新东方：四十天突破英语四级词汇笔记(第5课)

　　27. The new appointment of our president _A_ from the very beginning of next semester.

　　A takes effect B takes part C takes place D takes turns

　　semester n. 学期; president n. 大学校长; take effect 生效，发生效力;

　　take part in 参与，参加; take place=happen 发生; takes turn to do sth. 轮流做某事。

　　28. The president made a _A_ speech at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, which encouraged the sportsmen greatly.

　　A vigorous B tedious C flat D harsh

　　ceremony n. 典礼，仪式;表达在某个典礼上介词用at。 vigorous adj. 强劲有力的，强有力的。

　　harsh adj. 刺耳的，令人不愉快的; flat adj. 平淡无奇的; tedious adj. 冗长无聊的。

　　29. It is useful to be able to predict the extent _C_ which a price change will affect supply and demand. [extent to]

　　A from B with C to D for

　　30. Finding a job in such a big company has always been _D_ his wildest dreams.

　　A under B over C above D beyond

　　beyond one’s wildest dreams 做梦也想不到。

　　31. It is not easy to learn English well, but if you _C_, you will succeed in the end.

　　A hang up B hang about C hang on D hang onto

　　hang on 坚持，继续下去。

　　32. It is reported that _C_ adopted children want to know who their natural parents are.

　　A the most B most of C most D the most of

　　most单独出现的时候有两种词性要考虑：1 adv. 非常;2 adj. 大多数的。

　　the most后面加多音节的形容词或副词构成该句的最高级。

　　most of + 名词，表示这些名词中的大多数。 make the most of 充分利用。

　　34. _D_ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party. [Were they to arrive=If they were to arrive]

　　A Had they arrived B Would they arrive C Were they arriving D Were they to arrive

　　35. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were _A_ and many houses collapsed.

　　A wrecked B spoiled C torn D injured

　　collapse vi. 倒塌，坍塌; wreck vt. (船只)遭到破坏。

　　torn原形是tear，n. 眼泪，vt. 撕裂，撕开。

　　37. As _B_ announced in today's papers, the Shanghai Export Commodities Fair is also open on Sundays.

　　A being B is C to be D been

　　注意两个非限定性定语从句的引导词：as, which。

　　which在做非限定性定语从句引导词时有两个特点：

　　1 which前要有逗号与前面句子分开; 2 which引导非限定性定语从句指的是前面整句话的内容。

　　只要引导非限定性定语从句as和which都指一句话内容，区别在于which只能放在它所指那句话的后面，而as可以在前面也可以在后面。

　　38. You see the lightning _A_ it happens, but you hear the thunder later.

　　A the instant B for an instant C on the instant D in an instant

　　the instant=as soon as 一…就…

　　39. The manager lost his _B_ just because his secretary was ten minutes late.

　　A mood B temper C mind D passion

　　lose one’s temper 发脾气。

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