1. impose [ɪm'pəʊz]
vt. 强加；征税；
【2012·真题例句】It can be concluded that girls’ attraction to pink seems to be mainly imposed by profit-driven businessmen. 可得出这样的结论，女孩对粉红色的喜爱似乎主要受到追逐利润的商人强加。
2. diversity [dai'və:səti]
n. 多样性；差异
【2001·真题例句】If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.如果它能注意这个问题的话，它就应该进一步开放其多样化项目（这个项目现在还只单纯考虑招收不同种族和性别的员工），进一步寻找那些世界观、价值观、教育水平和社会阶层各不相同的记者。
3. assimilate [ə'simileit]
v. 吸收；使同化；把…比作
【2004·真题例句】We are obliged to them because some of these languages have since vanished, as the peoples who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages.我们得感谢他们，因为在此之后，随着说这些语言的人消亡或者被同化而失去母语，这些语言中有一些就此消失了。
4. commute [kə'mju:t]
n.通勤
【2015·真题例句】It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home. 这可能是你平时上下班的路，也可能是进城里或回家的路。
5. generation [,dʒenə'reiʃən]
n. 一代；产生；一代人；生殖
【2002·真题例句】They were thought of, like people, in terms of generations, with the distance between generations much smaller. 它们被看作和人一样，可以分成几代，每一代的距离也在缩小。
6. prevention [pri'venʃən]
n. 预防；阻止；妨碍
【2013·真题例句】The prevention of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to cope with security issues.要防止这种欺诈行为绝非易事，处理这种安全问题也正成为计算机科学的一个全新领域。
7. discriminating[dɪ'skrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ]
adj. 识别的；有差别的；有识别力的v. 识别（discriminate的ing形式）
【真题例句】Nor, if regularity and conformity to a standard pattern are as desirable to the scientist as the writing of his papers would appear to reflect, is management to be blamed for discriminating against the “odd balls” among researchers in favor of more conventional thinkers who “work well with the team”.如果像他们的论文所反映的那样，科学家渴望规律性和与某种标准模式的一致性，那么管理人员歧视研究人员中的“标新立异者”，而赞赏“善于合作”的具有传统思维模式的人，也就是无可指责的。
8. auction ['ɔ:kʃən]
vt. 拍卖；竞卖n. 拍卖
【2010·真题例句】By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”，the author suggests that collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctions.作者在第三段所说的“任何形式的销售都变得非常冷清”暗示收藏家不再活跃在艺术品拍卖会上。
9. deliberately [di'libərətli]
adv. 故意地；谨慎地；
【2003·真题例句】Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.当人们听到医学实验虐待动物的指控时，许多人都不明白为什么有人会故意伤害动物。
10. formulate ['fɔ:mjuleit]
vt. 规划；用公式表示；明确地表达
【2002·真题例句】The role of natural selection in evolution was formulated only a little more than a hundred years ago, and the selective role of the environment in shaping and maintaining the behavior of the individual is only beginning to be recognized and studied.自然选择在进化中的作用仅在一百多年前才得以阐明，而环境在塑造和保持个体行为时的选择作用则刚刚开始被认识和研究。
