General

Question 1

scrap

Answer 1

v. 解体
n. 碎片
Road tax should be scrapped and the money raised by an increase in the tax on car fuel.

Question 2

subscription

Answer 2

n. 订阅

Television channels should be paid for by subscription so that only those people who watch them should be made to pay.

Question 3

extinguish

Answer 3

v. 熄灭，灭绝

It is estimated that only 5% of the motorists travel with a fire extinguisher in their car.

Question 4

overlook

Answer 4

v. 忽略

It overlooks the possibility that fires might not be put out with extinguisher.

Question 5

shift

Answer 5

n. 轮班

Many employers operate a three-shift system.

Question 6

curb

Answer 6

v. 控制
n. 抑制
We have reached the stage where the use of private cars must be curbed.

Question 7

eligible

Answer 7

adj/ 合格的，符合条件的

Only shareholders are eligible to vote on is a proposed take-over of the company by a large multinational.

Question 8

take-over

Answer 8

n. 接管，接收

Only shareholders are eligible to vote on is a proposed take-over of the company by a large multinational.

Question 9

abstain

Answer 9

v. 节制，弃权

They can either vote for or against or abstain by not voting at all.

Question 10

morale

Answer 10

n. 士气，斗志

Staff morale will continue to drop and productivity will fall.

Question 11

re-enactment

Answer 11

n. 案件重演

There has been an increase in the number of television programs which show re-enactment of crimes.

Question 12

flock

Answer 12

v. 聚集
The only way for the zoo to attract the public is to have lots of interesting animals, whether endangered or not - sort that everybody flocks to see.

Question 13

clinical

Answer 13

adj. 临床的；诊所的
In the 1960s the drug cardiokind, after the usual period of carefully monitored clinical
trials, was declared by its manufacturers to be unusually safe and very effective in
lowering cholesterol levels in the blood.

Question 14

intact

Answer 14

adj. 原封不动的

90% of the vegetable matter fed to farm animals passes straight through with its calorific content intact.

Question 15

mortality

Answer 15

n. 死亡数，死亡率；必死性，必死的命运
The results in 1980 showed that the mortality rate from all causes for those on
cardiokind was 25 per cent higher than for those who, though similar in other respects,
had not taken the drug.

Question 16

famine

Answer 16

n. 饥荒；饥饿，奇缺
Even refugees from war-torn or famine-stricken regions can find themselves
imprisoned on arrival or deported back to the place they have fled.

Question 17

deport

Answer 17

vt. 驱逐出境；放逐
Even refugees from war-torn or famine-stricken regions can find themselves
imprisoned on arrival or deported back to the place they have fled.

Question 18

enforce

Answer 18

vt. 实施，执行；强迫，强制
The
regulations have to be enforced rigidly, even if this means turning away people in great
need.

Question 19

prosecute

Answer 19

vt. 检举；贯彻；从事；依法进行
vi. 起诉；告发；作检察官
All shop-lifters must be prosecuted because if one is let off others would
rightly expect the same leniency.

Question 20

leniency

Answer 20

n. 宽大，仁慈；温和
All shop-lifters must be prosecuted because if one is let off others would
rightly expect the same leniency.

Question 21

parole

Answer 21

n. 语言；誓言，诺言；释放宣言
vt. 有条件释放，假释；使假释出狱；宣誓后释放
There is no one rule that can be applied for all prisoners seeking parole.