视野大学英语第二册第一单元词汇练习.ppt

Assignment 1 1. The government has devoted a larger part of its national _ to agriculture than most other countries. vA. resources B. potential vC. budgetD. economy vAnswer: C v扩展：resource资源 vTime is a precious resource. v2. In western countries, it is the _ for men to wear suits on formal occasions. vA. convictionB. convention vC. confessionD. concession vAnswer: B v扩展：conviction/faith/belief信念 vconfession忏悔 vconcession让步 make concessions 做出 让步 v3. The annual income of school teachers in this place was _ at $ 900. vA. budgetB. predicted vC. accountD. assessed vAnswer: D v扩展：annual income 年收入 v4. His long illness and _ absence put him far behind in his study. vA. sequentB. consequent vC. frequentD. subsequent vAnswer: B v扩展：sequent 连续的 vsubsequent 后来的；随后的 vsubsequent activities 后续活动 v5. If you want to learn English, you must first find a _ teacher. vA. ableB. desirable vC. competentD. significant vAnswer: C v扩展：desirable 中意的，令人满意地 v例：It is by no means easy to find a desirable girlfriend at CUMT. v6. Jane was the only one who _ all the conditions: she was of the required age, height and degree. vA. fulfilledB. recovered vC. appreciatedD. rejected vAnswer: A v扩展：reject拒绝 v例：Tom had been rejected several times before he finally found a girlfriend. v7. We _ his idea for a music club, and decided to have an art club instead. vA. turnedB. rejected vC. acceptedD. isolated vAnswer: B v扩展：turn down=reject拒绝 visolate：to isolate oneself from the mass 脱离群众 v8. I appreciate _ herself to the cause of education. vA. of her devotingB. her to devote vC. her devotingD. to devote vAnswer: C vappreciate sb doings sth 欣赏某人做某事 vdevote oneself to献身于 vthe cause of education 教育事业 v9. It is most _ that he attend the conference. vA. desirousB. desiring vC. desiredD. desirable vAnswer：D v扩展：It is most desirable that sb do sth（从句虚拟语气）某人做是最好的 。 v10. The neighbors let their radio blare late in night just to _ us. vA. spitB. despite vC. spiteD. inspire vAnswer：C v扩展：spit 吐痰 例：no spitting 请勿吐痰 vdespite=in spite of 不管；不顾 例：They went to the beach despite the bad weather. vspite: 刁难；使恼怒 v11. She couldnt hide her _ at his foolish mistake. vA. amusementB. fascination vC. hostilityD. recognition vAnswer: A v扩展：fascination 入迷；痴迷 例：She has a hugh fascination for Li Minhao. vhostility: 敌意 例：I intend no hosility for you. 我对你没怀有任何敌意。 v12. The publishers _ of his manuscript depressed him. vA. ejectionB. rejection vC. injectionD. dejection vAnswer: B v扩展：eject 喷射 例：The chimney ejects smoke. 烟囱喷出烟雾。 vinject 注入；注射 例：to inject new life into the party 给党注入新鲜活力 vdeject 使沮丧 例：The news of the plane crash dejects me. 飞机坠毁的消息让我沮丧。 v13. It is highly desirable that every effort _ to reduce pollution in Beijing. vA. was made B. be made vC. will be made D. would be made vAnswer: B v扩展：注意从句的虚拟语气。 vmake every effort to do sth. 努力做某事 v14. He is just an artist, so these economic terms are not familiar _ him. vA. withB. of vC. toD. on vAnswer: C v扩展：sb. be familiar with sth. 某人对某物 熟悉 vsth. be familiar to sb. 某物为某人所熟悉 veconomic terms: 经济术语 v15. Happiness does not necessarily _ wealth. vA. go afterB. go with vC. go onD. go out vAnswer: B v扩展：go after 追求；追逐 例：Self- realization is what I go after all my life. Compound Dictation vDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. v试题来源：2013年12月CET4四级真题。 vMany college students today own personal computer that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps %5,000 or more. (26) In addition , it is not uncommon for them to purchase (27) software costing another several hundred dollars. Twenty years ago, computers were (28) available, but they were very large and extremely expensive. Few, if any,(29) individuals purchased computers for home use. vOver the years, the price of the “guts” of a computerits memoryhas declined to less than a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty years ago. This is the main reason why computers cost so much less today than they used to. Moreover, (30) technological improvements have made it possible to (31) manufacture memory circuitry that is small enough to fit into the portable personal computers that many of us own and use. (32) In short, as the price of computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent more on purchasing computers. v(33) By contrast, improved agricultural technology, hybrid (杂交) seeds, (34) Scientific animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce. The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to the prices of