C.extinct
D.massive(1999.6)
题意:"随着一些物种消失或绝种,出现了另一些更能适应地球环境变化的新物种。"正确答案:C。
还要注意它的名词用法:
Sadly,the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of _____.
A.migration
B.extinction
C.destruction
D.extraction(2000.1)
题意:"可惜的是,大熊猫是现在濒临灭绝的很多物种之一。"正确答案:B。
destructive adj.表示:"破坏的,毁灭性的",如:
Hurricanes are killer winds,and their_____power lies in the physical damage they can do.
A.cumulative
B.destructive
C.turbulent
D.prevalent(2001.1)
题意:"飓风是具有杀伤力的风,其破坏力在于它们可能造成实物破坏。"正确答案:B。
2.deprive /derive
这是一组近形异义词,deprive表示:"剥夺,使丧生",常用句型deprive sb./sth.of sth.如:
The prisoner was _____of his civil liberty for three years.
A.discharged
B.derived
C.deprived
D.dispatched(2001.1)
题意:"这个罪犯被剥夺公民权三年。"正确答案:C。
No one can function properly if they are_____of adequate sleep.
A.deprived
B.ripped
C.stripped
D.contrived(2000.6)
题意:"如果被剥夺了充足的睡眠,没有人能正常地工作。"正确答案:A。
The accident _____ him of his sight and the use of his legs.
A.excluded
B.disabled
C.deprived
D.gripped (1997.1)
题意:"这场事故使他丧失了视力和行走的能力。"正确答案:C。
If the ocean were free of ice, storm paths would move further north, _____the plains of North American of rainfall.
A.to deprive
B.deprived
C.depriving
D.deprive(1996.6)
题意:"如果海洋中没有冰,暴雨降水区域将会北移,从而使北美平原降水量大大减少。"本题考查分词短语作伴随情况状语,正确答案:C。
derive表示:"得到,获取,"词义与de- prive相反,常见搭配:derive sth.from sth.,如:
I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion,but I think that something cheerful may still be derived_____it.
A.of
B.off
C.from
D.with(1994.1)
题意:"我似乎已经得到了一个很悲观的结果,但我认为还是能够从中找出一些令人高兴的东西。"正确答案:C。
3.defy /deviate
defy 表示:"公然反抗,违抗",如:
As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living,he _____ his parents'strict rules. A.defied
B.refuted
C.excluded
D.vetoed(2001.1)
题意:"那个男孩一有能力养活自己时就公然反抗父母的严格管束。"正确答案:A。
deviate 表示:"偏离,背离",常与 from 搭配,如:
Each workday,the workers followed the same schedules and rarely_____from this routine.
A.deviated
B.disconnected
C.detached
D.distorted(2001.6)
题意:"每一个工作日,工人们都遵循相同的时间表,很少背离这个常规。"正确答案:A。
4.exclusively /explicitly
exclusively 表示:"专门地,限于,只",形容词形式:exclusive,如:
These areas rely on agriculture almost _____,having few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.
A.respectively
B.extraordinarily
C.incredibly
D.exclusively(1999.1)
题意:"这些地区矿产资源稀少,工业发展水平低下,因此几乎完全依赖农业。"正确答案:D。
In general,matters which lie entirely within state borders are the_____concern of state governments.
A.extinct
B.excluding
C.excessive
D.exclusive(1997.1)
题意:"一般说来,纯属州内的事务,只能由州政府负责处理。"正确答案:D。
explicitly 表示:"明确地,详细地,清晰地",如:
The law on drinking and driving is _____stated.
A.extravagantly
B.empirically
C.exceptionally
D.explicitly(2001.6)
题意:"对于酒后驾车法律有明确规定。"正确答案:D。
5.fraction /facet
fraction 表示:"小部分,片断",如:
We rarely perceive more than a minute _____of the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs;the great majority pass us by.
A.fiction
B.function
C.fraction
D.friction(1998.6)
题意:"我们的感觉器官仅仅能分辨出很小一部分看到的景物和听到的声音,绝大多数我们都感觉不到。"正确答案:C。
facet 表示:"方面,小平面",如:
This book is about how these basic beliefs and values affect important_____of American life.
A.facets
B.fashions
C.frontiers
D.formats(2000.1)
题意:"这本书是关于这些基本信念和价值如何影响美国人生活各方面的。"正确答案:A。