練習：

1. I ______ that we would finish it in two days . 

A counted     B calculated      C figured       D numbered 

2. The waters of the lake were so ______ that it looked like glass. 

  A silent    B calm     C still     D quiet 

3. The sports meeting has been ______ because of weather.  

  A abolished   B missed    C returned    D cancelled  

4.  Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full ______

  A capacity    B strength    C length     D possibility

5. The wife was ______ by the police at the railway station 

  A mounted    B minded    C carpet     D captured

6. I have no ______ with me , may I pay by cheque ?

  A cash    B currency    C cast     D current

8. Our meeting is ______

  A excellent   B good     C bad     D casual

10. It rained all day without ______

  A stop    B relay     C ceased    D ceasing

11. We received a ______ from the college to play them at football.

  A ceremony   B challenge    C chapter    D chamber

12. I met him ______ on my way home.

  A by a chance   B on a chance   C by chance    D on a chance

13. She was complaining that the doctor was ______ too much for the treatment he was giving her.

  A expending   B offering    C costing    D charging

14. She ______ Tom into doing what she wanted.

  A attracted    B concentrated   C catered    D charmed

15. The dog ______ the rabbit but could not catch it.

  A follow    B chatted    C chattered    D chased  

16. Do not ______ in the exam, it will do you no good.

  A cheat    B disaster    C trick     D deceive

17. The two girls sat in the room and ______ about their boyfriends.

  A charted    B chatted    C chattered    D chased

18. The last guests ______ of their rooms.

  A checked in   B checked out   C checked through  D checked up on

19. The ______ of autumn was in the air and she went to fetch a coat.

  A tepid    B chilly     C chill     D cool

20. The smoke almost ______ me. 

  A chilled    B choked    C chopped    D clapped

21. He ______ firewood with an ax.

  A chopped    B cut     C chained    D carved

22. We must not touch this switch under any ______.

  A situation    B giant     C circumstance   D civilization

23. A ______ war is one between people of the same country.

A civil    B nation     C race     D choice

24. He ______ that he could finish the work without any help.

  A claimed    B required    C demanded    D denounced

25. Her wedding ______ with any exam so I could not go.

  A clashed    B collided    C disagreed    D contested

26. She likes ______ literature and music.

  A domestic   B feature    C existence    D classical

27. Children in school are ______ into grades.

  A listed    B classified    C catalogued    D combined

28. I would rather live in France because of the ______.

  A weather    B whether    C climax    D climate

30. The ______ of these stamps took ten years.

  A collection   B collective    C collector    D combination

31. He thought he had given the reports enough for a ______.

  A columnist   B colonel    C colony    D column

33. The color purple is a ______ of red and blue

  A combination  B collection   C unity    D joint

34. He commanded that we ______ at once.

  A will attack   B can attack    C attack     D to attack

35. The incident evoked some ______ in the press.

  A comments   B commands    C committees   D commissions

36. The government has ______ itself to improving health education.

  A committed   B done     C made     D commissioned

37. John and I have nothing ______.

  A in like    B in alike    C in usual    D in common

38. The two friends have not ______ with each other for years.

  A associated   B communicated   C assisted    D compacted

39. I used to have a ______ to that vase, but I broke it.

  A company   B accompany    C companion    D community

40. He has been keeping ______ with her for more than two years.

  A company   B compare    C compass    D compose

41. She was interested in ______ literature.

  A comparatively  B comparison   C comparable   D comparative

42. The poet ______ the woman he loves to a rose.

  A contrasts    B compels    C compares    D companies

43. Bad health ______ him to resign from his job

  A enforced    B compelled    C forced     D competed

44. She and her sister are always ______ attention

 A competing in  B competing for   C competing with   D competed against

45. The court is not ______ hear your case.

   A competent to  B competent for   C capable of    D able to

46. He ______ me about the food.

   A complained   B pretended    C regretted    D complain

47. What he said was too ______ for me to understand.

   A complex   B completive    C complain    D complementary

48. The question was a ______ one.

   A owing    B complicated   C powder    D grand

49. Water is ______ of hydrogen and oxygen.

   A composed   B consisted    C made     D complicated

50. Water, for example is a ______ of hydrogen and oxygen.

   A Comprehend  B compromised   C composer    D compound

51. He ______ his report into three pages.

  A condensed   B compressed   C contracted    D compounded

52. He could not ______ the crime any longer.

  A conceive    B conceal    C herd     D herb

53. A small body has no ______ of right and wrong.

  A thought    B idea     C concept    D notion

54. Anything that ______ Mr. Smith interested me.

  A concerns    B matters    C importance    D subjects

55. The peace negotiations were successfully ______.

   A condemned   B concluded    C conducted    D confessed

56. His proposal is very ______ .We do not need any explanation.

   A abstracted   B faithful    C loyal    D concrete

57. The judge ______ him for fraud.

   A denounced   B condemned   C charged    D accuse

58. A long story sometimes can be ______ into a few sentences.

  A condensed   B condemned   C condescended   D concealed

59. You may borrow the book, ______ you don not lend it to anyone.

  A in good condition  B on condition that  C in no condition to  D in condition

60. Copper ______ electricity.

  A cracks    B equips    C strikes    D conducts

61. They will hold a ______ regarding some European problems.

  A conversation   B conference    C reference    D cooperation

62. He confessed ______ the cigarette on the chair.

  A leave    B to leave    C have left    D to leaving

63. He is ______ that he will pass the exam.

  A double    B gravity    C bond     D confident

64. The captive was ______ in a dungeon.

  A restricted   B confined    C controlled    D restrained

65. The evidence ______ me in my opinion that they are lying.

   A conforms   B confirms    C confines    D confesses

66. It brought him into ______ with the government.

   A conflict    B confirmation   C confinement   D conformation

67. I am always ______ John and Paul, which one is John?

  A confronting   B conflicting    C confusing    D confining

68. I must ______ you on a successful interview.

  A remark    B approve    C appreciate    D congratulate

69. I did the work in ______ with three other people.

  A connection   B conjunctive   C conjunction   D congratulate

70. This wire connects ______ that one.

  A with    B to     C with     D of

71. They ______ he southern part of kingdom with ease.

  A conquered   B vanquished    C overcame    D conquest

72. He was not ______ of having offended her.

  A conscious   B awake     C clear     D familiar

73. I am sure he will not ______.

  A agree    B consent    C content    D constant

74. The rain was heavy , ______ the land was flooded.

  A consequently   B however    C whatever    D but

75. He had a ______ respect for Mr. Green.

  A valuable    B extraordinary   C worthwhile    D considerable

76. We would be ______ of the comfort of old people.

  A thoughtful   B considerate    C conscience    D estimate

77. A university ______ teachers, administrators and students.

  A consists    B composes    C includes    D contains

78. It is our ______ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.

  A consistent   B continuous    C considerate    D continual

79. She became a ______ customer of the bookshop.

  A continuous   B constant    C content    D consent

80. We ______ two apartment buildings for 80 households.

  A established   B erected    C constructed   D consulted

81. Before we can accept the management offer we must ______ the workers again.

  A consult with   B consult    C look up    D advise

82. In Britain people ______ four million tons of potatoes every year.

  A swallow    B dispose    C consume    D exhaust

83. A club is a place to make frequent ______ with friends.

   A contrast   B contact    C contract    D content

84. Pig iron may ______ 4% of carbon.

  A contain    B comprise    C embrace    D cover

85. Dickens was ______ with Thackeray.

  A modern    B contemporary   C temporary    D temptation

86. Show me the ______ of your suitcase.

  A container   B refill     C contents    D contest

87. How many people are ______ the seat on the council?

  A contesting   B converting    C matching    D gambling

88. Our journey was slow because the train stopped ______ at different village.

  A unceasingly   B gradually    C continuously   D continually

89. He expand when they are heated and ______  when cooled.

   A contrasted   B reduced    C contract    D eliminate

90. Your statements today are in ______  with what you said yesterday.

   A conversation  B contradiction   C conversation   D contribution

91. Various factors ______  to his downfall.

   A distributed   B contributed    C attributed    D devoted

92 The government has been overthrown and the country is now ______  the military.

  A in the control of  B in control of   C out of control   D under control

93. Our new house is very ______  for me as I can get to the office in five minutes.

  A adaptable   B comfortable   C convenient    D available

94. The train ______ over three hundred passengers everyday.

  A transmits   B ships     C conveys    D ferries

答案：

第三次課復習：C開頭的核心詞匯

--circ--，cycl-示"環(huán)"，"圓"： circle圓，circulate(使)循環(huán)，circular環(huán)形的；電路(circuit)一環(huán)行回路，環(huán)境、情況(circumstance)一站立(-stan-)在周圍ance名詞后綴：自行車(cycle bicycle)一兩個（bi-）圓形車輪。

--sist----站，環(huán)境(circumstance)一站立在周圍(circum-=circle)；遠離(distance)一分開(dis)站立：例于(instance)一站立在里面(in)：抵抗(resistance)一站立在相反(re--)的位置，物質(zhì)(substance)一站立于表象之下(sub-)。

--lect---示"收集"、"選擇"、"講"：收集(collect)-起(co1，)：反回去(re-)收集一回憶(recollect)選擇出來(e-)一選舉(elect)：分(se-)選------挑選(select)：不(neg)選-----被忽視(neglect)；從中間(intel-)選出來一有"智力(intellect*)"，有智力者是知識分子(intellectual)

--pel--表示"推"：加強(com-)推----強迫(compel)；向外(ex-)推一開除(expel)；向前(pro-)推一推動(propel*)一推進器(propeller*)；反(re-)推一擊退(repel*)。

--pris--表示"捉"：監(jiān)獄(prison)是安置所捉犯人的地方：一起(com-)捉入一包括(comprise)：企業(yè)、事業(yè)(enterprise)一捉在手中(enter-)：surprise原義為"突然襲擊，在上面(sur-)當場抓住"，后引申為驚異。

--clude--表示"閉"、"關"：向外(ex-)關閉一拒絕(exclude)。向里(in)關閉一包括(include)。一起(con-)關閉一結束(conclude)一下結論(conclusion)。

--fin---表示"末尾"一"界限"：結束(finish)、最后(finally)、最后的(final)都有末尾之意：加強(con-)界限一監(jiān)禁(confine)：下(de-)界限一下定義(define)一一定的(definite)一定義(definition)：界限一有限的(finite)；無(in-)界限一無限的(infinite)；fine表示"好"、精致"：反復(re-)使其精致一精煉(refine)。fine也有"結尾"之意，現(xiàn)僅用于infine中。

--fuse--表示"注入"：熔化(fuse*)是為了注入，保險絲(fuse*)過熱熔化：-起(con-)注入一混淆(confuse)：不(re-)注入一拒絕(refuse)。

--gress--，表示"走"：向前(pro·)走一前進(progress)一前進的(progressive)；向(ag--to)別人的地方走一侵略的(aggressive)：代表大會(congress)-起(con-)走。

--duc--表示"引導"：  向中間(intro-)引導一介紹；向前(pro-)導一生產(chǎn)(produce)一產(chǎn)品(product)；再(re-)生產(chǎn)(produce)一復制、生殖(按父母基因進行復制的過程)(reproduce)：往回(re-)導一還原、減少(reduce)；共同(con-)導一引導、傳導(conduct)：往外(e-)導教育、教導(educate)。

--fer--起(con-)做商議(confer)，帶來之反(of)去供給(offer)。分開(di-)帶來生不同(differ)，下面(suf-)帶來遭難(suffer)泣。帶回(代-)原處指參考(refer)，帶到前面(pre-)因更喜(prefer)。心里(in)帶來做推斷(infer)，轉換(trans-)帶來能轉移(transfer)。

--sist--表示"站"(站一站在那一邊，引申"幫助"，"支持")：去(as-to)站"-'去援助(assist),相反(re-)地"站"一抵抗(resist)：完全(per-)"站"在那--邊堅持、固執(zhí)(persist)："站"在里面(in)一堅持、強調(diào)(insist),"站"在一起(con)由…組成(consist)。

--stan--表示"站"：始終站-起(con-)----不斷的，分開(dis-)站立----遠遠的(distant)：沒有(in)站立的地方----立即(instant)。

--struct--表示"建造"：建造在一起(con-)----建設、創(chuàng)立(construct)，建造的否定(de-)----毀壞(destruction)：教育、指導(instruct)一在他人心理(in)的一種建造；障礙(obstruct)一起反作用(ob-)的建造：結構(structure)----建造出來的

--tract--表示"拖"抽象的摘要(abstract)吸引(attract)合同縮小(contract)，分神(distract*)的拖拉機(tractor)向外(ex-)拔出(extract*)減掉(subtract)。

-dic--表示"說"：口授、命令(dictate)一聽寫(dictation)：字典(dictionary)是與說相關的書：相反地(contra-)說一反駁(contradiction)：藏在里面(in)的說一暗示(indicate)：預先(pre-)說一預告(predict)。

--sume---表示"拿取"：去(as-=to)拿取、預先(pre-)拿取一假定(assume，presume)：一起(全部)(con-)拿取一消費、耗盡(consume)；拿回(re-)一恢復(resume)。推測(presume) 

要恢復(resume)承擔(assume)假定(assume)的消費(consume)

--tribu--表示"給予"：給予之物一貢品(tribute*)：給向(at-=to)一把…歸于(attribute)：一起(con-)給予一貢獻(contribute)；分開(dis-)給予一分配(distribute)。

Charm 農(nóng)場(farm)有魅力(charm)，溫暖(warm)蜂群(Swarm)集。軍隊(army)拉警報(alarm)，傷害(harm)用武器(arms)。

Chat  戴帽子(hat)的什么(what)人在那(that)聊天(chat)。

Check 甲板(deck)頸部(neck)失事(wreck)要檢查(check)。

Check 惟-的(unique)支票(cheque)換難懂的(opaque)技術（technique)。

Cheek 每周(week)尋找(seek)希臘(Greek)面頰(cheek)。

Chief 簡潔(brief)達到(achieve)讓賊(thief)信(believe)，首領(chief)傷心(grief)會減輕(relieve)

Chill 作坊(mill)像小山(hill)，賬單(bill)來充滿(fill)，直到(till)問遺愿(will)，殺死(kill)用藥丸(pill)。技能(skill)能靜靜地{still)濺(spill)，激動(thrill)能往寒冷{chill)里鉆(drill)。

Choke 笑話(joke)把煙吸(smoke)，-擊(stroke)惹(provoke)窒總(choke)。

Circulate  線路圓的(circula-circular)才循環(huán)(circulate)，只有可(cal～諧音)靠才計算(calculate)，善于表達(articulate*)有藝術(art)，投機(speculate*)特別(spec～一special)靠推斷(speculate*)。

Cite  引用(cite)風箏(kite)叮咬(bite)的位置(site)。

Civil 市民(civil)中有邪惡(evil)的魔鬼(devil)。

claim-表示"呼喚"、"乞求"，引申"要求"、"主張"：超過(ex-)呼喚一驚叫(exclaim)；pro-向前(pro-)呼喚一宣布聲明(proclaim*)：呼喚返回(re-)一要求歸還(reclaim)。

Classify 分類(classify)才能澄清(clarify)。

Clash 碰撞(clash)撞毀(crash)再粉碎(smash)，只剩一堆灰(ash)。

Climate 同班同學(classmate)皆成氣候(climate)。

Coil  用油(oil)煮沸(boil)的：土壤(soil)損壞(spoil)成卷(coil)。

Collar 衣領(collar)闊(co諧音)．美元(dollar)多(do-諧音)  柱子(pillar)劈了(pillar諧音)藥丸(pill)落．地窖(cellar*)前面細胞(cell)擱。

Comb 炸彈(bomb)如梳(comb)通(tomb皆音)墳墓(tomb*)。

Command 命令(command)男人(man)共同(com-)掌，修補(mend)推薦加表揚(commend*)，注釋評論(comment)論短長。

Commit 全體委員(committee)承認(admit)屈從(submit)傳播(transmit)媒體，犯了(commit)忽略(omit)界限(limit)、允許(permit)發(fā)射(emit)這一錯誤。

Companion 洋蔥(Onion)是"阿蓮"(諧音)，加皮(～加一諧音)有意見(opinion)。一起(com-)拍(一pa一諧音)同伴(companion)，聯(lián)合(union)是"有聯(lián)"(諧音)。

Complete  比賽競爭(compete)多根棍(1象形)，任何任務能完成(complete)。完成(complete)對過時(obsolete*)運動員(athlete)的刪除(delete)。

Complicated 老練尖端(sophisticated)多復雜(complicated)

Complain  抱怨(complain)解釋(explain)的太明白(plain)。

Conceal 海豹(seal)圖章(seal)偷(steal)真的(real)，揭露(reveal)隱藏(conceal)要呼吁(appeal)。理想(ideal)膳食(meal)那里去，熱心(zeal*)治愈(heal)再處理(deal)，

Concept 接受(accept)接待(reception)要察覺(percept*)并去除(except)有欺騙(deception*)的概念(concept)。

Confront  共同(con-)的前面(front)要面對(confront)。國境(frontier)是國土最前面(front)的地方(er)

Confuse 熔化(fuse*)的保險絲(fuse*)混淆(confuse)后拒絕(refuse)擴散(diffuse*)。

Conjunction 功能(function)失靈(malfunction*)用連詞(conjunction)連接(unction*)。

Condition 傳統(tǒng)(tradition)加法(addition)講條件(condition)，版本(edition)遠征(expedition*)是探險。

Consult 侮辱(insult)要商討(consult)后果(result)。

Contrary 矛盾(contrary)是因在一起(con-}(注意：本為前綴contra-相反)，專橫任意(arbitrary)是阿B(arbi～諧音)。

Passage 1

As an amateur behavior artist, Rocco claims that if humans wear clothes then it's not part of an advanced civilization to let trees and rocks go bare. "Under no circumstances," he would say, "should a civilian allow that to happen, it's just not civil," and goes on to cite a clause from some ancient Greek law,  stating that if one lays claim to a piece of land, then one has to take care of things on this land. Rocco also puts clothes on trees and rocks in his own garden. If circumstances permit, he'll buy new clothes for himself and his pet trees and pet rocks. There's no way to classify Rocco as a classical artist, or put his works under a classification. Rocco clarifies that it's a new expression of art, simply not classic. Few people clap at Rocco art, and most think it clashes with classic art.  Rocco laughs at this sort of claim and says that under the circumstances they might as well turn a blind eye to his works, as he doesn't mind the lack of clap in the audience. But he maintains it won't hurt if people just civilize a bit more so they can appreciate a clash in art.

Passage 2

     There is not much difference in how young people date nowadays in contrast with the past. Boy meets girl, they see each other, and go out in a continual way. However, when it's time to pay the bill, some contrast will appear. The boy and girl now often share the bill, while the convention was that the boy paid for everything. There are controversies 'about whether it's acceptable, since it's a contradiction to what some people believe. But it certainly conveys the message that modern women have broken away from conventional ideas. The differences between men and women are contracting, and women don't depend on men any more. On the contrary, women are taking the leading role in many respects. Also, society has provided women with more conveniences, which enables them to make more contribution to the society in return. Marriage becomes a contract of equals. It's no longer controversial for women to serve in the army or things like that, and conversely, they are regarded as capably as men, if not more. Although there are continuous arguments that women should return to their families, the contrary is true. Perhaps men need to convert their attitudes so they can accept what might be contrary to traditional beliefs.

     Luckily, I can contrast the above with the behavior and attitudes of my husband, who, by contrast, is almost perfect. He does the housework, is a good cook, and insists on contributing to the family in every way I could want. You might think I live a charmed life, but it would be perfect, if only he wouldn't act to the contrary whenever I want to buy more clothes.