1. mature [mə'tjuə]
adj. 成熟的；到期的；成年人的v. 成熟；到期
【真题例句】Furthermore, these losses make us mature and eventually move us toward future opportunities for growth and happiness. 此外，失去会让我们变得成熟，并最终让我们获得成长和幸福的机会。
2. desire [di'zaiə]
n. 欲望；要求 v. 渴望
【真题例句】It’s a sad reality – our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings – because there’s much to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.我们都想避免和其他人交谈是个可悲的现实，因为与周围的陌生人交谈会使我们收获良多。
3. incomplete [,inkəm'pli:t]
adj. 不完全的；[计] 不完备的
【真题例句】Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science about global warming is incomplete, that it’s OK to keep pouring fumes into the air until we know for sure.就像吸烟问题一样，来自不同领域的声音坚持认为有关全球变暖的科学资料还不完整，在我们证实这件事之前可以向大气中不断的排放气体。
4. monopoly [mə'nɔpəli]
n. 垄断；垄断者；专卖权
【真题例句】In recent years, railroads have been combining with each other, merging into super systems, causing heightened concerns about monopoly.近年来，铁路公司相互联合，组成了超大型集团，引起人们对垄断行为的极大关注。
5. counterpart ['kauntə,pɑ:t]
n. 副本；配对物；极相似的人或物
【真题例句】In addition, far more Japanese workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs than did their counterparts in the 10 other countries surveyed. 此外，与被调查的其他10个国家的工人相比，对自身工作表示不满的日本工人数量要多得多。
6. terrorism ['terərizəm]
n. 恐怖主义；恐怖行动；恐怖统治
【真题例句】Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people’s anxiety. 恐怖主义、经济不确定及通常的不安全感都增加了人们的焦虑。
7. redundancy [ri'dʌndənsi]
n. 冗余（等于redundance）；裁员；人浮于事
【真题例句】While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline——after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late’80s——and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.在美国，这种趋势一开始是对经济衰落所做出的一种反应——出现于80年代后期缩小经济规模所引起的大量人员冗余之后——现在这种趋势仍被认为与节俭政治有关联；而在英国，至少在我所认识的愿意简化生活的中产阶级中，却有着不同的缘由去寻求使自己的生活简单化。
8. harmony ['hɑ:məni]
n. 协调；和睦；融洽；调和
【真题例句】Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe.毫无目标几乎不是战后日本的特色，相反，其生产率与社会的和谐程度为美国和欧洲所羡慕。
9. musical ['mju:zikəl]
adj. 音乐的；悦耳的n. 音乐片
【真题例句】I also remember that the musical play Hair opened on Broadway on the same day-they both just pop into my mind in the same way.我同样记得，百老汇在同一天首演音乐剧《发》——这两件事在我脑海里突然出现的方式没什么两样。
【知识拓展】音乐剧Hair：60年代的百老汇音乐剧，讲述从Oklahoma 来到纽约的青年Claude和一群以Berger为首的嬉皮士结下了友谊，在这期间他和来自豪门的姑娘Sheila相爱了，可是欢聚的时光短暂， Claude被卷入了美帝国主义打着维护世界和平旗号发动的越南战争中，就在他将要出发去前线时，Berger潜入军营，把Claude换出来和Sheila见最后一面，谁曾想部队恰在这个时候开拔，眼看着Berger一步一步随着队伍走向飞机......
10. perception [pə'sepʃən]
n. 知觉；[生理] 感觉；看法
【真题例句】What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain's roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented—and human perception far more complicated—than previously imagined. 在试图建造思维模型的过程中，研究人员发现，人类大脑中的近一千亿个神经细胞要比以前想象的更聪明，人类的感觉器官也更复杂。
