unit 1

Question 1

furnish

Answer 1

提供必要的东西；

Question 2

establish

Answer 2

建立；使定居；

Question 3

hasty

Answer 3

匆忙仓促草率；

Question 4

owl

Answer 4

猫头鹰；

Question 5

denote

Answer 5

表示，意味着；

Question 6

dictate

Answer 6

口述，命令；

Question 7

lame

Answer 7

跛的，有缺陷的；

Question 8

stiff

Answer 8

僵直的，呆板的，拘谨的，艰难费劲的；

Question 9

propaganda

Answer 9

n.宣传；

Question 10

prescribe

Answer 10

指示规定；开处方；

Question 11

overlook

Answer 11

俯瞰眺望；漏看忽略；宽容放任；

Question 12

seam

Answer 12

接缝；

Question 13

lease

Answer 13

租约；出租；

Question 14

manipulate

Answer 14

操作，控制；操纵，控制，影响；

Question 15

enormous

Answer 15

巨大的，庞大的；

Question 16

evident

Answer 16

明显的，明白的；

Question 17

dynamic

Answer 17

电动的，有生气的；

Question 18

solidarity

Answer 18

团结一致；

Question 19

pit

Answer 19

陷阱；矿井；

Question 20

decay

Answer 20

腐烂；衰退；

Question 21

numerous

Answer 21

众多的；

Question 22

element

Answer 22

元素，组成部分；

Question 23

probably there is no one here who has not in the course of the day had occasion to set in motion a complex train of reasoning of the very same kind ,through differing in degree ,as that which a scientific man goes goes through in tracing the causes of natural phenomena.

Answer 23

在座的诸位中，大概不会有人一整天都没有机会进行一连串复杂的思考活动，这些思考活动与科学家在探索自然现象的原因时所经历的思考活动，尽管复杂程度不同，但在类型上是完全一样的。

Question 24

deny

Answer 24

否认，拒绝；

Question 25

instrumental

Answer 25

起作用的，有帮助的；乐器的；

Question 26

cellar

Answer 26

地下室；

Question 27

manual

Answer 27

手工的，体力的；手册；

Question 28

generally, the idea of good science tends to become confused with the capacity of the field in question to generate an elegant theory .

Answer 28

一般来说，人们往往将好科学的概念同该科学是否有能力产生一套完美的理论相混淆。

Question 29

banking on the confusion between educational and vocational reasons for bringing computers into schools,computer advocates often emphasize the job prospects of graduates over their educational achievement.

Answer 29

寄希望于混淆将计算机引入学校的教育原因和职业原因，主张计算机教育的人往往强调毕业生的就业背景，而忽视其学业成绩。

Question 30

constant

Answer 30

持续不断的，永恒不变的，坚定忠实的；

常熟，恒量；

Question 31

siege

Answer 31

包围围攻；

Question 32

psychology

Answer 32

心理学；

Question 33

pillar

Answer 33

台柱，栋梁；

Question 34

radical

Answer 34

基本的，根本的，重要的；

激进的，极端的；

Question 35

sip

Answer 35

一小口；

Question 36

diffuse

Answer 36

扩散，散布，传播；

（文章）冗长的，无边际的；

Question 37

subject to

Answer 37

使服从于；

Question 38

tile

Answer 38

瓦片，瓷砖；

Question 39

invasion

Answer 39

侵入，侵略；

Question 40

precedent

Answer 40

先例，惯例；

Question 41

critical

Answer 41

批评的，评论的；
危急的，紧要的；
挑剔的；
be critical of 爱挑毛病的；

Question 42

commit

Answer 42

交托给，提交；
犯错误，干坏事；
commit oneself to 是自己承担；
commit crimes 犯罪；

Question 43

much of this

Answer 43

所有这一切；

Question 44

stoop

Answer 44

弯腰，俯身；

Question 45

rather ,we have a certain of the American citizen ,a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently assess how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside outside of himself .

Answer 45

倒不如说，我们对美国公民有某种观念：如果他不能恰当地评估自己的生计和幸福是如何受到身外之物的影响的，那么他的个性就是不完整的；

Question 46

inertia

Answer 46

惰性；
惯性；
initiative 主动的，首倡的；

Question 47

plausible

Answer 47

似乎合理的，似乎可信的；

Question 48

odd though it sounds,cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementaryparticle physics ,and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true .

Answer 48

宇宙膨胀说虽然听似奇特，但是它是基本粒子物理学中一些公认的概念在科学上看来可信的结论。许多天体物理学家七八年来一直认为宇宙膨胀说是正确的；

Question 49

envious

Answer 49

羡慕嫉妒的，含积极意义；

jealous，消极意义；

Question 50

blur

Answer 50

模糊不清的；

污点；

Question 51

lest

Answer 51

唯恐，免得；

Question 52

mat

Answer 52

席子，垫子；

Question 53

intelligible

Answer 53

可理解的，易领悟的；

清楚地；

Question 54

provision

Answer 54

供应品；
准备，预备；
条款，规定；

Question 55

portrait

Answer 55

肖像，画像；

Question 56

torch

Answer 56

手电筒，火把；

Question 57

dormitory

Answer 57

集体宿舍（dorm）；

Question 58

drain

Answer 58

排水沟；
流出消耗；
排出放干；

Question 59

vocal

Answer 59

嗓音的，发声的；
直言不讳的；
声乐节目；

Question 60

occurrence

Answer 60

发生出现；

事件事故；