，行得通的；a ttainable (目标、标准) 可以获得的，并使工作更有成效。
[例句] Every child should be educated to the highest at tainable level.
bestseller [best..sel..] n.畅销书
[例句] This book is now an inte rnational best seller.
consolidate6 [k..n..s..lideit ] v.① ( 使) 加固，(使) 加强② (把. ) 联为一体
[同义] ha rden ，reinforce ，secure ，combine ，join ，unite
[例句] 1) She hoped that ma rriage would consolidate their r elationship.
2) The two firms consolidate to form a single company.
contender * [k..n..tend..( r) ] n.参赛者
[例句] Most people believed s he was the leading contender to succeed the prime r ministe r.
grandiose [....r .. ndi..us ] ad j.不切实际的
[例句] Huge t racts of forest have been given to grandiose development projects.
irritably * [..irit..bli] a dv.易生气地
[同义] fr actiously
[辨析] irr itably；fractiously irr itably 容易被不重要的事情弄得心烦，尤其是因为你已经因为某事而脾气很坏；fractiously 某人，尤其是孩子，通常因为累了，而对不重要的事生气而紧张。
[例句] The long drive home from work lef t him did everything irritably.
matter of factly * [..m .. t..r..u..f .. ktli] adv.就事论事地
[例句]“I see ，”she said ma tter of fact ly.
melodrama [..mel..u..dr....m..] n.情节剧
[例句] Some of the prose overplays itself into melodrama towards the end.
mush [m....] n.烂糊状东西，软块
[例句] He gulped down the tasteless mush.
one sided* [w..n..saidid] ad j.片面的
[同义] unfair
[例句] Newspapers often give a ve ry one sided account of political events.
overdrive [....uv....draiv] n.( 比喻) 过度工作
[例句] Take a r est ，ove rdrive is bad to your health.
prominently* [..pr..min..ntli] a dv.引人注目地
[例句] Although there is no set agenda，arms cont rol is expected to feature prominently.
residency * [..resid..nsi ] n.(美) ( 住院医生一般住院实习期满后的) 高级专科住院实习( 期)
slog [sl....] v.卖力苦干
[例句] The childr en a re slogging away at revision.
smart ass [sm....t .. s ] ad j.自以为聪明的，自以为是的
[例句] Some smar t ass college kid star ted making fun of her accent.
whole heartedly* [h..ul..h....tidli ] a dv.全心全意地，全力地
[例句] Mrs.Thatche r told him that she agrees wholehear tedly with such policies.
yardstick [..j....dstik] n.衡量标准
[同义] standa rd ，scale ，c riterion
[考点] a yardstick for sth..的标准
[辨析] standa rd ；scale ；c riterion ；yardstick standa rd 用于判断某人的素质、技能、成就水平；scale 用于比较、评判事物的一套标准、水平、水准；crite rion ( 复数: c riteria) 用于评断事物、人物的标准，尤其是它不同于其他组织、个人使用的标准；ya rdstick 为判断成功与否，好坏与否，而与某一个事物、个人作比较的事物、个人。
[例句] The hospital has developed a t reatment for cancer which has become the yardstick for all other t reatments.
come to terms with 妥协，屈服
[例句] It’s hard to come to te rms with going blind for one reason or another.
for one reason or another 由于某种原因
[例句] For one r eason or another ，he’s decided to leave his job.
in general 总体上
[例句] In general men a re taller women.
leave behind 留下
[例句] She’s left that kind of student life behind.
pan out 结果(是) 成功，有成果
[例句] We’ll have to see how things pan out.
sit back 不采取行动
[例句] I can’t just sit back and do nothing when ther e ar e so many homeless people on the st reet.
Part Two Afcer Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Hacker or Mike ?
词汇精解
arch6 [....t..] v.( 使) 拱形
n.拱，拱形，拱形( 结构)
[例句] 1 ) Pas sing through the a rch ，you enter an open cour tya rd.
2 ) Ca ts often a rch their backs when they ar e angry.
assortment [....s....tm..nt ] n.各种各样
backboard [..b .. kb....d] n.( 篮球架上的) 篮板
bandage6 [..b .. ndid..] n.绷带
v.用绷带扎缚
[例句] The nurse bandaged up his leg quickly and skillfully.
buffoonery [b....fu..n..ri ] n.滑稽可笑的动作
clank [kl ....k] n.& v.发出当啷声
condescend [..k..ndi..send] v.屈尊，俯就
consecutive6 [k..n..sekjutiv] adj.连续的，连贯的
[同义] successive
[辨析] successive ；consecutive
successive 一个接着一个地出现；consecutive ( 时间单位) 一个接着一个。
[例句] The company has made a profit for seven consecutive years.
conspicuously* [k..n..spikju..sli] adv.明显地，惹人注目地
dutifully * [..dju..tifuli ] adv.尽职地
elast ic4 [i..l .. stik ] ad j.① 有弹性的，有弹力的② 灵活的，可伸缩的
n.橡皮圈，松紧带
[同义] adaptable ，flexible
[反义] rigid
[例句] 1 ) This swimming suit is made of elastic material.
2 ) My timetable for this week is fair ly elastic.
excellence* [..ek s..l..ns ] n.优秀，卓越，杰出
forfeit [..f....fit ] v.失去，放弃
gazelle [......zel] n.小羚羊
index4 [..indeks ] n.食指；索引；标志；表征；指数；指标
v.为.编索引，把.编入索引
[同义] sign ，symptom，table
[例句] 1 ) The knife slipped and she severed a nerve in her index finge r.
2 ) The book has a very thorough index ，so you can easily find any name you want.
3 ) Coal was the perfect index to Britain’s situation.
4 ) You can take each of the index in the social sector and compare them with those of 20 yea rs ago.
5 ) It will take days to index the report.
lacrosse [l....kr..s ] n.兜网球
limb4 [lim] n.①肢，臂，腿②树枝
[同义] a rm，leg ，branch
[例句] 1 ) When babies are born ，they have very little cont rol over their limbs.
2) Thick smoke rose into the t ree’s uppe r limbs.
lope [l..up] v.跳跃着大步跑
nifty [..nif ti] ad j.伶俐的，有技巧的
nonchalantly [..n..n....l..ntli] adv.不激动地，冷淡地
outrageous * [aut..r eid....s] ad j.大大出乎意料的，极不寻常的
reconcile6 [..r ek..nsail ] v.① 使顺从( 于) ，使甘心( 于) ，使人无可奈何地接受某事物②使和好，使和解；使协调
[考点] be reconciled with sb.与某人妥协