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下面共有15个句子,每个句子中均有1个词或短语有底横线,请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。$lesson$
1.America’s emphasis on the importance of education for everyone has spurredscientific research.
A) encouraged
B) endangered
C) endorsed
D) enlarged
2. Photojournalist Margaret White became famous for her coverage of significant events during the Second World War.
A) baggage
B )orphanage
C)reportage
D) usage
3. Below 600 feet ocean waters range from dimly lit to completely dark.
A) inadequately
B) hardly
C) faintly
D) sufficiently
4. "I’m not meddling ". Mary said mildly. "I’m just curious".
A) gently
B )shyly
C) weakly
D) sweetly
5. In 1861 it seemed inevitable that the Southern states would break away from the Union.
A) strange
B) certain
C) inconsistent
D) proper
6. Many of novelist Carson McCullers’ characters are isolated, disappointed people.
A) solitary
B) gloomy
C) feeble
D) frugal
7. The workers finally called off the strike.
A) put off
B) ended
C) cancelled
D) participated in
8. John has made up his mind not to go to the meeting .
A) wanted
B) promised
C) decided
D) agreed
9. I catch cold now and then.
A) always
B) occasionally
C ) constantly
D) regularly
10. He often finds fault with my work.
A) criticizes
B) praises
C) evaluates
D) talks about
11. The little girl grasped her mother’s arm as she across the street.
A) understood
B) had a hold over
C) took hold of
D) left hold of
12. In judging our work you should take into consideration the fact that we have been very busy recently.
A) thought
B) mind
C) account
D) memory
13. I can no longer tolerate his actions.
A) put up with
B) accept
C) take
D) suffer from
14. The doctors have abandoned the hope to rescue the old man.
A) left
B) given up
C) turned down
D) refused
15. Have you talked to her lately?
A) lastlly
B) shortly
C) recently
D) immediately
答案:ACCAB ACCBA CCABC
1 spur:促进,激励。encourage 跟它的意思相近:鼓励,促进。
Public apathy encourages corruption in government.公众的冷漠助长政府的腐败。
endanger:危及,危害。They claim that the herbicide they are using will not endanger human life.他们声称,他们使用的除草剂不会危害人们的生命。endorse:签名,批准。enlarge:扩大,放大。
2 dimly昏暗地。lit:此处是light(照亮)的过去分词,也有人把它叫做形容词。a dimly lit lane:一条昏暗的胡同。faintly:暗淡地,微弱地,与dimly意思相近。Inadequately:不足。hardly:几乎不。I can hardly hear him.我几乎听不到他说话。sufficiently:充分地,足够地。
3 mildly:温和地;适度地。gently:温和地,有教养地。"I'm sorry to disturb you",Mary said gently.玛丽有礼貌地说:"对不起,打扰你了。"shyly:害羞地;胆怯地。The children are smiling shyly.那些儿童腼腆地笑着。weakly:虚弱地,微弱地。She smiled weakly at the reporters.她对记者微笑。sweetly:舒适地;甜蜜地。The girl smiled sweetly at her friends.女孩对她的朋友笑得很甜蜜。
4 coverage:覆盖(的区域、范围)。此处指新闻报道的范围。reportage:新闻报道。
注意:reportage在这个句子中可以替代coverage,但并不意味着任何时候都可以替换。baggage:行李(不可数)。a piece of baggage:一件行李。英国英语一般用luggage。orphanage:孤儿身份,孤儿院。usage:使用,用法。That phrase has gone out of usage.那短语已不为大家所用。
5 inevitable:不可避免的,必然要发生的。certain:肯定的,必然的,与inevitable意思相近。It is almost certain that the government will lose the next election.差不多可以肯定政府在下届选举中要失败。strange:奇怪的。inconsistent:不一致的。proper:合适的,得体的。 +
6 call off."停止,取消。cancel:取消。Why was the baseball game cancelled yesterday?
为什么昨天的棒球比赛取消了?put off."推迟。They decided to put off the meeting until after Christmas.他们决定会议推迟到圣诞节后举行。end:结束。The government acted to end a bakers'strikerin the.city.政府采取行动结束城里面包师傅的罢工。participate in:参加。Did you participate in the discussion?你参加讨论了吗?
7 isolated:孤立的,与世隔绝的。solitary跟它的意思比较接近:独居的,单个的。John has been living a solitary life.约翰一直过着独居的生活。又如:She was the most solitary person on earth.她是世界上最孤独的人。gloomy:阴郁的,忧闷的。She is feeling gloomy,so go and cheer her up.她感到忧闷,去安慰安慰她。feeble:虚弱的,无力的。a feeble old man:虚弱的老人。frugal:节俭的。
8 make up one's mind:打定主意,下定决心。又如:Susan has made up her mind that,come what may,she will stay with John.苏珊决心已下,不管发生什么事,都将跟约翰待在一起。decide:决定。He decided not to do that.他决定不千那件事。want:想。I can study any subject you wafit to.我能研究你想研究的任何一个课题。promise:许诺。You've got to promise me that you won't do that again.你得答应我不再干那种事。agree:同意。They might not agree with his opinion.他们可能不同意他的意见。
9 now and then:时而,偶尔。occasionally:时而,偶尔。always:经常。We have always done it in this way.我们经常这么干。constantly:不断地。She is constantly changing her mind.她老是改变主意。注意:动词进行体跟constantly,always等表达"反复"意义的副词搭配时动词动作具有反复性。这种搭配表达说话人对某人的某种行为的不满,具有强烈的感情色彩。下面这句话是不带感情色彩的客观报道:She constantly changes her mind.她常常改变主意。regularly:经常地;定时地。We do meet now and then,but not regularly.我们确实偶尔见面,但不经常。
10 find fault with:找……的岔子,批评。criticize:批评。He seems to enjoy criticizing his colleagues.他似乎把批评他的同事看做是一种乐趣。praise:表扬。Our guests praised the meal as the best they had had for years.我们的客人称赞这顿饭是他们多年来吃过的最好的一顿。evaluate:评估。The scientists are evpluating the data.科学家们正在评估数据。talk about:谈论。That's all settled.It needn't be talked about.此事已彻底解决,无需再谈了。
11 grasp:抓住。take hold of.抓住,控制住。Mother took hold ofthe barking dogs by their collars.母亲抓住了这些汪汪直叫的狗的颈圈,把它们制服了。understand:懂得,理解。I don't understand your attitude at all.我一点也不理解你的态度。grasp也有"懂得"的意思,但在该句中不是这个意思。have a hold over:控制;对…有影响。The officer has kept a firm hold over the soldiers.那个军官一直紧紧地控制着士兵。leave hold of.放开。She left hold of his hand.她放开了他的手。
12 take…into consideration:把……考虑进去。take…into account:把……考虑进去。We must take local conditions into account.我们必须把地区性的条件考虑进去。thought:思想,考虑。This problem needs great thought.这个问题需要认真考虑。mind:脑子,心。Her mind is not entirely on her work.她的心不全在工作上。memory:记忆。The photograph evoked her happy memories.这张照片激起了她幸福的回忆。
13 tolerate:忍受。putupwith:忍受。If I were you, I wouldn't put up with his behavior any longer.如果我是你,我不会再忍受他的这种行为。accept:接受。I don't think that they would accept my view.我认为他们不会接受我的观点。take有很多的意义。take action:采取行动,采取措施。The government has promised to take swift action on the energy crisis.政府许诺迅速采取措施解决能源危机。suffer from:受……之苦。He suffered from cold and hunger for some time.他一度饥寒交迫。
14 abandon:放弃。give up:放弃。She gave up her iob to look after her sick mother.为了照顾有病的母亲,她放弃了工作。tumdown:不接受。The company turned down the suggestion of shorter hours.公司否决了缩短工作时间的建议. refuse:拒绝,不接受。He refused bribe.他拒绝了贿赂。
15 lately:最近:近来。recently:最近;近来。I've only recently begun to learn English.我只是最近才开始学英语。lastly:最后。He gave many reasons for being late;lastly he said his car had broken down.他先是说了一大堆迟到的理由,最后还说他的车坏了。shortly:一会儿,不久。She kept a diary until shortly before her death.直到去世前不久她才停止记日记。immediately:马上,立即。I'll answer his letter immediately.我会立即给他回信。
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