【正文】 0。 4. set up 5. set about 6. set out解析：set out和 set about兩者都可作“開始”解，set about常后接名詞、代詞或動詞ing形式（如3和5）；set out為不及物動詞，常接不定式（如6），或單獨使用，作 “出發(fā)；動身”解，相當(dāng)于set off（如1）。set up有“建立（如4）；創(chuàng)記錄（如2）”等意思。詞以“群”分(9)快刀“斬”亂麻cut up。 cut down。 cut in。 cut out。 cut off 1. He ______ the tree outside the window with an axe to let more light in.2. She ______ the vegetables into small pieces before she gives them to the young geese. 3. We can’t ______ our expenses any more.4. Sorry for ______, but I have some news for you.5. It’s been raining these days and the floods have ______ the traffic.6. Pictures from these magazines can be ______ , and used as teaching aids.Key: 1. cut down 2. cuts up 3. cut down 4. cutting in 5. cut off 6. cut out解析：cut up 意為“切碎”（如2和6）。cut down 意為“砍倒；砍伐”（如1）或“減少……的量”（如3）。cut in意為“中斷，打斷”（如4）。cut off意為“切斷”（如5）。cut out意為“剪下來”（如6）?！奥猛尽币宦讽橈L(fēng)trip。 journey。 tour。 voyage；travel 1. It was a long ______ to St. Petersbury.2. We went on a bus ______ last weekend and had a bad time. 3. We will have a fortable ______ to the Far East through air. 4. Our American friends made a ______ of Shanghai and visited many places of interest there.5. With the finest ship and fine weather, they had a wonderful time in the greater part of the ______. 6. Rail ______ in Britain seems to be getting more and more unreliable. Key: 1. journey / trip 2. trip 3. voyage 4. tour 5. voyage 6. travel解析： journey一般指時間和距離都較長的陸路旅行，不含有回到原出發(fā)地的意思（如1）。trip常指短距離的旅行，?；氐皆霭l(fā)地，不強(qiáng)調(diào)旅行的方式或目的（如2），在美國英語中有時也可代替journey表示長途旅行（如1）。tour指“周游；巡回旅游”，常常是訪問一系列地方后又回到原出發(fā)地，常跟介詞of +目的地（如4）。travel一般指“旅行”活動的概念、形式或方式（如6），一般為不可數(shù)名詞。voyage指不論路程長短的水上或空中的“游歷；旅行”（如3和5）。詞以“群”分(10)獨”“特”的視角unique。 special1. Today is a very ______ day for us — it was on this day 50 years ago that we first met.2. Each person’s fingerprints are ______. 3. United Airlines is offering a ______ deal on flights to London.4. It was a ______ achievement — none has ever won the championship five times before.5. The journey provides a ______ opportunity to study these rare creatures.Key: 1. special 2. unique 3. special 4. unique 5. unique / special解析： unique意為“獨特的；唯一的；獨一無二的”，即一類中沒有同樣的（如2）；也可表示“非常好的；難得的”（如4和5）。 special 意為“特別的；不同尋常的；專門的”，指因更好或更重要而不同于其他的（如1和5）或?qū)槟硞€目的而設(shè)立的（如3）。同中有異thus。 so1. They told her to water the flowers every morning, and she did it ______.2. He didn’t work hard. ______ he was fired.3. The Altru Hospital Auxiliary has made the largest contribution ______ far.4. The machine works twice faster, ______ greatly reducing the cost.5. He lowered his voice ______ his parents would not hear him.Key: 1. thus 2. Thus 3. so / thus 4. thus 5. so解析： thus和so有如下共同含義：１. 因此；從而 2. “如此；這樣”或“到如此程度”（如1和3）。一般來說，thus較正式，so更口語化。 thus的特殊之處在于常另起一句（如2）或引起ving短語作結(jié)果狀語以示強(qiáng)調(diào)（如4）。 so可引導(dǎo)目的狀語從句（如5），為so that的省略形式。call短語精義探微call in。 call on。 call up1. The boy is badly hurt. Please ______ a doctor at once. 2. Many of the young people ______ and died in that battle3. A Japanese car maker ______ some cars with engine faults so far.4. I ______ the best man to say something at the wedding. 5. The song ______ memories of my childhood. 6. We ______ our parents who live in the countryside last weekend. Key: 1. call in 2. were called up 3. has called in 4. called on 5. calls / called up 6. called on解析： call in 表示“請來（主要目的是來幫助）”（如1），也作“收回（在流通、使用中的）”講（如3）。 call on表示“拜訪（某人）”（如6），call on sb. to do “要求/號召某人做某事”（如4）。 call up表示“使想起（往事）”（如5），還可表示“征召入役”（如2）。詞以“群”分(11)特別的“特性”property。 characteristic。 feature1. Bitterness is a ______ of tea.2. This little town has all the ______ of a typical seaside resort.3. Soap has the ______ of removing dirt4. An aquiline（象鷹的）nose is his best ______.5. A useful ______ of the cat is its ability to see in the dark. 6. What are the main ______ of North Africa according to this map? Key: 1. property 2. characteristics 3. property 4. feature 5. characteristic 6. features解析： property意為“性質(zhì)；性能”，指同一類型事物所共有的特點，具有典型的意義。一般不用于人，多用來指某物質(zhì)的特性，也用于指事物的功能(如1和3)。 characteristic意為“特性；特征”，是對事物客觀的記載，不予褒貶。所指特點既可是同類事物中具有典型意義的（如2和5），也可是完全屬于個體或個人的，并常指外表的明顯的獨特性。 feature意為“特點；特色”，指某人、某物突出、引人注目的特點，常用來說明人的容貌特征（如4）或地貌、地理特征（如6）?！敖o出”的區(qū)別give off。 give out。 give away1. The eggs were ______ a bad smell. Nobody wanted to eat them. 2. The radio is ______ a strange sound. 3. She ______ all her money to the poor.4. The engine always ______ a lot of heat.5. The monitor often helps the teacher ______ the exam papers. 6. She made me promise not to ______ the secret. 7. They ______ on the radio that the president had died. Key: 1. giving off / giving out 2. giving out 3. gave away 4. gives off / gives out 5. give out 6. give away 7. gave out解析： give off 多表示“發(fā)出（氣味、熱、光等 ）”(如1和4）。 give out 除具有上述含義外, 也可表示“發(fā)出（聲音）”（如2）；“分發(fā)”(如5)； 還可表示“宣布”（如7）。 give away表示“分送；捐贈”（如3）,也可作“泄露（秘密等）”講 (如6）。學(xué)好“物”理substance。 matter。 material1. Ice and water are the same ______ in different forms. 2. Can you explain the relation between ______ and spirit？3. Coal is a black ______.4. ______ and energy are interchangeable. 5. The ______ of the plan is good. 6. Rubber is a widelyused ______. Key: 1. substance 2. matter / material 3. substance 4. Matter5. substance 6. material解析： substance 意為“物質(zhì)；物品；實質(zhì)”，多用作可數(shù)名詞，強(qiáng)調(diào)構(gòu)成任何一個具體事物（即可觸及、可看見的事物）的本質(zhì)與核心的東西（如1和3）；用于抽象事物時，則指其主旨內(nèi)容（如5）。 matter 意為“物質(zhì)”，指與精神相對立而存在著的物質(zhì)（如2和4），是一個總體的概念，為不可數(shù)名詞。 material 意為“材料；原料；物質(zhì)”，主要指構(gòu)成其他物品的材料，強(qiáng)調(diào)其使用價值（如6