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词汇：
crescent n.月牙，月牙形物 saucer n.碟
skim v.飞速掠过 alien n.外星人
练习：
1. A) looking B) seeing C) seeking D) feeling
2. A) below B) underneath C) with D) under
3. A) ruled B) bombarded C) captured D) visited
4. A) investigate B) attack C) shoot D) confront
5. A) named B) called C) known D) dubbed
6. A) believers B) thinkers C) followers D) liars
7. A) hiding B) covering C) cheating D) tricking
8. A) definitely B) undoubtedly C) necessarily D) maybe
9. A) awkward B) crude C) religious D) foolish
10. A) planets B) continents C) countries. D) regions
11. A) cool B) star C) nuclear D) cold
12. A) above B) to C) at D) up
13. A) traditional B) backward C) classical D) advanced
14. A) unthinkable B) impossible C) reasonable D) insensible
15. A) performed B) carried C) brought D) taken
答案及详解
一、词汇选项答案:
1 A collaborate：合作;勾结;cooperate：合作。 She has agreed to cooperate with the police in the investigation.她同意在调查中跟警察合作。compete：竞争。combine：合并;argue：争论。
2 C widen和broaden都有"拓宽"的意思。twist：弯曲;stretch：延伸。The forests stretch for hundreds of miles.森林绵延数百英里。bend：弯曲。
3 C lure：吸引。temptation：吸引。这两个词意思相近。abuse：滥用;flavor：滋味：consumption：消费。
4 D immense和enormous都有"巨大的"意思。It was an enormous disappointment.此事太令人失望了。natural：自然的;tiny：微小的;fatal：致命的。
5 B remedy：补救;improve：改进。这两个词意思相近。Herbal medicine can be used to improve our health.草药可用于增进我们的健康。maintain：保持;protect：保护;assess：评估。
6 A motive：动机;reason：理由。这两个词意思比较接近。There is no reason to doubt his word.没有理由不相信他的话。excuse：借口。answer：回答;plan：计划。
7 A consolidate：巩固;strengthen：巩固，加强。To strengthen his position in Parliament.he held talks with leaders of the Peasant Party.为了加强在国会中的地位，他跟农民党的领导人进行了会谈。control：控制。abandon：放弃;exercise：行使。
8 B probe：探索;explore：探索。这两个词意思很相近。Both parties are exploring ways of settling the dispute.双方都在寻求解决争端的办法。solve：解决;settle：解决;handle：处理。
9 D alleviate：减轻。relieve：减轻;变小。remove：去掉;切除。cure：治疗。worsen：严重。
10 A appraisal：评价;evaluation：评价。Evaluation is standard practice for all training评价是各种教育通常的做法。production：生产;efficiency：效率。publicity：出名。
11 D insufficient：不充分的;inadequate：不充分的。Supplies of food and medicine are inadequate.食物和药品供应不足。instant：迫切的;infinite：无限的。inexpensive：不贵的。
12 A perish：死亡;die：死亡。The old man will die soon.这个老人很快会死去o suffer：蒙受;float：漂浮;scatter：散乱。
13 C in the end：最后;ultimately：最后。The food ultimately arrived at the end of last month.食品终于在上月末运到了。undoubtedly：无疑地;certainly：当然;necessarily：必定地。
14 B complicated：复杂的;complex;复杂的。The issue is very complex.这个问题太复杂了。strange：奇怪的;personal.个人的。funny)r：有趣的。
15 B defect：缺陷;faults：缺陷;function：功能：motion：意向。part：部分。
二、阅读判断答案：
1. B. 分析：问题句说“美国位于前十个国家的行列”。利用题干中的特征结构The United States of America和top 10 countries(前十个国家)作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP (人均国内生产总值) after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the survey. 题干中的两个特征结构都在这个句子中出现了，因此判断这个句子应该是直接答案相关句，该句说“美国的人均国内生产总值排名第2，仅位于卢森堡之后，因此美国在这项调查中位于第13位。”，显然问题句的说法与该句的说法不一致，因此判断问题句“错误”。
2. C. 分析：问题句说“职业稳定是衡量生活质量的最不重要的标准。”利用题干中出现的核心短语“(主语)Job security/职业稳定”和“(表语)life quality/生活质量”作为答案线索，同时关注题干中出现的修饰结构“the least important/最不重要的”，这样找到答案相关句：Ireland is the best place in the world to live in for 2005, according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain’s Economist magazine last week.
The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the