關鍵詞和短語

1. efficiency : n效率，其他同根詞：efficient: a高效率的；inefficient: a效率低的；inefficiency : n; effective: a有效果的

1). He has done much to increase the ____ of English teaching.

2). She is very _____ in reducing waste.

3). His ____ study method caused his failure.

4). The city government took some _____ measures to reduce unemployment.

Answers: efficiency, efficient; inefficient, effective

2. increasingly: ad不斷增加地，由此可以聯想到：

increase：v增加; increasing: a不斷增加的; decrease: v減少；

1). Drinking and smoking among young people _____ to an alarming extent.

2). The truth is becoming ______ apparent.

3). The ____ friendly relations between the two countries strengthen the cultural exchangesbetween them.

3. prevalent: a流行的，普通的 = popular

4. calculator : n計算者，計算器，calculate: v計算；calculation : n計算; calculating:a詭計多端的

5. expose: v使暴露，揭露，揭發，exposure: n; expose sb to sth讓某人接觸。。。

6. completion: n完成、結束，由此可以聯想到：

complete: v完成，a完整的，completeness: n完整；incomplete: a不完整的

1). He ____ denied the existence of god.

2). He has never ____ a project on time.

3). Money will be paid half in advance and half on _______.

4). When will the new railway ________?

7). intensity : n強烈、劇烈，由此可以聯想到：

intense = strong: a強烈的, intensive: a密集的，加強的；intensify: v加強；intension: n強烈、緊張。

1). We should ____ the struggle for peace.

2). There are few strong situations or moments of dramatic ______.

3). They have been receiving a four-day ____ training course.

4). They kept working in the ____ heat.

Answers: intensify, intensity, intensive, intense

8. defective : a有缺點的，defect: n缺點

9. assemble: v集合、裝配； assembly: n裝配

10. expose sth/sb to sth:暴露，面臨、遭受

1). People often expose their skin to the sun in summer.

2). I won't expose my soldiers to such unnecessary risks.

11. in that:在于，因為

1). I like the country better in that it is closer to nature.

12. in question:正被談論的，正被考慮的(通常放在被修飾名詞后面)

We know nothing about the plan in question.