1998真题与答案生词

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1、1998年考研英语阅读真题单词解析（考研1号读者原创）1998年Text1Fewcreationsofbigtechnologycapturetheimaginationlikegiantdams.Perhapsitishumankind^longsufferingatthemercyoffloodanddroughtthatmakestheidealofforcingthewaterstodoourbiddingsofascinating*Buttobefascinatedisalso,sometimes,tobeblind.Severalgiantdamp

2、rojectsthreatentodomoreharmthangood.capturevt俘获获得capture(v.)夺得，攻占；捕获；(n.)捕获，俘虏humankindn人类mercyn仁慈宽容怜悯atthemercyof受支配droughtn旱灾idealadj理想的完美的想象的n理想典范biddingv等候忍耐fascinating(a.)迷人的；fascinate(v.)迷住，强烈吸引Thelessonfromdamsisthatbigisnotalwaysbeautiful.Itdoesn'thelpthatbuildingabig,powerf

3、uldamhasbecomeasymbolofachievementfornationsandpeoplestrivingtoassertthemselves.Egypt'sleadershipintheArabworldwascementedbytheAswanHighDam.Turkey'sbidforFirstWorldstatusincludesthegiantAtaturkDam.symboln象征符号标志striveto奋斗努力assertvt维护坚持断言主张cementedv巩固接合粘合(cement的过去分词形式)cement(v.)胶合；巩固

4、，加强；(n.)水泥；胶泥，胶接剂statusn地位状态情形Butbigdamstendnottoworkasintended.TheAswanDam,forexample,stoppedtheNilefloodingbutdeprivedEgyptofthefertilesiltthatfloodsleft-allinreturnforagiantreservoirofdiseasewhichisnowsofullofsiltthatitbarelygenerateselectricity.deprivedadj缺少食物的deprive(v.)(of)夺去，

5、使丧失fertileadj富饶的肥沃的reservoirn水库generatevt使形成发生Andyet,themythofcontrollingthewaterspersists.Thisweek,intheheartofcivilizedEurope,SlovaksandHungariansstoppedjustshortofsendinginthetroopsintheircontentionoveradamontheDanube.Thehugecomplexwillprobablyhavealltheusualproblemsofbigdams.But

6、SlovakiaisbiddingforindependencefromtheCzechs,andnowneedsadamtoproveitself.themythof神话persistcivilizedvi存留持续adj文明的contention(n.)争夺，竞争；争吵,口角;contend(v.)斗争，竞争；坚决主张Meanwhile,inIndia,theWorldBankhasgiventhego-aheadtotheevenmorewrong-headedNarmadaDam.Andthebankhasdonethiseventhoughitsadv

7、isorssaythedamwillcausehardshipforthepowerlessandenvironmentaldestruction.Thebenefitsareforthepowerful,buttheyarefarfromguaranteed*goahead(n.)批准，同意；如：Wereallreadytostartthenewbook,assoonasvvegetthegoaheadfromthepeopleconcerned>wrongheaded(a.)错误判断的；坚持错误的，就迷不悟的advisorn顾问指导教师劝告者guarant

8、eedadj有保证的v担保Proper