摸底：Unit 8（二）
54. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
A) pensions
B) earnings
C) salaries
D) donations
注：pensions 養(yǎng)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 （強調(diào)結(jié)果）耗盡
2. disperse （強調(diào)過程）
3. dissipate （強調(diào)過程）
57. No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
A) deprived
B) ripped
C) stripped
D) contrived
注：deprive of 剝奪（六級最愛）
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 壓制 2. curse 詛咒
59. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed
B) hatched
C) motivated
D) geared
注：gear 調(diào)整以適應(yīng)
60. The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
A) provoked
B) irritated
C) inspired
D) hoisted
注：provoke 引起，引發(fā)
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（六級最愛）
54. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
A) pensions
B) earnings
C) salaries
D) donations
注：pensions 養(yǎng)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 （強調(diào)結(jié)果）耗盡
2. disperse （強調(diào)過程）
3. dissipate （強調(diào)過程）
57. No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
A) deprived
B) ripped
C) stripped
D) contrived
注：deprive of 剝奪（六級最愛）
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 壓制 2. curse 詛咒
59. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed
B) hatched
C) motivated
D) geared
注：gear 調(diào)整以適應(yīng)
60. The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
A) provoked
B) irritated
C) inspired
D) hoisted
注：provoke 引起，引發(fā)
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（六級最愛）