北大版大学英语第四册词汇练习.doc

第四册词汇
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Unit 1
1. This kind of animal has a pair of keen eyes that can _________ the darkness. penetrate

2. In his report he _________ the truth, and led us into making a wrong decision. distorted

3. How can I find that letter in a _______ of paper scraps like that? jumble

4. This theory holds a ______ view of the world and cannot see the development. static

5. ________ gradually caused the sliding box to slow down and stop. Friction

6. The lesson was not clear and it has ________ me. muddled

7. I had no time to think and made a ________ choice from the cards and fortunately, this was a lucky card. random

8. After taking the vaccine (疫苗), the child will be ________ to this virus (病毒). immune

9. Do you think the arms race the greatest _____ now facing the world? peril

10. I cannot explain, but by _________ I think this is the right answer. intuition

11. He is a conservative, and he wants to have a _________ church wedding. formulae

12. Believe it, this comes from a(n) ___________ source of information. infallible

Unit 2
1. Britain and her _______ won two world wars. allies

2. The spell of dry weather often makes this land ___________ to all animals. inhospitable

3. The performance by the State Ballet was too _____________ for the country child. sophisticated

4. The effusive love from both ________ and maternal parents is likely to spoil the child. paternal

5. After the shipwreck, he was ________ alone on the deserted island. stranded

6. Keep this substance away from rust and acid since they are all _________.corrosive

7. His family name gave him _______ on campus. status

8. The powerful military force inflicted a ________ defeat on the enemy. crushing

9. A series of suppressed pictures _________ the life story of this military giant have finally been publicized. depicting

10. The local newspaper claims to _______ public opinions. mirror

11. The main reason for the Pilgrims to go to America was to escape from being ___________ for their religious beliefs. persecuted

12. The _______ system is the system of planets, etc., of which our sun is the center. solar

Unit 3
1.  _____________ from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking. Extrapolating

2. I had a curious and _______________ feeling as I watched an Indian snake charmer playing with a snake. apprehensive

3. The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people _______.revere

4. Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is __________ good or evil, and it’s up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be. potentially

5. A(n) ____________ step may crush the snail that crawls in the public path. But we could have treaded aside and let the reptile live. inadvertent

6. Everything is in motion. Everything shakes. Everything is __________.vibrating

7. If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless ___________ of the sea. immensity

8. A caribou will ______ his ear and listen watchfully at the slightest sound. cock

9. Our scientific power has ________ our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. outrun

10. A(n) ___________ into the grizzly’s territory may be stalked and killed by the grizzly. trespasser

11. A herd of cattle are grazing ________ on the grassland. placidly

12. The old _______ “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is clearly an appropriate model for conserving the rich diversity of the world. adage

Unit 4
1. A ________ in time saves nine. stitch

2. Chinese people __________ on their memory the war crimes committed by Japanese invaders. inscribed

3. Superstitions were as prevailing as ________ in those hard times. plagues

4. The shy girl ________ up her courage to stand up and asked a question. plucked

5. The most _____________ part of our expedition was crossing the lake. hazardous

6. Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the _______ than reason and common sense. clergy

7. Everything is in slow motion down there and silent. It could replace _______________. psychotherapy

8. The disease is reaching __________ levels in part of the country. epidemic

9. Life ____________would grow by leaps and bounds(突飞猛进地) if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. expectancy

10. This world was _____________ to the people, so they turned to superstition to seek comfort. impenetrable

11. It is _______________ with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. preoccupation

12. __________ goods is a very inefficient means of organizing transaction. Bartering

Unit 5
1. Mead ___________ her readers not to worry about the anxiety problems too much. admonished

2. He needed at least three days to assess the _________ of their attentions. genuiness

3. The news ________ her to the heart. stabbed

4. This gay is ______________; he always behaves himself in an unacceptable way. unmanageable
5. The statistics indicate that the murder _____ of the city last year ranks the second highest in its history. toll

6. In my view he is a real ________ to the public. menace

7. A military ______ has been completely destroyed by the government troops. coup

8. This small town is a(n) ______________ place for people to live in. paradisiacalce

9. Still in some areas in the West the water supply is _______.meager

10. He seems to have a(n) _______ for always doing right things. instinct

11. I only have a very ______ memory of that event you mentioned. vague

12. I _______ at the attitude with which their work is received. despair

Unit 6
1. We consider if you want to cure the _______________ completely, you should rely on the traditional medical measures. ailment/ malady

2. Violent crime is only one of the ________________ troubling modern society. maladies/ailments

3. Science and technology actually help to ________ the useful and pleasant parts of traditional culture. preserve

4. If you're _________ to do something, you feel inside yourself that you have to do it. impelled

5. A(n) _______ is when a person fails to pay attention to someone or to treat them with the respect that they deserve. slight

6. The country has been _________ into chaos by the first snow of the winter. plunged

7. When she came back after meeting, she __________ that the monitor’s argument was probably true. reflected

8. You could easily understand her joy as she said over telephone how happy and __________ she felt on hearing the news that her novel had been published. relieved

9. In one of the villages, the natives beat their drums, and we at once ________ they were sounding the alarm. fancied

10. Instead of simply punishing them, the system encourages offenders to ________ their behaviors. modify

11. Just how a secondary school could achieve such a success despite dire economic circumstances is a good question for us to ________ over. ponder

12. In the end the justice ___________ and men who were put in prison by mistake were set free. prevailed

Unit 7
1. His theory on human rights is based on the _____________ that all men are born equal. hypothesis

2. Nowadays automobiles are a popular _______ of transportation. mode

3. She made a detailed list of all the things that might be needed in the party and _______ calculated all the prices for these goods. finely

4. His poem ____________ the taste of that period. exemplified

5. The open-door policy leads to the ____________ growth of multi-mode economies. spontaneous

6. Although he is a man of determination, he does not make all the decisions _____________.unhesitatingly

7. I __________ him to be a workman, but he is in fact a spy. supposed

8. He is a born capitalist and knows every possible way to _______ money from his workers. wring

9. It was a popular practice for every new worker to serve _______________ with his master for several years before he could be a regular（正式） member of a factory or company. apprenticeship

10. We have lost all ______ of the climbing party missing since last Friday. trace

11. It would be a simple __________ to bus the passengers to the health resort. operation

12. That the world is flat was at one time a popular________. fallacy

Unit 8
1. In some ways Canada is more ________________ than its giant southern neighbor. sophisticated

2. Some Customs officers do show ____________ in singling out persons for special attention. ingenuity

3. Hunger _______________ all other sufferings in his childhood. overshadowed

4. Few people can understand his lecture, since his subject is very _________.obscure

5. The assistant teacher freed the professor from some of his daily _______.chores

6. During his trip to Africa, he had the chance to meet the members of Swahili costal ____________. subculture

7. They ________ him into joining the conspiracy (阴谋). enticed

8. Glass is highly __________ when heated. malleable

9. This tiger belongs to an almost vanished southern American ______.breed

10. I became interested in American and British literature when I was a __________.sophomore

11. In order to reduce the environmental pollution, bicycle riding becomes a ____________ view in many big cities. ubiquitous

12. He __________ the performance styles of some of the great singers. mimicked