昆明理工大学2013-1第三单元词汇题(解析).docVIP

BDADC CDCCB ACACB BCBBB Unit 3，BOOK1 Part One Vocabulary Test You have to be _______ competitive to do well in sport nowadays. excessively B. highly C. heavily D. Firmly 解析：本题考查词义辨析. excessively：过多地，极度地，过分地 highly ：高度地，非常 heavily： 沉重地，猛烈地 Firmly：坚定地，坚决地 He knows a little Chinese, so he can _______ without an interpreter. speak B. translate C. hold D. Do He was in the very act of starting the engine when the power source was _______. cut off B. cut out C. cut down D. cut up 解析：本题考查cut的搭配，选A。 cut off ：切断；中断 cut out ：删去；停止 cut down ：削减；砍到，删节 cut up：切碎；抨击 Throughout history, revolutionary thinkers have attempted to _______ changes that most people thought were impossible. bring out B. bring up C. bring down D. bring about 解析：本题考查bring的搭配，选D。 bring out ：出版；生产 bring up ：提出；教育；养育 bring down：降低；打到；击落 bring about：带来；引起；导致 It s up to this country to take the _______ in banning nuclear weapons. activity B. effort C. initiative D. Plunge 解析：本题考查词义辨析，选C。activity指活动，行动；effort 指努力，成就；initiative指主动性，首创精神；plunge指投入，跳进。这里，take the initiative指采取主动，带头。 Light waves are waves of energy that travel through space at the _______ of 186,000 miles per second. ratio B. proportion C. rate D. Pace 解析：本题考查词义辨析，选C。ratio指比例，比率；proportion指比例，分摊；rate指比率，率，速度，价格；pace指步速，步伐，节奏。题中的动词是travel，所以at the rate of 指以......的速度。 A newspaper is undoubtedly an ideal medium for a bed-ridden disabled man to get informed _______ the changing world. in B. on C. with D. Of 解析：本题考查介词的用法，选D。inform sb of 指通知，告诉；其被动结构get informed of 指了解，获知。 Since man is able to tap such resources as oil and metals, why cant he develop and _______ other energy resources ? harmonize B. harden C. harness D. Handle 解析：本题考查词义辨析, 选C。 harmonize：使和谐，使一致； hardened：坚定，变硬； harness：利用，治理； handle：处理，操作 Weather may change on a daily _______, but climate changes over geologic t