英语听力：刘毅基础词汇5000 3-a

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刘毅基础词汇5000-3a

Lesson 12

Preparation Test

1. The baby likes to splash _____.

2. ____, all efforts to rescue the surviors were futile¹.

3. It is prudent² to wear to light shirt when the weather is ____.

4. The little baby was ____ by his mother's caresses⁴.

5. The two simultaneous shots sounded ____.

Part One

1. appropriate: Thick, woolen⁵ clothes would not be appropriate for a hot summer day. / You should not appropriate other people's belongings⁶ without their permission.

2. coarse: You mustn't use such coarse language when talking to innocent young girl.

3. legend: The stories about King Arthur and his Knights⁷ of the Round Table are legends, not history.

4. mischief⁸: He apologized the mischief his false story had caused.

5. persist: If you persist in breaking the law you will go to prison. / In spite of washing, many stains persisted on the table cloth.

6. prudent: In order to make a prudent decision, you must consider all of the possibilities carefully.

7. simultaneous: Everyone in the audience burst into simultaneous applause.

8. splash: The children were spalshing water on each other in the swimming pool.

9. stubborn boy refused to listen to reasons for not going out in the rain.

10. symptom: A cough is sometimes a symptom of a serious disease.

11. trait: The chief traits in the American character are generousity and energy.

11. vile⁹: She has a vile temper; it's impossible to live with her.

Part Two

1. adequate: His wages are not adequate to support his wife and children.

2. careless: A boy who is careless in what he does will never succeed. / The brave soldiers did their duty, careless of dangers and discomforts¹⁰.

3. chaos¹¹: His room was in a state of chaos after the burglar had left.

4. eminent¹²: The most eminent doctors treated the king in his illness.

5. enlarge: The factory was enlarged to make room for more machinery¹³.

6. fertile: This land is fertile; it is rich in materials needed to sustain plant growth.

7. futile: All his attempts to unlock the door were futile, because he was using the wrong key.

8. grim: The judge's expression was grim when he told them they were to be shot.

9. impolite: It is impolite behavior to smoke in a crowded bus.

10. vague: The directions were so vague that it was impossible to complete the assignment.

Part Three

1. astronomy: Astronomy deals with the motion of the sun, moon, and stars.

2. controversy¹⁵: There was a controversy about the location of the new school.

3. hazard: The ice on the roads is a hazard for driving and walking.

4. magnify: A lens magnifies the size of the words on the paper.

5. nominate: Three times we nominated Tom for president of our club, but he was never elected.

6. provoke: The dog is very dangerous when it is provoked. / Don't throw one bone to two dogs; you'll only provoke a fight between them.

7. recite: My daughter is going to recite a poem at the Mother's Day program.

8. restore: The honest boy the money he had found to its owner. / It took more than a year to restore the ancient castle.

9. tension: If you increase the tension of that violin string it will break. / The doctor said I was suffering from nervous tension.

10. tyrant¹⁶: There is no tyrant who admits that he is a tyrant.

11. vigor¹⁷: The vigor of a person's body lessens¹⁸ as he growns old.

Part Four

1. blot¹⁹: The spilled ink left a blot on the letter paper. / The ugly advertisement is a blot on the beautiful landscape.

2. caress³: His mother's caress calmed the frightened child.

3. chuckle²⁰: He was chuckling²¹ to himself as he read that funny story.

4. claw: The cat usually catches a mouse with its claws.

5. craft: The art and crafts of the people are an important part of their culture. / All kinds of crafts come into New York harbor every day.

6. dainty: The violet and dandelion are dainty spring flowers which could be seen in early March.

7. hermit²²: He lives in that forest alone; he is enjoying the hermit's life.

8. panel: Professor Wang participated in a panel to discuss the energy crisis.

9. phenomenon: Snow in Egypt is an almost unknown phenomenon of nature.

10. spectator: There were many spectors at the National Football League.

11. thrash: The host of the market thrashed the little boy for stealing apples.

Lesson 13

Preparation Test

1. An argument was inevitable²³ because they ____ each other so much.

2. Sugar is one of the ingredients ____.

3. He consumed all his money ____.

4. ____ grunt²⁴ as they eat.

5. Every country needs the allegiance of its _____.

Part One

1. appeal: The government is appealing to everyone to save water. / The music is too old-fashioned to appeal to people any longer.

2. bustle²⁵: There was a great bustle as the children got ready for the party.

3. crave²⁶: I'm craving²⁷ for a cup of tea. I've not had one all day.

4. discord²⁸: Various discords²⁹ have arisen in the university over this question.

5. drill: The English teacher gave the class plenty of drills in pronunciation.

6. eventually: We waited more than an hour for him, but eventually we had to leave without him.

7. futile: Please don't waste time by asking such futile questions.

8. ingredient: The ingredients of a cake usually include eggs, sugar, and flour.

9. predict: The weather service predicts heavy rain for tomorrow.

10. raid: During their raid on the house, the police found a lot of dangerous drugs.

11. repel³⁰: The enemy in the city was repelled³¹ by our troops.

12. rouse: The speaker tried to rouse the masses from their lack of interest.

13. tolerate: I can't tolerate your bad manners any longer.

14. utmost: She was standing³² at the utmost edge of the cliff to kill herself.

Part Two

1. assault: we are ready to meet the enemy's assault on our fort.

2. hostile: Their hostile looks showed that I was unwelcome.

3. independent: Since she inherited her father's fortune, she is completely independent of her husband.

4. inevitable: They ran short of money during the tour, and their return was inevitable.

5. link: The new road links all the towns in the state.

6. obscure: we had difficulty in finding the obscure path through the forest.

7. optimimism: The candidate's optimism about his chances of winning encouraged his supporters.

8. serene³³: He kept serene and calm, knowing nothing of the dangers which surrounded him.

9. submit: No one would submit silently to such an insult.

10. summit: At last the mountain climbers reached the summit of the mountain.

11. unique: This proposal seems to be the unique sloution to our problem.

12. vacuum: For that experiment you need a complete vacuum.

13. veteran: At the age of 12 the boy was already a veteran traveller, having flown all over the world with his father.

Part Three

1. abide³⁴: A good housekeeper³⁵ can't abide dust. / If you join the club you must abide by its rules.

2. allegiance: His allegiance to his counry lasted all his life.

3. analyze³⁶: The food was analyzed³⁷ and found to contain small amounts of poison.

4. consume: He consumed almost all the money he earned last summer.

5. dictate³⁸: The president of the company dictated³⁹ a letter to his secretary. / The country that won the war dictate the terms of peace to the conquered country.

6. fluent: He is very fluent in English, but not in French.

7. friction⁴⁰: Friction against the rock, combined with the weight of the climber, caused his rope to break.

8. miser⁴¹: A miser lives poorly in order to save money and keep it.

9. monarch⁴²: The national band played for the visiting monarch.

10. partition: The partition of the country into two parts caused many problems.

11. quailfy: Being the son of a member of parliament doesn't qualify him to talk about politics.

12. succession: After a succession of warm days, the weather became cold.

13. tribute: Many conquered nations had to pay tribute to the rulers of ancient Rome. / By erecting⁴³ this statue we have paid a tribute to the memory of the founder⁴⁴ of our college.

Part Four

1. clue: The police could find no fingerprints⁴⁵ or other clus to help them in solving the robbery.

2. cluster: She bought two clusters of grapes for her little son.

3. flush: Her face flushed when she could not answer the easy question. / The stream was flushing after the heavy rain.

4. germ: The wound must be kept clean so that germs do not infect it.

5. grunt: " I'm too tired," he grunted⁴⁶, and then fell asleep again.

6. junction⁴⁷: The two rivers make their junction near the sea.

7. pinch: He pinched fruit to see if it was soft.

8. prairie: The prairie was ideal for growing wheat.

9. rim¹⁴: The basketball hit the rim of the basket and bounced off.

10. shove: There was a lot of pushing and shoving to get on the bus.

11. stammer⁴⁸: "Th-th-thank you v-v-very much," he stammered⁴⁹.

12. technical: He is studying automobile⁵¹ repairs at a technical school.

13. tint⁵²: The picture was painted in several tints⁵³ of blue.

Lesson 14

Preparation Test

1. Hundred of people besieged⁵⁵ the ____.

2. Usually domestic fowl⁵⁶ can fly a ____ distance.

3. The farmer breeds ____ for market.

4. He worked as an apprentice⁵⁷ until he became ____.

5. An employee is reliable of he always does his work ____.

Part One

1. bargain: The boys made a bargain with one another to exchange baseball gloves. / These good shoes are a real bargain at such a low price.

2. belonging: she packed all her belongings in a box and took them with her.

3. besiege⁵⁴: Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years. / The teacher was besieged with the questions and requests from pupils.

4. fowl: I prefer the taste of chicken to that of other kinds of fowl.

5. harsh: At the end of the football game, the cheer leader's voice became harsh.

6. menace: The cross road in front of the school is a menace to the children's safety.

7. rupture⁵⁸: The beauty of the sunset filled everybody with rapture⁵⁹.

8. renowned⁶⁰: Ladies and gentlemen, now I will introduce to you the renowned star of the stage and screen, John Wayne.

9. stool: I pulled the stool near the wall to hang a picture.

10. verify: We will repeat the experiment twice in order to verify the results.

Part Two

1. abnormal: His abnormal behavior shows that something is wrong.

2. abundance: At the party there was food and drink in abundance.

3. apprentice: He worked seven years at the printing company as an apprentice.

4. bearable: she said to the doctor that her pain would be just bearable.

5. immortal⁶¹: Most people believe that a man's body dies but his soul is immortal.

6. immumerable: The sun is one of the immumerable stars in the universe.

7. preliminary: The chairman made a preliminary statement before beginning the main business meeting.

8. remote: Some of your statements are rather remote from the subject we are discussing.

9. repose⁶²: His brief repose was interrupted by her sudden arrival.

10. shrewed: Although he had no formal education, he is one of the shrewed businessmen in the steel company.

11. temporary: He has a temporary job which ends in two weeks.

Part Three

1. automatic: An automatic timer turns the street light on at night and off in the morning.

2. comprehend: The child read the story but did not comprehend.

3. cordial: When one of his former students visited him, the teacher gave him a cordial welcome.

4. elaborate: The scientists made an elaborate plan for landing a man on the moon. / The inventor elaborated his plans for a new engine, spending several months in his laboratory.

6. expire: His term of office as President will expire next year.

7. external: He judges people by mere⁵⁰ external clothes rather than internal character. / This newspaper doesn't pay enough attention to externa affairs.

8. glorify⁶³: Singing hymns⁶⁴ is one of the ways to glorify God.

9. priority: The badly wounded take priority for special attention over those slightly burt.

10. reliable: Send the boy to the bank for money, he is a reliable boy.

11. repetition: Reptition of the sentence helped him to memorize it.

12. survive: Only three of the fifty passengers survived the shipwreck⁶⁵.

Part Four

1. behalf: My husband can't be here today, so I'm going to speak on his behalf.

2. breed: The farmer breeds cattle and horses for market.

3. disguise: She disguised her writing by writing with her left hand. / The thief wore a false beard and glasses as a disguise.

4. domain⁶⁶: The king is respected throughut his domain. / I can't answer your question about photography; it's not in my domain.

5. morsel⁶⁷: The dinner must have been good because there is not even a morsel of it left over.

6. routine: Getting up and going to bed are parts of your daily routine.

7. transit⁶⁸: The points of transit from one country to another are carefully guarded.

8. transform: That dress transforms her from a little girl into a young lady.

9. ultimate: Her ultimate goal is to receive her degree and return to her country to work as a teacher.

10. warily⁶⁹: The hikers climbed warily up the dangerous path.