TPO 11-20 Vocabulary Flashcards
When such statues are viewed in isolation, out of their original {context背景脈絡} and without knowledge of their function, it is easy to criticize them for their rigid attitudes that remained unchanged for three thousand years.
A connection連結
B influence
C {environment}
D requirement
At the time, this idea seemed {preposterous可笑荒謬}.
A {unbelievable}
B inadequate
C limited
D creative
Many signals that animals make seem to {impose on} the signalers costs that are overly damaging.
A increase for
B remove from
C {place on}
D distribute to
David Haskell created {artificial人造不自然虛偽} nests with clay eggs and placed them on the ground beside a tape recorder that played the begging calls of either tree-nesting or of ground-nesting warblers.
A attractive
B {not real}
C short-term
D well designed
Given that predators can make it costly to beg for food, what benefit do begging nestlings {derive得到} from their communications?
A require
B {gain}
C use
D produce
Beyond that, the triumph of recorded sound has {overshadowed使相形見絀} the rich diversity of technological and aesthetic experiments with the visual image that were going forward simultaneously in the 1920s.
A {distracted from}分散轉移
B explained
C conducted
D coordinated with
To be sure, their evaluation of the technical flaws in 1920s sound experiments was not so far off the mark, yet they {neglected忽視疏忽} to take into account important new forces in the motion picture field that, in a sense, would not take no for an answer.
A {failed}
B needed
C started
D expected
The filling of the Ataturk and other dams in Turkey has {drastically} reduced flows in the Euphrates, with potentially serious consequences for Syria and Iraq.
A obviously
B unfortunately
C rapidly
D {severely}
Water does not remain {immobile不動的} in an aquifer but can seep out at springs or leak into other aquifers.
A enclosed與世隔絕
B permanent永久的
C {motionless}不動的
D intact完整的
Life places us in a {complex} web of relationships with other people.
A delicate精巧
B {elaborate}複雜的
C private私人的
D common常見的
More often, we simply cooperate with others to reach some end without {endowing資助捐贈} the relationship with any larger significance.
A leaving
B exposing
C {providing}
D understanding
Second, face-to-face contact allows us to {size up評估} others.
A enlarge
B {evaluate}
C impress
D accept
Should the use of rewards fail, members can frequently win by rejecting or threatening to ostracize those who {deviate偏離出軌} from the primary group’s norms.
A detract轉移
B advance前進
C select選擇
D {depart}離開遠離
A particular animal typically maintains its own characteristic cycle {duration時長} with great precision for many days.
A {length}長度
B feature特徵
C process過程
D repetition重複
Even a fifteen-minute burst of light in otherwise {sustained維持持續} darkness can reset an animal’s circadian rhythm.
A intense密集的
B {uninterrupted}沒被打斷
C natural自然的
D periodic週期的
The third, and most {potent強有力；有效能影響}, limitation is that it is not possible to be certain that the infant’s response was due to the stimulus presented or to a change from no stimulus to a stimulus.
A artificial
B {powerful}
C common
D similar
Perhaps the most {striking明顯的} sign of mobility is the fact that by the third millennium B.C., most pastoralists in this huge region spoke related languages ancestral to the modern Indo-European languages.
A reliable可信的
B {noticeable}明顯的
C convincing可信的
D violent猛烈的
Although southern Maya areas received more rainfall than northern areas, problems of water were {paradoxically矛盾的} more severe in the wet south.
A usually通常的
B {surprisingly}驚人的
C understandably可理解的
D predictably可預測的
A shorter drought in which they {exhausted消耗的} their stored food supplies might already have gotten them in deep trouble, because growing crops required rain rather than reservoirs.
A {used up}用光的
B reduced減少的
C wasted浪費的
D relied upon依賴的
They represent the advertiser’s opinions about the qualities of their products or brand and, as a consequence, are difficult to {verify證實}.
A ｛establish the truth of｝證實
B approve of讚許
C understand理解
D criticize批評
Children have strong imaginations and the use of fantasy brings their ideas to life, but children may not be {adept熟練老練} enough to realize that what they are viewing is unreal.
A responsible負責任的
B {skillful}熟練的
C patient耐心的
D curious好奇的
Adept at
