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[基础词汇] 大学英语六级考试阅读理解必背词汇(2)

21. arrogant a. 傲慢的> An ~ man is a self-importantperson.

22. ascend v. 上升> The balloons are ~ing.

23. ascribe v. 归因于>He ~d his failure to hissmall vocabulary.

24. aspiration n. 抱负Your ~ is your ambition or strongwish.

25. assault n. 攻击, 袭击>A robber ~ed him.

26. assert v. 断言He ~ed that the thief would comeagain.

27. assurance n. 保证, 把握>I give you my ~ that the product is safe and reliable.

28. attendant n. 服务员, 随从

29. authentic a. 真实的, 可靠的>Is Clinton‘s biography ~?

30. avert v. 避开、转移We ~ed a loss .

31. bald a. 秃顶的A ~ man is considered to be intelligent.

32. barren a. 荒芜的,不能生育的>Without dream, life is a ~ field.

33. betray v. 背叛; 泄露You ~ed me.

34. bewilder v. 使迷惑The new traffic lights ~ theman.

35. bias n. 偏见Bias is prejudice.

36. blaze v. 燃烧; 发强光>Thesummer sun is blazing.

37. bleak a. 荒凉的; 凄凉的>a ~future

38. blink v. 眨眼睛; 闪烁>

39. blunder n. 大错

40. bluntly ad. 直言不讳地

[基础语法] 四级名师语法讲义-状语从句之条件状语

7. 条件状语从句：

（1）连接词：if, once, as long as, on condition that

①如果引导的条件可以实现，主将从现；

②如果引导的条件和事实相反，则用虚拟语气；

eg：If winter comes can spring be far behind.

As long as it doesn't rain, we can play.

You can go out on condition that you wear an overcoat.

Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won't allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition (点火) key.

[暑期特辑] 英语四级考试阅读理解基础练习题二

Passage two (Vicious and Dangerous Sports Should be Banned by Law) When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it‘s amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Don‘t the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungey lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.