六级常考近义词辨析

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1.transaction /transition /transformation /transmissiontransaction:"交易,事务,事项";"办理,执行"transition:"过渡,过渡时期"transformation:"改变,改观,改造"transmission:"传送,传递,传达,传导"典型考题分析:[例1]The ____ from childhood to adulthood is always a critical time for every-body.(2001.6)A)conversion B)transitionC)turnover D)transformation[题解]题意是:对每个人而言,从儿童到成人的过渡是一个关键时期。

选项conversion意思是"变换,转变",而turnover意思是"成交量,营业额;人员调整"。

根据题意,答案为B)。

[例2]Cultural ____ indicates that human beings hand their language down from one generation toanother.(2001.1)A)translation B)transitionC)transmission D)transaction[题解]题意是:文化继承是指人类将其语言代代相传。

根据题意,答案为C)。

[例3]He attends to the ____of important business himself.(1998.6)A)transaction B)transitionC)transmission D)transformation[题解]题意是:他亲自参与重要商业贸易的处理。

故答案为A)。

[例4]There is much I enjoy about the changing season ,but my favorite time is the ____ from fall towinter.(2000.6)A)transmission B)transformationC)transition D)transfer[题解]题意是:我喜欢季节的更替,但我最喜欢的是秋冬之交。

选项transfer意思是"调动,转移",故答案是C)。

2.concession /recessionconcession:"让步,妥协;授予"recession:"后退,撤回;商业暂时衰退现象,萧条"典型考题分析:[例5]It is hard to tell whether we are going to have a boom in the economy or a ____.(2001.6)A)concession B)recessionC)submission D)transmission[题解]题意是:很难预测我们的经济是繁荣还是衰退。

选项submission意思是"屈服,顺从",而且由boom 可知空格处需要一个与它意思相反的词,故答案应为B)。

3.confirm /conform、confirm:"确认,确定;批准,认可;使巩固,使坚定"conform:"适合,相似;符合,遵守(常接介词to)"典型考题分析:[例6]All the students have to ____ to the rules and the regulations of the school.(2001.1)A)confirm B)confrontC)confine D)conform[题解]题意是:所有的学生必须遵守学校的规章制度。

选项confront意思是"面对,面临;遭受;对抗",常用于短语be confronted with;confine意思是"限制;禁闭",常用于短语confine...to,根据题意,答案为D)。

[例7]The vast majority of people in any given culture will ____ to the established standards of theseresources.(1998.1)A)confine B)conformC)confront D)confirm[题解]题意是:在任何一个文化环境中绝大多数人都会遵守那种文化所形成的准则。

故答案为B)。

[例8]E-mail is a convenient,highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that____ well to human needs.(2000.6)A)adheres B)reflectsC)conform D)satisfies[题解]题意是:E-mail是方便的、高度民主的用于传递信息的非正式媒介,它符合了人类的需求。

选项adhere意思是"坚持,忠于,黏附",其后常接介词to;reflect意思是"反射,反应";satisfy意思是"满足,使满意",但它是及物动词。

根据句意,答案为C)。

4.conserve /conceive /contriveconserve:"保存,保养,保藏"conceive:"构思出,想象,猜测;抱有……的想法;怀孕;形成概念"contrive:"设计出,发明,策划"典型考题分析:[例9]To ____ is to save and protect,to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition thatothers may also share the enjoyment.(2001,1)A)conserve B)conceiveC)convert D)contrive[题解]题意是:保存就是保留并保护好我们喜欢的东西,以便其他人也能分享。

选项convert意思是"改变,转变,转化",常用于convert...into...结构中。

根据题意,答案为A)。

[例10]Scientists first ____ the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s.(1996.6)A)imagined B)conceivedC)considered D)acknowledged[题解]题意是:科学家们在20世纪30年代就提出了原子弹的构想。

选项imagine意思是"想象,料想";acknowledge意思是"承认,致谢"。

根据题意,答案为B)。

5.simultaneously /spontaneously /homogeneously /harmoniouslysimultaneously:"同时发生地,同时进行地,同步地"spontaneously:"自然地,自发地"homogeneously:"类似地,同类地"harmoniously:"和谐地,协调地"典型考题分析:[例11]In the past ten years skyscrapers have developed ____ in Chic ago and New York City.(1999.1)A)homogeneouslyB)simultaneouslyC)spontaneously D)harmoniously[题解]题意是:在最近十年,纽约和芝加哥同时建起了摩天大楼。

故答案为B)。

[例12]Although most dreams apparently happen ____,dream activity may be provoked by externalinfluences.(1997.1)A)spontaneously B)simultaneouslyC)homogeneously D)instantaneously[题解]题意是:尽管多数梦看起来是自发产生的,但外部影响也会使人做梦。

选项instantaneously意思是"即时的,瞬间的"。

根据题意,答案为A)。

[例13]Fiberoptic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ____.(2000.6)A)simultaneously B)spontaneouslyC)homogeneously D)contemporarily[题解]题意是:光纤电缆能同时传送成百上千个电话。

选项contemporarily意思是"同时代地",故答案为A)。

6.complement /complimentcomplement:"补充,补充物,与……结合"compliment:"赞扬,恭维"典型考题分析:[例14]Movie directors use music to ____ the action on the screen.(1998.6)A)contaminate B)complimentC)contemplate D)complement[题解]题意是:电影导演运用音乐为屏幕上的表演增加氛围。

选项contaminate意思是"弄脏,污染";contemplate意思是:"沉思,思考;注视"。

根据题意,答案为D)。

7.primitive /primary /preliminaryprimitive:"原始的,早期的,简单的"primary:"基本的,首要的,初级的"preliminary:"初步的,预备的"典型考题分析:[例15]In ____ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favourable climate.(2001.1)A)prime B)primitiveC)primary D)preliminary[题解]题意是:原始时期人类的旅行不是为了玩乐,而是为了寻找更适宜的气候。