新东方六级材料二(1)
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提高英语的方法：
1、每天保证一定的阅读量。
2、短期内迅速突破词汇量。
六级不考语法，只考词汇。
六级最爱词汇：deprive of 剥夺
摸底：Unit 8
41. For many patients, institutional care is the most ______ and beneficial form of care.
A) pertinent
B) appropriate
C) acute
D) persistent
42. Among all the changes resulting from the ______ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.
A) massive
B) quantitative
C) surplus
D) formidable
注：massive 大量的
43. Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
A) ingenious
B) empirical
C) objective
D) indignant
注：indignant 愤怒的
44. Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into ______ ones.
A) turbulent
B) tragic
C) vulnerable
D) suspicious
45. The ______ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike.
A) incompatible
B) exceeding
C) instantaneous
D) eternal
注：eternal 永恒的，永远的（六级最爱）
46. She remains confident and ______ untroubled by our present problems.
A) indefinitely
B) infinitely
C) optimistically
D) seemingly
注：infinitely 非常地，无限地，极大地
47. Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______.
A) simultaneously
B) spontaneously
C) homogeneously
D) contemporarily
注：三剑客词汇：simultaneously，spontaneously，contemporarily
48. The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ______.
A) vain
B) vicinity
C) court
D) jail
注：vicinity 附近，邻近
49. Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family's budget.
A) nutrition
B) expenditure
C) routine
D) provision
注：1. expenditure 花费
2. budget 预算（六级最爱）
50. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A) configuration
B) constitution
C) condemnation
D) contamination
注：2道理科题；2道文科题；1道环保题。
51. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.
A) transmission
B) transformation
C) transition
D) transfer
注：1. transmission 广播电视节目的传送；疾病的传播；文化的传递
2. transformation 变革
3. transition 季节的过度，时间的更替，社会制度的转型
4. transfer 转学，调任工作
52. I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
A) guide
B) entrepreneur
C) consultant
D) assessor
注：consultant 顾问
53. The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time.
A) treaty
B) lease
C) engagement
D) subsidy
注：lease 租约
54. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
A) pensions
B) earnings
C) salaries
D) donations
注：pensions 养老金
55. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
A) appliance
B) accessory
C) machine
D) mechanism
56. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
A) deteriorated
B) dispersed
C) dissipated
D) drained
注：1. drain （强调结果）耗尽
2. disperse （强调过程）
3. dissipate （强调过程）
57. No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
A) deprived
B) ripped
C) stripped
D) contrived
注：deprive of 剥夺（六级最爱）
58. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A) depressed
B) immersed
C) oppressed
D) cursed
注：1. oppress 压制
2. curse 诅咒
59. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed
B) hatched
C) motivated
D) geared
注：gear 调整以适应
60. The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
A) provoked
B) irritated
C) inspired
D) hoisted
注：provoke 引起，引发
61. The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
A) advocated
B) alleged
C) addressed
D) announced
62. Although the colonists ______ to some extent with the native Americans , the Indians' influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
A) migrated
B) matched
C) mingled
D) melted
注：mingle 混合（六级最爱）
63. E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that _______ well to human needs.
A) adheres
B) reflects
C) conforms
D) satisfies
注：conform to 表符合
64. The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down.
A) slapped
B) scratched
C) flapped
D) fluctuated
注：1. flap 拍动
2. slap 掴耳光
3. scratch 用爪子抓、刮、挠；scratch your head 思考；scowl 皱眉头
4. fluctuate 波动
65. The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ______ relations between the two countries.
A) tumble
B) jeopardize
C) manipulate
D) intimidate
注：jeopardize 危险
66. When you put up wallpaper, should you ______ the edges or put them next to each other?
A) coincide
B) extend
C) overlap
D) collide 碰撞 运动撞运动
注：1. overlap 重叠
2. coincide 一致；coincident 一致的
【门卫大爷的故事：时间的巧合；地点的一致；意见的巧合】
3. frugal 节俭的
4. collide 运动物体撞运动物体，撞击
67. Under the present system, state enterprises must ______ all profits to the government.
A) turn down
B) turn up
C) turn out
D) turn in
注：turn in 上交
68. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
A) laid out
B) laid off
C) laid down
D) laid aside
注：1. lay off 裁员
2. lay out 布置
3. lay down 制定政策；放下，放弃
4. lay aside 放到一边，搁置；积蓄
69. We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A) compensate
B) remedy
C) supplement
D) retrieve
注：compensate 补偿，弥补（六级最爱）
70. She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.
A) decorate
B) disguise
C) fabricate
D) fake
注：disguise 伪装
disgusting 令人恶心的 | 
