研究生英语.词汇练习

Unit 2 Part I Work out the meaning of the following words and fill in the blanks as required.

neocolonialism neo-Nazi neorealist neo-fascist

neonate neoclassical neo-Darwinist neologism

1. Italian _____________ cinema focused on working-class subjects, using amateur actors and filming on location, rather than in the studio.

2. Despite his wartime atrocities, Hitler is still revered by _________ in many countries.

3. __________ groups are an increasing threat to ethnic minorities across Europe.

4. By _________ we mean the practice of granting a sort of independence with the concealed intention of making a liberated country a client-state.

5. The tutor tried hard to dissuade the students from using ________ in formal writing.

6. He is a ________ who always preaches that evolutionary development of plants and animals is principally determined by natural selection, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.

7. The architect traveled around the whole of Europe seeking Palladio’s wonderful 16th-century ________ buildings.

8. In view of the still unknown physical risks that cloning might impose on _______, caution is appropriate.

Part II Here are some words from the text. Use the appropriate forms of them to complete these sentences.

rave heterosexual twenty-something mainstay fusion

meditation embrace mandatory foster holy grail

1. The challenge for the future lies in __________ conditions in cities that will be favorable to economic growth.

2. The old lady _________ about her grandchildren for about an hour.

3. Gene-therapy---the actual correction or replacement of defective gene sequences in the embryo or the adult--- is the ______of genetic medicine.

4. Through genetic engineering, will scientists be tampering with the genetic diversity that has been the _________ of human survival in the past?

5. A news release by the Chinese Ministry of Personnel printed in a few leading newspapers and on news websites caught the attention of thousands of ________ in October.

6. For many reasons, the vast majority of _______ still prefer the “old-fashioned”, sexual way of producing children. No other method better express the loving union of a man and a woman seeking to make a baby.

7. It is absolutely ________ that every driver of a vehicle must pass a driver’s license test.

8. In today’s lightning-speed world many singles are _______ the newest trend in relationships --- speed dating ---- to size up a potential love interest.

9. As a young man, he spent a lot of time ________ upon the purpose of life.

10. She really enjoyed the film because it was a(n) ________ of history and contemporary events.

Unit 4 V ocabulary study

Part II Here are some words from the text. Use the appropriate forms of them to