一、真題文章（1997年Text 5）
Much of the language used to describe monetary policy， such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" or "a touch on the brakes"， makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The link between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long， variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen， a cracked rear-view mirror and a faulty steering wheel.
Given all these disadvantages， central bankers seem to have had much to boast about of late. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3% last year， close to its lowest level in 30 years， before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double-digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s.
It is also less than most forecasters had predicated. In late 1994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that America's inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact， it fell to 2.6% in August， and expected to average only about 3% for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last year. This is no flash in the pan； over the past couple of years， inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America.
Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflation figures in Britain and the United States， since conventional measures suggest that both economies， and especially America's， have little productive slack. America's capacity utilization， for example， hit historically high levels earlier this year， and its jobless rate （5.6% in August） has fallen bellow most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment - the rate below which inflation has taken off in the past.
Why has inflation proved so mild？ The most thrilling explanation is， unfortunately， a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have up-ended the old economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation.
二、譯文
很多用來(lái)描述貨幣政策的詞，例如"引導(dǎo)經(jīng)濟(jì)軟著陸"和"觸動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)剎車"，聽起來(lái)象是一門精確的科學(xué)。事實(shí)遠(yuǎn)非如此。利率和通貨膨脹之間的關(guān)系難以確定。在政策的變化對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)起實(shí)際作用之前，會(huì)有很長(zhǎng)而難以確定的時(shí)間差。所以，很多人把貨幣政策實(shí)施過(guò)程比作駕駛一輛遮住擋風(fēng)玻璃、后視鏡已斷裂、方向盤有毛病的汽車。
盡管有這些不足之處，主要銀行家對(duì)近來(lái)的局勢(shì)似乎相當(dāng)樂觀。西方七大工業(yè)國(guó)去年的用貨膨脹率下降至2.3%，接近30年來(lái)的最低水平，到今年七月，這個(gè)數(shù)字略微上升到2.5% .這遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)低于七、八十年代很多國(guó)家曾經(jīng)經(jīng)歷過(guò)的兩位數(shù)的通貨膨脹率。
這也比大多數(shù)預(yù)言家的預(yù)測(cè)要低。1994年底，每月接受《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家》意見調(diào)查的一組經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家指出，美國(guó)在1995年的平均通貨膨脹率將達(dá)到3.5% .實(shí)際上，8月份就降到了2.6%，而且有望達(dá)到全年平均僅為3% .而英國(guó)和日本的通貨膨脹率比去年年底預(yù)測(cè)的要低半個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。這不是曇花一現(xiàn)，在過(guò)去幾年里，英國(guó)和美國(guó)的通貨膨脹率始終低于預(yù)期數(shù)值。
經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家對(duì)英國(guó)和美國(guó)的這種樂觀的通貨膨脹數(shù)據(jù)感到尤為吃驚，因?yàn)閭鹘y(tǒng)的計(jì)算方法顯示，這兩個(gè)國(guó)家，尤其是美國(guó)，已經(jīng)沒有太大的生產(chǎn)彈性。例如，美國(guó)的生產(chǎn)力利用率年初達(dá)到了歷史水平，而它的失業(yè)率（8月為5.6%）已經(jīng)低于了多數(shù)正常失業(yè)率所允許的數(shù)字——在過(guò)去，當(dāng)這種情況出現(xiàn)時(shí)，通貨膨脹就要發(fā)生了。
為什麼通貨膨脹的情況如此輕微？可惜的是最令人激動(dòng)的解釋也不是無(wú)懈可擊的。一些經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家認(rèn)為，世界強(qiáng)有力的經(jīng)濟(jì)結(jié)構(gòu)改變已經(jīng)*了舊有的經(jīng)濟(jì)模式，即以經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)和通貨膨脹之間的歷史聯(lián)系為基礎(chǔ)的模式。
三、考研核心詞匯
monetary / 5mQnitEri / adj. 貨幣的， 金錢的
[例] The monetary system of certain countries used to be based on gold.
某些國(guó)家的貨幣制度過(guò)去一直是金本位的。
policy / 5pClisi / n. 政策， 方針
[例] It is the policy of the government to improve education.
改進(jìn)教育是政府的政策。
[同義] course，line，plan，procedure，program
steer / stiE / v. 駕駛， 掌舵
[例] He steered the ship carefully between the rocks.
他小心地在礁石間駕駛船。
[同義] drive，guide，handle，head，lead，manage
[派生] steerage / 5stiEridV / n. 最低票價(jià)的艙位， 士官的二等室， 操縱，駕駛， 掌舵
[固定搭配] steer clear （of） 避免；避開
brake / breik / n. 閘， 剎車 v. 剎車
[例] The car braked to a stop. 車剎住不走了。
[同義] curb，decelerate，slow，down，stop
precise / pri5sais / adj. 精確的， 準(zhǔn)確的 n. 精確
[例] The victim was able to give a precise description of the suspect.
受害者能夠清晰地描繪嫌疑犯
[同義] absolute，accurate，careful，clear-cut，definite，detailed，exact，explicit
[反義] incorrect / 7inkE5rekt / adj. 錯(cuò)誤的， 不正確的
vague / vei^ / adj. 含糊的， 不清楚的， 茫然的， 曖昧的
[派生] precisely / prI5saIslI / adv. 正好
inflation / in5fleiFEn / n. 1脹大， 夸張2通貨膨脹， （物價(jià)）暴漲
[例] Inflation erodes the purchasing power of the families with lower income.
通貨膨脹使低收入家庭的購(gòu)買力不斷下降。
[反義] deflation /dI5fleIF（E）n/ n. 1放氣， 縮小2通貨緊縮， 物價(jià)低廉（尤指成本不降低時(shí)的反常情形）
[派生] inflate [ in5fleit ] vt. 1使膨脹；使得意2使（通貨）膨脹， 使充氣
vi. 充氣， 膨脹
lag / lA^ / n. 1落后2囚犯3防護(hù)套
adj. 最后的
vi. 緩緩而行， 滯后
vt. 落后于， 押往監(jiān)獄， 加上外套
[例] He lagged behind us. 他落在我們后面。
[同義] dawdle，delay，dillydally，linger，loiter，poke，tarry
hence / hens / adv. 因此， 從此
[例] It is very late； hence you must go to bed.
時(shí)間已經(jīng)很晚了，因此你必須睡覺去。
[同義] therefore ，accordingly，consequently，elsewhere，from now on，later
[反義] ago / E5^Eu / adv. 以前的， 以往的
analogy / E5nAlEdVi / n. 類似， 類推
[例] No analogy exists between them. 他們之間沒有相似之處。
[派生] analogise / E`nAlEdVaIz / v. 以類推來(lái)說(shuō)明， 類推
liken / 5laikEn / vt. 把……比作
[例] Life is often likened to a dream. 人生常被喻為一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)。
conduct / 5kCndQkt， -dEkt / n. 行為， 操行 v. 引導(dǎo)， 管理， 為人， 傳導(dǎo)
[例] Your children conduct themselves well. 你的孩子們品行良好。
[同義] action，behavior，direct，guide，lead，manage，manner
[派生] conduction / kEn5dQkFEn / n. 傳導(dǎo)
faulty / 5fC：lti / adj. 有過(guò)失的， 有缺點(diǎn)的， 不完美的， 不完善的
[例] a faulty design 不完善的設(shè)計(jì)方案
[派生] fault / fC：lt / n. 過(guò)錯(cuò)， 缺點(diǎn)， 故障， 毛病 vt. 挑剔 vi. 弄錯(cuò)
boast / bEust / n. 自夸， 值得夸耀的事物 v. 自夸， 以有……而自豪
[例] Nobody should boast of his learning. 誰(shuí)也不應(yīng)當(dāng)夸耀自己的學(xué)識(shí)。
[同義] brag，belittle，depreciate
[派生] boaster / 5bEustE / n. 自夸的人
digit / 5didVit / n. 1阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字2手指或足趾3一指寬（約四分之三英寸）
[例] The number 2001 contains four digits.
2001是個(gè)四位數(shù)。
[同義] figure，number，numeral
[派生] digital / 5didVitl / adj. 1 數(shù)字的， 數(shù)位的2手指的 n. 數(shù)字， 數(shù)字式
forecaster / 5fC：kB：stE / n. 預(yù)報(bào)員
[例] The weather forecaster said that it would rain tonight .
氣象預(yù)報(bào)員說(shuō)今晚有雨。
[派生] forecast / 5fC：kB：st / n. 先見， 預(yù)見， 預(yù)測(cè)， 預(yù)報(bào) vt. 預(yù)想， 預(yù)測(cè)， 預(yù)報(bào)， 預(yù)兆
predicate / 5predikit / n. 謂詞 v. 斷言
[例] The predicate of a sentence is that part of the sentence which says something
about the subject. 一句話的謂語(yǔ)部分是用來(lái)描述主語(yǔ)的。
[反義] subject / 5sQbdVikt / n. 1， 主題2科目， 學(xué)科3國(guó)民， [語(yǔ)法]主語(yǔ)
adj. 1受他國(guó)統(tǒng)治的， 未獨(dú)立的， 受制于……的， 受……影響的2以……為條件的
vt. 使屈從于……，使隸屬
[派生] predication / 7predi5keiFEn / n. 論斷
predicative / pri5dikEtiv / adj. 肯定的
panel [ 5pAnl ] n. 1 面板， 嵌板， 儀表板2座談小組， 全體陪審員
vt. 嵌鑲板
[例] The date for the panel discussion is fixed now.
座談會(huì)的日期現(xiàn)已確定。
[同義] barrier， board ，division ，forum
poll / pEul / n. 選舉之投票， 民意測(cè)驗(yàn) v. 投票， 獲得選票， 選舉中獲得
[例] They expected a heavy poll.
他們預(yù)料會(huì)有很多人來(lái)投票。
[同義] canvass ，questionnaire， survey ，vote
percentage / pE5sentidV / n. 百分?jǐn)?shù)， 百分率， 百分比
[例] A small percentage of the workers are unskilled.
少數(shù)工人是非熟練工。
[同義] part ，proportion ，quota， rate ，ratio
[派生] percent / pE5sent / n. 百分比， 百分?jǐn)?shù)
favorable / 5feiErEbl / adj. 1 贊成的， 有利的 2良好的， 討人喜歡的， 起促進(jìn)作用的
[例] I hope you will give favorable consideration to my suggestion.
我希望你對(duì)我的建議作出肯定的表示。
[反義] unfavorable / 5Qn5feivErEbl / adj. 不宜的， 不順利的， 相反的， 令人不快的
[派生] favor / 5feivE / n. 好感， 寵愛， 關(guān)切， 歡心， 好意， 喜愛 vt. 支持， 贊成， 照顧， 促成， 象， 喜歡， 證實(shí)， 賜予
slack / slAk / n. 1 松弛2淡季， 閑散3家常褲 adj. 1松弛的， 不流暢的3疏忽的4漏水的 adv. 1馬虎地2緩慢地 vt. 1 使松弛， 使緩慢2馬虎從事 vi. 松懈， 減弱， 松馳
[例] The string around the parcel was slack.
打包裹的繩很松。
[同義] baggy， dull， hanging， inactive， lazy， loose ，slow
[反義] tight / taIt/ adj. 1 緊的， 繃緊的， 緊密的2不漏水（不透氣）的3由壓迫產(chǎn)生的4困難的 adv. 緊緊地
utilization / 7ju：tilai5zeiFEn / n. 利用
[例] By this way ，it can help us to cease the problem of over utilization of oil energy . 這種方法能幫助我們解決過(guò)量使用石油的問(wèn)題。
[派生] utilize / ju：5tIlaIz / vt. 利用
mild / maild / adj. 1溫和的2淡味的， 輕微的3適度的
[例] "He has too mild a nature to get angry， even if he has good cause."
"他的性情太溫和了，即使有充分的理由，他也不會(huì)動(dòng)怒。"
[同義] calm， gentle， good-humored ，good-natured， kind ，lenient ，moderate [反義] harsh / hB：F / adj. 粗糙的， 荒蕪的， 苛刻的， 刺耳的， 刺目的
severe / si5viE / adj. 嚴(yán)厲的， 嚴(yán)格的， 劇烈的， 嚴(yán)重的， 嚴(yán)峻的
thrilling / 5WriliN / adj. 1毛骨悚然的2顫動(dòng)的， 發(fā)抖的
[例] thrilling voice 顫抖的聲音
[派生] thrill / Wril / v. 發(fā)抖
defective / di5fektiv / adj. 有缺陷的， （智商或行為有）欠缺的 n. 有缺陷的人， 不完全變化動(dòng)詞
[例] He is defective in moral sense. 他不能分辨邪正。
[派生] defect / di5fekt / n. 過(guò)失， 缺點(diǎn)
structural / 5strQktFErEl / adj. 結(jié)構(gòu)的， 建筑的
[例] structural engineering 建筑工程學(xué)； 大建筑工程
[派生] structure / 5strQktFE / n. 結(jié)構(gòu)， 構(gòu)造， 建筑物 vt. 建筑， 構(gòu)成， 組織
四、強(qiáng)化練習(xí)
1.In order to develop the Zhujiang New Town core area into a uniform， integrated， efficient and convenient public spatial system， and improve the comprehensive ____________ efficiency of urban area， Guangzhou Municipal Government has determined to develop the underground space .
A. redundancy B. impetus C. utilization D. disclosure
2.Oral English has its own features， but it is closely combined with other aspects of English， for example， writing may make oral English __________ and accurate.
。 A. complicated B. precise C. discreet D. harassed
3. The elimination of _______ would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed .
A. junction B. guidance C. distress D. inflation
4. I think you probably know China has adopted a flexible ________ in her foreign trade.
A. policy B. position C. reservation D. authentic
5. It may sound like torture if your idea of a vacation is to party all the time or experience _________adventures.
A. conscientious B. malign C. thrilling D. evil
6. Batten disease is caused by a__________ gene that fails to create an enzyme（酶） needed in the brain to help dispose of brain cellular waste .
A. defective B. effectiveC. deficit D. merit
7. We're ________ aggressive counter-terrorism operations in the areas where the terrorists are concentrated.
A. planning B. inventing C. conducting D. investing
8. Most of these myths are based on _________medical knowledge or a partial understanding of influenza.
A. positive B. faulty C. thoroughD. efficient
9. The ______ of 19，000 people across 12 countries also found that male workers， older staff and those in steady jobs were under the greatest pressure.
A. share B. panoramaC. prestige D. poll
10. Recently， trade dispute of the world become more and more， and ________
changes has taken place in trade dispute.
A. material B. regular C. structuralD. prescriptive
答案：CBDAC ACBDC
Much of the language used to describe monetary policy， such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" or "a touch on the brakes"， makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The link between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long， variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen， a cracked rear-view mirror and a faulty steering wheel.
Given all these disadvantages， central bankers seem to have had much to boast about of late. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3% last year， close to its lowest level in 30 years， before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double-digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s.
It is also less than most forecasters had predicated. In late 1994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that America's inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact， it fell to 2.6% in August， and expected to average only about 3% for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last year. This is no flash in the pan； over the past couple of years， inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America.
Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflation figures in Britain and the United States， since conventional measures suggest that both economies， and especially America's， have little productive slack. America's capacity utilization， for example， hit historically high levels earlier this year， and its jobless rate （5.6% in August） has fallen bellow most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment - the rate below which inflation has taken off in the past.
Why has inflation proved so mild？ The most thrilling explanation is， unfortunately， a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have up-ended the old economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation.
二、譯文
很多用來(lái)描述貨幣政策的詞，例如"引導(dǎo)經(jīng)濟(jì)軟著陸"和"觸動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)剎車"，聽起來(lái)象是一門精確的科學(xué)。事實(shí)遠(yuǎn)非如此。利率和通貨膨脹之間的關(guān)系難以確定。在政策的變化對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)起實(shí)際作用之前，會(huì)有很長(zhǎng)而難以確定的時(shí)間差。所以，很多人把貨幣政策實(shí)施過(guò)程比作駕駛一輛遮住擋風(fēng)玻璃、后視鏡已斷裂、方向盤有毛病的汽車。
盡管有這些不足之處，主要銀行家對(duì)近來(lái)的局勢(shì)似乎相當(dāng)樂觀。西方七大工業(yè)國(guó)去年的用貨膨脹率下降至2.3%，接近30年來(lái)的最低水平，到今年七月，這個(gè)數(shù)字略微上升到2.5% .這遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)低于七、八十年代很多國(guó)家曾經(jīng)經(jīng)歷過(guò)的兩位數(shù)的通貨膨脹率。
這也比大多數(shù)預(yù)言家的預(yù)測(cè)要低。1994年底，每月接受《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家》意見調(diào)查的一組經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家指出，美國(guó)在1995年的平均通貨膨脹率將達(dá)到3.5% .實(shí)際上，8月份就降到了2.6%，而且有望達(dá)到全年平均僅為3% .而英國(guó)和日本的通貨膨脹率比去年年底預(yù)測(cè)的要低半個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。這不是曇花一現(xiàn)，在過(guò)去幾年里，英國(guó)和美國(guó)的通貨膨脹率始終低于預(yù)期數(shù)值。
經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家對(duì)英國(guó)和美國(guó)的這種樂觀的通貨膨脹數(shù)據(jù)感到尤為吃驚，因?yàn)閭鹘y(tǒng)的計(jì)算方法顯示，這兩個(gè)國(guó)家，尤其是美國(guó)，已經(jīng)沒有太大的生產(chǎn)彈性。例如，美國(guó)的生產(chǎn)力利用率年初達(dá)到了歷史水平，而它的失業(yè)率（8月為5.6%）已經(jīng)低于了多數(shù)正常失業(yè)率所允許的數(shù)字——在過(guò)去，當(dāng)這種情況出現(xiàn)時(shí)，通貨膨脹就要發(fā)生了。
為什麼通貨膨脹的情況如此輕微？可惜的是最令人激動(dòng)的解釋也不是無(wú)懈可擊的。一些經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家認(rèn)為，世界強(qiáng)有力的經(jīng)濟(jì)結(jié)構(gòu)改變已經(jīng)*了舊有的經(jīng)濟(jì)模式，即以經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)和通貨膨脹之間的歷史聯(lián)系為基礎(chǔ)的模式。
三、考研核心詞匯
monetary / 5mQnitEri / adj. 貨幣的， 金錢的
[例] The monetary system of certain countries used to be based on gold.
某些國(guó)家的貨幣制度過(guò)去一直是金本位的。
policy / 5pClisi / n. 政策， 方針
[例] It is the policy of the government to improve education.
改進(jìn)教育是政府的政策。
[同義] course，line，plan，procedure，program
steer / stiE / v. 駕駛， 掌舵
[例] He steered the ship carefully between the rocks.
他小心地在礁石間駕駛船。
[同義] drive，guide，handle，head，lead，manage
[派生] steerage / 5stiEridV / n. 最低票價(jià)的艙位， 士官的二等室， 操縱，駕駛， 掌舵
[固定搭配] steer clear （of） 避免；避開
brake / breik / n. 閘， 剎車 v. 剎車
[例] The car braked to a stop. 車剎住不走了。
[同義] curb，decelerate，slow，down，stop
precise / pri5sais / adj. 精確的， 準(zhǔn)確的 n. 精確
[例] The victim was able to give a precise description of the suspect.
受害者能夠清晰地描繪嫌疑犯
[同義] absolute，accurate，careful，clear-cut，definite，detailed，exact，explicit
[反義] incorrect / 7inkE5rekt / adj. 錯(cuò)誤的， 不正確的
vague / vei^ / adj. 含糊的， 不清楚的， 茫然的， 曖昧的
[派生] precisely / prI5saIslI / adv. 正好
inflation / in5fleiFEn / n. 1脹大， 夸張2通貨膨脹， （物價(jià)）暴漲
[例] Inflation erodes the purchasing power of the families with lower income.
通貨膨脹使低收入家庭的購(gòu)買力不斷下降。
[反義] deflation /dI5fleIF（E）n/ n. 1放氣， 縮小2通貨緊縮， 物價(jià)低廉（尤指成本不降低時(shí)的反常情形）
[派生] inflate [ in5fleit ] vt. 1使膨脹；使得意2使（通貨）膨脹， 使充氣
vi. 充氣， 膨脹
lag / lA^ / n. 1落后2囚犯3防護(hù)套
adj. 最后的
vi. 緩緩而行， 滯后
vt. 落后于， 押往監(jiān)獄， 加上外套
[例] He lagged behind us. 他落在我們后面。
[同義] dawdle，delay，dillydally，linger，loiter，poke，tarry
hence / hens / adv. 因此， 從此
[例] It is very late； hence you must go to bed.
時(shí)間已經(jīng)很晚了，因此你必須睡覺去。
[同義] therefore ，accordingly，consequently，elsewhere，from now on，later
[反義] ago / E5^Eu / adv. 以前的， 以往的
analogy / E5nAlEdVi / n. 類似， 類推
[例] No analogy exists between them. 他們之間沒有相似之處。
[派生] analogise / E`nAlEdVaIz / v. 以類推來(lái)說(shuō)明， 類推
liken / 5laikEn / vt. 把……比作
[例] Life is often likened to a dream. 人生常被喻為一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)。
conduct / 5kCndQkt， -dEkt / n. 行為， 操行 v. 引導(dǎo)， 管理， 為人， 傳導(dǎo)
[例] Your children conduct themselves well. 你的孩子們品行良好。
[同義] action，behavior，direct，guide，lead，manage，manner
[派生] conduction / kEn5dQkFEn / n. 傳導(dǎo)
faulty / 5fC：lti / adj. 有過(guò)失的， 有缺點(diǎn)的， 不完美的， 不完善的
[例] a faulty design 不完善的設(shè)計(jì)方案
[派生] fault / fC：lt / n. 過(guò)錯(cuò)， 缺點(diǎn)， 故障， 毛病 vt. 挑剔 vi. 弄錯(cuò)
boast / bEust / n. 自夸， 值得夸耀的事物 v. 自夸， 以有……而自豪
[例] Nobody should boast of his learning. 誰(shuí)也不應(yīng)當(dāng)夸耀自己的學(xué)識(shí)。
[同義] brag，belittle，depreciate
[派生] boaster / 5bEustE / n. 自夸的人
digit / 5didVit / n. 1阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字2手指或足趾3一指寬（約四分之三英寸）
[例] The number 2001 contains four digits.
2001是個(gè)四位數(shù)。
[同義] figure，number，numeral
[派生] digital / 5didVitl / adj. 1 數(shù)字的， 數(shù)位的2手指的 n. 數(shù)字， 數(shù)字式
forecaster / 5fC：kB：stE / n. 預(yù)報(bào)員
[例] The weather forecaster said that it would rain tonight .
氣象預(yù)報(bào)員說(shuō)今晚有雨。
[派生] forecast / 5fC：kB：st / n. 先見， 預(yù)見， 預(yù)測(cè)， 預(yù)報(bào) vt. 預(yù)想， 預(yù)測(cè)， 預(yù)報(bào)， 預(yù)兆
predicate / 5predikit / n. 謂詞 v. 斷言
[例] The predicate of a sentence is that part of the sentence which says something
about the subject. 一句話的謂語(yǔ)部分是用來(lái)描述主語(yǔ)的。
[反義] subject / 5sQbdVikt / n. 1， 主題2科目， 學(xué)科3國(guó)民， [語(yǔ)法]主語(yǔ)
adj. 1受他國(guó)統(tǒng)治的， 未獨(dú)立的， 受制于……的， 受……影響的2以……為條件的
vt. 使屈從于……，使隸屬
[派生] predication / 7predi5keiFEn / n. 論斷
predicative / pri5dikEtiv / adj. 肯定的
panel [ 5pAnl ] n. 1 面板， 嵌板， 儀表板2座談小組， 全體陪審員
vt. 嵌鑲板
[例] The date for the panel discussion is fixed now.
座談會(huì)的日期現(xiàn)已確定。
[同義] barrier， board ，division ，forum
poll / pEul / n. 選舉之投票， 民意測(cè)驗(yàn) v. 投票， 獲得選票， 選舉中獲得
[例] They expected a heavy poll.
他們預(yù)料會(huì)有很多人來(lái)投票。
[同義] canvass ，questionnaire， survey ，vote
percentage / pE5sentidV / n. 百分?jǐn)?shù)， 百分率， 百分比
[例] A small percentage of the workers are unskilled.
少數(shù)工人是非熟練工。
[同義] part ，proportion ，quota， rate ，ratio
[派生] percent / pE5sent / n. 百分比， 百分?jǐn)?shù)
favorable / 5feiErEbl / adj. 1 贊成的， 有利的 2良好的， 討人喜歡的， 起促進(jìn)作用的
[例] I hope you will give favorable consideration to my suggestion.
我希望你對(duì)我的建議作出肯定的表示。
[反義] unfavorable / 5Qn5feivErEbl / adj. 不宜的， 不順利的， 相反的， 令人不快的
[派生] favor / 5feivE / n. 好感， 寵愛， 關(guān)切， 歡心， 好意， 喜愛 vt. 支持， 贊成， 照顧， 促成， 象， 喜歡， 證實(shí)， 賜予
slack / slAk / n. 1 松弛2淡季， 閑散3家常褲 adj. 1松弛的， 不流暢的3疏忽的4漏水的 adv. 1馬虎地2緩慢地 vt. 1 使松弛， 使緩慢2馬虎從事 vi. 松懈， 減弱， 松馳
[例] The string around the parcel was slack.
打包裹的繩很松。
[同義] baggy， dull， hanging， inactive， lazy， loose ，slow
[反義] tight / taIt/ adj. 1 緊的， 繃緊的， 緊密的2不漏水（不透氣）的3由壓迫產(chǎn)生的4困難的 adv. 緊緊地
utilization / 7ju：tilai5zeiFEn / n. 利用
[例] By this way ，it can help us to cease the problem of over utilization of oil energy . 這種方法能幫助我們解決過(guò)量使用石油的問(wèn)題。
[派生] utilize / ju：5tIlaIz / vt. 利用
mild / maild / adj. 1溫和的2淡味的， 輕微的3適度的
[例] "He has too mild a nature to get angry， even if he has good cause."
"他的性情太溫和了，即使有充分的理由，他也不會(huì)動(dòng)怒。"
[同義] calm， gentle， good-humored ，good-natured， kind ，lenient ，moderate [反義] harsh / hB：F / adj. 粗糙的， 荒蕪的， 苛刻的， 刺耳的， 刺目的
severe / si5viE / adj. 嚴(yán)厲的， 嚴(yán)格的， 劇烈的， 嚴(yán)重的， 嚴(yán)峻的
thrilling / 5WriliN / adj. 1毛骨悚然的2顫動(dòng)的， 發(fā)抖的
[例] thrilling voice 顫抖的聲音
[派生] thrill / Wril / v. 發(fā)抖
defective / di5fektiv / adj. 有缺陷的， （智商或行為有）欠缺的 n. 有缺陷的人， 不完全變化動(dòng)詞
[例] He is defective in moral sense. 他不能分辨邪正。
[派生] defect / di5fekt / n. 過(guò)失， 缺點(diǎn)
structural / 5strQktFErEl / adj. 結(jié)構(gòu)的， 建筑的
[例] structural engineering 建筑工程學(xué)； 大建筑工程
[派生] structure / 5strQktFE / n. 結(jié)構(gòu)， 構(gòu)造， 建筑物 vt. 建筑， 構(gòu)成， 組織
四、強(qiáng)化練習(xí)
1.In order to develop the Zhujiang New Town core area into a uniform， integrated， efficient and convenient public spatial system， and improve the comprehensive ____________ efficiency of urban area， Guangzhou Municipal Government has determined to develop the underground space .
A. redundancy B. impetus C. utilization D. disclosure
2.Oral English has its own features， but it is closely combined with other aspects of English， for example， writing may make oral English __________ and accurate.
。 A. complicated B. precise C. discreet D. harassed
3. The elimination of _______ would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed .
A. junction B. guidance C. distress D. inflation
4. I think you probably know China has adopted a flexible ________ in her foreign trade.
A. policy B. position C. reservation D. authentic
5. It may sound like torture if your idea of a vacation is to party all the time or experience _________adventures.
A. conscientious B. malign C. thrilling D. evil
6. Batten disease is caused by a__________ gene that fails to create an enzyme（酶） needed in the brain to help dispose of brain cellular waste .
A. defective B. effectiveC. deficit D. merit
7. We're ________ aggressive counter-terrorism operations in the areas where the terrorists are concentrated.
A. planning B. inventing C. conducting D. investing
8. Most of these myths are based on _________medical knowledge or a partial understanding of influenza.
A. positive B. faulty C. thoroughD. efficient
9. The ______ of 19，000 people across 12 countries also found that male workers， older staff and those in steady jobs were under the greatest pressure.
A. share B. panoramaC. prestige D. poll
10. Recently， trade dispute of the world become more and more， and ________
changes has taken place in trade dispute.
A. material B. regular C. structuralD. prescriptive
答案：CBDAC ACBDC