请在 4个选项中找出与加底线的词或短语意义昀相近的一项。
1. America’s emphasis on the importance of education for everyone has spurred scientific 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 ha 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 crossed 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 lastly B shortly C recently D immediately
词汇学习 2:
1. A 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。 The application was endorsed by the committee.申请书已由委员会批准。 enlarge:扩大,放大。 The UN secretary-general yesterday recommended an enlarged peacekeeping force.昨天联合国秘书长提议扩大维和部队。
2. C 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。
3. C 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:不足地。 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。
4. A 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。
5. B 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. A 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.她是世界上昀孤独的人。 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。
7. C 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 strike in 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?
8. C 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.他决定不干那件事。 want:想。I can study any subject you want 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. B now and then: 里面,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. A find fault with:找……的岔子,批评。 criticize批评。He seem to enjoy criticizing his colleagues.他似乎把批评他的同事看作是一种乐趣。 praise:表扬。Our guests praised the meal as the best they had had for year我们的客人称赞这顿饭是他们多年来吃过的昀好的一顿。 evaluate:评价。 The scientists are evaluating 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. C grasp:抓住。 take hold of:抓住,控制住。 Mother took hold of the 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. C 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. A tolerate:忍受。 put up with:忍受。If I were you, I wouldn’t put up with his behavior any longer.如果我是你,我不会忍受他的这种行为。 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. B abandon:放弃。give up:放弃。 She gave up her job to look after her sick mother.为照顾有病的母亲,她放弃了工作。 turn down: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. C lately:昀近;近来。 recently:接近;近来。 I’ve only recently begun to learn English.我只是昀近才开始学英语。 lastly:昀后。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,昀后还说他的车坏了。 shortly:一会儿,不久。 She kept a diary until shortly before her death.去世前不久她一直在记日记。 immediately:马上,立即。 I’ll answer his letter immediately.我会立即给他回信。
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