1. The computer revolution may well change society as ______ as did the Industrial
Revolution.
A) certainly B) insignificantly C) fundamentally D) comparatively
2. In Britain people ______ four million tons of potatoes every year.
A) swallow B) dispose C) consume D) exhaust
3. I’d ______ his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community， and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
A) take into account B) account for C) make up for D) make out
4. She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it ______ enough to eat.
A) mild B) slight C) light D) tender
5. We take our skin for granted until it is burned ______ repair.
A) beyond B) for C) without D) under
答案：
1. 選 C )。 [題意] 計算機革命完全可能像工業革命一樣根本上改變社會。
A)certainly 的確, (口語)當然, 行
[范例] Victory certainly belongs to the people. 勝利一定屬于人民。
B)insignificantly 無價值的，無足輕重的；
C)fundamentally 基礎地, 根本地；
[范例] She is fundamentally unsuited to office work. 她根本不適合做辦公室工作。
D)comparatively 比較地, 相當地 ；
[范例] Man is a comparatively new creature on the surface of the earth. 人類是地球上出現得比較晚的一種生物。
2. 選 C )。 [題意] 在英國人們每年吃掉400萬噸馬鈴薯。
A)swallow vt.
吞下,咽下
[范例] He swallowed the pills with a cup of water.他用一杯水吞下了這些藥丸。
淹沒,吞沒;吞并[(+up)]
[范例] The waves swallowed up the little boat.波浪吞沒了小船。
耗盡,用盡[(+up)]
[范例] The increase in travel costs swallowed up our pay increase.旅行費用的增加超出了我們的工資增長。
【口】輕信;輕易接受
[范例] She is naive and would swallow anything you tell her.她很天真,你跟她講什么她都相信。
忍受
[范例] He swallowed the insults and kept on working.他忍受侮辱繼續努力。
He had to swallow the insult.他不得不忍受侮辱。
壓制,抑制
[范例] She swallowed her displeasure and smiled.她抑制自己的不快,強顏歡笑。
取消(前言)
[范例] He had to swallow his words.他不得不取消前言。
vi.
吞下;咽下
[范例] He couldn’t swallow because of a sore throat.他因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。
n.
吞,咽
[范例] He took the medicine at one swallow.他一口吞下這藥。
一次吞咽之物[(+of)]
[范例] He took a long swallow of wine.他喝了一大口酒。
B)dispose
vt.
配置,布置[(+for)]
[范例] They disposed troops along the river.他們沿河布置了軍隊。
處置,處理;整理
使傾向于,使有意于[(+for/to)]
[范例] The good pay disposed him to take the job.高薪使他接受了這份工作。
vi.
處置,處理;(能)決定[(+of)]
[范例] I want to dispose of these old books.我想處理掉這些舊書。
Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人,成事在天。
C)consume v t.
消耗,花費;耗盡
[范例] She consumed most of her time in reading.她把大部分時間都花在讀書上。
吃完,喝光
[范例] The kids soon consumed all the food on the table.孩子們一會兒功夫便把桌上的食品全部吃光。
燒毀,毀滅
[范例] The fire consumed half the village.大火吞噬了半個村莊。
揮霍,浪費
使全神貫注,使著迷;使憔悴;充滿[(+with)]
[范例] The boy was consumed with curiosity.那男孩充滿好奇心。
vi.
耗盡生命;被(燒)毀
[范例] She consumed away with grief.她抑郁而死。
D)exhaust vt .
抽完,汲干;把...的內容抽空[(+from/of)]
用完,耗盡
[范例] He had exhausted his supply of water.他已耗盡了全部供水。
使精疲力盡
[范例] My father is completely exhausted.我父親精疲力竭。
The marathon talks exhausted him completely.馬拉松式的談判使他精疲力竭。
詳盡研究;詳盡論述
[范例] Her book on child-care exhausts the subject.她那本關于兒童保育的書寫得詳盡透徹。
vi.
排出氣體
[范例] The engine exhausts through the muffler.引擎通過消音器排氣。
(氣體等)被排出
n.
排出;排氣(或水等)
[范例] Something has gone wrong with the car’s exhaust system.汽車的排氣系統出了故障。
排出的氣
[范例] Effective measures have been taken to prevent exhaust pollution.業已采取有效措施以防止廢氣污染。
排氣管;排氣裝置 3. 選 A )。 [題意] 我得向社區的其他的農戶和商人們了解他的信譽，然后再決定是否同意他的貸款請求。
A)take into account 考慮到;體諒
[范例] They had to take the baby into account when they wanted to go out.每當要外出時,他們總得考慮如何將嬰孩安頓好。
B) account for
說明;證明
[范例] He could not account for his foolish mistake.他無法解釋他所犯的荒謬的錯誤。
對 ...負有責任
[范例] Who will have to account for the misprints in the dictionary?誰必須對字典中的印刷錯誤負責?
C)make up for 補償
[范例] Nothing can make up for what they have suffered.什么也不能補償他們所受的痛苦。
D)make out
辨別出
[范例] I could hardly make out anything in the thick fog.在濃霧中我幾乎什么也看不見。
填寫;寫出
[范例] The teacher has made out a list of reference books.教師已開出了一份參考書單。
理解
[范例] We can’t make out what he is saying.我們不懂他在說什么。
4.選D)。 [題意]她把肉煮了好長時間，以便使肉爛得容易咀嚼.
A)mild a.
溫和的,溫柔的
[范例] He is the mildest man alive.他是世上最和善的人了。
溫暖的,暖和的
[范例] It’s been a mild winter this year.今年的冬天一直很暖和。
味淡的,不濃烈的
[范例] Please make my drink a mild one.請把我的酒調得淡一點。
輕微的,不重的;寬大的
[范例] He was given a mild punishment.他被從輕發落。
B)slight a.
輕微的;微小的;少量的
[范例] She has a slight fever.她有點兒發燒。
極不重要的,微不足道的
[范例] The boss decided to pass over his slight mistakes.老板決定原諒他的小錯。
細長的;瘦小的
[范例] Ann is a slight girl.安妮是個瘦弱的女孩。
脆弱的;不結實的;不牢靠的
vt.
輕視;藐視;怠慢
[范例] Mr. Paul was highly respected because he slighted no one.保羅先生非常受人尊敬,因為他不輕視任何人。
忽視;疏忽
n.
輕蔑;怠慢 [(+on/to)]
[范例] Cinderella suffered many slights from her sisters.灰姑娘受到她姊妹的許多輕慢。
C)light 清淡的;易消化的;(酒)淡的
[范例] I enjoy light wine.我愛喝清淡的酒。
D)tender
a.
嫩的;柔軟的
[范例] There are lots of tender blossoms in the garden.花園里盡是嬌嫩的花朵。
敏感的,一觸就痛的
[范例] Her bruised knee is still tender.她受了瘀傷的膝蓋仍然一碰就痛。
溫柔的,體貼的[(+towards)]
[范例] The nurse was very tender toward the sick children.護士對生病的孩子很溫柔。
微妙的,棘手的
[范例] I t is hard to have the tender situation in hand.這樣微妙的局勢很難控制。
脆弱的,柔弱的
幼弱的,未成熟的
[搭配] children of tender years年幼不懂事的孩子
vt.
使變柔軟;使變脆弱
【古】溫柔地對待
vi.
變柔軟;變脆弱
5. 選 A )。 [題意] 皮膚被燒傷得無法修復之前，我們想當然地認為皮膚不易受傷害。
for granted 把什么事當成理所當然的不重視。 |
