刘毅基础词汇5000-3a
Lesson 12
Preparation Test
1. The baby likes to splash _____.
2. ____, all efforts to rescue the surviors were futile.
3. It is prudent to wear to light shirt when the weather is ____.
4. The little baby was ____ by his mother's caresses.
5. The two simultaneous shots sounded ____.
Part One
1. appropriate: Thick, woolen clothes would not be appropriate for a hot summer day. / You should not appropriate other people's belongings without their permission.
2. coarse: You mustn't use such coarse language when talking to innocent young girl.
3. legend: The stories about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are legends, not history.
4. mischief: He apologized the mischief his false story had caused.
5. persist: If you persist in breaking the law you will go to prison. / In spite of washing, many stains persisted on the table cloth.
6. prudent: In order to make a prudent decision, you must consider all of the possibilities carefully.
7. simultaneous: Everyone in the audience burst into simultaneous applause.
8. splash: The children were spalshing water on each other in the swimming pool.
9. stubborn boy refused to listen to reasons for not going out in the rain.
10. symptom: A cough is sometimes a symptom of a serious disease.
11. trait: The chief traits in the American character are generousity and energy.
11. vile: She has a vile temper; it's impossible to live with her.
Part Two
1. adequate: His wages are not adequate to support his wife and children.
2. careless: A boy who is careless in what he does will never succeed. / The brave soldiers did their duty, careless of dangers and discomforts.
3. chaos: His room was in a state of chaos after the burglar had left.
4. eminent: The most eminent doctors treated the king in his illness.
5. enlarge: The factory was enlarged to make room for more machinery.
6. fertile: This land is fertile; it is rich in materials needed to sustain plant growth.
7. futile: All his attempts to unlock the door were futile, because he was using the wrong key.
8. grim: The judge's expression was grim when he told them they were to be shot.
9. impolite: It is impolite behavior to smoke in a crowded bus.
10. vague: The directions were so vague that it was impossible to complete the assignment.
Part Three
1. astronomy: Astronomy deals with the motion of the sun, moon, and stars.
2. controversy: There was a controversy about the location of the new school.
3. hazard: The ice on the roads is a hazard for driving and walking.
4. magnify: A lens magnifies the size of the words on the paper.
5. nominate: Three times we nominated Tom for president of our club, but he was never elected.
6. provoke: The dog is very dangerous when it is provoked. / Don't throw one bone to two dogs; you'll only provoke a fight between them.
7. recite: My daughter is going to recite a poem at the Mother's Day program.
8. restore: The honest boy the money he had found to its owner. / It took more than a year to restore the ancient castle.
9. tension: If you increase the tension of that violin string it will break. / The doctor said I was suffering from nervous tension.
10. tyrant: There is no tyrant who admits that he is a tyrant.
11. vigor: The vigor of a person's body lessens as he growns old.
Part Four
1. blot: The spilled ink left a blot on the letter paper. / The ugly advertisement is a blot on the beautiful landscape.
2. caress: His mother's caress calmed the frightened child.
3. chuckle: He was chuckling to himself as he read that funny story.
4. claw: The cat usually catches a mouse with its claws.
5. craft: The art and crafts of the people are an important part of their culture. / All kinds of crafts come into New York harbor every day.
6. dainty: The violet and dandelion are dainty spring flowers which could be seen in early March.
7. hermit: He lives in that forest alone; he is enjoying the hermit's life.
8. panel: Professor Wang participated in a panel to discuss the energy crisis.
9. phenomenon: Snow in Egypt is an almost unknown phenomenon of nature.
10. spectator: There were many spectors at the National Football League.
11. thrash: The host of the market thrashed the little boy for stealing apples.
Lesson 13
Preparation Test
1. An argument was inevitable because they ____ each other so much.
2. Sugar is one of the ingredients ____.
3. He consumed all his money ____.
4. ____ grunt as they eat.
5. Every country needs the allegiance of its _____.
Part One
1. appeal: The government is appealing to everyone to save water. / The music is too old-fashioned to appeal to people any longer.
2. bustle: There was a great bustle as the children got ready for the party.
3. crave: I'm craving for a cup of tea. I've not had one all day.
4. discord: Various discords have arisen in the university over this question.
5. drill: The English teacher gave the class plenty of drills in pronunciation.
6. eventually: We waited more than an hour for him, but eventually we had to leave without him.
7. futile: Please don't waste time by asking such futile questions.
8. ingredient: The ingredients of a cake usually include eggs, sugar, and flour.
9. predict: The weather service predicts heavy rain for tomorrow.
10. raid: During their raid on the house, the police found a lot of dangerous drugs.
11. repel: The enemy in the city was repelled by our troops.
12. rouse: The speaker tried to rouse the masses from their lack of interest.
13. tolerate: I can't tolerate your bad manners any longer.
14. utmost: She was standing at the utmost edge of the cliff to kill herself.
Part Two
1. assault: we are ready to meet the enemy's assault on our fort.
2. hostile: Their hostile looks showed that I was unwelcome.
3. independent: Since she inherited her father's fortune, she is completely independent of her husband.
4. inevitable: They ran short of money during the tour, and their return was inevitable.
5. link: The new road links all the towns in the state.
6. obscure: we had difficulty in finding the obscure path through the forest.
7. optimimism: The candidate's optimism about his chances of winning encouraged his supporters.
8. serene: He kept serene and calm, knowing nothing of the dangers which surrounded him.
9. submit: No one would submit silently to such an insult.
10. summit: At last the mountain climbers reached the summit of the mountain.
11. unique: This proposal seems to be the unique sloution to our problem.
12. vacuum: For that experiment you need a complete vacuum.
13. veteran: At the age of 12 the boy was already a veteran traveller, having flown all over the world with his father.
Part Three
1. abide: A good housekeeper can't abide dust. / If you join the club you must abide by its rules.
2. allegiance: His allegiance to his counry lasted all his life.
3. analyze: The food was analyzed and found to contain small amounts of poison.
4. consume: He consumed almost all the money he earned last summer.
5. dictate: The president of the company dictated a letter to his secretary. / The country that won the war dictate the terms of peace to the conquered country.
6. fluent: He is very fluent in English, but not in French.
7. friction: Friction against the rock, combined with the weight of the climber, caused his rope to break.
8. miser: A miser lives poorly in order to save money and keep it.
9. monarch: The national band played for the visiting monarch.
10. partition: The partition of the country into two parts caused many problems.
11. quailfy: Being the son of a member of parliament doesn't qualify him to talk about politics.
12. succession: After a succession of warm days, the weather became cold.
13. tribute: Many conquered nations had to pay tribute to the rulers of ancient Rome. / By erecting this statue we have paid a tribute to the memory of the founder of our college.
Part Four
1. clue: The police could find no fingerprints or other clus to help them in solving the robbery.
2. cluster: She bought two clusters of grapes for her little son.
3. flush: Her face flushed when she could not answer the easy question. / The stream was flushing after the heavy rain.
4. germ: The wound must be kept clean so that germs do not infect it.
5. grunt: " I'm too tired," he grunted, and then fell asleep again.
6. junction: The two rivers make their junction near the sea.
7. pinch: He pinched fruit to see if it was soft.
8. prairie: The prairie was ideal for growing wheat.
9. rim: The basketball hit the rim of the basket and bounced off.
10. shove: There was a lot of pushing and shoving to get on the bus.
11. stammer: "Th-th-thank you v-v-very much," he stammered.
12. technical: He is studying automobile repairs at a technical school.
13. tint: The picture was painted in several tints of blue.
Lesson 14
Preparation Test
1. Hundred of people besieged the ____.
2. Usually domestic fowl can fly a ____ distance.
3. The farmer breeds ____ for market.
4. He worked as an apprentice until he became ____.
5. An employee is reliable of he always does his work ____.
Part One
1. bargain: The boys made a bargain with one another to exchange baseball gloves. / These good shoes are a real bargain at such a low price.
2. belonging: she packed all her belongings in a box and took them with her.
3. besiege: Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years. / The teacher was besieged with the questions and requests from pupils.
4. fowl: I prefer the taste of chicken to that of other kinds of fowl.
5. harsh: At the end of the football game, the cheer leader's voice became harsh.
6. menace: The cross road in front of the school is a menace to the children's safety.
7. rupture: The beauty of the sunset filled everybody with rapture.
8. renowned: Ladies and gentlemen, now I will introduce to you the renowned star of the stage and screen, John Wayne.
9. stool: I pulled the stool near the wall to hang a picture.
10. verify: We will repeat the experiment twice in order to verify the results.
Part Two
1. abnormal: His abnormal behavior shows that something is wrong.
2. abundance: At the party there was food and drink in abundance.
3. apprentice: He worked seven years at the printing company as an apprentice.
4. bearable: she said to the doctor that her pain would be just bearable.
5. immortal: Most people believe that a man's body dies but his soul is immortal.
6. immumerable: The sun is one of the immumerable stars in the universe.
7. preliminary: The chairman made a preliminary statement before beginning the main business meeting.
8. remote: Some of your statements are rather remote from the subject we are discussing.
9. repose: His brief repose was interrupted by her sudden arrival.
10. shrewed: Although he had no formal education, he is one of the shrewed businessmen in the steel company.
11. temporary: He has a temporary job which ends in two weeks.
Part Three
1. automatic: An automatic timer turns the street light on at night and off in the morning.
2. comprehend: The child read the story but did not comprehend.
3. cordial: When one of his former students visited him, the teacher gave him a cordial welcome.
4. elaborate: The scientists made an elaborate plan for landing a man on the moon. / The inventor elaborated his plans for a new engine, spending several months in his laboratory.
6. expire: His term of office as President will expire next year.
7. external: He judges people by mere external clothes rather than internal character. / This newspaper doesn't pay enough attention to externa affairs.
8. glorify: Singing hymns is one of the ways to glorify God.
9. priority: The badly wounded take priority for special attention over those slightly burt.
10. reliable: Send the boy to the bank for money, he is a reliable boy.
11. repetition: Reptition of the sentence helped him to memorize it.
12. survive: Only three of the fifty passengers survived the shipwreck.
Part Four
1. behalf: My husband can't be here today, so I'm going to speak on his behalf.
2. breed: The farmer breeds cattle and horses for market.
3. disguise: She disguised her writing by writing with her left hand. / The thief wore a false beard and glasses as a disguise.
4. domain: The king is respected throughut his domain. / I can't answer your question about photography; it's not in my domain.
5. morsel: The dinner must have been good because there is not even a morsel of it left over.
6. routine: Getting up and going to bed are parts of your daily routine.
7. transit: The points of transit from one country to another are carefully guarded.
8. transform: That dress transforms her from a little girl into a young lady.
9. ultimate: Her ultimate goal is to receive her degree and return to her country to work as a teacher.
10. warily: The hikers climbed warily up the dangerous path. |