【六级词汇真题天天练（3）】

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2000年6月六级试题

13.The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time.
A) treaty
B) lease
C) engagement
D) subsidy¹

14.The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
A) pensions
B) earnings²
C) salaries
D) donations

15.There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
A) appliance
B) accessory
C) machine
D) mechanism³

16.After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
A) deteriorated⁵
B) dispersed⁷
C) dissipated
D) drained

17.No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
A) deprived
B) ripped
C) stripped
D) contrived⁹

18.For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A) depressed¹⁰
B) immersed
C) oppressed
D) cursed

19.Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed
B) hatched
C) motivated
D) geared

答案：
13.B 参考译文：这套公寓的租约一年到期。
A) treaty 条约
B) lease 租期
C) engagement 订婚
D) subsidy 补助

14.A 参考译文：俄罗斯的老年人觉得只靠国家发给的养老金生活非常困难。
A) pension 退休金
B) earning 收入
C) salary 薪水
D) donation 捐款

15.D 参考译文：据推测那儿有一种安全机械装置保证火车不相撞。
A) appliance 器具
B) accessory 附件
C) machine 机器
D) mechanism 机制

16.D 参考译文：相同的工作做了四年之后他的热情终于耗竭了。
A) deteriorate⁴ 恶化
B) disperse⁶ 驱散
C) dissipate 消耗
D) drain 耗尽

17.A 参考译文：如果被剥夺了充足的睡眠，没有人能够正常工作。
A) deprive 剥夺 deprive sb. of sth.; be deprived of
B) rip 撕破
C) strip 脱衣
D) contrive⁸ 设计

18.C 参考译文：这些年来，那个偏远国度的人民一直被独裁者残酷地压迫着。
A) depress 抑制
B) immerse 浸入
C) oppress 压迫
D) curse 诅咒

19.D 参考译文：自从工业化兴起之后教育已经开始适应产业工人的需要。
A) harness 利用
B) hatch 盖住
C) motivate 激励
D) gear 使准备好 gear towards/to 调整以适应

1 subsidy   

n.补助金，津贴

参考例句：

• The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
• The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

2 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

3 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

4 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

5 deteriorated   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。
• His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化，日甚一日。

6 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

7 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

8 contrive   

vt.谋划，策划；设法做到；设计，想出

参考例句：

• Can you contrive to be here a little earlier?你能不能早一点来？
• How could you contrive to make such a mess of things?你怎么把事情弄得一团糟呢？

9 contrived   

adj.不自然的，做作的；虚构的

参考例句：

• There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
• The plot seems contrived.情节看起来不真实。

10 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。