2010年6月大学英语六级考试高频词汇大辩析(13)

　　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