中频词汇练习2

中频词汇练习2: 1.

Humans are unique in their ________ to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy.(2012, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Aability Bcompetence Cproductivity Dcapacity

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【答案】capacity: n. 能力。

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In fact, circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been “wronged” then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to ________ from our situation. (2011, Reading Comprehension, Part C)

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Aleave Bescape Caway Davoid

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【答案】escape: v. 逃避。

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A moralist, satirist, and social reformer, Dickens crafted complex plots and striking characters that ________ the panorama of English society.(2017, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Acatch Bseize Ccapture Dgrab

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【答案】capture : v. 捕捉。

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Finally, because automation threatens to widen the gap between ________ income and labor income, taxes and the safety net will have to be rethought.(2018, Reading Comprehension, Text 1)

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Awealth

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Bproperty Cbudget Dcapital

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【答案】capital : adj. 资本的。

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Stemming climate change, for example, is as much about changing consumption ________ and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy.(2013, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Aconcepts Bpatterns Cforms Dshapes

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【答案】patterns: n.（复数形式）模式。

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Although mental health is the cure-all for living our lives, it is perfectly ordinary as you will see that it has been there to direct you through all your________ decisions. (2016, Reading Comprehension, Part C)

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Arelaxed Bdifficult Ceasy Ddifferent

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B

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【答案】difficult: adj. 困难的。

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Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra—their unique value contribution that makes them ________out in whatever is their field of employment.(2013, Reading Comprehension, Text 1)

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Awithstand Bdistance Cstand Dinstance

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【答案】stand: v. 站立。短语搭配stand out：突出，显眼；出色。

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As adults, it seems that we are ________ pursuing happiness, often with mixed results. Yet children appear to have it down to an art-and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy. (2016, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Amerely Bconstantly Cbarely Dhardly

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【答案】constantly: adv. 不断地；时常地。

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Many everyday tasks take a surprising toll on the environment. A Google search can leak between 0.2 and 7.0 grams of CO2, depending

on how many ________ are needed to get the “right” answer.(2011, Translation, Passage 2)

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Atry Beffects Cattempts Deffort

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【答案】attempts: n.（复数形式）尝试。

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“So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am ________ to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are’.”(2010, Reading Comprehension, Text 1)

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Aattempt

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Btemptation Ctempt Dtempted

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【答案】tempted: adj.有......倾向的。

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Although some________ have suggested that crying is a way to elicit assistance from others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. (2014, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Aobserve Bobservers Cobservation

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【答案】observers: n.（复数形式）观察者。

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We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our ________life experience. Prior knowledge and interest influence what we experience, what we think our experiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take.(2012, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Aunit Bdiverse Cdifferent Dunique

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【答案】unique: adj. 独特的。

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Long is Britain’s best-known Land Artist and his Stone Circle, a perfect ring of purplish rocks from Portishead beach laid out on the gallery floor, represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form. The Boyle Family, on the other hand, ________ for its dirty, urban aspect. (2014, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Aname Bwithstand Cstand Dfamous

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【答案】stand: v. 站立。短语搭配stand for：代表，象征。

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Although technology might change the way we react, it hasn’t changed our nature. We still have the imaginative capacity to rise above ________ and reverse the high-speed trend.(2013, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Aattempt Btemptation Ctempt Dintend

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【答案】temptation: n. 诱惑。

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Of necessity, colonial America was a projection of Europe. Across the Atlantic came successive groups of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Scots, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Swedes, and many others who________ to transplant their habits and traditions to the new world. (2015, Reading Comprehension, Part C)

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Aattempt Battempting Cattempted Dattention

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【答案】attempted: v.（过去式形式）试图。

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Through experiments and ________, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through ruthless advertising.(2010, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Aobserve Breservation Cpreservation Dobservation

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【答案】observation: n. 观察。

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During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legal services in America grew twice as fast as inflation. The best lawyers made skyscrapers-full of money, ________ ever more students to pile into law schools. But most law graduates never get a big-firm job. (2014, Reading Comprehension, Text 2)

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Aattempt Btempt Ctempting Dtempted

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【答案】tempting: v.（现在分词形式）吸引。

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In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be ________and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work. (2012, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Aabsurd Bobserved Cobscure Dobservant

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【答案】observed: v.（过去分词形式）观察，注意到。

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Humans are ________ in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods -

paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy. (2012, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Adiverse Bdesert Cunit Dunique

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【答案】unique: adj. 独特的。

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Try to keep in mind that almost everyone respects and wants to help you if you are trying to make a good change in your life, especially your dearest and nearest people. You may have a circle of friends who provide

________ good humor, help and companionship. (2015, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Ainstant Bconstant Cinstantly Dimmediately

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【答案】constant: adj. 经常的。

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But ________ common misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuits—in fact, it probably enhances it.(2017, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Afurthermore

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Bbesides Cdespite Dmoreover

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【答案】despite: prep. 尽管。

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When we don’t understand the value of mental health and we don’t know how to gain access to it, mental health will ________ hidden from us.(2016, Reading Comprehension, Part C)

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Aremaining Bremain

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【答案】remain: v. 保持，继续。

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Along with the many folks looking to make a ________home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay, and who would make some money and go home. (2013, Reading Comprehension, Text 2)

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Apermit Bperform Cpermanent Dperfume

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【答案】permanent: adj. 永久的。

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Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological ________that make peer pressure so powerful. (2012, Reading Comprehension, Text 1)

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Afacts Bfactors Ceffects Daffects

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【答案】factors: n.（复数形式） 因素。

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In effect, fewer federal funds today are going towards the agency’s other work——such as forest conservation, watershed and cultural resources management, and infrastructure upkeep- that ________ the lives of all Americans. (2017, Reading Comprehension, Text 4)

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Aeffective Beffect Caffect Dsufficient

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【答案】affect : v. 影响。

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In physics, one ________ takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see.(2012, Reading Comprehension, Part C)

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Aapproximately Bapproach Capproximate Dapproached

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【答案】approach : n. 方法，途径。

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To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students’ ability to solve problems and communicate _______ in the 21st century, increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.(2014, Reading Comprehension, Text 4)

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Aaffective Beffective Creflectively Deffectively

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【答案】effectively: adv. 有效地。

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Today many people find it ________ to trust their own opinion and seek balance by gaining objectivity from external sources. (2015, Reading Comprehension, Part B)

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Adifferently Bdifficult Cdiffer Ddifferent

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【答案】difficult: adj. 困难的。

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Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu to climate change. You might even be ________ to assume

that humanity has little future to look forward to.(2013, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Atempt Battempt Ctempted Dtemptation

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【答案】tempted: adj.有......倾向的。

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The researchers’ argument stems from a simple ________ about social influence: With the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey—whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence—even the most influential members of a

population simply don’t interact with that many others. (2010, Reading Comprehension, Text 3)

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Aobserve Bobserved Cobserving Dobservation

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【答案】observation: n. 观察。