刘毅基础词汇5000-2b
Part Two
1. clumsy:He asked such a clumsy question that I did not know what to reply.
2. conservative: Old people are usually more conservative than young people.
3. exhale: He lit his pipe and exhaled clouds of smoke.
4. homely: I was very disappointed to see her sister; she was a homely girl.
5. indefinite: "Maybe" or "perhaps" is a very indefinite answer.
6. obedient: The obedient dog quickly responded to his master's whistle.
7. precise: He gave a precise account of how much money he had spent.
8. rational: When people are very angry, they seldom act in a rational way.
9. rigid: In our home it is a rigid rule to wash one's hands before eating.
10. timid: a timid child is apt to cry when he sees a strange person.
11. vertical: A vertical take-off aircraft can rise straight from the ground, without running along for some distance.
12. wholesome: Such a movie is not wholesome for young children.
Part Three
1. abandon: He abandoned his wife and went away with all their money.
2. barbarian: People who behave like barbarins are not welcome at this hotel.
3. essence: The essence of his religious teaching is love for all men.
4. harmony: My cat and dog never fight; they live together in perfect harmony.
5. indulge: He indulged his desire for cigarettes to a harmful extent.
6. intrude: I was unwilling to intrude upon them so late at night.
7. modify: The company modified the design of the automobile in order to make it more attractive. / In the phrase, "a green hat," the adjective "green" modifies the noun"hat".
8. oppress: A good government will not oppress the peolpe.
9.proficient: His mother is very proficient in music.
10. sequence: The books should be arranged in sequence according to author.
11. suburb: They would rather live in the surburbs than in the city.
12.summary: This history book has a summary at the end of each chapter.
13. vacancy: There are many vacancies in the parking lot when the stored are closed.
Part Four
1. alley: The truck was too large to pass through the alley.
2. apologize: I apologized to her for stepping on her foot.
3. diary: We could see lots of milk product on the diary.
4. discern: I was not able to discern the road in the dark.
5. jaw: The meat was so tough that his jaws hurt from chewing it.
6. limp: After falling down the stairs, he limped for several day.
7. pillar: The roof of the porch was supported by brick pillars.
8. potential: He is regarded as a potential leader of our political party.
9. refrigerator: In summer we have to keep milk and meat in the refrigerator.
10. skull: He was knocked unconscious by a sudden blow on the skull.
11. strategy: Tactics refers to the disposition of armed forces in combat whereas strategy refers to the overall plan of a nation at war.
12. trench: The soldiers dug trenches to protect themselves against enemy fire or attack.
13. undertake: I will undertake the responsibility of feeding your dogs while you are away. / He always undertakes more than he can do.
Lesson 10
Preparation Test
1. A XXXX should be placed when it is conspicuous.
2. The President tried to liberate XXXX.
3. Those are the two XXXX that will appear in the main bout.
4. It is XXXX for a temperate man to get angry.
5. The child is a real pest, she is a(an) XXXX girl.
Part One
1. adore: All the girls in our school adore the handsome mathematics teacher who happens to be a bachelor.
2. blend: a grocer must know how to blend different kinds of tea. / These houses seem to blend well with the trees and the countryside.
3. breadth: The wise man has a great breadth of understanding.
4. commend: Many children were commended for their good deeds on Children's Day.
5. conspicuous: There are several conspicuous errors in your composition.
6. delusion: she is under the delusion that I'm going to give her a lot of money.
7. impatient: As she was impatient to start to school. she forgot to take her homeork.
8. miracle: According to the Bible, Christ worked many miracles.
9.provisional: Let's arrange the provisional meeting for next Tuesday, even though we may have to change it.
10. restrain: She could not restrain the children from running into the street.
11. stroll: The old couple were strolling under the trees arm in arm.
Part Two
1. cradle: The frightened baby refused to sleep in his cradle.
2. deny: Justice must not be denied to anyone, however poor he may be.
3. disperse: The crowd dispersed when the rain fell suddenly.
4. endanger: You will endanger your health if you work so hard every night.
5. fiction: Works of fiction are reviewed in the Sunday papers in England.
6. initial: His initial effort at skating was failure, but he succeed the second time that he tried.
7. intimacy: The intimacy with which the two friends talked showed how fond they were of each other.
8. invade: At the beginning of World War Two, Hilter invaded Poland without a declaration of war.
9. selfish: He was too selfish to share his candy with his little brother.
10. thrifty: Mr. Thompson is so thrifty that he is able to save more than half of his weekly salary.
11. voluntary: Voluntary workers built a road to the boy's camp.
Part Three
1. absorb: Anything black absorbs most of the light rays tht fall on it. / He was so absorbed in his reading that he did not hear the telephone ring.
2. accuse: It is wrong to accuse a person of crime unless you have proof that he is guilty.
3. adjust: You can adjust your chair to make it more comfortable.
4. erroneous: Years ago many people held the erroneous belief that the earth was flat.
5. expend: He had expended much time and energy on that experiment.
6. fury: It's no use trying to argue with you when you fly into a fury.
7. liberate: Abraham Lincoln is the President who tried to liberate slaves.
8. perplex: He was so perplexed that he asked many persons for advice.
9. sovereign: When the thirteen colonies won the Revolutionary War, America became a sovereign nation.
10. temperate: The temperate areas of the world are found to be the north and south of tha tropics.
Part Four
1. bout: Those are the two boxers who will appear in the main bout tonight.
2. catagory: The selfish man places all people in two categories: those he likes and those he dislikes.
3. choir: As the choir rose to sing, the people joined in, filling the church with the music of first hymn.
4. compact: The salesman tied the customer's purchases into a compact bundle.
5.concentrate: The defeated troops were ordered to scatter and then concentrate fifty mile to the south.
6. emigrate: In the 19th century many Europeans emigrated to America.
7. navigate: He navigated the ship across the Atlantic Ocean.
8. pane: The broken pane in the window was replaced by a man whose son threw a stone and broke it.
9. pest: We have to get rid of pests in the garden.
10. salute: The soldiers saluted the flag by raising the right hand to forehead as they passed it.
11. severe: The students who cheat in examinations will be give severe punishement.
Lesson 11
Preparation Test
1. Don't be too sullen when you are XXXX by your parents.
2. They decided to exile him to the XXXX.
3. We felt humiliated by our XXXX.
4. I live in the vicinity of the school; it takes XXXX to go to school on foot.
5. Millions of XXXX are slaughtered every year in the country.
Part One
1. abode: The woodcutter's abode was a house in the forest.
2. annual: The company allows us an annual vacation of two weeks.
3. hoax: The mother coaxed the boy to take the medicine, but he refused to take it.
4. colleague: The teacher's colleagues taught his classed while he was ill.
5. dispense: The Red Cross dispensed food and clothing to the flood victims.
6. gingerly: In the darkness, he turned to the left, stepping gingerly.
7. hug: The mother hugged her lost child and kissed him.
8. humiliate: The boy humiliated their parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.
9. obstruct: The mountain roads were obstructed by falling rocks.
10. overthrow: The government was overthrown by the hands of Soldiers.
11. recapture: The soldiers recaptured the city lost to the enemy.
12. slim: He was very slim, being six feet tall and weighing only 130 pounds.
13. vicinity: There are no houses for sale in this vicinity. / The vicinity of the apartment to his office was an advantage on rainy days.
Part Two
1. arctic: The arctic has an extremely cold winter.
2. attic: We store trunks in the attic of the house.
3. diminish: Poor crops so diminished the food supply that people were starving.
4. dishonest: A person who lies, cheats, or steals is dishonest.
5. drunken: The noisy drunken man on the street was soon arrested by the police.
6. foe: The person who holds ill feelings against you is your foe.
7. foresee: He foresaw that his journey would be dealyed by bad weather.
8. jolly: Everyone at the party was very jolly, and didn't want to leave the party.
9. maximum: Sixteen miles in a day was the maximum distance we could walk.
10. mistress: She felt she was no longer mistress in her own house when her husband's mother came to stay.
11. prefix: "Under-" in underline, "dis-" in disappear, and "pre-" in prepaid are prefixes.
12. relax: Discipline cannot be relaxed until the last day of school has passed.
13. superficial: The speaker had only a superficial knowledge of the subject.
Part Three
1. allege: The storekeeper alleged that the boy had stolen some fruit.
2. current: We read the daily newspaper to keep up with the current situation.
3. exalt: They were exalted by their son's success.
4. expand: The balloon expanded as it was filled with air.
5. industrialize: we have to make our every effort to industrialize our country.
6. justify: Your wish to go far a walk does not justify your leaving the baby alone in the house.
7. prescribe: Good citizens do what the laws prescribe.
8. presume: John didn't say when he would return, but I presume he'll be back for dinner.
9. slaughter: The cattle were sent to the city for slaughter.
10. statistics: These statistics show that the population of the country will be doubled in ten years.
11. supplement: Todays' newspaper has a supplement on the new automobile models.
12. trifle: You will not succeed if you waste your time on trifles such as movies and dances.
13. withdraw: He quickly withdrew his hand from the hot stove.
Part Four
1. armor: Nothing could break through the armor of the new tank.
2. buzz: The radio should be fixed; it buzzes whenever I turn it on.
3. cancer: A great many cancers can be cured, but only if properly treated before they have begun to spread.
4. collapse: The roof collapsed as a result of the fire. / This table can be collapsed, so I can store it easily when I'm not using it.
5. contemporary: In1066 William landed in Englanf, and a contemporary, Englishman wrote the report the report of his landing. / Our teacher reads the books of many contemporary authors to us.
6. exile: The political leaders were exiled to an island far away from the country.
7. infantry: Men in the infantry often march long distances.
8. monk: he left his successful business and life of luxury to become a monk.
9. orchard: These oranges come form an orchard in Florida.
10. pirate: The terrible pirates attacked a merchant ship again.
11. sullen: That boy becomes sullen if he is punished by his teacher.
12. telescope: He was studying the stars through a telescope.
13. usher: The usher of the theater helped us find our seats. |