Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. conceivable
A. reasonable
B. imaginable
C. considerable
D. credible
2. din
A. muted noise
B. loud distinct noise
C. tinkling sound
D. continuous, confusing noise
3. penetrate
A. make a round about way into
B. force a way into
C. get into easily
D. dash into
4. deaden
A. to die
B. of, or related to death
C. to lessen
D. no longer alive
5. sepulchral
A. overwhelmed
B. pleasant
C. picturesque
D. grave-like
6. persecution
A. cruel treatment
B. bringing a case to the law court
C. violation of one's right
D. unfairness
7. preliminary
A. previous
B. prospective
C. would-be
D. preparatory
8. burnished
A. polish
B. smooth and shiny
C. having been burned
D. something made of copper
9. delicate
A. complicated
B. fine and fragile
C. beautiful and intricate
D. tiny and easily broken
10. girder
A. an I-shaped iron beam
B. closely organized association
C. ancient trade union
D. a tree trunk
11. particular
A. partly
B. generally
C. special
D. participant
12. extend
A. stretch out
B. intent
C. intend
D. trend
13. purchase
A. perch
B. chase
C. buy
D. pay
14. bargain
A. negotiate
B. barge
C. boat
D. gain
15. peculiarity
A. particular
B. characteristic
C. specific
D. species
16. customer
A. custom
B. tradition
C. convention
D. purchaser
17. deprive
A. depict
B. take away
C. rub
D. rob
18. distinct
A. distinguish
B. distance
C. clear
D. distract
19. engrave
A. cut
B. tomb
C. gloom
D. grave
20. humble
A. hunch
B. hump
C. respect
D. lowly
1-1: / 答案:B
1-2: / 答案:D
1-3: / 答案:B
1-4: / 答案:C
1-5: / 答案:D
1-6: / 答案:A
1-7: / 答案:D
1-8: / 答案:B
1-9: / 答案:B
1-10: / 答案:A
1-11: / 答案:C
1-12: / 答案:A
1-13: / 答案:C
1-14: / 答案:A
1-15: / 答案:B
1-16: / 答案:D
1-17: / 答案:B
1-18: / 答案:C
1-19: / 答案:A
1-20: / 答案:D
Lesson 2 Hiroshima---the “Liveliest City in Japan”
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. elderly
A. olderly
B. mid-age
C. approaching mid-age
D. past mid-age
2.facade
A. the wall of a building
B. the front of a building
C. in front of a building
D.the wall in front of a building
3. ignorance
A. disregard
B. pretend not to see
C. lack of knowledge
D. neglect
4. demolish
A. decrease
B. . erect
C. tear down
D. set aside
5. inhibit
A. live
B. dwell
C. suppress
D. unlock
6. barge
A. a kind of cloth
B. a kind of clothing
C. a colour
D. a boat
7. scar
A. a wound
B. a hidden wound
C. a mark on the skin
D. a mark of damage
8. commit
A. to do
B. to commission
C. to trust
D. to place an order
9. preserve
A. to keep from danger
B. . to serve in advance
C. . to save
D. . to reserve
10. consist of
A. be composed of
B. be composed of
C. contain
D. include
11. lump
A. lamp
B. mass
C. limp
D. lung
12. gratitude
A. appreciation
B. thankfulness
C.gratefulness
D.all the above
13. halt
A. stop
B. prevent
C. salute
D. alter
14. destination
A. destiny
B. desperate
C. goal
D. doom
15. sketch
A. stretch
B. skeptic
C. scratch
D. draw
1-1: / 答案:D
1-2: / 答案:B
1-3: / 答案:C
1-4: / 答案:C
1-5: / 答案:C
1-6: / 答案:D
1-7: / 答案:D
1-8: / 答案:A
1-9: / 答案:A
1-10: / 答案:A
1-11: / 答案:B
1-12: / 答案:D
1-13: / 答案:A
1-14: / 答案:C
1-15: / 答案:D
Lesson 5 Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. conviction
A. convention
B. well established fact
C. the state of being convinced
D. certainly
2. consult
A. advice
B. suggest
C. look up
D. go to a person
3. private
A. person
B. one's own
C. previous
D. preserve
4. count on
A. depend on
B. expect
C. take into account
D. all of
5. enlist
A. win over
B. attractive
C. obtain
D. both A and C
6. means
A. unkind
B. to represent
C. average
D. method
7. onslaught
A. invasion
B. aggression
C. fierce attack
D. annexation
8. cataract
A. cataclysm
B. waterfall
C. disaster
D. flood
9. prey
A. sth. killed
B. speak to God
C. please
D. enemy
10. ally
A. join or unite
B. without the company of others
C. the centre of sth.
D. volunteer
11. fortify
A. multiply by forty
B. strengthen
C. a stronghold
D. fortress
12. doom
A. grave
B. sepulchral
C. terrible fate
D. barge
13. prelude
A. introductory movement
B. to lure in advance
C. tyrant
D. steadfast
14. intervene
A. invade
B. aggression
C. intermezzo
D. interfere
15. ferocious
A. brutishly violent
B. attacking on purpose
C. benign situation
D. obedient
16. presently
A. right away
B. now
C. deliver
D. gift
17. portion
A. pork
B. part
C. port
D. proper
18. horde
A. class
B. squad
C. company
D. throng
19. primordial
A. prime
B. introductory
C. primitive
D. element
20. smart
A. painful
B. wisdom
C. foe
D. folly
21. vestige
A. trace
B. vest
C. invest
D. privilege
22. resolve
A. solve
B. settle
C. revolve
D. determine
23. accomplish
A. accompany
B. achieve
C. compliment
D. complement
24. distinction
A. distinct
B. distinguished
C. difference
D. instinct
25. rescue
A. recover
B. queue
C. obscure
D. obscure
1-1: / 答案:B
1-2: / 答案:C
1-3: / 答案:B
1-4: / 答案:D
1-5: / 答案:D
1-6: / 答案:D
1-7: / 答案:C
1-8: / 答案:B
1-9: / 答案:A
1-10: / 答案:A
1-11: / 答案:B
1-12: / 答案:C
1-13: / 答案:A
1-14: / 答案:D
1-15: / 答案:A
1-16: / 答案:A
1-17: / 答案:B
1-18: / 答案:D
1-19: / 答案:C
1-20: / 答案:A
1-21: / 答案:A
1-22: / 答案:D
1-23: / 答案:B
1-24: / 答案:C
1-25: / 答案:D
Lesson 6 Blackmail
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. cryptic
A. hidden
B. strange
C. mystery
D. sacred
2. errand
A. task
B. a trip to get sth.
C. a written message
D. a piece of business
3. offensive
A. attract
B. aggression
C. intervening
D. onslaught
4. swift
A. quick
B. smooth
C. timely
D. swept
5. abrupt
A. sudden
B. erect
C. erupt
D. corrupt
6. blandness
A. frankness
B. mildness
C. polite
D. blank
7. swinging
A. full of life
B. move back and forth
C. turn around
D. turn out
8. hunch
A. doubt
B. double
C. suspect
D. intuitive feeling
9. poise
A. self-assurance
B. poison
C. direct attention
D. pointless
10. discreet
A. secret
B. hidden
C. careful
D. volunteer
11. inevitable
A. certain
B. not to prevent
C. not to avoid
D. evident
12. adept
A. adapt
B. adopt
C. add
D. expert
13. rivet
A. attach
B. tie down
C. fasten firmly
D. hammer
14. abundant
A. absolute
B. complete
C. profuse
D. thorough
15. respite
A. postponement
B. respect
C. in spite of
D. despite
16. spacious
A. special
B. large
C. magnificent
D. glorious
17. appoint
A. point to
B. name
C. important
D. furnish
18. apparent
A. appearing
B. parental
C. disappear
D. evident
19. reproving
A. understanding
B. comforting
C. blaming
D. approve
20. essential
A. sensitive
B. sentimental
C. fundamental
D. primordial
1-1: / 答案:A
1-2: / 答案:B
1-3: / 答案:D
1-4: / 答案:A
1-5: / 答案:A
1-6: / 答案:B
1-7: / 答案:A
1-8: / 答案:D
1-9: / 答案:A
1-10: / 答案:C
1-11: / 答案:A
1-12: / 答案:D
1-13: / 答案:C
1-14: / 答案:C
1-15: / 答案:A
1-16: / 答案:B
1-17: / 答案:D
1-18: / 答案:D
1-19: / 答案:C
1-20: / 答案:C
Lesson 9 Mirror of America
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. range
A. to launch
B. to wander
C. to seek
D. to wonder
2. cruise
A. voyage
B. crowd
C. cloud
D. boat
3. profound
A. perfect
B. deep
C. proud
D. desirable
4. frailty
A. weakness
B. stiffness
C. frugality
D. fracture
5. core
A. centre
B. thread
C. edge
D. front
6. obsess
A. to process
B. to observe
C. to occupy
D. to absorb
7. attest
A. to prove
B. to arrest
C. to attend
D. to progress
8. cosmos
A. custom
B. system
C. universe
D. course
9. slum
A. a piece of ground going up or down
B. a city area of dirty, poor living condition
C. an area of soft wet land
D. the entire tract of country drained by a river
10. perception
A. understanding
B. conception
C. entrance
D. percentage
11. rebuff
A. to puff
B. to oppose
C. to refuse
D. to reprove
12. debunk
A. to retell
B. to expose
C. to impress
D. to describe
13. flirt
A. to fling over
B. to play with
C. to throw away
D. to point at
14. ingenuity
A. stupidity
B. reality
C. cleverness
D. truth
15. deplore
A. to look for
B. to ask for
C. to be in lack of
D. to be sorry about
16. long and tiring
A. scathing
B. cynical
C. tedious
D. abundant
17. good, strong, quick at understanding
A. keen
B. revered
C. earnest
D. puritanical
18. the state of intellectually deceived or misled
A. vanish
B. ambition
C. illusion
D. dreary
19. importance with respect to power to produce an effect
A. consequence
B. sultan
C. clamour
D. providence
20. a prevailing tendency or inclination
A. epidemic
B. trend
C. gratitude
D. climax
1-1: / 答案:B
1-2: / 答案:A
1-3: / 答案:B
1-4: / 答案:A
1-5: / 答案:A
1-6: / 答案:C
1-7: / 答案:A
1-8: / 答案:C
1-9: / 答案:B
1-10: / 答案:A
1-11: / 答案:C
1-12: / 答案:B
1-13: / 答案:B
1-14: / 答案:C
1-15: / 答案:D
1-16: / 答案:C
1-17: / 答案:A
1-18: / 答案:C
1-19: / 答案:A
1-20: / 答案:B
Lesson 10 The Trial that Rocked the World
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. forlorn
A. typical
B. unhappy
C. crowded
D. simple
2. ponder
A. strike
B. injure
C. cut
D. think
3. shrewd
A. quick
B. industrial
C. suspicious
D. clever
4. livid
A. clear green
B. dark red
C. light brown
D. blue grey
5. scorch
A. touch
B. burn
C. toast
D. baked
6. prairie
A. mountain
B. basin
C. high land
D. grassland
7. twirl
A. stir
B. flow
C. spin
D. move
8. spectator
A. onlooker
B. participator
C. orator
D. partner
9. magnetic
A. skilful
B. attractive
C. energetic
D. industrial
10. exhort
A. make sb. tired
B. go abroad
C. advise
D. welcome
11. festoon
A. stride
B. display
C. display
D. decorate
12. erupt
A. explode
B. raise
C. elevate
D. break
13. indict
A. explain
B. charge
C. write
D. indicate
14. anticipate
A. advance
B. wait for
C. foresee
D. overlook
15. counsel
A. lawyer
B. officer
C. governor
D. teacher
16. reassure
A. make sure
B. confide
C. comfort
D. convince
17. prosecute
A. perform
B. accuse
C. predict
D. defend
18. sprout
A. appear
B. grow
C. develop
D. all the above
19. rickety
A. strong
B. brave
C. sweat
D. boiled
20. sweltering
A. hot
B. heat
C. sweat
D. boiled
21. nominee
A. elector
B. candidate
C. voter
D. representative
22. verdict
A. punishment
B. penal
C. opinion
D. judgement
23. hail
A. accept
B. greet
C. welcome
D. receive
24. image
A. shape
B. figure
C. feature
D. likeness
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