3.confirm /conform、
confirm:"確認(rèn),確定;批準(zhǔn),認(rèn)可;使鞏固,使堅(jiān)定"
conform:"適合,相似;符合,遵守(常接介詞to)"
典型考題分析:
[例6]All the students have to ____ to the rules and the regulations of the school.(2001.1)
A)confirm?B)confront
C)confine D)conform
[題解]題意是:所有的學(xué)生必須遵守學(xué)校的規(guī)章制度。選項(xiàng)confront意思是"面對(duì),面臨;遭受;對(duì)抗",常用于短語(yǔ)be confronted with;confine意思是"限制;禁閉",常用于短語(yǔ)confine...to,根據(jù)題意,答案為D)。
[例7]The vast majority of people in any given culture will ____ to the established standards of these resources.(1998.1)
A)confine B)conform
C)confront?D)confirm
[題解]題意是:在任何一個(gè)文化環(huán)境中絕大多數(shù)人都會(huì)遵守那種文化所形成的準(zhǔn)則。故答案為B)。
[例8]E-mail is a convenient,highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that ____?well to human needs.(2000.6)
A)adheres?B)reflects
C)conform?D)satisfies
[題解]題意是:E-mail是方便的、高度民主的用于傳遞信息的非正式媒介,它符合了人類(lèi)的需求。選項(xiàng)adhere意思是"堅(jiān)持,忠于,黏附",其后常接介詞to;reflect意思是"反射,反應(yīng)";satisfy意思是"滿足,使?jié)M意",但它是及物動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)句意,答案為C)。
4.conserve /conceive /contrive
conserve:"保存,保養(yǎng),保藏"
conceive:"構(gòu)思出,想象,猜測(cè);抱有……的想法;懷孕;形成概念"
contrive:"設(shè)計(jì)出,發(fā)明,策劃"
典型考題分析:
[例9]To ____?is to save and protect,to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment.(2001,1)
A)conserve?B)conceive
C)convert D)contrive
[題解]題意是:保存就是保留并保護(hù)好我們喜歡的東西,以便其他人也能分享。選項(xiàng) convert意思是"改變,轉(zhuǎn)變,轉(zhuǎn)化",常用于convert...into...結(jié)構(gòu)中。根據(jù)題意,答案為A)。
[例10]Scientists first ____?the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s.(1996.6)
A)imagined?B)conceived
C)considered?D)acknowledged
[題解]題意是:科學(xué)家們?cè)?0世紀(jì)30年代就提出了原子彈的構(gòu)想。選項(xiàng)imagine意思是"想象,料想";acknowledge意思是"承認(rèn),致謝"。根據(jù)題意,答案為B)。