Cambridge English IELTS 7

Question 0

submarine

Answer 0

潜水艇；海底的

Question 1

limb

Answer 1

肢、腿

phantom limb 【幻肢感】

Question 2

code name

Answer 2

代号

Question 3

pioneer

Answer 3

先驱

Question 4

navigation

Answer 4

导航

SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging)

Question 5

civilisation

Answer 5

文明

human civilisation

Question 6

entwine

Answer 6

与…密切相关；缠绕

Question 7

manipulate

Answer 7

操纵；使用
The history of human civilisation is entwined with the history of the ways we have learned to manipulate water resources.

Question 8

sophisticated

Answer 8

见多识广的；老练的；复杂巧妙的

Question 9

aquaduct

Answer 9

输水管

sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and aquaducts

Question 10

quadruple

Answer 10

乘四；四倍的

fivefold，sixfold etc.

Question 11

warrant

Answer 11

许可证；是正当/恰当

in regions where new projects seem warranted

Question 12

collateral

Answer 12

附属的
collateral damage 附带伤害
The cost is in the collateral damage of the very methods of food production that have made the food cheaper.

Question 13

partrige

Answer 13

山鹑

Question 14

externality

Answer 14

外部效应

Question 15

transaction

Answer 15

交易；义务；办理；事务

Question 16

feasible

Answer 16

可行的

Question 17

thriving

Answer 17

兴盛的；兴隆的；茁壮成长
The government needs to create sustainable, competitive and diverse farming and food sectors, which will contribute to a thriving and sustainable rural economy.

Question 18

dedicated

Answer 18

专注的；投入的；献身的
dedicate
dedicated work

Question 19

The disappointing results of many conventional road transport projects in Africa led some experts to rethink the strategy by which rural transport problems were to be tackled at the beginning of the 1980s.

Answer 19

The disappointing results of …

tackle 着手办理

Question 20

heritage

Answer 20

遗产；继承物；传统

Forests are one of the main elements of our natural heritage.

Question 21

deterioration

Answer 21

恶化；堕落；退化

soil deterioration

Question 22

combat

Answer 22

与…战斗/斗争；防止；减轻
combat forest fires
combat global climate change

Question 23

preparatory

Answer 23

预备的；作为准备的；大学预科

preparatory work

Question 24

joint action

Answer 24

联合行动
Their (experts’) initial task was to decide which of the many forest problems of concern to Europe involved the largest number of countries and might be the subject of joint action.

Question 25

recreation

Answer 25

消遣；娱乐（方式）；重建；重视

As a whole, European countries see forests as performing a triple function: biological, economic and recreational.