大学英语六级考试高频词汇辩析手册(13)

　　1. The Space Age ________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.

　　A. initiated

　　B. orginated

　　C. embarked

　　D. commenced

　　launch发射升空

　　lease租约

　　answer：D

　　2. John said that he didnt 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 / 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.

　　A. complaint

　　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

　　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 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 ________.

　　A. collisions n 碰撞冲突

　　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