阅读教程四 选词填空

阅读四选词填空
Unit 1
P11 malevolent, apathetic, expedient, vilify, potent, simulation, misdirect, therapy, alternative, arouse, placate, alleviate
1.The aborigine s土著居民peered at our cameras with malevolent curiosity. 有恶意的，坏心肠的
2.There was a big mess in front of Gate 1, as passengers for several different flights were misdirected to the same gate.
对…指导错误
3.
shortage. 减轻，缓和
4.Don’t panic! This is just of fighting, not a real war scene.
5.The country is preoccupied with inventing some sort of potent new weapons.强有力的
6.I tried very hard to arouse his interest in his school work, but I failed. 激起，唤起
7.At the moment, the politicians are thinking of possible means
安抚，抚慰
8.People who practice this religion will become very apathetic; they won’t even care about their family members. 冷淡的，没感情的
9.Heat therapy is an effective way to alleviate muscle pain.
10.I think it’s too cruel to leave him behind. Don’t you have an alternative?
11.In the present situation, our priority is to find the most expedient measures to solve the problem. 有利的，方便的12.He was vilified for making such talks in public.诽谤
Reading FOUR
P22 inflict, defiance, defy, consensus, denounce, capitulate, vilify, confinement
1.The president radical statement was denounced by the opposition party. 指控，告发，谴责
2.The prisoners of war had been held in confinement for a month before they were rescued. 限制
3.He inflicted a great deal of suffering on his aged parents.打
击
4.She defied her parents’ wishes and elope d私奔with Paul. 公
然反抗
5.The government failed to reach a consensus on the penalties to impose on those who breached the infectious disease act.
一致，同意
6.The little boy gave the invaders a look of hatred and defiance
and flatly断然地refused to lead the way. 反抗，蔑视
Unit two
P34 reap, strap, barbaric, serve, court up, free up, tangible, revenge, abolish, figure, maximum, deterrent
1.
this new scheme.
2.Because of its high cost, the state government has decided to abolish the death penalty by the end of the year.
3.
that I had to retire before my time.
4.His irrational explanation only to increase our suspicions. 为…服务
5.
6.You need to free up some space on the hard disk to run this program on your computer.
7.The baby was strapped to a highchair so he could safely watch us cooking. 用带绑住
8.Some factors are less tangible for example, job satisfaction and emotional bonding between the colleagues. 明确的
9.They figured it was better not to say anything about it for the time being.认为
10.Some people believe it a barbaric act to shoot an animal.粗野
的，野蛮的
P39 slay, tremulous, oscillate, manslaughter, dispense, equilibrium, traumatic, reconcile, sorely, rehabilitation
1.Check to see if the needle indicating current is oscillating. 摆
动
2.For the first ten minutes, her voice was tremulous. Later she grew more confident and handled the rest of the presentation well. 震颤的
3.She pleaded guilty of manslaughter, not murder. 杀人
4.Two American tourists were slain in their hotel room. Police are now investigating the case.被杀slay 杀死
5.She could not reconcile herself to the fact that she was betrayed by her best friend. 使安于，使甘心
6.I for one was sorely disappointed that she decided to quit the job.
7.Stocks plummet ed垂直下落until a week later when prices seemed to find some new level of equilibrium. 均衡
8.Psychologists have been using new methods in the rehabilitation of the juvenile delinquents（少年犯）. 康复
P45 malevolent, luminous, cop out, underworld, execute, eerily, perch, shaft, vent, intelligible, pane, streak
1.He was among the first batch of criminals who was executed through lethal致命的injection. 将…处死
2.The wealthy businessman was found to have connections with the underworld.黑社会
3.The health official decided to resign when the epidemic流行
病was rampant猖獗的in the country, giving the impression to the public that he was copping out. 放弃，逃避
4.The little girl was eerily quiet this morning. Check to see if she is sick.怪异地，恐怖地
5.The man’s malevolent stare makes me shudder.
6.The little boy was curious about the luminous dial of his new watch: he was trying to pry open the surface to see what’s inside. 发光的，夜光的
7.Each time she has difficulties, she telephones her best friend to vent her frustration. 发泄
8.The woman was obviously unhappy to learn the news, but she just moaned and made no intelligible response. 可理解的，明了的，清晰的
Unit three
P63 swerve, harass, trespass, prowl, paranoid, wield, dump, slash, sadden
1.Drivers coming in the opposite direction swerved to avoid the dead body of the kitten小猫. 突然转向，转弯，偏离方向
2.You have to be very careful in this country. Tourists caught trespassing will be prosecute d起诉. 擅自进入
3.I am saddened by war, disease and poverty in this area of the world.
4.He slashed his neck with a sharp sword and dropped dead within seconds. 砍，砍伤
5.People really got paranoid when SARS was rampant. 偏执狂症
状的
6.He found himself prowling around his own room in the dead of the night and started to wonder what had happened.徘徊，潜行
P68 avid, deterrent, flinch, idyllic, assailant, paranoia, close-knit, propel, devastation, incarcerate
1.
田园诗的，牧歌的
2.Police came right in time to rescue him from the assailant.袭
击者
3.Many people in the SAR-affected areas are viewing the world
4.It is widely believed
to crime. 威慑力量，制止物
5.The medical community should not flinch in the face of this challenge.畏惧，退缩
6.The current crisis had created a close-knit community.严谨的
7.John was propelled by both guilt and the need to turn himself in to the police. 驱策，
8.The prisoners of war were incarcerated for as long as ten years.监禁
P72 legacy, escalate, spree, felon, carnage, endorse, assault, campaign, legislate, gratify, outrage
1.Strange enough, there was no legacy of bitterness between the people of the two countries after years of war. 遗产
2.Tom went on a shopping spree after he got the bonus. 嬉戏，
欢闹
3.The government endorsed the plan.赞同
4.They responded with assaults against the enemy’s bases.攻击
5.His contempt towards the position outraged the boss.激怒
6.He was gratified that his efforts had worked.
7.The Jews ran away to escape the carnage in the country. 大
屠杀
8.There is a danger that the conflict might escalate into a war between the two countries.逐步上升
9.Parliament must legislate against individuals’possession of guns.立法
Unit four
P90 stricken, incorporate, spell, resonance, posterity, senility, comatose, posthumously, bask
1.
the new book. 把…合并
2.He was shocked to learn of the outbreak of the epidemic; his hair turned grey overnight and his voice lost its resonance.洪亮
3.Outsiders are not allowed into the stricken area.受…侵袭的
4.There has been a long spell of rainy weather.一段时间了
5.He suffered a massive stroke and was comatose for two weeks. 昏睡状态
6.The old man had to write when he was found to suffer from senility.高龄，衰老，年老糊涂
7.He was writing his autobiography for the benefit of posterity.
后裔，子孙，后代
8.She was posthumously awarded the medal after the war.于死
后
P94 alleviate, intervention, pin, anonymity, disintegration, shatter, terminally, palliative,
1.Scientists have invented an electronic device to
back pain. 减轻
2.They decided to install safety glass which does not shatter if it's broken. 粉碎
3.He requested anonymity for fear of political persecution困扰.
匿名
4.Many social factors are behind the dis integration集成，结合，
整体of marriages.崩溃
5.The country’s intervention in the internal affairs of many other countries caused immense international disputes.干预
P97 challenge, coordinate, terminally, heed, irony, dichotomy, ally, alternative, overturn, adequate
1.Is it right to hide from a patient the fact that he is terminally ill？在晚期
2.Heed what I say! Or you’ll regret some day. 留意
3.The teaching of language accuracy and language fluency should not be placed in dichotomy. 分裂，两分
4.The Danes are good at using irony in speech. Very often they say the opposite of what they mean. 反语，讽刺
5.She is very good at coordinating activities in emergency situations. She always has a way of making people work together to put things under control.协调
6.In World War Two, several countries sent their allied forces to fight Germany and Japan.同盟国，同盟者，
7.We face a greater challenge in this information age.
8.The southern area in the country has an adequate steady rainfall.
9.When we are running short of energy, we have to find sources of alternative energy.
10.I a fit of fury, she overturned the table and all the food fell on the floor.
Unit five
P106 unjustifiable, outweigh, contradiction, conditional, incalculable, induce, exclusive, treadmill, hysteria
1.For human knowledge to be absolutely sure of itself is an contradiction in terms. 自相矛盾的说法
2.Diligence and intelligence are not mutually exclusive; as you may need a bit of both to achieve success in your studies.唯一的，排外的，除外的，全部的
3.The recovery from his illness will be entirely conditional on his cooperation with his doctors.以…为条件
4.The differences between educated, skilled and highly-paid workers on the one hand and unskilled, illiterate of
unemployed workers on the other may well what they have in common. 超过
5.Since then, they have abandoned treatment and the sense of relief is incalculable. 数不清的
6.In some developing countries, children as young as six and seven work in textiles and leather, unprotected form fire-risk and exposed to poisonous substances which induce respiratory and central nervous system disorders.导致
7.For many people, one of the bonuses, of retirement is the ability to get off the treadmill and stop rushing.繁重的工作8.They found there had been no unjustifiable delay and said time had been needed to assemble evidence.不合理的
9.My nerves were so strained I was probably on the point of hysteria.情绪爆发，情绪激动
10.He knew her too well to think that she would allow affection
to outweigh her sense of right and wrong.
P110 toxic, promote, stellar, graceful, sabotage, motivating, self-imposed, defective, self-esteem, pervasive, crushed被压碎的narcissistic
1.Physics appears a strong, fundamental discipline; computing;
a strong, pervasive one;普遍的
2.Even simple activities, such as the right way to hold and use a pair of scissors, may need to be shown to pupil with very poor vision, because defective vision may make it difficult to see exactly how to manipulate utensils and objects without precise demonstration on how to do so. 不完美的
3.Our policy is to promote wider participation and more opportunity in higher education. 促使，促进
4.It hadn’t taken long to determine that the plane had been sabotaged.破坏
5.In our narcissistic culture, how can two people, infected with self-love, learn to love each other? 自恋的，自我陶醉的
6.Her oval face with its large dark eyes and high forehead was
7.Once a fire has started, you could have as little two minutes to get out before heat of toxic fumes overcome you.有毒的
8.Within a few years, their firm had become a leader in the
move to one of Wall Street’主要的，显著的
P118 temperament, realms, paralysis, downplay, steer, ostracism, sidelines, impose, eliminate, ethic, name-calling, sportsmanship 1.In his theory of writing, he tended to downplay content in favor of process.将…轻描淡写
2.My new project led me into unexplored realms of psychology which I might otherwise have ignored. 领域，范围
3.Bankrupts often have to face the ostracism of their friends, and sometimes even of their own families.排斥
4.As a nation we are now obsessed to the point of paralysis with rules and regulations.麻痹，瘫痪，完全无力
5.Such a move would impose severe hardship and very great practical problems at a time when the families had more than enough distress to cope with. 加（负担），把…强加于
6.His parents were keen on the work ethic and equipped him with perfect manners. 伦理准则
7.Most people are happier with an animal whose temperament is similar to their own.性情
8.One of a teacher’s functions in a class debate is to steer
students away from any personal attacks of one another.指导，操纵，带领
Unit six
P129 hostility, coo, feline, toss-up, split, surrogate, duplicate, fuse, subtext, confound, well-heeled
1.Europe’s divisions are the subtext of a new movie thriller called Zentropa.弦外之音
2.Uncle Giles became a sort of surrogate rather to them after the accident.代理者，代理人
3.敌意
4.I has been arranged for her well-heeled relatives to sit in the first row.富有的
5.If you’ve lost your key I can give you a duplicate.副本
6.Cats, like other felines, are excellent hunters, strong and agile, with a keen sense of hearing and very good eyesight.猫科的
7.The match is a toss-up, either team could win if they played well enough.胜负各半的机会，难以决定的事
8.分担
9.The coins had fused together into a solid mass in the intense heat.熔合
10.His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists.使
困惑，使混乱，混淆
P144 crucial, defective, subtle, superficial, justify, vindicate, term, spawn, misconception
1.It is a glorious victory, and his choice of players has been fully vindicated.证明
2.The film’s success spawned several sequels and a rush of films about outer space.造成，酿成
3.He was born with a defective liver. How unfortunate!有缺陷的
4.Not the subtle difference in meaning achieved by simply reordering the word in the sentence. This may seem inconsequential, but can matter a lot. 微微的
5.It’s a misconception that all physiotherapists are very fit and good-looking.误解，谬见
6.The closure of these mines cannot be justified on the ground of economy.证明…是正当的
7.He appears only to have a superficial knowledge of the subject.
8.Women over 40 seem to be just as capable of carrying a baby to term as younger women. 把…叫做，称为
9.Fine weather is crucial to the success of this experiment.
Unit seven
P159 kinship, horrify, uplift, harness, abolish, obliterate, proliferate, constitute, peril, endorse, profound, belligerent 1.The prime minister clarified that his government did not endorse a homosexual lifestyle even though they allowed homosexuals to be employed in government positions.认可2.How can we harness energy from the dam to power the generators?利用，驾驭
3.If this bomb were dropped, it could obliterate the entire city.
消灭
4.They felt a sense of kinship although they were not related because they had gone through thick and thin together.亲密关系
5.
6.Her husband’s extra-marital affairs left her in a state of profound shock and anger.深深的，深刻的
7.He slavery and segregation and brought about freedom for his citizens.
8.Reading about how others overcame obstacles and succeeded uplifted her spirits.鼓舞，振奋
9.The success of the coffee chain has led to a proliferation of
cafes around the city.激增
10.We have to decide on what constitutes a majority vote—whether it is at least 50%or 60% of those present.制定，制定
P163 fault line, render, attest, blueprint, consensus, prevailing, gird, spectacular, repository
1.Technology rendered his job obsolete, so he had to return to school to learn a new trade. 使得，使成为
2.These issues have created a fault line in the peace negotiations.
3.The overwhelming majority who voted for that republican candidate showed the prevailing attitude towards abortion at that time. 主要的，普遍的
4.You can get spectacular views of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.壮观的
5.During the revolution, his house became a spectacular repository of books meant to be burnt. 贮藏处
6.The prime minister will unveil his blueprint for economic structuring at the next budget announcement.
7.His medical records attest to his long history of heart problems.证明
8.You should gird yourself for a long battle—this is only the beginning.使做好准备
9.Let us come to a consensus regarding on this issue. 一致
P168 amateur, unwittingly, instantaneously, prognosis, runaway, conventional, agitate, wave, trigger
1.The danger of war can be reduced by controlling nuclear, chemical and conventional arms.传统的，非核的
2.The doctor’s prognosis is that he has another three months to live.预知
3.The passengers in the vehicle died instantaneously in the head-on collision with the truck.突如其来地
4.She is an amateur photographer whose hobby is taking pictures of nature.
5.He had unwittingly angered her with his thoughtless remarks.
无意地，不经意地
6.She felt a wave of panic, but told herself she needed to remain calm.
7.He is already in poor mental health—her careless remarks will only agitate him further. 使激动
8.Her book of inspiring stories was a runaway success.巨大的胜
利
9.His unhappy marriage was the trigger for the relapse of his mental illness. 触发
Unit eight
P177 variety, ripen, akin, attribute, modify, dispatch, yeast, segment, trait
1.The journey will be more akin to air travel than to a conventional train.近似的
2.Many people tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.
3.The book will be from our warehouse to your address tomorrow.
4.The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy.
5.I’m waiting for the apples to ripen.
6.She has 12 varieties of old-fashioned roses.
7.The test is supposed to reveal major character traits; whether a person is generally pessimistic or optimistic, introvert or extrovert, etc.
8.Shanghai has a variety of food shops and supermarket.
P190 unravel, relentless, carp, bankroll, vilify, plummet, reckon,
plug, strain, drought
1.He’s been plugging his new book on the radio.推荐
2.All the rivers dried up during the months of drought.
3.The eagle came plummeting down from the sky and grabbed the rabbit in its claws.笔直落下
4.The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs.辱骂，诽谤
5.Gradually, with an intelligent use of flashbacks, Yve’s complex story unraveled. 阐明，弄清
6.He can’t understand why she’s constantly carping at him.吹毛
求疵
7.The company has bankrolled a couple of local movies. 资金赞
助
8.Every year, new strains of influenza develop, and claim many lives. 紧张状态，过劳操心。