詞匯題主要測試應(yīng)試者對大綱詞匯和短語的詞義、用法和搭配的辨認(rèn)和運用能力。測試的重點主要有：
    一、動詞短語和介詞短語的搭配和辨義
    二、近義詞辨異
    三、形近詞辨義
    四、單詞辨義
    五、固定搭配關(guān)系：如動詞和名詞、名詞與形容詞、動詞、名詞、形容詞與介詞或副詞之間的搭配。

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    1.Example
    a.Select any of these periodicals: Time, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest or The New Yorker.
    b.She is studying glaucoma and other disease of the eye.
    2.Comparison
    a.The snow was falling. Big flakes drifted with wind like feathers.
    3.Contrast
    a.Most of us agreed, however, Bill dissented.
    b.Peter was not fugal since he spent money so freely.
    4.Definition
    a.The harbor is protected by a jetty—a wall built out into the water.
    b.Jane is indecisive, that is , she can’t make up her mind.
    5.Restatement
    a.He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill.
    b.Carbon monoxide is a noxious gas which can cause death.
    c.I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I won’t give up easily.
    6.General Knowledge
    a.The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel.
    b.“We have found that no one in the freshmen class can add, multiply, subtract or divide simple sums… Therefore we are starting up a special remedial arithmetic course…”
    7.Related Information
    a.Just before the exam Carl’s hands shook and sweated so much that he could not hold a pen. His heart beat fast and his stomach ached, even though he knew the subject very well. He had a strange phobia about taking tests.

    1.The barren land could produce little food.
    sterile, unfertile
    fertile
    2.The room was dark and I bumped my head against the door.
    Collide, hit
    3.My wife’s been exerting a lot of pressure on me to change my job.
    Put forth, use, utilize
    4.The king’s younger brother took part in the intrigue to make himself king.
    conspiracy
    5.They had to postpone their trip because of rain.
    Delay, put off, defer
    均含“推遲”、“延期”、“延緩”的意思。
    delay 指“暫時阻撓或阻擋, 稍后可再繼續(xù)進行”, 如: The steamer was delayed by bad weather.
    defer指“決定延期至適當(dāng)時期, 而且有意向?qū)�來一定繼續(xù)作”, 如: Payment has been deferred until next week.
    postpone是正式用語, 語義較強, 指“有意識地延至將來某一特定時間”, 在多數(shù)情況下, 后面說明改在何時進行, 如: The meeting has been postponed to Friday.
    put off與postpone大致同義, 但較通俗口語化, 如: Let's put this off till some other time. 

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