2.1 A: Intern 实习生,Internship实习机会, xylem(植)木质部, phloem(植)韧皮部
2.1 B: Battery jumper(电池)接电线, carpool合伙用车, escort护送, lost and found失物招领, rituals仪式/程序, permeate充满/弥漫, raids袭击, vision视觉, life insurance寿险, health insurance健康险, property liability insurance财产责任险, premium保费, dune沙丘, gravel砾石, fine细微/细小, windward向风的, slope坡, endorphin内啡肽(一种荷尔蒙), painkiller止疼药, chronic长期的,慢性的, placebo effect安慰剂效果, neuro-chemical神经化学的
2.1 C: Crack裂开/裂口, pop敲击, inflammation炎症/狂热, sheathing覆盖物/防护物, tendons腱, tendonitis腱炎, carpal tunnel syndrome腕管综合症, pinch捏/夹痛, numb麻木, tingling 感觉刺痛/脸红
2.2 A: 无
2.2 B: Moose麋, beaver河狸, elk驼鹿, snares张网/设陷阱, clan部落/宗族, animator动画片制作者, calling做事的冲动/热情, brainstorming集思广益
2.2 C: Sea breeze海风, land breeze陆风, ascent上升, descent下降, horn号, versatility多用途/多功能, ritual仪式, bugle猎号, tsunamis海啸, epicenter震中, eruption爆发, pounce猛冲/猛击, backwash退潮冲刷, wreck失事/沉船
2.2 D: partible inheritance可分割财产, primogeniture长子继承权, cash reserve先进储备, inventory存货/盘存, retail零售, canyon trail峡谷小道, cramp抽筋, ranger护林员/巡逻队员, saltine cracker咸饼干, strenuous紧张艰苦的, lactic acid乳酸, fermentation发酵, aerobic需氧的
2.2 E: Pigment色素/色质, tempera蛋彩画法/广告原料, dissolve溶解, suspended悬浮, synthetic合成的, indigo(化)靛蓝色, ochre赫石/赫色, umber棕土色/红棕色, tinting着色/染色, Tyrian推罗人
Shield volcano盾型火山, vent火山口, cinder火山渣, cone火山锥, magma岩浆, viscosity黏稠, caldera破火山口, depression低洼地/底气压, smoldering 无火苗的/阴燃的, geyser间歇泉, hot spring喷泉
Quiz 1: Eyestrain眼疲劳, skin rashes皮疹, Renaissance文艺复兴, perspective远景/透视画法, vanishing point尽头/灭点, mandatory强制的/命令的
2.3 A: Incomplete缓考, meal plan食堂包月/周套餐, make-up test补考, guest speaker客座讲演者, section小班, on sabbatical 休假
2.3 B: Subsistence给养/食物, kinship亲戚关系
2.3 C: Diagnosis诊断, attic顶楼/阁楼, caulk填满, screen遮掩, rabies狂犬病
2.3 D: Comedian喜剧演员, tensing紧张, inhalation吸入, exhalation呼出, frustration挫折,失败,botanical植物的, quote/unquote开始/结束引用, mow割草, spray喷雾, herbicide除草剂, horticulturists园艺学家, awesome很棒的, wrap up总结
Count on指望, the Great Depression经济萧条
Quiz 2: was under the impression that记得, bulge膨胀,凸出, eruption喷发, awesome很棒的,壮观的, wrap up总结, be all set to go准备出发
Quiz 3: Pull up提高/改进, priority优先, get settled稳定下来, tough困难的,consumer消费者, appeal to诉诸,求助于, appealing有感染力的,恳求的, luxuries奢侈品,
2.4 focus, engaging有吸引力的, vague含糊的
2.4 A no
2.4 B: Fussy易怒的/过于修饰的, splintered分裂
Multi-disciplinary多学科的, windowsill窗台, reorient重新定位, phototropism向光性, hydrotropism向水性,geotropism向地性 photosynthesis光合作用, seedling幼苗, opaque不透明的, transparent透明的
2.4 C: Orchard果园的, pass away去世, condolence哀悼, allergy过敏, itchy nose鼻子痒, burning eyes眼睛烧灼感, sneeze打喷嚏, capsule胶囊, tablet药片, drowsy犯困, knock me out觉得疲劳, worn off疲劳
2.4 D: Lab fee实验费, finch雀 ,sparrow麻雀, iridescent色彩斑斓的
Metropolis大城市, documentary记录片/记实小说, municipalities自治市/区,市政当局, borough 自治村镇,行政区
2.4 E: Metabolism新陈代谢, bacteria细菌, headlight前灯, bioluminescence生物发光现象, textured结构性的, orchestration配器法, harmony和声/和谐, mainstream主流, eel鳗, bass鲈鱼, marlin枪鱼, whales鲸鱼, dolphin海豚, seahorse海马, coiled卷的,盘绕的, squid乌贼, octopus章鱼, sea hare海兔, limpet一种贝类, whelk蛾螺
Quiz 4: Gofer办事员/杂工, glamour刺激的,有美丽的, stand much of a chance有很大的机会,That’s the spirit! 这就对了Alert清醒的
Quiz 5: Hypothesis假设/假想, observation观察, experimentation实验, electron microscope电子显微镜, applied science应用科学, double-edged sword双刃剑, forester林务员, park ranger护林员/公园管理员
2.5 focus: Biome生物群落, taiga泰加群落,boreal北方的, arctic tundra北极冻原, alpine tundra高山冻原, shrubby灌木状的, latitude纬度, stimuli刺激物, mechanoreceptor机械性刺激感受器, electromagnetic电磁的, rattlesnake响尾蛇
2.5 A: Tubular管状的, vessel筒/杯状的, frame框架的, cylindrical圆筒状的, kettledrum定音鼓, membrane膜, compact小巧的,紧凑的, portable随身的, resonance回声/共振, jingle领铛
Twilight微光的,salamander蝾螈, perpetual永久的
Extrovert外向, introvert内向, reflective发射的/思考的
Loaf大块面包, moderate inflation适度通货膨胀, galloping inflation奔驰式通货膨胀, hyperinflation极度通货膨胀, turmoil动乱/骚动
2.5 B: Specialist专才, generalist通才, leaf arrangement叶序 bee plant养蜂植物, basal根部/底部的, specimen标本/样本,
2.6 focus 无
2.6 A: Nib尖端, avalanches雪崩, snow-pack雪堆, artillery大炮, howitzer硫弹炮, trigger激发/引起, salmon大马哈鱼, spawn产卵, hatch孵化 headwater上游, fry群, juvenile幼小的, keen敏锐的, imprint铭记/记忆, gorge大吃, food chain食物链
2.6 B: Pores毛孔/气孔, molecules分子, chlorophyll叶绿素,glucose葡萄糖, microscopic微笑的, hypothesis假设verification证实/核实
Wetland湿地/沼泽地, marshes沼泽/湿地, swamp沼泽, bog沼泽/泥塘, saturate浸透的,湿透的, shrubs灌木, herbaceous草本的,绿草的, sedges苔/莎草, mosses苔藓, array排列,队列, food chain食物链, fungi真菌, odor气味
Quiz 6: Plankton浮游生物, herring鲱鱼, sardines沙丁鱼, cruise巡航/漫游, tuna金枪鱼, swordfish箭鱼, twilight微光的, secrete隐藏/分泌(生), wax蜡, pollen花粉, hatch孵化, larva幼虫, pupa蛹, hive蜂巢/蜂箱, thorax胸/胸廓, abdomen腹部, sac囊, sting刺,cereal谷物/谷类食物, coarse粗的/粗糙的, oven,烤箱 yeast酵母菌, bakeries面包店, pasta意大利面食, gluten面筋,麸, airy轻而薄的, durum硬粒小卖, rye黑麦, oat燕麦
Quiz 7: Improvisation即兴演出, on the spur of the moment未经思索的,当即的, melody美妙的旋律, organist风琴手, fugal赋格式的(音), bandsman管乐队成员, interpersonal人与人之间的, egocentric个人主义的/自我中心的, generalize概括/归纳, analytical 分析的
Quiz 8: Syllabus大纲/提纲, artisan工匠/手艺人, motto座右铭/格谚, mission statement任务说明, board of directors董事会, case study个案研究, sedimentary沉淀的/沉积的, mesa平顶山/阶地, butt靶buttes孤峰/孤山, spires塔状的/尖塔, pillars柱状的, silt泥沙/淤泥, gravel沙砾/砾石, debris残骸/瓦砾, scour冲刷, optimal最大限度/最佳效果, erosion侵蚀, shale页岩, recedes退去 crack破裂/裂开,, remnant残余/残迹, shaft尖端/塔顶, rim边缘, sandstone沙岩, hourglass沙漏, pebbles卵石 plateau高原
Complete test 1
Passage 1: 表工作忙(教授):be all tied up, be overwhelmed with sth, be swamped with sth, be up to one’s eyes/ears/neck in work, be completely booked, have a heavy workload, have a tight/hectic schedule, can not fit it in, take a rain check 表学习忙(学生):have a heavy course load, have my hands full, study day in and day out, study around the clock, be up all night studying, burn the mid-night oil
Passage 2: Opportunity cost 机会成本
理解/领会:catch / follow / make sense / figure out/ get across / make heads or tails of it不理解,不明白: doesn’t make sense, be in the dark, be (completely) lost
Passage 3: dormant volcano休眠火山volcano eruption火山喷发avalanches山崩/雪崩
landslide山崩/塌方magma岩浆, vibrations/ tremors 震动/颤动, bulge 膨胀/肿胀
Passage 4: pungent 刺激的,辛辣的, aroma气味,香味, offshore breeze轻风,微风, spices香料, lush vegetation丰富的,繁茂的植被, blossom开花, volatile oil香精油,挥发油, pine sap水晶兰, sassafras黄樟,美洲檫木, quinine 奎宁laurel月桂属植物, cinnamon肉桂,桂, bay月桂, camphor樟脑, resinous树脂的, naval stores松香和松节油, pitch沥青, dogwood梾木属植物, carcinogen致癌物质, safrole黄樟脑, distill蒸馏, astringent味涩的, infusion,注入,灌输tonic补剂,补药
气味: fragrance, aroma, scent, agreeable/pleasant smell, perfume
药物: medication, tonic, medicinal property …丰富: abundant, lush
治疗: heal, cure, treat, relieve …有害: harmful, hazardous
Passage 5: materialism唯物主义idealism唯心主义
Passage 6: the law of Conservation of energy 能量守恒定律, thermodynamics 热力学,
kinetic energy 动能, photosynthesis 光合作用