【六级词汇真题天天练（5）】

每一日你所付出的代价都比前一日高，因为你的生命又消短了一天，所以每一日你都要更积极。今天太宝贵，不应该为酸苦的忧虑和辛涩的悔恨所销蚀，抬起下巴，抓住今天，它不再回来。

2000年6月六级试题

27.Under the present system, state enterprises must ______ all profits to the government.
A) turn down
B) turn up
C) turn out
D) turn in

28.Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery¹ workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
A) laid out
B) laid off
C) laid down
D) laid aside

29.We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A) compensate²
B) remedy
C) supplement
D) retrieve³

30.She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.
A) decorate
B) disguise
C) fabricate
D) fake


2001年1月六级试题

1. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist
went on to develop his argument.?
A) premise⁴
B) pretext⁵
C) foundation
D) presentation ?

2. After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.?
A) quarrel
B) suspicion
C) verdict
D) controversy⁶ ?

3. Their diplomatic principles completely laid bare their ________ for world conquest.
A) admiration⁷
B) ambition
C) administration
D)orientation

答案：
27. D 参考译文：在现有的体制下国有企业必须把所有的利润上交给政府。
A) turn down 拒绝
B) turn up 出现
C) turn out 结果
D) turn in 上缴

28.B 参考译文：美国的石油公司已开始感到压力巨大，正在裁减炼油工人和加工石油的的雇员。
A) lay out 设计，展开
B) lay off 解雇
C) lay down 制定，放弃
D) lay aside 把...搁置在一边

29.A 参考译文：我们居住期间对你房子所造成的任何损坏，我们会赔偿你的。
A) compensate 赔偿
B) remedy 补偿
C) supplement 补充
D) retrieve 取回

30.B 参考译文：她把头发剪短，试图假扮成一个男人。
A) decorate 装饰
B) disguise 伪装
C) fabricate 制作
D) fake 伪造

2001年1月六级试题

1. A 参考译文：以火星上有生命存在这一假设开始，那位科学家继续进行论证。?
A) premise 前提
B) pretext 借口
C) foundation 基础
D) presentation 陈述

2. D 参考译文：发生几次核灾难之后，关于核能安全的问题引起了一场激烈的争论。
A) quarrel 争吵
B) suspicion 怀疑
C) verdict 判决
D) controversy 争议?

3. B 参考译文：他们的外交原则完全暴露了他们要征服世界的野心。
A) admiration 羡慕
B) ambition 野心
C) administration 管理
D)orientation 定向

1 refinery   

n.精炼厂，提炼厂

参考例句：

• They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

2 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

3 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

4 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

5 pretext   

n.借口，托词

参考例句：

• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
• He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口，没参加那个会议。

6 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

7 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。