英语听力：刘毅基础词汇5000 2-b

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刘毅基础词汇5000-2b

Part Two

1. clumsy:He asked such a clumsy question that I did not know what to reply.

2. conservative: Old people are usually more conservative than young people.

3. exhale¹: He lit his pipe and exhaled² clouds of smoke.

4. homely³: I was very disappointed to see her sister; she was a homely girl.

5. indefinite: "Maybe" or "perhaps" is a very indefinite answer.

6. obedient: The obedient dog quickly responded to his master's whistle.

7. precise: He gave a precise account of how much money he had spent.

8. rational: When people are very angry, they seldom act in a rational way.

9. rigid⁴: In our home it is a rigid rule to wash one's hands before eating.

10. timid: a timid child is apt to cry when he sees a strange person.

11. vertical⁵: A vertical take-off aircraft can rise straight from the ground, without running along for some distance.

12. wholesome⁶: Such a movie is not wholesome for young children.

Part Three

1. abandon: He abandoned his wife and went away with all their money.

2. barbarian⁷: People who behave like barbarins are not welcome at this hotel.

3. essence: The essence of his religious teaching is love for all men.

4. harmony: My cat and dog never fight; they live together in perfect harmony.

5. indulge: He indulged his desire for cigarettes to a harmful extent.

6. intrude⁸: I was unwilling⁹ to intrude upon them so late at night.

7. modify: The company modified the design of the automobile¹⁰ in order to make it more attractive. / In the phrase, "a green hat," the adjective "green" modifies the noun"hat".

8. oppress: A good government will not oppress the peolpe.

9.proficient¹¹: His mother is very proficient in music.

10. sequence: The books should be arranged in sequence according to author.

11. suburb: They would rather live in the surburbs than in the city.

12.summary: This history book has a summary at the end of each chapter.

13. vacancy¹²: There are many vacancies¹³ in the parking lot when the stored are closed.

Part Four

1. alley¹⁴: The truck was too large to pass through the alley.

2. apologize: I apologized to her for stepping on her foot.

3. diary: We could see lots of milk product on the diary.

4. discern: I was not able to discern the road in the dark.

5. jaw¹⁵: The meat was so tough that his jaws¹⁶ hurt from chewing it.

6. limp: After falling down the stairs, he limped for several day.

7. pillar: The roof of the porch was supported by brick pillars.

8. potential: He is regarded as a potential leader of our political party.

9. refrigerator: In summer we have to keep milk and meat in the refrigerator.

10. skull¹⁷: He was knocked unconscious by a sudden blow on the skull.

11. strategy: Tactics refers to the disposition¹⁸ of armed forces in combat whereas strategy refers to the overall plan of a nation at war.

12. trench¹⁹: The soldiers dug trenches²⁰ to protect themselves against enemy fire or attack.

13. undertake: I will undertake the responsibility of feeding your dogs while you are away. / He always undertakes more than he can do.

Lesson 10

Preparation Test

1. A XXXX should be placed when it is conspicuous²¹.

2. The President tried to liberate²² XXXX.

3. Those are the two XXXX that will appear in the main bout²³.

4. It is XXXX for a temperate²⁴ man to get angry.

5. The child is a real pest, she is a(an) XXXX girl.

Part One

1. adore: All the girls in our school adore the handsome mathematics teacher who happens to be a bachelor.

2. blend: a grocer must know how to blend different kinds of tea. / These houses seem to blend well with the trees and the countryside.

3. breadth: The wise man has a great breadth of understanding.

4. commend: Many children were commended for their good deeds on Children's Day.

5. conspicuous: There are several conspicuous errors in your composition.

6. delusion²⁵: she is under the delusion that I'm going to give her a lot of money.

7. impatient: As she was impatient to start to school. she forgot to take her homeork.

8. miracle: According to the Bible, Christ worked many miracles.

9.provisional: Let's arrange the provisional meeting for next Tuesday, even though we may have to change it.

10. restrain: She could not restrain the children from running into the street.

11. stroll: The old couple were strolling under the trees arm in arm.

Part Two

1. cradle: The frightened baby refused to sleep in his cradle.

2. deny: Justice must not be denied to anyone, however poor he may be.

3. disperse²⁶: The crowd dispersed²⁷ when the rain fell suddenly.

4. endanger: You will endanger your health if you work so hard every night.

5. fiction: Works of fiction are reviewed in the Sunday papers in England.

6. initial: His initial effort at skating was failure, but he succeed the second time that he tried.

7. intimacy²⁸: The intimacy with which the two friends talked showed how fond they were of each other.

8. invade: At the beginning of World War Two, Hilter invaded Poland without a declaration of war.

9. selfish: He was too selfish to share his candy with his little brother.

10. thrifty²⁹: Mr. Thompson is so thrifty that he is able to save more than half of his weekly salary.

11. voluntary: Voluntary workers built a road to the boy's camp.

Part Three

1. absorb: Anything black absorbs most of the light rays tht fall on it. / He was so absorbed in his reading that he did not hear the telephone ring.

2. accuse: It is wrong to accuse a person of crime unless you have proof that he is guilty.

3. adjust: You can adjust your chair to make it more comfortable.

4. erroneous: Years ago many people held the erroneous belief that the earth was flat.

5. expend³⁰: He had expended³¹ much time and energy on that experiment.

6. fury: It's no use trying to argue with you when you fly into a fury.

7. liberate: Abraham Lincoln is the President who tried to liberate slaves.

8. perplex: He was so perplexed³² that he asked many persons for advice.

9. sovereign: When the thirteen colonies won the Revolutionary War, America became a sovereign nation.

10. temperate: The temperate areas of the world are found to be the north and south of tha tropics.

Part Four

1. bout: Those are the two boxers³³ who will appear in the main bout tonight.

2. catagory: The selfish man places all people in two categories: those he likes and those he dislikes.

3. choir³⁴: As the choir rose to sing, the people joined in, filling the church with the music of first hymn³⁵.

4. compact: The salesman tied the customer's purchases into a compact bundle.

5.concentrate: The defeated troops were ordered to scatter³⁶ and then concentrate fifty mile to the south.

6. emigrate: In the 19th century many Europeans emigrated to America.

7. navigate³⁷: He navigated³⁸ the ship across the Atlantic Ocean.

8. pane³⁹: The broken pane in the window was replaced by a man whose son threw a stone and broke it.

9. pest: We have to get rid of pests in the garden.

10. salute⁴⁰: The soldiers saluted⁴¹ the flag by raising the right hand to forehead as they passed it.

11. severe: The students who cheat in examinations will be give severe punishement.

Lesson 11

Preparation Test

1. Don't be too sullen⁴² when you are XXXX by your parents.

2. They decided⁴³ to exile him to the XXXX.

3. We felt humiliated⁴⁵ by our XXXX.

4. I live in the vicinity of the school; it takes XXXX to go to school on foot.

5. Millions of XXXX are slaughtered⁴⁷ every year in the country.

Part One

1. abode⁴⁸: The woodcutter's abode was a house in the forest.

2. annual: The company allows us an annual vacation of two weeks.

3. hoax⁴⁹: The mother coaxed⁵⁰ the boy to take the medicine, but he refused to take it.

4. colleague: The teacher's colleagues taught his classed while he was ill.

5. dispense⁵¹: The Red Cross dispensed⁵² food and clothing to the flood victims.

6. gingerly: In the darkness, he turned to the left, stepping gingerly.

7. hug: The mother hugged her lost child and kissed him.

8. humiliate⁴⁴: The boy humiliated their parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.

9. obstruct⁵³: The mountain roads were obstructed⁵⁴ by falling rocks.

10. overthrow⁵⁵: The government was overthrown⁵⁶ by the hands of Soldiers.

11. recapture: The soldiers recaptured the city lost to the enemy.

12. slim: He was very slim, being six feet tall and weighing only 130 pounds.

13. vicinity: There are no houses for sale in this vicinity. / The vicinity of the apartment to his office was an advantage on rainy days.

Part Two

1. arctic: The arctic has an extremely cold winter.

2. attic⁵⁷: We store trunks in the attic of the house.

3. diminish: Poor crops so diminished the food supply that people were starving.

4. dishonest: A person who lies, cheats, or steals is dishonest.

5. drunken: The noisy drunken man on the street was soon arrested by the police.

6. foe⁵⁸: The person who holds ill feelings against you is your foe.

7. foresee: He foresaw that his journey would be dealyed by bad weather.

8. jolly: Everyone at the party was very jolly, and didn't want to leave the party.

9. maximum: Sixteen miles in a day was the maximum distance we could walk.

10. mistress: She felt she was no longer mistress in her own house when her husband's mother came to stay.

11. prefix⁵⁹: "Under-" in underline, "dis-" in disappear, and "pre-" in prepaid are prefixes⁶⁰.

12. relax: Discipline cannot be relaxed until the last day of school has passed.

13. superficial: The speaker had only a superficial knowledge of the subject.

Part Three

1. allege⁶¹: The storekeeper alleged⁶² that the boy had stolen some fruit.

2. current: We read the daily newspaper to keep up with the current situation.

3. exalt⁶³: They were exalted⁶⁴ by their son's success.

4. expand: The balloon expanded as it was filled with air.

5. industrialize: we have to make our every effort to industrialize our country.

6. justify⁶⁵: Your wish to go far a walk does not justify your leaving the baby alone in the house.

7. prescribe: Good citizens do what the laws prescribe.

8. presume: John didn't say when he would return, but I presume he'll be back for dinner.

9. slaughter⁴⁶: The cattle were sent to the city for slaughter.

10. statistics: These statistics show that the population of the country will be doubled in ten years.

11. supplement: Todays' newspaper has a supplement on the new automobile models.

12. trifle: You will not succeed if you waste your time on trifles such as movies and dances.

13. withdraw: He quickly withdrew his hand from the hot stove.

Part Four

1. armor: Nothing could break through the armor of the new tank.

2. buzz: The radio should be fixed⁶⁶; it buzzes whenever I turn it on.

3. cancer: A great many cancers can be cured, but only if properly treated before they have begun to spread.

4. collapse⁶⁷: The roof collapsed⁶⁸ as a result of the fire. / This table can be collapsed, so I can store it easily when I'm not using it.

5. contemporary: In1066 William landed in Englanf, and a contemporary, Englishman wrote the report the report of his landing. / Our teacher reads the books of many contemporary authors to us.

6. exile: The political leaders were exiled to an island far away from the country.

7. infantry⁶⁹: Men in the infantry often march long distances.

8. monk⁷⁰: he left his successful business and life of luxury to become a monk.

9. orchard⁷¹: These oranges come form an orchard in Florida.

10. pirate: The terrible pirates attacked a merchant ship again.

11. sullen: That boy becomes sullen if he is punished by his teacher.

12. telescope: He was studying the stars through a telescope.

13. usher⁷²: The usher of the theater helped us find our seats.