1998真题和答案生词

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1、考研1号网：专注考研共同进步----------考研1号读者“瓶子”制作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’slongsufferingatthemercyoffloodanddroughtthatmakestheidealofforcingthewaterstodoourbiddingsofascinating.Buttobefascinatedis

2、also,sometimes,tobeblind.Severalgiantdamprojectsthreatentodomoreharmthangood.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Thelessonfromdamsisthatbigisnotalway

3、sbeautiful.Itdoesn’thelpthatbuildingabig,powerfuldamhasbecomeasymbolofachievementfornationsandpeoplestrivingtoassertthemselves.Egypt’sleadershipintheArabworldwascementedbytheAswanHighDam.Turkey’sbidforFirstWorldstatusincludesthegiantAtaturkDam.symboln象征符号标志striveto奋斗努力assertvt维护

4、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，加强；（n.）水泥；胶泥，胶接剂statusn地位状态情形Butbigdamstendnottoworkasintended.TheAswanDam,forexample,stoppedtheNilefloodingbutdeprivedEgyptofthefertilesiltthatfloodsleft--allinreturnforagiantreservoirofdiseasewhichisnowsofullofsiltthatitbarel

5、ygenerateselectricity.deprivedadj缺少食物的deprive（v.）（of）夺去，使丧失fertileadj富饶的肥沃的reservoirn水库generatevt使……形成发生Andyet,themythofcontrollingthewaterspersists.Thisweek,intheheartofcivilizedEurope,SlovaksandHungariansstoppedjustshortofsendinginthetroopsintheircontentionoveradamontheDanube.

6、Thehugecomplexwillprobablyhavealltheusualproblemsofbigdams.ButSlovakiaisbiddingforindependencefromtheCzechs,andnowneedsadamtoproveitself.考研1号网：专注考研共同进步----------考研1号读者“瓶子”制作themythof神话persistvi存留持续civilizedadj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,th

7、eWorldBankhasgiventhego-aheadtotheevenmorewrong-headedNarmadaDam.Andthebankhasdonethiseventhoughitsadvisorssaythedamwillcausehardshipforthepowerlessandenvironmentaldestruction.Thebenefitsareforthepowerful,buttheyarefarfromguaranteed.goahead（n.）批准，同意；如：Wereallreadytostartthenew

8、book,assoonaswegetthegoaheadfromthepeopleconce