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(一)主考单词
1. abandon: foster/adopt 放弃：采用/采纳
(1) The novelist shocked his editor by__ the book on which he had been working for seven years and starting over.
(A) abridging
(B) supplemented
(C) abandoning
(D) truncating
(E) praising
(2) Although the political candidate was__ by her admirers, she__ her campaign before the first debate was held.
(A) supported, abandoned
(B) lauded, illuminated
(C) denounced, criticized
(D) disdained, subverted
(E) bolstered, retaliated
(3) Most students do not start from point zero, but from minus zero, and in the process are often required to abandon cherished childhood fantasies of superheroes or larger-than-life villains.
在sat考试当中，目前只考察了abandon表示“放弃”(give up something completely or forever),abandon这个义项的程度非常强，即“放弃”程度是最高的。
2.abate: augment/ intensify减少：增加/加强
3. abbreviate: extend 缩写:扩充
Convinced by critics that his play was too verbose, Johnson__ the third act, making it more___.
(A) expanded, concise
(B) curtailed, prolix
(C) promulgated, insouciant
(D) abbreviated, succinct
(E) fostered, pliant
Verbose---àabbreviate--àsuccinct 非常符合逻辑。
4.aberrant: normal/ typical 异常的:正常的/典型的
If such a gene occurs on a sex-determining (X or Y) chromosome, then highly aberrant sex ratios can occur.
5.abet: impede/obstruct/thwart 协助:阻碍
(1)Abet：assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing。所以翻译为“教唆”太合适了!
Critics of the welfare system argue that, rather that adding people’s efforts to govern their own lives, it____ their independence.
(A) supports (B) saps (C) hastens (D) renews (E) abet
Adding people’s efforts to govern their own lives<> abet their independence
是对abet义项的直接考察。
(2)thwart 阻碍=prevent
Dangerously high winds___ attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.
(A) thwarted
(B) forfeited
(C) implemented
(D) discharged
(E) redoubled
这道题很多同学可能会选择discharge，显然这是对discharge理解的不够，虽然discharge的义项很多，但基本上都维持了词根 char的意思：charge来自于词根car(char是car的变体)，它表示一种装上去的感觉，比如charge的义项，充电(你要放到插座上)，住院(你要到医院里去住)，当然discharge就是这些动作的反动作。Discharge(表示拔下充电器，卸下装备，出院等)
