干货来袭 四六级备考：13 2016

1、新东方在线四级词汇直播课主讲老师：刘畅刘畅的南瓜地 2016年6月卷（3）作文to write a letter to express your thanks to one of your parents or any other family member upon making a memorable achievement 取得令人难忘的成就memory 记忆； memorize - remember； memorandum 备忘录；commemorate 纪念选词填空abandoned： a.被遗弃的，被抛弃的（abandon： a+band）advanced： a.先进的；高级的（a

2、dvance）biased： a.有偏见的（bias）political/gender/racial biascommitment： n.承诺；（对某一组织、活动等的）忠诚（commit犯罪犯错；保证；（在 感情上）承诺）dampen： .抑制；使沮丧（damp潮湿的；沮丧的）distant： a.遥远的frequent： a.频繁的fulfillment： n.履行；实行（=fill full）grant： v.授予； 允许； 同意（grant sb sth； grant sth to sb； take it for granted 认为理所当 然）understandably： adv.可

3、 以理解地unrealistically： adv.不切实际地Contrary to popular belief,和普遍观点相反Moreover, most adult children provide every bit as much care and support to their aging parents as was the case in the “good old days”.大部分成年子女会提供尽可能多的关爱和 照顾给他们年迈的父母，与“昔日的美好时光” 一样。go to nursing homes 去养老院People who are most involved wit

4、h their families have the lowest spirits.那些和家人关系 最紧密的人却有着最差的精神状态。Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the elderly and their children.研究者们开始更多关注年 迈父母和子女之间关系的质量，而不是联系的频度。If parents and children share interests an

5、d values 有共同的兴趣爱好和价值观念 and agree on childrearing 抚养孩子 practices and religious commitment 宗教信仰,they are likely to enjoy each others company 陪伴.disapprove of how she is raising their grandchildren 不赞成她抚养孩子的方式Passage One Declining mental function 心智功能衰退 is often seen as a problem of old age, but certai

6、n aspects of brain function 大脑功能 actually begin their decline 衰退 in young adulthood在成年初期,a new study suggests表明. Certain mental functions - including measures of abstract reasoning 抽象推理的方法,mental speed 脑力速度 and puzzle-solving 解谜-started to dull 变得无光泽（衰退）as early as age 27.Dips （轻度或暂时的减少） in memory,

7、meanwhile, generally became apparent 明显的 around age 37.Indicators 指标 of a persons accumulated 累积的 knowledge kept improving with age.mental flexibility 脑力灵活性the effectiveness of integrating 整合 it with ones abilitiesintegral 完整的；integrity 完整；正直；disintegrate 瓦解，分裂Salthouse said in a news release 在一次新闻发

8、布会上press conferencetake standard tests of memory, reasoning and perception 认矢口 at the outset 最初，一开始The findings shed light on 阐述阐明 normal age-related changes in mental function.We gain insight in 理解 cognition 认矢口 changes.46. It varies （变化）from person to person.（因人而异）It gradually expands （扩大）with age

9、.（随着年龄而发展）47. Some diseases inevitably （不可避免地）lead to their decline. （evite 挡开；避免）They reach a peak （巅峰）at the age of 20 for most people.They are closely related to （与紧密相关）physical and mental exercise.49. can memorize things with more ease 更容易.may have greater facility 能力 in abstract reasoning.50. f

10、ind ways to boost （提升） our memoriesPassage Two. was the rising discussion about.kindergarten 幼儿园K-12： K12 或 K-12，是 kindergarten through twelfth grade 的简写，是指从幼儿园（Kindergarten，通常5-6岁）到十二年级（grade 12，通常17-18岁），这两个年 级是美国、澳大利亚及English Canada的免费教育头尾的两个年纪，此外也可用作 对基础教育阶段的通称。The concept has multiple forms 多种形

11、式，and scholars and policymakers 政策制定者 argue about the shape, scope and cost 形式、范围及成本 of the ideal program 理想方案.The federal 联邦（政府的）Head Start program, launched 启动 50 years ago, has served 服务 more than 30 million children.the legendary pioneer 传奇先锋人物 in early childhood education research 儿童早教This highlights 突出 quality issues 质量问题 in elementary schools 小学Pre-K is controversial 引起争议的.Some critics 批评家 say it is a luxury 奢侈.controversy 争议；contrary 相反的；cont