(3)obstruct, construct,而且ob(against)和con(together)作为前缀,意思正好相反
6.abhor: admire憎恨,厌恶:崇拜
7.abolish: establish 废除:建立
abolitionist: persist in slavery废奴主义者:坚持奴隶制
(emancipation: fetter 解放黑奴,解放妇女:上枷锁)
The city has__ its program for recycling waste in an effort to reduce the amounts of garbage that must be__ or dumped in landfills.
(A) improved, produced
(B) restricted, amassed
(C) adapted, rescued
(D) expanded, burned
(E) abolished, buried
误选E 的同学看清楚逻辑关系了in an effort to
8. abundant: scare/barren 富饶的:缺乏/贫瘠
Only one flask out of ten became putrid, whereas eleven flasks out of eleven opened in the courtyard quickly acquired a rich growth of bacteria.
Q: “rich” most nearly means
(A) precious
(B) vital
(C) abundant
(D) meaningful
(E) productive
这里显然是指数量之多。
9.abridge: protract/extend in length 缩短:伸长
Abridged<> lengthy
Because his time was limited, Weng decided to read the___ novel War and Peace in____ edition
(A) wordy----an unedited
(B) lengthy-----an abridged
(C) famous------a modern
(D) romantic-----an autographed
(E) popular-------a complete
10. absorb: dissipate/exude/reflect 吸引,吸收: 消散/流出/反射
Just as glass windows offer buildings both light and insulation, certain atmospheric gases___ incoming sunlight and___ heat radiated from the ground, preventing warmth from escaping.
(A) conduct, release
(B) deflect, transmit
(C) admit, contain
(D) absorb, dispense
(E) resist, trap
注意dispense heat是不会prevent warmth from escaping.
Dissipate dis+sip(喝), insipid (没有喝的东西,无聊)无聊的
11.abstemious: indulgent 节制的:纵容的
12.abstract: elaborate /concrete 摘要的:详尽的/具体的
In poetry the majority of people seek the passion and pain of the human being behind the poet. Paintings attract them if they find in them figures of men or women it would be interesting to meet.
Q:“figures” most nearly means
(A) crude images
(B) abstractions
(C)representations
(D) numbers
(E) famous persons
这道题很多同学会选择B,因为按中国人的思想,好像画画就应该是抽象的,错!画的素描就是对景物的一种再现。











