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favored:preferred integral:fundamental flourish:thrive grumble:complain serve:function detect:find sedentary:inactive subject:expose essence:basic nature词义题OG真题precious:valuable expose:visible propulsion:move forward threaten:endanger delicate:fragile devoid of:lack in progressively:increasingly readily:easily assistance:help expand:enlarge inevitable:unavoidable gratify:satisfy distort:misinterpret disrupt:upset spearhead:lead enhance:improve sophisticated:complex channel:direct immeasurably:greatly inclination:tendency concept:idea despondent:unhappy concur:agree rate:judge relevant:applicable relatively:comparatively relics:remains seeps:flow slowly长难句1.It involves probing for deeply rooted concerns,devising creative solutions,and makingtrade-offs and compromises where interests are opposed.2.By sitting on all the college’s boards and committees and by joining with NUS nationally,theStudents’ Union aims to represent your interests as student and,when necessary,fight for yourrights and welfare.3.First established by the British as a convict settlement in 1788,it is a modern cosmopolitancity that has developed into one of the nation’s major industrial ,business,and manufacturing centres.4.Several countries,including Indonesia,Thailand and Philippines,are expected to demonstratehigh rates of growth in demand for power,an encouraging situation for those countries quick enough to develop and commercialize fuel cell technology.5.Expeditioners heading south were issued with pamphlets listing five-letter codes coveringalmost every conceivable situation so they could communicate with families and still keep within strict”word limit” during their year on base.6.However,assuming the build uo of green house gases is responsible ,and that the warming willcontinue ,scientists---and inhabitants of low-lying coastal areas ---would like to know the extent of future sea level rises.7.Reformers in the Northern states put so much pressure upon the Congress not to extendslavery to territories destined for statehood that some of the southern states wanted to secede from the United States.8.The conquering Europeans displaced the Aborigines ,killing many,depriving others from theirtraditional tribal lands ,and eventually settling many of the tribal remnants on government reserves ,where flour and beef replaced nardoo and wallaby as staple foods.9.Another kind of signaling,used by the North American Indians ,was done by covering asmoky fire with a hide or blanket which was withdrawn for an instant and then put back ,letting a puff of smoke escape.10.But the oceans are not one-dimensional,and recent work done by oceangraphers ,using a newmodel which takes into account a number of subtle facets of the sea ---including vast and complex ocean currents ---suggest that the rise in sea level may be less than some earlier estimates had predicted.11.They also bring together in one display a group of objects drawn from various parts of themuseum in an effort to represent the whole lifestyle of a region or a historical period.12.Graphic descriptions of deformed fish and thinning populations,particularly in the Baltic Seawhere old pulp mills had discharged untreated effluents for 100 years ,have disturbed the internationl community.13.Fresh outbreaks or coral bleaching---which occurs when rising tenperature cause polyps todiscard the tiny algae that give reefs their colours and which is linked by some scientists to the greenhouse effect,are being recorded.14.And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepenedby the simple mindedness---as he sees it ----of citizens ,social workers,doctors,law-makers,and judges,who, instead of eliminating crimes ,punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them reform.15.The national characteristics of equality and informality are reflected in Australianhumor ,much of which is directed against those people who give the impression that they consider themselves superior.16.A breakthrough in the provision of energy from the sun foe the European EconomicCommunity could be brought forward by up to two decades,if an modest increase could be provided in the EEC’s research effort in this field ,according to the senior EEC scientistsengaged in experiments in solar energy at EEC’s scientific laboratories at Ispra ,near Milan. 17.Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them,it wasthe success they were achieving in solving the problem , in mastering the skilll ,and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.18.Most commercial tile cleaners do more harm than good because they contain chlorine,aserious irritant to nose ,eyes,and skin and one of the most dangerous chemicals found in Australian sewers.19.On the other hand ,they should not be swayed by the glamour of some professions,such asmedicine and law ,when they would be far happier in, say ,engineering ---a discipline which has suffered an image problem but which has strong openings and very satisfying career prospects.20.The best evidence for the layered mantle thesis is the well-established fact that volcanic rocksfound on oceanic islands ,islands believed to result from mantle plumes arising from the lower mantle ,are composed of material fundamentally different from that of the midocean ridge system,whose source,most geologists contend, is the upper mantle.21.In the face of this critique ,the traditional notion of culture ---that it was a weighty set oftraditions compelling individuals to act in certain ways ----gave way to a conception of the constant production of cultures through continual human action ---people working with their hands and minds -----in response to the material conditions of everyday life.22.Yet,Walzer’s argument ,however deficient ,dose point to one of the most serious weaknessesof capitalism---namely,that it brings to predominant positions in a society people who ,no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards ,often lack those other qualities that evoke affection or admiration.23.By studying the primitive visual systems of single-cell aquatic organisms,biophysicists havediscovered a striking similarity between algae and cows ,a similarity that indicates the common evolutionary origin of plants and animal:both algae and cows produce a light-sensitive protein called rhodopsin.24.The most typical rights procedure is adjudication ,in which disputants present evidence andargument to a neutral third party who has the power to make a decision that must be followed by both disputants.25.Since both light and rapid rail have electric engines,pollution is measures not from the motorexhaust,but from the power plant generating electricity ,which is usually located outside the city,where air quality problems are less serious.26.The challenge now is to develop policies and practices based on a presumption of sharedresponsibilitiy between men and women,and a presumption that there are potential benefits for men and women,as well as for families and the community,if there is greater gender equality in the responsibilities and pleasures of family life.27.In earlier grades,the use of so-called token economies,in which students handle challengingproblems and receive performance based points toward valued rewards,shows promise in raising effort and creativity ,the Delaware psychologist claim.28.When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost atthe same moment,but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile,they can begin to time the interval between the flash and the crash to learn how closethey were to the actual spark.29.Since 1986 when the Department of Labour began to allow fees of investment officers to bebased on the performance of the funds they manage,several corporations have begun paying their investment advisers a small basic fee ,with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.30.Even though the direct costs of malpractice disputes amounted to less than one percent of the541 billion dollars the nation spent on health care last year ,doctors say fear of lawsuits playsa majoe role in health-care inflation.31.The question of whether to divest themselves of stock in companies that to business in SouthAfrica is particularly troublesome for the nation’s 116 private Black colleges because their economic bases are often more fragile than those of most predominant White colleges.32.A representative of the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor contendsthat employers who offer benefits that permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better will realize gains in attendance,recruiting,and retention.33.However much is known about causes and consequences at the molecular level ,and in spiteof an enormous accumulation of chemical and morphological data on embryos of various kinds ,our understanding of how genes control morphogenesis is still far from complete.34.Already,waste paper constitutes 70percent of paper used for packaging and advances in thetechnology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled content in newsprint and writing paper.35.Undoubtedly,the native raspberry,for example,could ,with suitable selection and breedingprogram ,be made to yield a high-class fruit ;but Australians already enjoy good raspberries from other areas of the world and unless some dedicated amateur plant breeder takes up the task,the Australian raspberries are likely to remain unimproved.36.Conventional models of sea-level rise have considered that this is the only method,butmeasurements have shown that the rate of heat transfer into the ocean by vertical diffusion is far lower in practice than the figures that many modelers have adopted.37.Art galleries,pubs,and restaurants abound in the cosy streets that tend to be quite narrow,whereas the suburbs surrounding the city’s colleges and universities consist mainly of family homes and multiunit blocks-an ideal situation for students looking for a home-stay,or to rent.38.Despite protests from some waste-disposal companies ,health officials have ordered that thelevels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches be measured and the results published.39.A new study proposes a significant increase in the capacity of towns and cities through acombination of increased housing densities ,lower on-plot provisions for cars and more on-street parking ,and the reuse of marginal open space that is “devoid of any amenity value”.40.And so today,as the choice of which food plants to cultivate in Australia has been largelydecided ,and as there is little chance of being lost for long periods in the bush,our interest in the subject of Australian food plants tends to relate to natural history rather than to practical necessity.41.Only Germany,with incentives to business to encourage the employment of older people ,andFrance ,with the introduction of legislation making it illegal to use age barriers in recruitment ---or to make employees redundant because of their age ---have done anything substantive to combat age discrimination.42.Human beings have distinguished themselves from other animals,and in doing so ensuredtheir survival ,by the ability to observe and understand their environment and then either to adapt to thart environment or to control and adapt it to their own needs.43.The only way I know of dealing with this general human conceit is to remind ourselves thatman is a brief episode in the life of a small planet in a little corner of the universe, and as we know ,other parts of the cosmos may contain beings as superior to oueselves as we are to jellyfish.44.The temperature of the exhaust gases is well above 500 degrees,meaning that solid oxide fuelcells are very attractive for electricity and heat generation as ,in addition to supplying electricity ,the leftover amounts of heat created during the process could be used to produce heat for industries ,provide hot water supplies or warm buildings.45.The convergence of those two growing trends---dropping out and logging on ---exacerbatesthe serious consequences of a drop in political involvement and a rise in social isolation. 46.The rapid movement of women into the workforce is often cited,incorrectly,I believe,as theprimary reason for the drop in participation,because they are no longer free to volunteer for community activities or school meetings.47.Because the summer time-work of scientists tends to capture the public’s imagination ,withrevelations about the ozone hole or whale numbers,people tend to overlook the efforts of the20 or so winterers at each base ----mostly tradespeople -----who keep the bases going longafter the boffins(research scientists)have migrated to warmer climate.48.If ,as some as yet unconfirmed data suggest,even minimal exposure to asbestos may result indisease,then clearly the report should have stated that the employment of asbestos was unacceptable in any form..49.One of the most important aspects of these European cities,in terms of giving cities back tothe children,has been a range of “traffic calming”initiatives,aimed at reducing the volume and speed of traffic.50.The sight of Barney Clark---alive and conscious after trading his diseased heart for a mentaland plastic pump----convinced the press,the public and many doctors that the future had arrived.。