新航道雅思词汇练习-真题.docx

Unit 1
1. Only twenty-seven new members had been enrolled since the Leeds Congress, and the total membership still stood at less than one hundred.
2. You could go for advertising hype, the catchy floor displays or the flashy packaging.
3. The desk was cluttered with files, but the chair behind it was vacant.
4. Brunch is a meal typically eaten late in the morning as a combination of a late breakfast and
5. The improvement of the highway will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent.
6. John`s hands were quivering as he put down his papers and started his speech at the first time.
7. His mood was an explosive mixture of maudlin self-pity and forced gaiety, the latter predominating as he got drunk.
8. Because of the economic slowdown, the government changed its policy to diminish revenue by limiting commerce.
9. In women`s magazines and educational material the apple conjures good food and health.
10. It is the opinion of a sentimental tourist that no price would be too great to pay, the novelist declared.
11. According to the opinion poll, the socialists were predominant (dominant) in the last parliament.
12. He exerted himself, during his sojourn among this simple and well-disposed people, to inculcate (infuse), as far as he was able, the gentle and humanizing precepts of the Christian faith.
13. A domestic unit consists of the members of a household (family) who live together along with non-relatives such as servants.
14. It was clear that a man after seventeen years of wedlock (marriage) did not leave his wife without certain occurrences which must have led her to suspect that all was not well with their married life.
15. Several common reasons that lead couples to decide to cohabit (live together) :wanting to test compatibility or establish financial security before marrying.
16. The studies show that most delinquent(offensive) boys have a non-conventional orientated self-concept, while other boys who are not involved in the peer group ,have a school orientated self-concept.
17. They are a fierce and intractable (unmanageable) people, though capable of forming most devoted friendships when their confidence has once been gained.
18. “Your religion,” say he,” serves you only for an excuse for your faults, but is no incentive (inducement) to your virtue.”
19. The real estate investors have tempered (adjusted) to meet the investor`s need.
20. To penalize (punish) a yacht in proportion to the fineness of her performance is unfair to the craft and to her men.

Unit 2
1. in the first year of peace, Lebanon’s GDP soared(increase) by almost 40%.
2. SAIC`s previous skirmishes (arguments) with investigators had attracted little attention.
3. The boy grabbed (snatch) hold of my bag and disappeared quickly into the crowd.
4. Although Chicago has fared (got on) better than some cities, unemployment remains a problem.
5. The dwarfs were devastated (decide), because they could not figure out how to save Snow White this time.
6. His distrust of the power of critics made him ready to gibe (laugh) at David Sylvester.
7. Children are most vulnerable (unprotected) to abuse within their own home.
8. Short of (other than) the president himself, probably no one could have put the American case more persuasively.
9. It snakes(travels) in and out of ports, along our busiest highways and through our most crowded cities.
10. She adjusted her glasses and peered(gazed) at the man.
11. Southeast winds nudged(pushed) the oil slick onto the shore.
12. My horse had been tethered(tied) to a post, but somehow it escaped.
13. The bridge is built to withstand(resist) an earthquake of 8.3 magnitudes.
14. An evaporation system is used to dissipate(disperse) heat from the sun and protect the shuttle`s electronics.
15. Narcissus was a young man who spurned(refused) the nymph echo and became enamored of his own reflection.
16. This disparity in social attitudes is certainly reflected in the ambivalent(conflicting) feelings held by retired people.
17. Commercial sauerkraut is very salty so there is no additional salt in the recipe(formula).
18. Retail sales of the quintessential red meats are plummeting(decreasing), whilst vegetarianism has become a fashionable norm.

Unit 3
1. He mopped up (finished) the rest of his business and went on a vacation.
2. This issue seems set(likely) to cause serious embarrassment to the government.
3. When she heard the news ,she dropped the bowl on the floor and it broke into fragments(pieces).
4. By modifying(changing) slightly the construction of the simple A.C. generator described above,the machine will provide direct current rather than alternating current.
5. When you move abroad you face a raft(number) of financial decisions, including which type of bank account to open.
6. He managed to receive, through the medium of correspondence magazines, the equivalent(counterpart) of college education.
7. He is not an expert in these matters;it is not safe to go by(judge by) what he says.
8. The observed relative abundances of various radioactive elements may give us some clue(sign) as to the time of their origin.
9. There should be a concerted(consistent) programme to change the knife-carrying ethos in schools.
10. Two members of a religious cult(disciple) have been linked to the recent murders.
11. But we can not assume that humans would naturally or inevitably develop such distorted(misinterpreted) ideas.
12. In his more positive ethical(moral) viewpoint butler tries to give sense to the old opinion that one should live according to nature.
13. When the land is exposed to the harsh tropical sun and torrential rain,it quickly becomes infertile(sterile).
14. Narendra was some kind of new thing ,a maverick(nonconformist) ,rooted in the traditional but open to new ways of being.
15. The children are treated as mentally retarded(delayed) back home, simply because they don`t have parents.
16. The debate about school closures has been simmering(seething) among locals for years.
17. Howard was a terrible gambler,and had squander(taken) away the family fortune.
18. The lyrics unleash(release) a gigantic primal scream at the urban alienation and despair of our industrial world.

Unit 4
1. She tried everything in an attempt to evoke (arouse) sympathy and pity from her parents.
2. The third quarter`s slender (meager) profit was still improvement on previous results.
3. It was a tribute (praise) to her teaching methods that so many children passed the test.
4. Our company has a commitment (permission) to equal pay and opportunities.
5. Because they are so good, so smart, they stand out like beacons (elite) in a sea of mediocrity.
6. The depression that started in mid-1929 was a catastrophe of unprecedented (unparalleled) dimensions for the United States.
7. As the economy slows, the markets are likely to trim their estimates of sustainability (continuance) in the growth of both productivity and profits.
8. Fields adjacent to (contiguous to) the nuclear facility were found to have high levels of radioactivity.
9. Her skin spoke of(indicated) warm summer days spent in the sun.
10. The hope is that this area will develop into a vibrant (lively) commercial centre.
11. If the bomb had exploded in the main shopping area, it would have been devastating (ruinous).
12. It`s impossible to forget such horrific events----they linger (remained) in the memory forever.
13. The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two-month hiatus (pause).
14. Except for a brief Christian interlude (period) at the beginning of the 11th century, Istanbul has been a Muslim city for almost 1,300 years.
15. Compared with the outskirts, the main streets in the centre of the city are always very congested(overcrowded).
16. The town hall is the only edifice (building) surviving from the fifteenth century.
17. The new censorship laws are serious encroachments (intrusion) on freedom of expression.
18. The city was deluged (overwhelmed) when the river burst its banks.
19. Having faster computers would make for (result in) a more efficient system.
20. We don`t need a computer failure to contend with (deal with) as well as all our other problems.

Unit6
1. Advocates of organic foods frequently proclaim(announce) that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
2. If I may venture(express) an opinion, I’d say the plan needs closer examination.
3. These photographs capture(describe) the essence of working-class life at the turn of the century.
4. These was a preponderance(dominance) of female teachers in the English department.
5. Clarence had only few fuzzy(obscure) memories of his grandparents.
6. What he has achieved is an extraordinary feat that would be impossible to duplicate(equal).
7. He’s stopped taking drugs now, but he may revert(restore) to taking them again.
8. As often as not(Quite often),people tend to scream under such circumstance.
9. What is even more important is the fact that the astronauts’ photographs have uncovered(revealed) many things not evident at close range.
10. The disposition(arrangement) of the troops on the battlefield is of paramount importance.
11. In particular, the relationship is becoming increasingly bedeviled(plagued) by the issue of anti-missile defence.
12. The universe offers no such categories or simplifications; only flux(change) and infinite variety.
13. The news of the wedding was plastered(covered) all over the morning papers.
14. Perhaps you should tweak(revise) that line or paragraph that throws the structure off before sending in the report.
15. The daily news stories of the worsening economy unnerved(discouraged) the nation.
16. She allowed her steady gaze to flicker(shine unsteadily) from the glass which she had been holding for hours.
17. Self-awareness of roles and of the feelings evoked in interpersonal encounters is increasingly critical for the nimble(agile) entrepreneur.
18. I have always tried to live by(act on) my faith but it’s sometimes unexpectedly difficult to achieve.
19. What we’ve got here is a half-baked(unthoughtful) proposal that still needs a great deal of work.
20. For the next four years they defied convention(tradition) by living as man and wife when they were not.

Unit 7
1. she has been eliminated(got rid of) from the swimming race because she did not win any of the practice races.
2. One of the major flaws in the existing system is that the prosecutor has immunity from law suits claiming malicious(spiteful) prosecution.
3. They define(characterize) a good patient as one who accepts their statements and their actions.
4. Roberts’ poor physical condition combined with nagging(troubling) injures prevented him from playing more than 51 games in the past four seasons.
5. Constant correction by a teacher is often counterproductive(unfavorable),as the student may become afraid to speak at all.
6. For centuries we woman have gloated over(felt maliciously satisfied with) the one negative aspect of aging more evident in men than women: balding.
7. In the conducive(favorable) atmosphere around the fort, General Bradley immediately found out the plot.
8. It’s a story of harmful dynamic(competing or conflicting system) between white prejudice and black autonomy.
9. Gandhi rejects outright(direct) claims made concerning the superior or inferior status of religions.
10. My first boss was a really nasty(ugly) person, who seemed to enjoy making life difficult for everyone.
11. to put a kid like Delia in eight-hour isolation for accepting a cigarette from a friend is bizarre outrageous(violent).
12. Depression remains one of the most prevalent(common) health disorders in the US.
13. The next version of the software will have the edge(advantage) over its competitors.
14. He’s managed to create a niche(right position) for himself in local politics.
15. There is nothing in the intrinsic(essential) nature of the work that makes it more suitable for women.
16. She addressed her young guest with civilities(politeness) suitable for personage of advanced years and uncertain appetite.
17. That cannot be promised here, though a holistic(overall) perspective is taken on literary stylistics in addressing science fiction.
18. Many observers suggest that this transfer has had mainly adverse(unfavorable) effects on the population concerned.
19. Instead, justice is a commodity designed by a hierarchy of judges still dedicated(devoted) to the interests of Power.
20. The university suspended(stopped) the club for two years, during which it could not hold social or athletic activities.

Unit 8
1. at the press conference, they were scrambling(struggling) to give the impression that the situation.
2. Written off again and again, he has proved phenomenal(extraordinary) in resilience and political craftiness.
3. This news has sent a wave of panic through the world which to seems way(far) out of proportion.
4. Downtown business owners say they want the city’s homeless shelter moved to a less conspicuous(noticeable) location.
5. Over the past year, Linux has made significant inroads(made advances) into embedded designs requiring rich, high performance networking.
6. The important thing is to harness(control) growth to self-knowledge, a ready acceptance of change, swift-moving business practice and sound judgment.
7. We are the ones willing and able to run an obstacle course filled with hurdles(barriers) that we must complete before anyone else.
8. I haven’t been able to orient(adjust) my ideas to the new conditions since I worked abroad three months.
9. The company office was inundated(flooded) with telegrams of congratulations on the tenth anniversary of its foundation.
10. He had drawn a contradictory conclusion in his thesis because he pinned(placed) his faith on an absurdity.
11. Luxembourg and United States courts have addressed(disposed of) the matter, and the judgments reveal of these fears.
12. They had increasingly difficulty in providing even tolerably competent candidates for array(arrangement) of provincial posts reserved for them.
13. It also is a great boon(gift) to vegetarians who can cook grains and dried beans in 12 minutes or less.
14. The figure illustrates the cumulative(increasing) ulcer free survival curves of patients randomized.
15. Eliminate narrow job-training programs, those geared(adjusted) to low-wage, low-skill occupations, and those that do not reflect labor-market needs.
16. New Labour, by contrast, has embarked on(set to) the most far-reaching program of constitutional reform attempted in this country this century.
17. Likewise, the myriad(numerous) consumer products we savor and benefit from, if poorly made and haphazardly serviced, can present hazards.
18. The Justice Department has launched a broader inquiry into the alleged solicitation(request) of foreign donors by the democrats, particularly Hwang.
19. The bui