1. record ['rekɔːd]
v. 记录；录音n. 档案，履历
【2015·真题例句】A smartphone may contain an arrestee’s reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence.
智能手机可能存有被捕者的阅读历史、财务历史、病史以及近期通讯的全面记录。
2. protective [prəu'tektiv]
adj. 防护的；关切保护的；保护贸易的
【2014·真题例句】And there are health conditions for which being overweight is actually protective. 超重对一些健康状况实际是有保护作用的。
3. royal ['rɒɪəl]
adj. 皇家的；盛大的n. 王室；王室成员
【真题例句】The reason for its inquiry is that the BBC’s royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organization as it is, or to make changes. 这样做的原因是BBC所持的皇家特许证于1996年到期，政府必须决定是让公司维持原状还是进行变革。
4. barrel ['bærəl]
v. 把……装入桶内n. 桶；枪管，炮管
【2002·真题例句】Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December.自从石油输出国组织在3月决定减少原油供应以来，原油的价格便从去年12月的不到10美元一桶上升到到约26美元一桶。
5. misunderstand [,misʌndə'stænd]
vt. 误解；误会
【2015·真题例句】Do not misunderstand me.不要误解我。
6. enthusiastically [in,θju:zi'æstikəli]
adv. 热心地；满腔热情地
【2000·真题例句】From the last paragraph the conclusion can be drawn that ambition should be maintained openly and enthusiastically.从最后一段可以推出的结论是，雄心壮志应该被保持公开热情地。
7. drifting ['drɪftɪŋ]
n. 漂流；漂流物adj. 漂流的；飘动的
【真题例句】The author believes that the geological theory about drifting plates has been proved to be true.作者相信的观点是地质学上的板块漂移说被证明是正确的。
8. explosion [ik'spləuʒən]
n. 爆炸；爆发；激增
【2000·真题例句】Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements—themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.由于人口的猛增或人口的大量流动(现代交通工具使这种流动相对容易)造成的种种问题也会对社会造成新的压力。
9. anxious ['ænkʃəs]
adj. 焦虑的；担忧的；渴望的
【2015·真题例句】Strangers are inherently unfamiliar to us, so we are more likely to feel anxious when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances.我们本来就对陌生人不熟悉，因此相较于朋友和熟人，我们和陌生人交谈时更可能感到焦虑。
10. assault [ə'sɔ:lt]
n. 攻击；袭击v. 攻击；袭击
【2014·真题例句】Parks feature, particularly in the earlier works, such as John Hilliard's very funny Across the Park, in which a long-haired stroller is variously smiled at by a pretty girl and unwittingly assaulted in a sequence of images that turn out to be different parts of the same photograph.公园，尤其是在较早的作品中，起着重要的作用，例如约翰·希里亚德的一幅很有趣的作品Across the Park，在一系列的图像中，一个长发的闲逛着或者面对一个漂亮女孩的微笑，或者在受到攻击而不知情，而这一系列图像其实是同一张图片的不同部分。
