宪法晨读内容Unit 1
海草的作用和功效1. After successfully conning the investors out of millions of dollars, the crook ____ with the money in the middle of the night and managed to avoid arrest.
indicted
absconded
squandered
converged
divested
decamped
2. Becau there is now such a ____ of vampire novels on the market, the excitement they once evoked has been deadened by their sheer number.
lack of
dogma
glut
inundation
dearth
deviance
3. Although the accusations against the politician were ____, they were believed by enough voters to riously damage his bid for office.
credible
specious虚有其表
ephemeral
presumptuous冒昧的
spurious欺骗的
transient
4. Even though the curator actually spent veral months arranging the exhibit, the paintings emed as if they had been hung with ____.
guile
haste
deliberateness
creativity
celerity敏捷 快速
slowness
5. The critical analysis of the works of Shakespeare is not, as yet, ____; the sheer volume and complexity of his writings ensure that there will always be more to analyze.
abstru
pedantic
comprehensive
elaborate
learned
exhaustive
6. Both Darius and Xerxes continued the Persian波斯人 tradition of showing leniency 仁慈to beaten foes俘虏 who showed themlves to be ____, while punishing ruthlessly tho who cho to remain defiant挑衅.
Bellico好斗的
complaisant彬彬有礼
obeisant 鞠躬
prolix冗长
人民的名义迅雷 turbulent狂暴的
venerated尊敬
7. Most historians credit the influence of Clovis’s deeply religious wife, Clotild, for his decision to ____ paganism异教 in favor of Christianity.
Desiccate干燥脱水
Abjure放弃
Exacerbate激怒
Legitimize使合法
Espou支持
Renounce中止
Unit 2
1. Widely disminated传播 since its publication during the reign of Caesar Augustus, Virgil’s Aeneid has rved as the ____ of perfect Latin expression for hundreds of generations of students.
Paragon模范
Epithet绰号
anomaly 异常的
epitome 典范
nadir 最低点
epitaph 碑文
2. The analyst’s report indicated that Gaines Corp. had significantly underreported its capital depreciation贬值; rather than remaining steady, the company’s value had actually ____.
grown
描写初冬的唯美句子 declined
underestimated
diminished
augmented
amortized分期付款
3. Elements of the author’s work are undeniably autobiographical自传; however, the piece as a whole has been ____ to such an extent that it cannot properly be called a historical record.
Narrated讲述
闪到腰怎么快速恢复
Inscribed雕刻
documented
苹组词 fabricated
contrived
catalogued
4. The obligation to perform charitable acts is a central ____ of many world religions.
Tenet教义 原则
Paradigm模范
model模范
绕口令英语 idyll田园诗歌
precept训诫
sanctity神圣
5. Words rely on their contexts as well as their texts to create meaning, but this does not mean that language is inherently incapable of posssing ____ definitions; after all, many words have only one meaning that can be reasonably inferred regardless of the situation in which they are uttered.
Concrete具体的
Hermetic深奥的
definitive 明确的
heterogeneous异质的
iconoclastic破坏偶像主义的
diver 多样的
6. Charitable appeals often feature a single individual, whether animal or human, becau people tend to react more ____ to individuals than to groups.
Magnanimously崇高地
quietly
discreetly谨慎的
perniciously有害的
nefariously邪恶的
恐龙是怎样灭绝的 benevolently善意的
7. Dean always emed to go along with the group and changed his opinion to complement tho around him, and this ____ nature often irritated his friends.
Vociferous 大声喧闹的
Indelible不能消除的
malleable延展性的
tractable可察觉的
strident刺耳尖锐的
immutable不可变的
Unit 3
