(3)obstruct, construct,而且ob(against)和con(together)作為前綴,意思正好相反
6.abhor: admire憎恨,厭惡:崇拜
7.abolish: establish 廢除:建立
abolitionist: persist in slavery廢奴主義者:堅持奴隸制
(emancipation: fetter 解放黑奴,解放婦女:上枷鎖)
The city has__ its program for recycling waste in an effort to reduce the amounts of garbage that must be__ or dumped in landfills.
(A) improved, produced
(B) restricted, amassed
(C) adapted, rescued
(D) expanded, burned
(E) abolished, buried
誤選E 的同學看清楚邏輯關(guān)系了in an effort to
8. abundant: scare/barren 富饒的:缺乏/貧瘠
Only one flask out of ten became putrid, whereas eleven flasks out of eleven opened in the courtyard quickly acquired a rich growth of bacteria.
Q: “rich” most nearly means
(A) precious
(B) vital
(C) abundant
(D) meaningful
(E) productive
這里顯然是指數(shù)量之多。
9.abridge: protract/extend in length 縮短:伸長
Abridged<> lengthy
Because his time was limited, Weng decided to read the___ novel War and Peace in____ edition
(A) wordy----an unedited
(B) lengthy-----an abridged
(C) famous------a modern
(D) romantic-----an autographed
(E) popular-------a complete
10. absorb: dissipate/exude/reflect 吸引,吸收: 消散/流出/反射
Just as glass windows offer buildings both light and insulation, certain atmospheric gases___ incoming sunlight and___ heat radiated from the ground, preventing warmth from escaping.
(A) conduct, release
(B) deflect, transmit
(C) admit, contain
(D) absorb, dispense
(E) resist, trap
注意dispense heat是不會prevent warmth from escaping.
Dissipate dis+sip(喝), insipid (沒有喝的東西,無聊)無聊的
11.abstemious: indulgent 節(jié)制的:縱容的
12.abstract: elaborate /concrete 摘要的:詳盡的/具體的
In poetry the majority of people seek the passion and pain of the human being behind the poet. Paintings attract them if they find in them figures of men or women it would be interesting to meet.
Q:“figures” most nearly means
(A) crude images
(B) abstractions
(C)representations
(D) numbers
(E) famous persons
這道題很多同學會選擇B,因為按中國人的思想,好像畫畫就應(yīng)該是抽象的,錯!畫的素描就是對景物的一種再現(xiàn)。