目录
1.填词类
技巧：① 固定搭配 ② 理解上下文的逻辑关系
包括实词和虚词：
(1) On 18 May 1991, Sharman boarded the Soyuz spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts. Once it was in space, the craft travelled (52) ___ a speed of 29,000 km/h.
at
(2) We ought to be learning new languages (52) ___ ages zero and seven, when the brain does it naturally," Kuhl says.
between
(3) Modern society excels in cynicism. Academics and pseudo-academics delight in deconstructing even the most cherished of childhood delights, seemingly determined to rob us (46) ___ the pure joy of fantasy.
rob sb. of sth.
(4) Last but not ___,
least
(5) We need a digital readers'guide---a place where readers can find(54) ___ whether the book they're about to download is the best available edition.
find out
(6) Last but not least，successful writers possess enormous self-discipline. I've often sacrificed my social life in order to devote the necessary time and effort to producing a good quality story. And more than once that has meant ___ the midnight oil.
burning the midnight oil：熬夜工作或学习
(7) Modern piracy is so serious that American sailing magazines urge their reader to take guns with them the bigger the 53___ They also advise them to have the most modern radios.
better
(8)This may be hard to believe, but it's backed (47)___ by scientific research.
backup
(9) ___ and large,
By
(10) Dr. Well explains that heart-attack victims are 9 percent (52)___ likely to be alive a year after their episode if they own a dog.
more
(11) If the cloud is dense enough, it(46)___.If it's cold enough, it snows. And if it's low enough, we call it fog.
rains
(12) Wordsworth wandered lonely as one, Shelly named a poem (53)___ "the daughter of earth and water and the nursling of the sky",
after
(13) Is paragliding more dangerous than parachuting? There are three elements that support the argument that though (46)___ of them is safe, one is far less dangerous than the other.Those three elements are training, preparation, and skill level.
neither
(14) Preparation for a parachute jump is minimal (50)___ best. Most jumpers have their chutes packed for them, so all they have to do is climb into the plane.
at
(15) Each experiment only lasted about 23(50)___--- not very long---otherwise it would hit the ground.
seconds
(16) In space Sharman carried out experiments on various materials to be used for new drugs and electronics. The results were brought back to Earth for (54)___.
analysis
(17) But the isthmus of the corpus callosum,(47)___ links the right and left halves of the brain,
which
(18) on(49)___, women have a superior ability with words to men and why girls are less of-ten dyslexic than boys.
on average
2.补词类
(1) The couple enjoyed themselves in the city during Christmas. David Schoo, aged forty-five, and his wife Sharon, aged thirty-five, were handcuffed by（被戴上手铐） waiting police, surrounded by reporters and insulted by onlookers after their return (49)fl___ from Mexico landed at Chicago's O'Hare airport. The couple were immediately taken to jail, where they'Il stay until their trial.
flight
（2）At the end of the study, the American babies (48)res___ to Mandarin sounds just as well as Chinese babies.responded to：对...作出反应
（3）In addition to keeping people healthy and helping prevent illness, it was found that dogs can aid in (51) rec___. For example, dogs have been shown to have a calming influence on people suffering from heart disease, high cholesterol or Alzheimer's.in recovery
（4）It would be impossible for him, for example, to perform such stupendous feats of super strength, such as holding cars, trains, and even planes in the air. How, they ask, could he possibly (51)st___ perfectly balanced on Earth while moving a mass far greater than his own over his head?stay balanced
（5）Someone searching for food was probably (51) hu___ enough to risk tasting the dried material. He or she was probably surprised by the result.hungry
（6）The opium poppy is a bright flower, usually red or orange, that grows to a (46)h___ of about 75-90 centimetres. In the wild, it usually grows in huge clusters, sometimes covering an entire field.height
（7）The truth is very different. First, most pirates bore no49.res___ to the storybook characters.They didn't just rob other ships---they were murderers of the worst kind who killed for no 50.rea___.resemblance，reason
（8）At the end of the year, the group with the excellent pupils got very good grades, (48)wh___.the pupils in the other class only got average ones.
while/whereas
（9）In some (53)c___ dogs have even helped revive coma patients.In some cases
（10）The fact that the chute and lines can be seen makes a (51) tre___ difference as any problems can be seen before launch, something that is impossible with parachuting.tremendous
（11）One afternoon in the summer of 1989, a 27-year-old food technologist called Helen Sharman happened to be listening to the radio. She heard an unusual position being advertised：Astronaut wanted-no (46)pre___ experience necessary". Shewrote down the phone number and the next day sent off application.previous
（12）Although she would like to go back into space, these days Sharman is happy working as a part-time consultant to a company making satellites. The rest of her time she spends trying to persuade school children to take up a (55) car___ in science and technology.career
（13）They fear that it might be used to justify male-female differences which they (52)mai___ are result of unfair social attitudes and conditioning.maintain
（14）just the tip of the (54)ice___...iceberg
3.改词类
技巧：① 语法 ② 搭配 ③ 逻辑（否定）
（1）After all, the (52)___(intend) of the fantasy is to entertain and automatically requires that the audience suspend their disbelief.
intention
（2）The diamonds known to the Romans came from India, which was the pnly (49)___(supply) of the stones until the eighteenth century.supplier
（3）Did you know that for every 20,000 novels written, only one gets published? Sothe(46)___(likely) that I'll ever fulfill my ambition of becoming a professional mystery writer doesn't seem very high.
likelihood
（4）To Sharman's surprise her application was successful, and six months later she was in Russia, (48)___(begin) eighteen months of training. One of the most interesting parts of her preparation was a set of tests which simulated weightlessness."Actually, it's extremely difficult to do this on Earth, explains Sharman, becauseto weigh absolutely nothing you have to be positioned between two planets so that the force of their gravity is pulling you inopposite (49)___(direct)."
beginning，directions
（5）This is the 48___ (real) idea of pirates. The truth is very different.unrealistic： 不现实的，错误的（unreal：虚幻的，不真实的）
（6）All of us will to deal with difficulties in our lives at one time or another. The key to our success will be how we decide to confront them: with(55)___(resign), or as a challenge. Which path will you choose?resignation
（7）in many hospitals and (54)___(retire) homes is becoming more popular.retirement homes：养老院