1. The peotry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many ________ references.
A. obscure (重音第二个)
B. acute (cute聪明伶俐boney多骨的bony美丽的可爱的)
C. notable重要的显著的(★odour气味)
D. objective客观的真实的
peotry诗
references ：参考书典故推荐信
reference letter (推荐信)= recommendation letter (推荐信)
★absurd荒谬的可笑的(男人爱女人爱不死)
★obscure晦涩的(才华横溢的人饿不死)
★ambiguous模棱两可的晦涩难懂的(我辈中人，吃安毕圭)
instant dictionary快速字典(文曲星)
answer：A
2. The major was asked to ________ his speech in order to allow his audience to raise questions.
×A. constrain (只要在选项中就不选)
×B. conduct指挥(过于简单的词)
★C. condense浓缩使简介(density密度)
★D. converge豫东物体的集聚和汇合思想和思潮的荟萃(verge线条【罗马时】)
con：前缀代表together
自己判断太简单的单词一定不会考
answer：C
★3. The morning news says a school bus ________ with a train at the junction and a group of policemen were sent there immediately.
A. bumped 【bumped against/on运动物体撞静止物体(bump car)】
★B. collided 【collide with两个运动的物体相撞两国冲突】
C. crashed飞机失事砸碎打碎崩溃【关于崩溃的词：crumple、collapse (倒塌)】
D. struck【strick打击、stikingly令人惊讶地】
boost you up
a bundle of pundits一捆牛人
fist拳头
two-fisted sportsman全能运动员【two-fisted左右开弓】
bite咬着
morphine麻醉剂
hypnosis催眠
bite the bullets咬住子弹(忍受无端痛苦)
answer：B
4. Sometimes patients (分词短语做定语) suffering from severe pain can be helped by "drugs" that aren't really drugs at all ________ sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements.(连词)
★A. or rather
B. rather than
C. but rather【no…but rather不是而是】
D. other than
severe：严重的
relieve缓解
sugar pills糖片
therapy疗法
remedy解决问题地方法治愈疾病的方法
comedy喜剧
★★【常考连词】
or…raher = accurately speaking (用在句中)
A rather than B宁要A不要B
if = provided that (如果)
all alone (副词)独自独立地
all the +形容词比较级(更加越来越)【副词连接副词】
e. g. You will be all the better for a holiday.
你渡一次假会更好。
for certain = certianly
for all that后面跟从句= despite that尽管虽然
in that = because
let alone至于…更不用说= not to mention that
but for = except for ; without莫非要不是
but that = except that后面跟从句
but then = on the other hand
now that既然(用于句首)
answer：C