四六级-[四级词汇] 2011英语四级考试必备：核心词汇(3)(4)

It will be increasingly difficult to maintain political support for the free flow of goods, services, and capital across borders. （07-12）

catastrophe n.大灾难, 大祸（08-6）

category n.种类, 部属; 类目

centralize v.集聚, 集中

challenge n.挑战

The challenge is particularly evident in the work—place. （07-12）

characteristic adj.表示特性的；典型的；特有的 n. 特征，特性 (06-6)

If you display these characteristics, with just a little luck, you’ll certainly succeed in the typical personnel interview.(95-1)

charge v.要价；索价；

circumstance n.环境, 详情, 境况 （07-12）

Losing everything you own under such circumstances can be distressing. (06-12)

citizen n.市民, 公民（08-12）

In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars.（06-12）

claim v.要求，认领，索赔

Mothers have always claimed that they could see their newborns looking at them as they held them, despite what they have been told. （91-1）

It is often claimed that nuclear energy is something we cannot do without.（97-1）

clinical adj.临床的；临诊的

clip n.小夹子；回形针不及物动词 vi. 夹上,夹住

Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs.（93-6）

cloud n.云, 烟云（02-6）

cluster n.一串；一束；一群 vt. 群集，聚集（06-12）

When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. （01-6）

coastal adj.海岸的 （02-6）

coincidence n.巧合；巧合的事

It is no coincidence that a large number of violent crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol.

大量的暴力犯罪都是在酒精的作用下发生的，这一点并非巧合。

combine v.联结；结合 （08-12）

This information is combined with a map database.（02-1）

commerce n.商业（02-12）

commodity n. 货场；商品；物品

In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen.（92-1）

communicate v. 交流；通信

With stunning speed, the Internet is profoundly changing the way we work, shop, do business, and communicate.（05-12）

community n.社区

Why do some non-native speakers of English claim that it is a difficult language to learn, while infants born into English-speaking communities acquire their language before they learn to use forks and knives? （2009.6）

为什么英语非母语者认为英语难学，而英语环境出生的幼儿在学会使用刀叉前就已经掌握英语了呢？

comparative adj. 比较的（08-12）

compatibility n. 适合， 适应（性）（95-1） [六级语法] 2011英语六级考试攻克语法必备练习（3）

If you are a man,you can point out that most poets and men of science are male;if you are woman,you can retort that so are most criminals.

【妙译】如果你是男人，你会指出，大多数诗人和科学家都是男性的;如果你是妇女，你会反驳说，大多数罪犯都是男性的。

【点拨】a本句是一个以分号连接的并列复合句。在第一分句中，从属连词if引导条件状语从句，that引导的从句时动词短语point out的宾语。第二个分句的结构基本与分句一的相同。B在第二个分句里，that引导的宾语从句使用了倒装的形式：most criminals是主语，so是表语，代替male以避免重复。本句是表示两种事物的对比，倒装的使用有较强的表现力。

1.In India more than one hundred languages are spoken,__1___ which only

fourteen are recognized as official.Many foreigners are curious about that how they understand others and communicate with others. And the mystery that different languages create the same ancient culture also attracts the overseas students. So,the course normally attracts 20 students per year,___2___up to half will be from overseas.

1.[a]of in [c]with [d]within

2.[a]in which for whom [c]with which [d]of whom

2.The goals, fame and wealth,___3____he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.Tom took only such men and things_____4___he really needed into the jungle with him.He wanted to seek a new and different experience, and explore the nature of life.

1.[a]after which for which [c]with which [d]at which

2.[a]which that [c]as [d]who

1.选a.该题考查定语从句引导词前介词的选择。定语从句可以由―介词+which/whom‖来引导，介词的选择取决于从句动词的搭配关系以及从句本身的意义。本题中which代表前面的one hundred languages,根据句意，其中14种被定为官方语言，这是一种部分与整体的关系，所以关系代词前面的介词要用of.

2.选d.该题考察非限定性定语从句。观察句子结构及四个选项可以看出这里需要一个―介词+关系代词‖的结构引导定语从句，因其先行词为人(20students)，且从句中需一个表范围