Test Seven

1. [答案]C. descending.

[注释] descend(=come or go down)走下来；传下来：1)He descended from the top of the mountain. 2)Are men descended from apes?(人是不是猿的后代？)

depress 压抑，使沮丧。

Depart出发，起程。

2. [答案]C. expect.

[注释]expect期望，盼望，表示认为有很大的客观可能性，例如：I expert the work to be finished by Friday.（我期望这项工作能在星期五前做完。）wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......，强调“等”这一动词的本身，如：The audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(观众正等着演出开始。)本题如改为这样：I waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didn't come.(我等他来赶上晚餐，但他没有来。)则句子使是对的。由此可见，expect是表示“期待”，而wait for 是表示“等待”，词义完全不同。

注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth.。

imagine being on the moon. 3)I'm sorry, but I can't imagine anyone doing research like that.(很遗憾，我不能想象人家那样做实验。)

本题译文：我们不能期望一个人在这样短的时间内改变一辈子养成的习惯。

3. [答案]A. extend.

[注释]本题中extend意为“扩大”。

lengthen拉长,延长。

magnify放大。

Spread vi. 传播；vt.展开；涂抹He spread butter on the toast.(他在烤面包上涂上奶油。)

4. [答案]A. faded.

[注释]fade vt/vi褪色。

Faint晕到，变得虚弱：He fainted from hunger.

Diminish vt./vi.减少：1)His illness diminished his strength. 2)The campers' food supply diminished as the days wore on.(随着日子的缓缓消逝，野营者的食品供应日益减少。)

pale变苍白。

5. [答案]A. confirm.

[注释] confirm(=support; make certain; give proof of)证实，确实：1)Please confirm your telephone message in writing.(请把你电话中所说的话再用文字复述一篇。) 2)The king confirmed that the election would be on June 20th.(国王确认，这次选择将于六月二十日举行。)

confine...to把......限制于：Please confine your remarks to the subject we are talking about.(请把你的话限止于我们正在谈论的题目。)

conform (to)使一致，符合，遵守。

conceive 1)想到，想出：He very quickly conceived a new plan.

[注意]conceive of 想象:They could not conceive of the possibility of failure.(他们不能想象失败的可能。)

6. [答案]c. issues.

[注释]issue此处意为“重大问题”。

measure措施，虽然填入本题也说得过去，但不够贴切。

pattern模式，图案，图样。与题意不符，不能入选。

way 方法，方式。

7. [答案]A. occasionally.

[注释]occasionally 偶尔。参阅IV。137注释。

Simultaniously同时地； 

directly直接

8. [答案]D. scope.

[注释]scope(=the area within the limits of a questions, subject ect. ; range)(活动)范围，机会，余地：The politics of a country would be outside the scope of a book for tourists.(一个国家的政治不属于旅游手册的内容范围之内。)

dimension尺寸，尺度；

magnitude大小，数量；

volume体积。均不切题，不能入选。

本题译文：依我看，通过你的积极参与，你能够扩大这些改进措施的范围。

9. [答案]C. faint.

[注释]faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。

Dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的烛光)。