1. recommend [,rekə'mend]
v. 推荐，介绍；劝告；使受欢迎
【注】dose表剂量
【真题例句】More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those initial doses were of the Flu Mist nasal spray type, which is not recommended for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other problems. 超过三百万剂要在2009年10月初备好，不过大部分早期的疫苗是鼻喷雾型流感疫苗，不适合孕妇、50岁以上或有呼吸困难、心脏疾病或其他问题的人群使用。
2. contradiction [kɒntrə'dɪkʃ(ə)n]
n. 矛盾；否认；反驳
【真题例句】Very few writers on the subject have explored this distinction—indeed, contradiction—which goes to the heart of what is wrong with the campaign to put computers in the classroom.在这两类人中存在着一条无形的界限。很少有人就这一差别—实际上是矛盾—撰文进行探讨，但它却是将计算机引入课堂这一活动的关键所在。
3. artificial [ɑːtɪ'fɪʃ(ə)l]
adj. 人造的；仿造的；虚伪的
【真题例句】Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results.实际上对真正的人工智能的探索己经取得了各种不同的成果。
4. distant ['distənt]
adj. 遥远的；冷漠的；远隔的
【真题例句】Some newspapers refused delivery to distant suburbs probably because newspapers wanted to reduce costs.一些报纸拒绝向偏远郊区实行配送，可能是因为报社要降低成本。
5. breakthrough ['breɪkθruː]
n. 突破；突破性进展
【注】accounts for表占…比例或什么原因所在
【真题例句】What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America—breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine? 在早期美国，像电报、汽船和织布机这样重大的发明突破纷涌而出，其原因何在？
6. mediocrity [,mi:di'ɔkrəti]
n. 平庸之才；平常
【真题例句】The grand mediocrity of today—everyone being the same in survival and number of offspring—means that natural selection has lost 80% of its power in upper-middle-class India compared to the tribes.今天这种极其显著的平均化——每个人的生存机会和子女数量都相同——意味着与部落相比，自然选择在印度中、上阶层已经失去了80%的效力。
7. evolve [i'vɔlv]
v. 发展，进化；进化；使逐步形成
【真题例句】We did not evolve, because machines and society did it for us.我们没有进化，因为机器和社会代替我们进化了。
8. ozone ['əʊzəʊn]
n. [化学] 臭氧；新鲜的空气
【注】ozone layer臭氧层
【真题例句】The true enemies of science, argues Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University, a pioneer of environmental studies, are those who question the evidence supporting global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and other consequences of industrial growth.作为环境研究的先驱者，斯坦福大学的保罗·埃利希认为，科学的真正的敌人是那些对全球变暖、臭氧层稀薄和其他由于工业增长带来的后果的证据提出质疑的人。
9. romantic [rəu'mæntik]
adj. 浪漫的；多情的；空想的
【真题例句】Moreover, we are grieving various kinds of loss: a friendship, a romantic relationship or a house.此外，我们会为各种各样的损失伤心难过：失去友谊，失去爱情或是失去房子。
10. irritating ['ɪrɪteɪtɪŋ]
adj. 刺激的；使愤怒的v. 刺激（irritate的ing形式）；激怒
【真题例句】“The test of any democratic society, ”he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won’t retreat in the face of any threats.” 他在《华尔街日报》一篇专栏文章中写道：“对任何一个民主社会的检验，不在于它能多有效的控制情感的表达，而在于是否给予了人们最广泛的思考和表达自由，尽管有时这种结果会引起争论和愤怒。我们不会在任何威胁面前退却。”
