聯考英語辭彙總複習一
[答案] c. comprehensive.
[注釋] comprehensive 完全的無所不包的; comprehensible 能懂的, 可以理解的; understandable 可以理解的, 主要用來指人的行為。understanding 用來指人時, 表示"善於理解別人或別人問題的 (人) 。"注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map (街區詳圖) ; a comprehensible remark (聽得懂的話) ,an understandable mistake (可以理解的錯誤) ; an understanding friend (一位能理解人的朋友) 。
6. she was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to scotland.
a. ticket b. place c. seat d. connection
[答案] d. connection
[注釋] lose one's connection to 誤了到......地方去的 (汽車、火車、輪船的) 聯運; the train was late and i missed my connection.
7. the ship was _____ in a storm off jamaica.
a. drowned b. sunk c. wrecked d. submitted
[答案] c. wrecked
[注釋] wreck vt. 撞壞, 毀壞; 1) my son wrecked my car. 2) my car was completely wrecked in the accident.
sink vt. 下沉, 沉沒, 該動詞也可作及物動詞用, 意為“使下沉”, 但按本題句意看, 用被動語態不妥。 drown 溺死, 淹死： (vt.) he drowned his wife. (vi) he drowned in the river. (他在河裡淹死了。) submit 1) (=put oneself under the control of another) 提交, 呈送 (to) ： should a wife submit herself to her husband? (妻子應順從他丈夫嗎？) 2) (=put forward for option, discussion, decision ect.) 提出 (供評論、討論決定等) you must submit your request to the committee. 3) (=surrender (to) , give in) 屈服,投降：after being defeated, they submitted to the enemy. (打敗後, 他們向敵人投降了。)
8. no one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.
a. still b. yet c. already d. just
[答案] b. yet
[注釋] yet 常用於現在完成時的否定句中, 意為“尚, 還”。
9. more than one-third of the chinese in the united states live in california, _____ in san francisco.
a. previously b. predominantly c practically d. permanently
[答案] b. predominantly.
[注釋] predominantly (=mostly; mainly) 主要地。 previously (=coming earlier in time or order) 先前, 早先; this is better than any solution previously. (這個辦法比以前提出的任何解決辦法都好。) practically (=really; in a practical way) 實際上。permanently (=going on for a long time) 永久地。
本題譯文：在美國, 華人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亞洲, 其中主要是在舊金山。
10. the new secretary has written a remarkably _____ report only in a few pages but with all the details.
a. concise b. clear c. precise d. elaborate