自考英语考试复习资料(编辑修改稿)

自考英语考试复习资料(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

n the industrialized world and to ensure that the low level of smoking in developing countries does not increase. 回答这一问题具有双重含义，其一是降低发达国家妇女吸烟人数的高比率；其二也要保证发展中国家妇女吸烟人数的比率不要上升。 4. Smoking amongst women has already reached epidemic proportions and will continue to escalate unless action is taken now. 妇女吸烟已经达到十分流行的程度，如果现在不采取有效措施，它将继续逐步上升。 5. Support over these difficult days when the addiction cycle is broken. 在她们烟瘾发作的困难时期要帮助他们。 Summarization Read each of the following short paragraphs and plete the phrase or sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph. The first letter of the missing word is given before the blank. 2. Besides the academic degree, teachers should also be interested in teaching. It was necessary not only that teachers should be knowledgeable in their major fields, but also that they should be skillful. In addition, the teacher must have proficiency in the target language that includes four skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. It is really demanding to be a teacher. demanding: 过分要求的 , 苛求的 a demanding job 费力的工作 a demanding boss 苛刻的老板 Text 3 Are These the Best Years of Your Life? 【字体： 大 中 小 】【 打印 】 Ⅰ.Vocabulary 1. apparently ad. clearly, obviously 明显地 The transfusion apparently took. 输血显然起作用了。 He had apparently escaped by bribing a guard. 他看来是贿赂了守卫而逃跑的。 Yet, those who have eyes apparently see little. 然而，那些能看见的人明显地看得很少。 It was apparently hit by well aimed rockets. 很明显，它遭到火箭的准确袭击。 2. foster v. help to grow and develop 培养；促进 foster hopes for success 抱成功的希望 foster a child 收养孩子 foster friendly relations 促进友善的关系 , 鼓励者 foster parents 养父母 foster home 寄养的家庭 foster child 养 子 ,养女 3. guarantee v. give a promise of quality, payment or fulfillment 保证；担保 guarantee a product 保证产品的质量 to guarantee a bill of exchange 担保汇票 to guarantee delivery 保证交货 4. outlive v. live longer than 活过 „ ，比 „ 经久 outlive one39。 s health 年老多病 outlive one39。 s contemporaries 比同时代的人长寿 outlive one39。 s usefulness 衰老无用 Those who are weakly or who plain of ill health, oft outlive the more robust. 破门耐撑。 5. cope v. handle。 deal successfully with sth. 处理 John used to cope with students39。 problems. 约翰惯于应付 学生的问题。 No one can cope with him in English. 在英语方面谁也比不过他。 I39。 m afraid I can39。 t cope with those troubles. 恐怕我对付不了那些麻烦。 I can39。 t cope with driving in heavy traffic. 在交通拥挤时我就开不好车了。 Yes, I can cope. ＂是的，我能对付。 ＂ 6. decline v. decrease。 move from a better to worse position 减少；下降 Membership decline to three thousands. 会员减少到了 3000人。 the decline of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的衰亡 7. deny v. refuse to accept as true 否定；不接受 deny one39。 s signature 不承认自己的签名 deny a statement 否认声明 deny the statement of 否认 „ 的说法 deny sb. justice 对某人不公平 To deny contradiction is to deny everything. 否认事物的矛盾，就是否认了一切。 8. intact a. whole, uninjured。 healthy 未受损的；完整的 The fragile parcel arrived intact. 这易碎的包裹完整无损地运到了。 Most of the unearth relic remain intact. 大多数出土文物仍保持完整无损。 Few buildings survived the bombing raids intact. 空袭过后幸存的建筑物绝无仅有。 His honor remained intact. 他的名誉完整无损。 9. share v. have in mon 分享；分担 Everyone in the house shares the bathroom. 住在这所房子里的人共用这间浴室。 He’s sure we’ll win the match, but I don’t share his faith in the team. 他肯定我们会打赢这场比赛，但我对我们没有他这样的信心。 Children should be taught to share their toys. 理当教育孩子与别人一起玩自己的玩具。 10. smart a. vigorous, quick in thinking, clever 精明的，灵巧的 a smart saying 漂亮 [俏皮 ]话 a smart price 挺贵的价格 a smart guy 自作聪明的人。 精明的家伙 the smart set [美 ]时髦的人士 ,上流社会 Ⅱ. Phrases and Expressions 1. be replaced with/by 取代 2. relate to 涉及，有关 unable to relate to one39。 s environment 不能适应环境 We cannot relate these two phenomena. 我们无法说明这两种现象之间的关系。 Some adults can39。 t relate to children. 有 些成年人不理解儿童的想法。 This report does not relate to him. 这项报告并不是在说他。 Ⅲ. Notes for the Text 1. （ Para. 1） „, it is clearer than ever that the “game of life” is really a game of tradeoffs. 人生的游戏实际上就是交换的游戏，这一点比以往更加清楚。 tradeoff 买卖双方，一手交钱一手交货 ever以往任 何时候 2. （ Para. 2） IQ amp。 MQ IQ=intelligence quotients智商 MQ=maturity quotients成熟商数 EQ=emotion quotients情商 3. （ Para. 2） This tradeoff between sharpness and wisdom has led psychologist Dr. Leopold Bellak to suggest that “maturity quotients” be adopte d for adults. 这种机敏与智慧之间的交换使得心理学家利奥普 白洛克博士提出建议，应该用成熟商数来衡量成年人。 adopt 习惯 4. （ Para. 3） Women, for reasons scientists do not understand, get a fiveyear bonus. 连科学家也说不清楚妇女的最佳状态要比男人多 5年这一点究竟是为什么。 bonus意想不到的收获 5.（ Para. 7） Incidences of suicide are smallest among people with intact marriages, highest among the divorced. divorce离婚 intact完好无损的 6.（ Para. 9） Lady Luck must help. 幸运女神会来帮忙。 Ⅳ. Exercises Vocabulary Development Ⅰ.Scan the following passage and find the words or phrases that have roughly the same meanings as those given. 1. the act or an instance of assuming （ Line 2） assumption 5. a single human being as distinct from a family or group（ Lines 1011） individual （单、复数之间的转变） 5. a single human being as distinct from a family or group（ Lines 1011） individual 6. power believed to control all the events （ Line 12） destiny 10. catch sb by a trick （ Line 17） trap 8. depending on each other。 necessary to each other （ Line 12） interdependent Translation The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very definite life patterns that almost all people share. Today, when we live 20 years longer that our greatgrandparents, and when women mysteriously outlive men by seven years, it is clearer。