1. symptom ['simptəm]
n. [临床] 症状；征兆
【2004·真题例句】Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren't difficult to find. 学校中也不难发现反才智主义的普遍存在。
2. nature ['neitʃə]
n. 自然；性质；本性；种类
【2002·真题例句】One difficulty is that almost all of what is called behavioral science continues to trace behavior to states of mind, feelings, traits of character, human nature, and so on.难题之一在于所谓的行为科学几乎全都依然从心态、情感、性格特征、人性等方面去寻找行为的根源。
3. surpass [sə'pɑ:s]
vt. 超越；胜过；非…所能办到或理解
【2010·真题例句】The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum. 艺术品市场的发展势头超过很多行业。
4. migration [mai'ɡreiʃən]
n. 迁移；移民；移动
【2012·真题例句】When people in developing countries worry about migration, they are usually concerned at the prospect of their best and brightest departure to Silicon Valley or to hospitals and universities in developed world.发展中国家的人考虑移民时，通常关心的是到硅谷或发达国家的医院和大学里工作这样最美好最光明的前景。
5. desire [dɪ'zaɪə]
n. 欲望；要求，心愿；
【真题例句】You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house. 你可以在头脑里勾画出愿望的蓝图，如同设计房屋的蓝图一样。
6. attractiveness [ə'træktivnis]
n. 吸引力；迷惑力
【2014·真题例句】Epley found that people with higher self-esteem tended to believe in their attractiveness.爱普雷发现自尊心更强的人往往相信自己的吸引力。
7. distinguish [dɪ'stɪŋgwɪʃ]
v. 区分；辨别；使杰出，使表现突出
【真题例句】It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. 要想正确区分礼貌是出于文化习俗还是个人兴趣，单凭一次公共汽车上的邂逅是远远不够的。
8. authentic [ɔ:'θentik]
adj. 真正的，真实的；可信的
【2005·真题例句】But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing,” has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music.然而，“做自己的事”这一对事务真实性和个人性的崇高信条，已经导致了正式演讲、写作、诗歌及音乐的消亡。
9. diminishing [di'miniʃiŋ]
adj. 逐渐缩小的；衰减的
【2014·真题例句】The authors of Race Against the Machine argue that technology is diminishing man’s job opportunities.《与机器赛跑》的作者指出科技使人们的工作机会不断减少。
10. outlet ['aʊtlet]
n. 出口，排放孔；电源插座
【真题例句】In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-T’s violent rap song Cop Killer, Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet.1992年公司因出品Ice-T乐队暴力的说唱歌曲《警察杀手》后倍受谴责时，列文却将说唱音乐描述为街头文化的合法表达方式，并说它应该有自己的宣泄途径。
