雅思词汇猜测训练
英语课
不用词典,猜测下面这些加粗单词的意思..(答案在最后,别看)
1. To carry out his economic programs, Roosevelt had to contend with a Supreme 1 Court that was deeply opposed to those programs.
a. travel
b. surrender
c. struggle
d. join
2. Being unable to write clearly is a liability in a business career. In business, one must often express opinions and ideas in writing.
a. drawback
b. surprise
c. necessity
d. penalty
3. The idea that off-track betting will work in Alaska because it works in New York is a questionable 2 analogy. New York and Alaska may not be alike when it comes to off-track betting.
a. comparison
b. purpose
c. contrast
d. requirement
4. Indigenous 3 life forms—the cactus 4 and the camel in the desert, the polar bear and the seal in the Arctic, and so on—are suited to their environment in very specific ways.
a. native
b. dangerous
c. extinct
d. recent
5. There is an optimum way to approach each kind of exam question. For a multiple-choice item, for example, first eliminate any clearly wrong answers. For an essay question, jot 5 down an outline first.
a. inconvenient 6
b. best
c. annoying
d. time-consuming
6. Studies indicate that a predisposition to schizophrenia is inherited. People who are schizophrenic are more likely than others to have schizophrenic children.
a. tendency
b. understanding
c. fear
d. avoidance
7. By giving military aid to dictatorships in Latin America, the United States has seemed to sanction their cruel policies.
a. criticize
b. approve
c. remember
d. create
8. A provocative 7 question can be an effective way to open an essay. Students have begun essays with such interesting questions as, "What do you think your name means?" and "How long do you think it would take you to count to one billion?"
a. funny
b. arousing interest
c. unanswerable
d. very brief
9. Manic depression is an emotional disorder 8 in which the patient alternates between feeling delightfully 9 euphoric and being plunged 10 into deep gloom.
a. overjoyed
b. bored
c. exhausted 11
d. curious
10. What makes up a true work of art? Although no single criterion seems adequate, the novelist James Joyce suggested three standards: "wholeness, harmony and radiance."
a. novel
b. question
c. artist
d. standard
ANSWERS: caaab abbad
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
adj.可疑的，有问题的
- There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
- Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。
adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的
- Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
- Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
n.仙人掌
- It was the first year that the cactus had produced flowers.这是这棵仙人掌第一年开花。
- The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper.高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人。
n.少量；vi.草草记下；vt.匆匆写下
- I'll jot down their address before I forget it.我得赶快把他们的地址写下来，免得忘了。
- There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good.没有丝毫的证据显示这对他们有任何好处。
adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的
- You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
- Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？
adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的
- She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
- His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。
n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调
- When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
- It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
大喜，欣然
- The room is delightfully appointed. 这房子的设备令人舒适愉快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The evening is delightfully cool. 晚间凉爽宜人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
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