?选修八 Unit 1 A land of diversity ———?基础盘点·自测自评?——— 阅读单词 快速排查本单元阅读词汇并在不认识的词汇前划√ □strait n． □Arctic adj. □ministry n． □shave vi.& vt. □vice n．& adj. □federal adj. □aircraft n． □nephew n． □tram n． □cattle n． □bakery n． □ferry n．& vt. □seagull n． □mourn vt.& vi. □authority n． □rail n． □nowhere adv. □brake vi.& vt. □pole n． □fascinating adj. 核心单词 1.occur vi.发生；出现 2.grasp vt.& n．抓住；抓紧；掌握；领会 3.reform vt.& vi.改革；革新 n．改革；改造；改良 4.hire vt.& n．租用；雇用 5.thoughtful adj.关切的；体贴的；深思的 6.justice n．正义；公平 7.insert vt.嵌入；插入 8.despite prep.尽管；不管 9.hardship n．苦难；困苦 10.luggage n．行李(〈美〉baggage) 11.thankful adj.感激的；感谢的 12.boom n. (人口、贸易的)繁荣 vi.处于经济迅速发展时期 13.civil adj.公民的；国内的；民间的 拓展单词 1.distinct adj.清晰的；明显的；明确的→distinction n．差别；区分；卓著 2.immigrant n. (从外国移入的)移民→immigrate vi.移入(外国定居)→immigration n．移民；移居入境 3._means n．手段；方法→mean v．意味着 adj.吝啬的→meaning n．意思；意义(拓展速记1) 4.majority n．大多数；大半→major adj.主要的 vi.主修 n．专业→minority n．少数 5.elect vt.选择；决定做某事；选举某人→election n．选举 6.crossing n．横渡；横越；十字路口；人行横道→cross vi.横过 7.applicant n．申请人→apply vi.& vt.申请→application n．申请书；申请 8.indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示→indicator n．指示者；指示器→indication n．指示；表明 9.apparent adj.显而易见的；显然的；表面上的→apparently adv.显然地；显而易见地 10.fascinating adj.迷人的；吸引人的→fascinated adj.着迷的；被深深吸引的→fascinate vi.入迷 vt.使着迷；使神魂颠倒→fascination n．魅力；魔力；入迷 11.punishment n．处罚；惩罚→punish v．处罚；惩罚 [语境活用] 用所给词的适当形式填空 1.He indicated that I should give him some indications of how I did in the test. (indicate) 2.Apparently, she took no notice of the apparent mistakes in the accident. (apparent) 3.All the applicants can apply in person or by letter and at the same time should hand in their applications before May 5th. (apply) 4.It is bad news for the immigrants that the UK made new laws to restrict immigration. Those who want to immigrate to the UK must fulfill more requirements. (immigrate) 5.He won the election and was elected president of the country. (elect) 6.The results of the survey fell into distinct groups. The old were scholars of great distinction while the young were the opposite. (distinct) 7.One of the major problems is that a majority of the graduates who major in English find it difficult to find a good job. (majority) 8.“Walk across this street and turn left at the first crossing，” the boy told the lady. (cross) 走进高考 1.means 熟义：n.手段；方法 生义：n.财富；钱财 Are the monthly repayments within your means (＝ Can you afford them)？ 2.distinct熟义：adj.清晰的；明显的；明确的 生义：adj.截然不同的；有区别的 There are two distinct groups of people within the UK figu ... ...
