日期：2008-12-31 prestige n. 声望, 威望, 威信 prevalent adj.普遍的, 流行的 prone adj. 倾向于 prosecute vt. 实行, 从事, 告发, 起诉 vi. 告发, 起诉, 作检察官 prototype n. 原型 psychiatry n. 精神病学, 精神病治疗法 quilt n.棉被 vt. 制成棉被, 摘录，编辑 vi. 缝被子 recipe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-31 intrinsic adj. (指价值、性质)固有的, 内在的, 本质的 irrigate vt. 灌溉, 修水利, 冲洗伤口, 使潮湿 vi. 进行灌溉 isle n. 小岛, 岛 vt. 使成为岛屿 vi. 住在岛屿上 jug n. 水壶, 监牢, [象声]模仿夜莺的叫声 vt. 放入壶中, 炖, 关押 vi. 模仿夜莺叫 juvenile adj.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-31 fabulous adj. 寓言中的, 寓言般的, 神话般的, 传统上的, 惊人的, 难以置信的 fake n. 假货, 欺骗 adj. 假的 vt. 伪造, 赝造, 捏造, 假造, 仿造 vi. 伪装 federation n. 同盟, 联邦, 联合, 联盟 fee n. 费(会费、学费等), 酬金 formidable adj. 强大的, 令人敬畏的, 可... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-31 cereal n. 谷类食品, 谷类 chef n. 厨师 clergy n. (集合称)圣职者, 牧师, 僧侣, 神职人员 coalition n. 合并, 接合, 联合 cop n. 警官, 巡警, [纺]管纱 vt. 抓住 cosmic adj. 宇宙的 costume n. 装束, 服装 cosy adj. 舒适的, 安逸的 coupon n. 息票, 商家的优待券 cr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-31 abdomen n. 腹, 腹部 acclaim n. 喝彩, 欢呼v.欢呼, 称赞 acrobat n. (走钢丝的)杂技演员, 随机应变者, 翻云覆雨者 adore v. 崇拜, 爱慕, (口语)喜爱 aisle n. 走廊, 过道 amiable adj. 亲切的, 和蔼可亲的 anecdote n. 轶事, 奇闻 arrogant adj. 傲慢的, 自大的 arter... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-31 1. It is (has been) estimated that the world's population could reach 6 billion by the end of the century. 2. It must be pointed out that it is one of our basic State policies to co ntrol population growth while raising the quality of the population... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 1999全国硕士研究生入学考试 英语试卷 Part Ⅱ Cloze Test Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, these are four choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the co... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 1994年全国硕士研究生入学考试 英语试卷 Part Ⅱ Cloze Test Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, these are four choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 May 16, 2006 China Lets Currency Rise Past Key Level By KEITH BRADSHER HONG KONG, May 15 China allowed its currency to strengthen past the symbolic level of eight to the dollar Monday, rattling Asian markets already shaken by the dollar's extended sl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 Outsourcing to China Watch out, India May 4th 2006 | XIAN From The Economist print edition China is way behind India in the business of outsourced services, but it has now started to catch up Imaginechina The sheer size of this undertaking betrays Ch... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 Does the Location of Your Home Affect Your Health? A study of more than 5,000 children in Southern California found that those kids who lived within 250 feet (76 meters) of busy roads had a 50% higher risk of having had asthma symptoms in the past y... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From One qubit at a time 摘自《经济学人》 May 4th 2006 COMPUTING is about to hit a problem. （1） In each new generation the components are smaller than they were in its predecessor, and the speed at which this miniaturisation is happening means tha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From Reefer madness 摘自《经济学人》 Apr 27th 2006 The statement is curious in a number of ways. For one thing, it overlooks a report made in 1999 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), part of the National Academy of Sciences, which came to a differen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From Eat less, live more 摘自《经济学人》 Apr 20th 2006 DIETING, according to an old joke, may not actually make you live longer, but it sure feels that way. (1) Nevertheless, evidence has been accumulating since the 1930s that calorie restrictionre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From A guide to womenomics 摘自《经济学人》 Apr 12th 2006 In the developing world, too, more women now have paid jobs. In the emerging East Asian economies, for every 100 men in the labour force there are now 83 women, higher even than the average i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From Accidence and substance 摘自《经济学人》 Apr 6th 2006 THE unknown pervades the universe. （1） That which people can see, with the aid of various sorts of telescope, accounts for just 4% of the total mass. The rest, however, must exist. Without... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From In tandem (at last) 摘自《经济学人》 Mar 30th 2006 It was a spectacular binge; it was also a flop. The company's share price plumbed new depths even as Germany's stockmarket boomed. Mr Reuter's successor, Jrgen Schrempp, started dismantling the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From Computing the future 摘自《经济学人》 Mar 23rd 2006 WHAT makes a scientific revolution? （1） Thomas Kuhn famously described it as a paradigm shiftthe change that takes place when one idea is overtaken by another, usually through the replacemen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From Net dreams 摘自《经济学人》 Mar 16th 2006 MARCH Madness starts this week in America, and for the rest of the month millions of basketball fans will watch the country's college teams dunk on each other, until the final of the men's national cham... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-02-21 From 摘自《经济学人》Mar 9th 2006 HITHERTO, the world's worst tyrants have usually managed to avoid being brought to court for their crimes. Some, of course, were killed. Hitler took his own life. But Stalin and Mao died in their beds. Pol Pot, resp... 阅读全文>>