1、Obscure (11 次)1. Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was very _. (05/12)A) faintB) indefiniteC)obscureD) gloomy2. Creating so much confusion, Mason realized he had better make _ what he was trying to tell the audience. (03/12)A) exclusiveB) explicitC) objectiveD) obscure
2、3. Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very _. (03/6)A) obscureB) indefiniteC) dubiousD) intriguing4. Often such arguments have the effect of _ rather than clarifying the issues involved. (02/12)A) obscuringB) prejudicingC) tacklingD) blocking
3、5. In spite of the _economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly. (01/1)A) gloomyB) miserableC) shadowyD) obscure 6.Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very_. (00/1)A) dimB) obscureC) conspicuousD) intelligible 7. Since the two countries couldnt _ their di
4、fferences, they decided to stop their negotiations. (99/6)A) rectifyB) obligeC) reconcileD) obscure8. Frankly speaking, your article is very good except for some _ mistakes in grammar. (99/6)A) obscureB) glaringC) trivialD) rare9. In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled
5、 worker is _. (99/1)A) shrinkingB) obscuringC) alteringD) constraining10. Parents take a great interest in the _ questions braised by their children. (98/6)A) nastyB) naiveC) obscureD) offensive11. The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many _ references
6、. (97/1)A) obscureB) acuteC) notableD) objectiveAbolish(3 次)1. Slavery was _in Canada in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the slaves, who escaped from America, to settle on its vast virgin land. (05/12)A) abolishedB) resignedC) dilutedD) dissipated2. Excellent films are those which_national
7、 and cultural barriers. (05/6)A) transcendB) traverseC) abolishD) suppress3. Mike just discovered that his passport had _ three months ago. (99/6)A) abolishedB) expiredC) amendedD) constrainedAbrupt(2 次)1. Even sensible men do _ things sometimes. (02/6)A) abruptB) absurdC) acuteD) apt2. It is _ that
8、 women should be paid less than men for doing the same kind of work. (02/1)A) abruptB) absurdC) adverseD) addictiveAbsorb(2 次)1. The club will _ new members the first week in September. (02/1)A) enrollB) subscribeC) absorbD) register 2. When trapped in drifting sands, do not struggle, or you will be
9、 _ in deeper. (98/1)A) absorbedB) pushedC) heavedD) sucked参考答案:答案:Obscure: CBAAA BCCAB AAbolish: AABAbrupt: BBAbsorb: AD 高频词汇讲解,Obsure:共出现 11 次,作为主考词 5 次,作为陪考次 6 次。adj. 1.不著名的,不重要的;2.费解的,模糊不清的vt. 使变模糊,掩盖同义:blur, dim反义:1.notable, conspicuous 2.clear, pure, intelligible衍生:obscured adj.暗的,朦胧的; obscurit
10、y n.阴暗,朦胧辨析:1.obscure,dim,dark,gloomy 表示模糊不清,暗的obsure 指不清晰、模糊,不强调由于光线原因而使人看不清楚。引申义表示语法、文字、记忆等因复杂、深奥、模棱两可而让人看不懂、无法理解。dim 暗淡的,模糊的。指因光线微弱而看不清楚、辨不明轮廓。意义比 dark 弱。也可比喻(前途)暗淡。dark 黑暗的,阴沉的,普通用于。强调缺少自然光线或人工照明所致黑暗,看不见周围的东西。可比喻(前途)暗淡, (心情)沉重, (脸色)阴沉。gloomy 黑暗的,朦胧的。强调光线受到阻碍、遮蔽等。借喻表示忧郁和令人沮丧。常比喻经济预期不景气。2.obscure,
11、ambiguous,vague 表示深奥,难以理解ambiguous 指某物本身的含义模棱两可,使人不明了,费解。vague 指人的言词不确定或太笼统,使人不能完全猜透其意。3.obscure,indefinite,dubious 表示不确定而引起的模糊indefinite 强调定义不明确而引起理解上的模糊。常与 view,answer 搭配。dubious 指因可疑而引起的不确定。与 result 搭配。真题讲解:1.翻译:几乎没有人能听懂他的讲座,主题实在太了。obscure 作为费解的意思,通常会跟“difficult to understand”联系在一起,这里 very few pe
12、ople could understand 就相当于 difficultto understand 了。faint,indefinite,gloomy 有暗淡、模糊的意思, 属于同义混淆。2.翻译:制造了如此多的困惑,Mason 意识到最好把他的意思地告诉听众。Exclusive 指排除的,不包括的,与 of 连用Explicit 指直截了当的;明确的;常与 direction, reason 搭配objective 客观的,新东方张亚哲老师称之为“永赔词汇” ,永远是陪考词,永远不选它!之后我的节目也会出现这个词,真题中它共出现三次,均不作为答案出现。当然,具体问题具体分析啊,呵呵3.翻译:
13、几乎没有人能听懂教授的讲座,因为他演讲的主题实在太了。Obscure 晦涩难懂; Indefinite 不确定;Dubious 可以,不确定;Intriguing 引起兴趣的。A、B 似乎都可以,但是讲授的演讲不可能主题不确定,这能是晦涩难懂。4.翻译:这样的辩论往往是使相关问题模糊不清,而不是澄清。Obscure 模糊、暗淡; prejudicing 偏见;tackling 处理;blocking 妨碍题干中“rather than”后面的 clarifying 意为“澄清”与 obscure 刚好互为反义词。5.翻译:尽管经济发展前景,但制造业的产量仍稍有增加。Gloomy 表模糊不清,可
14、以引申为因前景不清而导致的心情忧郁以及令人沮丧。引申对应outlook,forecast,prospect。miserable,可首先排除这个与情感相连的词,意为可怜的,卑鄙的;shadowy 指由于影子或荫凉而引起的模糊不清。常修饰 woods, figure 或 outline。6.翻译:几乎没有人能听懂它的讲座,这个主题实在太了。根据 difficult to understand 的意思可以很容易地选出 obscure。Dim 与 obscure 的辨析见上面的分析。 Conspicuous 著名的,与 obscure 的不著名的意思刚好相反;intelligible 可理解的,与 o
15、bscure 的费解的意思相反。7.翻译:由于两国无法其分歧,双方决定停止谈判。Rectify 纠正,修复,常与 mistake、error、omission 搭配;oblige 三个基本意思:迫使,施恩于,使感激;reconcile 使协调,使和解;可以很容易选择 C。8.翻译:坦率地说,除了几个小小的语法错误外,你的文章写得非常好。本题比较简单,根据词义差别可很容易选出答案。Obscure 模糊的,费解的;glaring 耀眼的,显眼的;trivial 微不足道的,不重要的;rare 稀有的,珍贵的。9.翻译:在我们这个高科技社会,无技术的工人所能胜任的工作岗位正在。大家都认识 obscu
16、re 了,所以可以直接排除。Shrinking 收缩,减少;altering 改变;constraining 抑制,约束。新东方张亚哲老师称之为“永赔词汇” ,永远是陪考词,永远不选它!之后我的节目也会出现这个词,真题中它共出现七次,均不作为答案出现。当然,具体问题具体分析啊,呵呵工作岗位只能是减少或改变,所以在 A、C 中选择,但根据逻辑判断,比较容易选出 A。10.翻译:父母对于孩子提出的问题表现出极大的兴趣。Nasty 污秽的,下流的;na?ve 天真的,幼稚的;obscure 模糊的;offensive 冒犯的。Nasty 和 offensive 可以直接排除。Obscure 这种晦涩
17、难懂的问题应该不大可能有孩子提出。11.翻译:艾兹拉庞德的诗有时候难以理解,因为诗歌中含有许多的典故。很容易选出 obscure 晦涩的。Acute 敏锐的;notable 显著的; objective 客观的。高频词汇讲解,Abolish:共出现 3 次,作为主考词 1 次,陪考词 2 次。vt.彻底废除,废止同义:cancel, destroy反义:establish, found衍生:abolishable adj.可废止的,可取消的; abolishment n.废止,取消辨析:abolish, extinguish, cancel, destroyabolish 指消除长期存在的风俗
18、、习惯、法律、制度等,一般不指物质;如 abolish slavery 废除奴隶制;abolish bad customs 废除坏的风俗;abolish the tax on food 取消食品税extinguish 指用压服性的武力手段毁灭事物或观念;cancel 取消订货;删掉多余的文字等;destroy 剧烈的破坏、使之不存在或使之失去效能。真题讲解:1.翻译:1833 年加拿大 了奴隶制,加拿大当局鼓励那些逃离美国的奴隶在加拿大广袤的处女地上定居。固定搭配:abolish slaveryresign 辞职;dilute 稀释,冲淡的;dissipate 消散2.翻译:优秀的电影会国家和
19、文化的障碍。transcend 超越,指超出了经验,信仰等范围。题干中 barriers 意为障碍,壁垒(学经济的应该都认识吧) 。traverse 横贯,指穿越沙漠,河流等;abolish 废除;suppress 抑制,指武力镇压或压抑感情。3.翻译:迈克刚发现他的护照三个月前就已经了。expire 到期,熄灭; amend 修正,修改(法律,规则) ;constrain强迫,抑制,新东方张亚哲老师称之为“永赔词汇” ,永远是陪考词,永远不选它!之后我的节目也会出现这个词,真题中它共出现三次,均不作为答案出现。当然,具体问题具体分析啊,呵呵高频词汇讲解,Abrupt:共出现 2 次,均为陪考
20、词。adj. 1. 突然的,意外的; 2. (举止、言谈等)唐突的,鲁莽的真题讲解:1.翻译:即使是明智的人有时也会做出的事。根据句义,应该选择一个 sensible(明智的)的反义词。absurd 荒谬的,荒唐的,愚蠢的; acute 敏锐的,严重的;(疾病)急性的; apt 能胜任的,易于,聪明的。2.翻译:妇女与男子做同样的工作却得到较低的报酬,这是的。根据句义很容易选出是“荒谬的” ,absurdadverse 不利的; addictive 使人上瘾的。高频词汇讲解,Absorb:共出现 2 次,均为陪考词。vt.1. 吸收; 2.吸引的注意; 3.把并入,同化同义:assimilat
21、e, suck反义:dissimilate衍生:absorption n. 吸收;专心,全神贯注;兼并搭配:be absorbed by 被吞并,为所吸收be absorbed in 全神贯注在 ,一心从事,热衷于absorb sbs attention 吸引某人注意辨析:absorb, assimilate, suck absorb 有三个意思:吸收(液体) ;专心,集中精力(工作、学习) ;同化,兼并,如不同的民族文化的同化,公司之间的兼并assimilate 意为吸收,同化。 做“同化”之意时与 absorb 的差别是:除了含 absorb 意思外,还只“将被吸收者变成了吸收者的一部分”
22、 。suck 吸,吮,吸取,常与 down,in 连用。真题讲解:1.翻译:俱乐部要在九月的第一周新会员。enroll(in, on)入学,加入,招收,只招收使成为会员; subscribe(to)订阅,订购报纸等,同意,捐助;register 登记,注册。2.翻译:当你陷到沙子里时,不要挣扎,不然会被更深。absorb-高中词,不考;push,推动-初中词;heave 举起;suck,吸,吮,常与 in 连用,suck sbs brains 剽窃。本期作业:1.上述 18 题请多看几遍,重在理解。2.重点掌握 obscure、abolish 、abrupt、absorb 这四个单词,以及词语
23、辨析。3.除了 obscure、abolish、 abrupt、absorb 之外,请熟背以下单词:gloomy, exclusive, explicit, objective, conspicuous, rectify, reconcile, trivial, shrink, alter, constrain, nasty, offensive, suppress, absurd, acute, apt, enroll, subscribe, heavy。意思上面每题的讲解中都有,大家也可以自己查辞典。因为它们都是高频词汇,今后会出现在我的节目中作为主要讲解词。返回目录 下一页 Transi
24、tion (9 次)1. The wooden cases must be secured by overall metal strapping so that they can be strong enough to stand rough handling during _. (05/6)A) transitB) motionC) shiftD) traffic2. These continual _ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear. (04/6)A) transitionsB) transformation
25、sC) exchangesD) fluctuations3. In order to keep the line moving, customers with lengthy _ are required to do their banking inside. (03/12)A) transitB) transactionsC) turnoverD) tempos4. Retirement is obviously a very complex _ period; and the earlier you start planning for it, the better. (03/6)A) t
26、ransformationB) transmissionC) transactionD) transition5.The _ from childhood to adulthood is always critical time for everybody. (01/6)A) conversionB) transitionC) turnoverD) transformation6. Cultural _ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from onegeneration to another.(01/1)A) tra
27、nslationB) transitionC) transmissionD) transaction7.There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the _ fromfall to winter. (00/6)A) transmissionB) transformationC) transitionD) transfer8.He attends to the _ of important business himself. (98/6)A) transactionB) transition
28、C) transmissionD) transformation9. It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial _ will be conducted by computer. (97/6)A) transactionsB) transmissionsC) transitionsD) transformationsAccommodate(3 次)1. It is a well-known fac
29、t that the cat family_lions and tigers. (05/6)A) enrichesB) accommodatesC) adoptsD) embraces2. They used to quarrel a lot, but now they are completely _with each other. (03/9)A) reconciled B) negotiatedC) associated D) accommodated3. In this poor country, survival is still the leading industry; all else is _.(98/1)A) luxuryB) accommodationC) entertainmentD) refreshmentAdminister(3 次)1. The Chinese Red Cross _a generous sum to the relief of the victims of the earthquake in Turkey. (03/9)