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本期真题
1.________ the storm, the ship would have reached its destination on time.
A) But for B) In case of C) In spite of D) Because of
2. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of ________ .
A) rejection1 B) restriction2 C) retreat D) recession
3.The ________ of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.
A) prospect3 sB) speculations4 C) stakes D) provisions
4. I suffered from mental ________ because of stress from my job.
A) damage B) release C) relief D) fatigue5
5. The rest of the day was entirely6 at his ________ for reading or recreation.
A) dismissal B) survival C) disposal D) arrival
答案:
1.A
如果没有风暴,船就会准时到达它的目的地。
A) but for 意为"倘没有;要不是"
B) in case of 意为'假如;如果发生,防备"
C) in spite of 意为"虽然,不顾,尽管...仍...."
D) because of 意为"因为"
2.D
我们应该很大程度降低利率,以使经济摆脱衰退的困境。
interest rate 利率
reject:拒绝
restrict:限制
retreat:撤退
recess:使凹进,休假、休息、休会
它们的名词形式基本上保留了动词的对应意思,前三个词的意义明显和题目不匹配,recession含有比recess更丰富的意思,表示“撤回, 退回, 退后, 工商业之衰退, 不景气状况”,考生可能对recession不够熟悉没有把握,也可以使用排除法,排除前三项,选择D。
3.A
在加利福利亚淘金的美好前景吸引了很多人前往定居。
A) prospect n.景色, 前景, 前途, 期望vi.寻找, 勘探
B) speculations n.思索, 做投机买卖
扩展:speculate vt. vi.
speculate about/upon the future 对未来的猜想
speculate in stocks 做股票投机
C) stake 1) 桩、树桩 2)利害关系、股份 3)赌本、赌注
vt. 拿….作赌注
at stake 在危急关头、在危险中
D) provision n.供应, (一批)供应品, 预备, 防备, 规定 (pl.)口粮、给养
4.D
因为工作压力大,我身心疲惫。
A) damage n.损害, 伤害v.招致损害n.[律] (用复数)赔偿金
B) release n. 释放, 让渡, 豁免, 发行的书, 释放证书
C) relief n. (痛苦等的)减轻, (债务等的)免除, 救济, 调剂, 安慰, 浮雕, 地貌
D) fatigue n. n.疲乏, 疲劳, 累活, [军]杂役vt.使疲劳, 使心智衰弱
5.C
剩下的时间可由他…..读书或娱乐。
recreation n.消遣, 娱乐
at one’s disposal 由某人支配、供某人使用
A) dismissal n.免职, 解雇, 不予考虑
B) survival n.生存, 幸存, 残存, 幸存者, 残存物
D) arrival n. 到达
1 rejection | |
n.拒绝,被拒,抛弃,被弃 | |
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n.限制,约束 | |
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3 prospect | |
n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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4 speculations | |
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断 | |
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5 fatigue | |
n.疲劳,劳累 | |
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6 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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