新视野大学英语第二册第一单元词汇练习.ppt

1、Assignment 1,1. The government has devoted a larger part of its national _ to agriculture than most other countries. A. resourcesB. potential C. budgetD. economy Answer: C 扩展：resource资源 Time is a precious resource.,2. In western countries, it is the _ for men to wear suits on formal occasions. A. co

2、nvictionB. convention C. confessionD. concession Answer: B 扩展：conviction/faith/belief信念 confession忏悔 concession让步 make concessions 做出让步,3. The annual income of school teachers in this place was _ at $ 900. A. budgetB. predicted C. accountD. assessed Answer: D 扩展：annual income 年收入,4. His long illness

3、 and _ absence put him far behind in his study. A. sequentB. consequent C. frequentD. subsequent Answer: B 扩展：sequent 连续的 subsequent 后来的；随后的 subsequent activities 后续活动,5. If you want to learn English, you must first find a _ teacher. A. ableB. desirable C. competentD. significant Answer: C 扩展：desira

4、ble 中意的，令人满意地 例：It is by no means easy to find a desirable girlfriend at CUMT.,6. Jane was the only one who _ all the conditions: she was of the required age, height and degree. A. fulfilledB. recovered C. appreciatedD. rejected Answer: A 扩展：reject拒绝 例：Tom had been rejected several times before he f

5、inally found a girlfriend.,7. We _ his idea for a music club, and decided to have an art club instead. A. turnedB. rejected C. acceptedD. isolated Answer: B 扩展：turn down=reject拒绝 isolate：to isolate oneself from the mass脱离群众,8. I appreciate _ herself to the cause of education. A. of her devotingB. he

6、r to devote C. her devotingD. to devote Answer: C appreciate sb doings sth 欣赏某人做某事 devote oneself to献身于 the cause of education 教育事业,9. It is most _ that he attend the conference. A. desirousB. desiring C. desiredD. desirable Answer：D 扩展：It is most desirable that sb do sth（从句虚拟语气）某人做是最好的。,10. The nei

7、ghbors let their radio blare late in night just to _ us. A. spitB. despite C. spiteD. inspire Answer：C 扩展：spit 吐痰 例：no spitting 请勿吐痰 despite=in spite of 不管；不顾 例：They went to the beach despite the bad weather. spite: 刁难；使恼怒,11. She couldnt hide her _ at his foolish mistake. A. amusementB. fascination

8、 C. hostilityD. recognition Answer: A 扩展：fascination 入迷；痴迷 例：She has a hugh fascination for Li Minhao. hostility: 敌意 例：I intend no hosility for you. 我对你没怀有任何敌意。,12. The publishers _ of his manuscript depressed him. A. ejectionB. rejection C. injectionD. dejection Answer: B 扩展：eject 喷射 例：The chimney

9、ejects smoke. 烟囱喷出烟雾。 inject 注入；注射 例：to inject new life into the party 给党注入新鲜活力 deject 使沮丧 例：The news of the plane crash dejects me. 飞机坠毁的消息让我沮丧。,13. It is highly desirable that every effort _ to reduce pollution in Beijing. A. was made B. be made C. will be made D. would be made Answer: B 扩展：注意从句的虚

10、拟语气。 make every effort to do sth. 努力做某事,14. He is just an artist, so these economic terms are not familiar _ him. A. withB. of C. toD. on Answer: C 扩展：sb. be familiar with sth. 某人对某物熟悉 sth. be familiar to sb. 某物为某人所熟悉 economic terms: 经济术语,15. Happiness does not necessarily _ wealth. A. go afterB. go

11、 with C. go onD. go out Answer: B 扩展：go after 追求；追逐 例：Self-realization is what I go after all my life.,Compound Dictation,Directions: 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 i

12、s 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. 试题来源：2013年12月CET4四级真题。,Many college students today own personal computer that cost anywhere from

13、$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

14、home use.,Over 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

15、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.,(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 most ot