(一)主考單詞
1. abandon: foster/adopt 放棄:采用/采納
(1) The novelist shocked his editor by__ the book on which he had been working for seven years and starting over.
(A) abridging
(B) supplemented
(C) abandoning
(D) truncating
(E) praising
(2) Although the political candidate was__ by her admirers, she__ her campaign before the first debate was held.
(A) supported, abandoned
(B) lauded, illuminated
(C) denounced, criticized
(D) disdained, subverted
(E) bolstered, retaliated
(3) Most students do not start from point zero, but from minus zero, and in the process are often required to abandon cherished childhood fantasies of superheroes or larger-than-life villains.
在sat考試當中,目前只考察了abandon表示“放棄”(give up something completely or forever),abandon這個義項的程度非常強,即“放棄”程度是最高的。
2.abate: augment/ intensify減少:增加/加強
3. abbreviate: extend 縮寫:擴充
Convinced by critics that his play was too verbose, Johnson__ the third act, making it more___.
(A) expanded, concise
(B) curtailed, prolix
(C) promulgated, insouciant
(D) abbreviated, succinct
(E) fostered, pliant
Verbose---àabbreviate--àsuccinct 非常符合邏輯。
4.aberrant: normal/ typical 異常的:正常的/典型的
If such a gene occurs on a sex-determining (X or Y) chromosome, then highly aberrant sex ratios can occur.
5.abet: impede/obstruct/thwart 協助:阻礙
(1)Abet:assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing。所以翻譯為“教唆”太合適了!
Critics of the welfare system argue that, rather that adding people’s efforts to govern their own lives, it____ their independence.
(A) supports (B) saps (C) hastens (D) renews (E) abet
Adding people’s efforts to govern their own lives<> abet their independence
是對abet義項的直接考察。
(2)thwart 阻礙=prevent
Dangerously high winds___ attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.
(A) thwarted
(B) forfeited
(C) implemented
(D) discharged
(E) redoubled
這道題很多同學可能會選擇discharge,顯然這是對discharge理解的不夠,雖然discharge的義項很多,但基本上都維持了詞根 char的意思:charge來自于詞根car(char是car的變體),它表示一種裝上去的感覺,比如charge的義項,充電(你要放到插座上),住院(你要到醫院里去住),當然discharge就是這些動作的反動作。Discharge(表示拔下充電器,卸下裝備,出院等)