51.Why should anyone want to read ________ of books by great authors when the real pleasure comes from reading the originals.
A.digests
B.insights
C.themes 主题（四级都不考）
D.leaflets （嫩嫩的叶子） 活页印刷品 反页印刷品 传单
original 原著
answer：A

52.Parents have a legal _______ to ensure that their children are provided with effcient education suitable to their age.
×A.impluse 冲动
B.obligation
×C.influence 影响
D.sympathy 【adj. sympathetic 】
answer：D

53.Most nurses are women , but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a ________.
A.scarecity 缺乏（指物质）
B.shortage （short）
C.minimum 最小量 最低额
D.monority 少数 少数派 少数民族
but 转折 表示少数
maximum 最大量 最大额
minimize 使最小化
maximize 使最大化
answer：D

▲54.David likes country life and has decided¹ to __________ farming.
A.go back on 背弃 背叛【back 回来（阻碍）hold back 阻碍】
B.go in for 以…为兴趣 参加某件事【疯狂的倾向 in＝into for 代表forward（往前）】
C.go through with 完成 做完【through 从A到B（穿越：在一个界面中的二维空间的突破）表示某事完成】
D.go along with 陪伴同意
动词 ＋ adv. ＋ 介词
看副词
answer：A

55.Jack² was about to announce our plan but I ____________.
A.cut him short（cut me short）请把我头发剃短 使中断 缩短
B.turned him out 驱逐 迫使放弃
C.gave him up 【give sb. up 断绝关系 give up sb. 放弃（很少形容人）】
D.put him through 【put sb. through 使某人经受考验】
cut me hear 自首
answer：B

56.I am sure I can _______ him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night.
A.speak （speak ＋ 介词）
B.talk（talk sb. into sth 劝说 说服）
C.say
D.tell
answer：B

57.Last year, the crime rate in chicago has sharply __________.
A.slipped 滑落
B.lessoned 减小 缩小 —— 后面只能为抽象意义的 影响 或者 重要性
C.descended
D.declined 下降（数字 比率） 经济衰退
『插入 2000.1 第56题
If you work under a car when repairing it, you often get very ___________.
A.waxy⁴ 象蜡的
B.slipped 光滑的 湿滑的（形容鱼，泥鳅）也可以形容地面
C.sticky 粘性的 粘的
D.greasy⁵ 油污的 满身油污的【grease 油脂】
answer：D』
非正式文体中 crime rate 也能被 slip （滑落）
answer：D

58.The publication of the poet"s most recent works will certainly __________ his national reputation.
A.enhance 增加（价值 声望 吸引力 力量 价格）
B.strengthen (strong) 使数量形状程度增强
C.enlarge 扩大具体的范围或尺寸
▲D.magnify 放大 扩大 夸大 夸张
answer：A
【political image 政治面貌 influx⁶ 潮涌一般的多】

59.Recently a number of cases have been reported of young children ___________ a violent act previously⁷ seen on television.
A.modifying 修改
B.stimulation⁸ 刺激 激励（刺激内需也是这个词）
C.accelerating加速
D.duplicating 复制 模仿
需要的词义为模仿
ac前缀的词
access accession
accede v 允诺 同意
accelerate 加速 促进
celer ＝ quick
62题的D.accumulate 累计聚集
cumulate ＝ heap up
▲cumulative 累计的
accustom⁹ v 使习惯
acknowledge 使承认
answer：D

60.This kind of material can ________ heat and moisture.
A.delete （高中词汇不考）
B.compel （comple sb. to do sth. 强迫 迫使）
▲C.repel¹⁰ 抵御 驱逐 拒绝
×D.constrain
answer：C