2013年6月大学英语六级考试高频词汇大辩析(13)

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  1. The Space Age ________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.
  A. initiated (initial起初的开始的,initiative起初阶段主动地位领先优势initiate v某事发生)
  B. orginated (origin、originate from某事从某处发源sb originate sth某人发明/创造什么东西)
  C. embarked (embark on doing sth开始一件令人激动的事情)
  ★D. commenced (commence重大的事件及历史时期的开始)
  launch发射升空
  lease租约

  answer:D
  2. John said that he didn't quite ________ and asked me to repeat what Ihad said.
  A. snatch up掠夺忽然行动
  B. summon up鼓起勇气积累信心
  C. catch on
  D. watch out当心
  ▲表示明白的六级2个词组
  make sense of (make sense) / catch on =understand
  answer:C
  3. When he tried to make a ________, he found that the hotel that he wanted was completely filled because of a convention.(99年1月最后一次)
  A. complaint (complain v抱怨)
  B. claim
  C. reservation
  ×D. decision
  answer:C
  4. A budget of five dollars a day is totally ________ for a trip round Europe.
  A. inadequate不够的不充分的
  B. incapable无能的、绝望的、无助的
  C. incompatible ≠ compatible (正确答案只有 - >incompatible with与……对立【没有 - > compatible with与……协调】)
  D. invalid违法的、无效的、不正确的、无理由的
  valid有效的
  answer:A
  5. In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled workers is ________.
  A. sbrinking减少
  B. obscuring只考形容词形式,表示“费解,晦涩”,做动词“使……费解,使……模糊不清”
  C. altering
  ×D. constraining
  alter:change
  alteration n变化改变
  alternate adj轮流的交换的v交替轮换
  alternative n异端异类adj选择性的二中选一的
  misfit不合时宜 - >alternative不指蛊惑仔指精神上学术著作上的异端异类
  answer:A
  6. The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ________ the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.
  ×A. decrease
  B. subtract数字的减少
  C. minimize
  D. degrade v (使)降级使堕落使退化
  extravagant奢侈的过分的重要的
  answer:C
  7. If the world is to remain peaceful, the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit local ________.(局部战争)
  A. collisions n (运动物体)碰撞冲突(文化意识或战争)(collide运动物体碰撞)
  B. combats战争中的小战斗突袭
  ●●C. contradictions反驳驳斥矛盾
  D. conflicts长期战争内心冲突争执
  utmost = most extreme
  answer:D
 

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