新视野大学语第二册第一单元词汇练习.pptVIP

Assignment 1 1. The government has devoted a larger part of its national ____ to agriculture than most other countries. A. resources B. potential C. budget D. economy Answer: C 扩展：resource资源 Time is a precious resource. 2. In western countries, it is the ____ for men to wear suits on formal occasions. A. conviction B. convention C. confession D. concession Answer: B 扩展：conviction/faith/belief信念 confession忏悔 concession让步 make concessions 做出让步 3. The annual income of school teachers in this place was ____ at $ 900. A. budget B. predicted C. account D. assessed Answer: D 扩展：annual income 年收入 4. His long illness and ______ absence put him far behind in his study. A. sequent B. consequent C. frequent D. subsequent Answer: B 扩展：sequent 连续的 subsequent 后来的；随后的 subsequent activities 后续活动 5. If you want to learn English, you must first find a ____ teacher. A. able B. desirable C. competent D. significant Answer: C 扩展：desirable 中意的，令人满意地 例：It is by no means easy to find a desirable girlfriend at CUMT. 6. Jane was the only one who ___ all the conditions: she was of the required age, height and degree. A. fulfilled B. recovered C. appreciated D. rejected Answer: A 扩展：reject拒绝 例：Tom had been rejected several times before he finally found a girlfriend. 7. We ____ his idea for a music club, and decided to have an art club instead. A. turned B. rejected C. accepted D. isolated Answer: B 扩展：turn down=reject拒绝 isolate：to isolate oneself from the mass脱离群众 8. I appreciate _____ herself to the cause of education. A. of her devoting B. her to devote C. her devoting D. to devote Answer: C appreciate sb doings sth 欣赏某人做某事 devote oneself to…献身于 the cause of education 教育事业 9. It is most _____ that he attend the conference. A. desirous B. desiring C. desired D. desirable Answer：D 扩展：It is most desirable that sb do sth…（从句虚拟语气）某人做…是最好的。 10. The neighbors let their radio blare late in night just to ______ us. A. spit B. despite C. spite D. inspire Answer：C 扩展