1. brand [brænd]
vt. 铭刻于，铭记n. 商标，牌子；烙印
【真题例句】Firstly ,as the quality of domestic brands improved, Chinese consumers are increasingly confident about homegrown brands.首先，随着国产品牌轿车的质量有所提升，中国消费者对自家品牌轿车的信心也随之上升。
2. deceptive [di'septiv]
adj. 欺诈的；迷惑的；虚伪的
【真题例句】They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth.他们应该对报刊的读者来信及时做出反应，以防止动物权利的误导言论在毫无质疑的情况下横行，从而获得一副真理的面容。
3. handmade ['hænd'meid]
adj. 手工的；手制的
【真题例句】It is worthwhile to attend this sale because there will be many beautiful paintings, hand-knitted scarfs, handmade models, etc. to do sold.义卖的物品包括精美的油画、手织围巾以及手工制作的模型等，非常值得参加。
4. maintenance ['meɪnt(ə)nəns]
n. 维护，维修；保持
【真题例句】They are needed for transforming foods into energy and body maintenance.它们被用来将食物转化为能量并维持身体的健康。
5. objective [əb'dʒektiv]
adj. 客观的；目标的n. 目的；目标
【真题例句】Toward the new business wave, the writer's attitude can he said to be objective.作者对新出现的企业合并浪潮的态度是客观的。
6. predict [pri'dikt]
v. 预报，预言；预知
【真题例句】When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to predict how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their ride would be more pleasant if they sat on their own. 当易普莱博士和施罗德女士让同一个火车站的其他人预测和陌生人交谈后会有什么感受时，这些通勤者认为他们一个人坐着会更愉悦。
7. recover [ri'kʌvə]
v. 恢复；弥补；重新获得n. 还原至预备姿势
【真题例句】The research of Till Von Wachter suggests that in the recession graduates from elite universities tend to recover more quickly than the others. 蒂尔瓦赫特的研究表明，在萧条时期名牌大学的毕业生往往比其他人恢复得更快。
8. transportation [,trænspə'teiʃən]
n. 运输；运输系统；运输工具
【真题例句】The remaining 60% was equally split up by three parts: transportation, parties and dinners, and miscellaneous costs.剩下的60%平均花在三个部分：交通、聚会吃饭以及其他开销。
9. stimulus ['stɪmjʊləs]
n. 刺激；激励；刺激物
【真题例句】A further stimulus to invention came from the “premium” system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it. 推动发明的另一刺激因素来自“奖赏”制度，它产生于我们的专利制度之前，且多年来与后者一同实施。
10. assume [ə'sjuːm]
v. 承担；假定；采取
【真题例句】Actually, it isn’t, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have. 事实并非如此，因为这种问法是以人们对人的权利有一种共识为基础的，而这种共识并不存在。
