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《GRE最常考词汇》TEST 14

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　　1Foreign investments helped foster a stronger economy in that country.

　　(A)促进 (B)重建 (C)开放 (D)恶化

　　2The president was dissuaded from military action by his advisors.

　　(A)胁迫 (B)说服 (C)反对 (D)劝阻

　　3Her aptitude for math was one of the reasons for her becoming a scientist.

　　(A)兴趣 (B)努力 (C)才能 (D)态度

　　4The enormity of his debt shocked his creditors.

　　(A)紧迫 (B)庞大 (C)杂乱 (D)拖欠

　　5He spared no expense lavishing endearments on his girlfriend.

　　(A)投资 (B)钱财 (C)宠爱 (D)同情

　　6His defection to another company shocked all of us.

　　(A)加入 (B)投资 (C)赞助 (D)叛离

　　7He was the beneficiary of a large fortune.

　　(A)受益人 (B)发起人 (C)经纪人 (D)所有人

　　8The design featured an unusual symmetry.

　　(A)不协调 (B)对称 (C)对比 (D)相似

　　9The reporter was fired because of his frequent distortion of the facts.

　　(A)回避 (B)假造 (C)扭曲 (D)坦诚

　　10The police found a correlation between the two murders.

　　(A)联络方式 (B)情报 (C)罪证 (D)关联

　　11The aboriginal inhabitants of Taiwan tend to live in mountainous areas.

　　(A)荒蛮的 (B)落后的 (C)原始的 (D)山区的

　　12New products usually come with some kind of warranty.

　　(A)保证 (B)试吃 (C)宣传 (D)优惠

　　1(A)2 (D)3 (C)4 (B)5 (C)6 (D)7(A)8 (B)9 (C)10 (D)11 (C)12(A)

　　1foster v.养育；促进

　　同rear; promote反inhibit

　　2dissuade v.劝阻；阻止dissuasion n.

　　同advise against反persuade

　　3aptitude n.才能；性向

　　同talent; fitness

　　4enormity n.暴行；庞大

　　* creditor n.债权人

　　5endearment n.示爱的行为；宠爱

　　* lavish v.不吝给予

　　6defection n.叛离；背叛同desertion

　　7beneficiary n.受益人

　　8symmetry n.对称；调和

　　9distortion n.扭曲；变形

　　10correlation n.互相关联

　　11aboriginal adj.原始的

　　aborigine n.土著同primitive; original

　　12warranty n.保证同guarantee