【正文】 ism against diseasehad crashed. 二、考研核心詞匯 characterize vt. 表現(xiàn) ...的特色 , 刻畫的 ...性格 [例 ] This kind of behavior characterizes the criminal mind. 這種舉止是罪犯的心理特征。to assume resposibility 承擔(dān)責(zé)任 。 [同義 ] act, ceremony, exercise, gathering, operate, perform [派生 ] functional adj. 功能的 [固定搭配 ] public function 盛大的公共集會(huì) , 正式社交集會(huì)； social function 盛大的公共集會(huì) , 正式社交集會(huì)； [熟詞生意 ] function ，職責(zé) function they perform is to maintain the established order of society. （或宴會(huì)） room may be hired for wedding and other functions. purpose n. 目的 , 意圖 , 用途 , 效果 , 決心 , 意志 vt. 打算 , 企圖 , 決心 [例 ] He went to town with the purpose of buying a new television. 他進(jìn)城的目 的是買一臺(tái)新電視機(jī)。to little purpose or to no purpose幾乎徒勞的，少有成效地 。麥克阿瑟）。 [同義 ] clear, exempt, free, resistant [反義 ] liable adj. 有責(zé)任的 , 有義務(wù)的 , 易 ...的 , 有 ...傾向的 , 負(fù)有責(zé)任的 , 很有可能的 susceptible adj. 易受影響的 , 易感動(dòng)的 , 容許 ...的 n. (因缺乏免疫力而 ) 易得病的人 [派生 ] immunize v. 使免疫 , 賦予免疫性 [熟詞生意 ] immune The president seems to be immune to criticism. crash n. 碰撞 , 墜落 , 墜毀 , 撞擊聲 , 爆裂聲 4 v. 碰撞 , 墜落 , 墜毀 , (指商業(yè)公司 , 政府等 )破產(chǎn) , 垮臺(tái) [例 ] The elephant crashed through the forest. 大象沖進(jìn)森林。 第 3 課 一、真題文章 Vitamins are anic pounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man. They do not provide energy, nor do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for transforming foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen or more of them, and if any is missing a deficiency disease bees apparent. Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elementsusually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen. They are different in that their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin performs one or more specific functions in the body. Getting enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutritional use for excess vitamins. Many people, nevertheless, believe in being on the safe side and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well balanced diet will usually meet all the body39。 它們不提供能量，也不構(gòu)成身體的任何一部分，它們的任務(wù)是把食物轉(zhuǎn)變成能量和維持身體健康。 各種維生素都很相似，因?yàn)樗鼈冇赏瑯拥脑貥?gòu)成，一般包括碳、氫、氧，有時(shí)還有氮。 吸取足夠的維生素對(duì)生命是必要的，但過(guò)量的維生素對(duì)人體并無(wú)滋養(yǎng)的用處。不過(guò)均衡的飲食一般能夠完全滿足身體對(duì)維生素的全部需求。 [同義 ] plex, mixture, blend [派生 ] pounding n. 組合 , 混合 maintenance n. 維護(hù) , 保持 , 生活費(fèi)用 , 扶養(yǎng) [例 ] He took a course to learn about car maintenance. 他學(xué)習(xí)了汽車保養(yǎng)的課 程。 [同義 ] clear, evident, obvious, plain, seeming [反義 ] hidden v. hide的過(guò)去分詞 adj. 隱藏的 [派生 ] apparently adv. 顯然地 arrange v. 安 排 , 排列 , 協(xié)商 [例 ] In a dictionary the words are arranged in alphabetical order. 詞典里的詞是按字母順序編排的。 [同義 ] additional, extra, surplus [反義 ] deficiency n. 缺乏 , 不足 [派生 ] excessive adj. 過(guò)多的 , 過(guò)分的 , 額外 [固定搭配 ] in excess of 超過(guò)； to an excess 過(guò)量；超過(guò) 四、強(qiáng)化練習(xí) 1. The results showed that tobacco yields could increase with the increase of _________ fertilizer. A. anic B. corrupt C. poisonous D. civil 2. We speculate that it is not caffeine but perhaps some other ______ contained in sodatype soft drinks that may be responsible for the increased risk in hypertension, said the study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A. contemporary B. counterpart C. pound D. content 3. The Government is planning to assign 40 per cent of road_______ works to the private sector contractors in the short term and increase the level to 100 per cent in 10 years. A. schedule B. maintenance C. scrape D. scrutiny 4. It became ________ that our stay in the . would be a long one and I immediately began thinking on how best to pursue my interest in economics. A. secure B. shallow C. apparent D. apparatus 5. Now any hotel or travel agency can book your tickets and ________ transportation to the station. A. supervise B. interfere C. resent D. arrange 參考答案 :ACBCD 第 4 課 一、真題文章 Manpower Inc., with 560,000 workers, is the world39。s work for a day39。每天清晨，該公司的員工們涌入美國(guó)的工廠和辦公室，尋找一份只干一天、當(dāng)天付薪的工作。 即使美國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)繼續(xù)恢復(fù)，兼職和臨時(shí)工的人數(shù)也還是不斷增加。這種現(xiàn)象為這些公司開辟了一條道路，使其既不失國(guó)際競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力，又可以不受市 場(chǎng)周期的沖擊，避免就業(yè)法規(guī)、醫(yī)療保健和養(yǎng)老金法案帶來(lái)的日益增加的負(fù)擔(dān)。 三、考研核心詞匯 agency n. 代理處 , 行銷處 , 代理 , 中介 [例 ] agency general 總代理 [同義 ] management, office, operation, work [派生 ] agent n. 代理 (商 ) [固定搭配 ] by/through agency of 經(jīng)??介紹，通過(guò)??之手 swarm n. 蜂群 , 一 大群 v. 涌往 , 擠滿 , 密集 , 成群浮游 , 云集 [例 ] The beach is swarming with bathers. 海灘滿是海浴的人。 [同義 ] colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, monumental, [反義 ] diminutive adj. 小的 , 指小的 , 小型的 n. 小的人 , 指小辭 , 指小詞 , 愛稱 dwarf n. 矮子 , 侏儒 v. (使 )變矮小 , [派生 ] giantlike adj. 巨人般的 , 巨大的 disposable adj. 可任意使用的 [例 ] Every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire. 每一種可用的設(shè)備都被大火燒毀了 [派生 ] disposal n. 處理 , 處置 , 布置 , 安排 , 配置 , 支配 dispose v. 處理 , 處置 , 部署 vt. 布置 , 安排 , 除去 , 使愿意 fundamentally adv. 基礎(chǔ)地 , 根本地 [例 ] She is fundamentally unsuited to office work. 她根 本不適合做辦公室工作。 [同義 ] devoted, dutiful, faithful, obedient, true, trustworthy [反義 ] disloyal adj. 不忠的 , 背叛的 , 不忠誠(chéng)的 [派生 ] loyalty n. 忠誠(chéng) , 忠心 四、強(qiáng)化練習(xí) 1. Buying a train or a bus ticket used to be a major hassle. Now any hotel or travel ________ can book your tickets A. resource B. recollection C. agency D. agony 2. He’s just like a fly hanging around. Sorry, not a fly. It’s a________ of flies flying near your ears A. bunch B. swarm C. lump D. pile 3. They were ________, sometimes 8 feet long, and many of them lived in the swampy pools in which our coal seam, or layer, or formed. A. giant B. clever C. delight D. light 4. Nowadays the average age at which people settle down and marry is much older than it was 30 years ago, so singles will tend to have more________ ine.” A. dependent B. redundant C. profe