College Entrance Examination English Vocabulary Test Center Handbook

Chapter 5

each other

___of the soldiers has got two pairs of leather gloves.
A. Every B. All C. Each D. No one
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: Every soldier was given two pairs of leather gloves.This question aims to examine the usage of pronouns.Because of the informative word has, the subject can only be used in singular form, item B all is not suitable for the title, ever-y (adj.) is not used as the subject, no one is usually not used together with of, and none of is generally used.

When each is used as the subject in a sentence, the predicate verb is in singular form. If the apposition of the subject in the sentence, the predicate verb should be consistent with the subject of the sentence, and each should be placed after the linking verb be and before the action verb, the first after the auxiliary verb.Example: ①Each one of his hands was wounded. Every one of his hands was wounded.Example: ②My sisters have each married businessmen. My sisters all married businessmen.

eager eagerly

be eager for sth． (to do sth.) eager to do something

Tom is always___student.
Aa slow B. an eager C. a hopeful! Da patient
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: Tom has always been an enthusiastic student. Eager here means "enthusiastic, enthusiastic", and the three items A, C, and D are inconsistent with the meaning of the sentence.

early early (earth); initial

one's living make a living
earth earth; land, ground; soil, mud
on earth in the end, in the end

east East; East mouth dj.Oriental adv.in the east; eastern; eastward
in the east of_in the east of.../on the east of. ． ．East to the east; the east is connected to.../to the east of_in the east of... (not connected)
eastern, from the east, from the east, toward the east
When we are in England, China is a___country.
A. eastB. EasterC. eastwardD. eastern
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: When we were in England, China was an oriental country. eastern country Eastern country; east east, east; Easter (Christ) Easter; eastward east.

easy. easy, effortless; reassuring; relaxed
take it easy not nervous; calm
It is easier to say than___.
A. doneB. doingC. didD． to do
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: Easier said than done.The actual subject of the sentence is to say, and the comparison before and after than must be consistent. A, B, and C do not conform to grammatical habits, and only D conforms to the question.
eat and drink
eat up eat up; eat up/eat one's words take back the top [-]
The patient was warned____oily food after operation.
A. to eat not B. eating not
C. not to eat D. not eating
The parsed answer is C.This question tests candidates' mastery of the negative form of the infinitive; candidates also need to know the usage of warn somebody not to do something, and the usage of the infinitive as a subject complement.The correct option for this question should be C.

edition version, version
editor editor/textbook textbook/translation translation/catalogue directory/author author

We found several errors in the___of 1915.
A. editorB. editionC. editD． publication
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: We found several errors in the 191 version. edition means "version, version"; editor means "editor, editor"; edit means "edit" and is a verb; publication means "publishing or publication of books or magazines, etc."

education education, training

Kindergarten / school / college / institute grade grade; grade/gradu-ate graduation/teach teaching, teaching/professor professor/student student/pupil primary school student/monitor monitor
Linda has___that she is unable to get a job.
A. such small education B. so little education
Ca such little education D.a so small education
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: Lynn had so little education that she could not find a job. so little education means "less" education, use little instead of small.

The effect is produced.result, effect, effect, effect, effort; hard attempt

ef(out)+fect(do) result, influence

be in effect is valid, take effect/come(go)into effect takes effect/give effect to carry out/in effect is actually, simply, in fact/of no effect has no effect (as an expression)/put(bring)into effect makes effect /to no effect doesn't work/to that effect means that (words), talk about this point/without effect has no effect (as an adverbial)

The new law will come into____on the day it is passed.
A. effect B. use
The analytical answer is A. come into effect means "work".

According to the new research gardening is a more___exercise for older women than jogging or swimming.
A. mentalB.physicalC.effectiveD.efficient
The parsed answer is C. Effective means "effective, influential".

egg egg

omele tte omelette

either (of the two) of either side; of the two - adz). (used after a negative sentence or negative phrase) nor (not) proii. either of the two; either side

Do you want tea or coffee?

___.I really don't mind.
A. BothB. NoneC. EitherD． Neither
The parsed answer is C. Either means "either of the two", according to the title "I really don'tmind.", so B can answer either tea or coffee.

eitheror...or...not...that is..., the scope of either must be both.In the structure of "eitheror", the person and number of the verb generally correspond to the nearest subject. Example: Either he or I am going to the farm. Either he or I am going to the farm. Either is used as a pronoun and can be used alone , can also be used with the phrase of of, followed by plural nouns. A determiner (possessive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or article) must be used before the plural noun. Example: Either of these two books is not bad. These two books No matter which one is good. You can’t just use either before the personal pronoun. When you must use either ofEither of_ as the subject, the predicate verb generally uses
singular form.When either…or joins a coordinating subject, its predicate verb form is consistent with the adjacent subject.Such as: Either he or I am to blame.Either he or I was to blame. Either or if the connected noun has a singular form and a plural form, the plural form of the noun should be placed behind, and the plural form of the pronoun should be used to echo it.Such as: Either Mary or her sisters will lake care of their old father in hospital.Either Mary or her sisters came to care for their elderly father in the hospital.

elder older, senior
My____sister who works in the bank is two years___than I.
A. younger; older B. older; elder
C. elder; elder D. elder; older
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: My sister who works in a bank is two years older than me. elder (eldest) is used to express the elder-child relationship among family members, and generally cannot be used together with than to express the comparison between the two in terms of elder and younger.

electricity
Dearer electricity will mean____bills for most families.
A. dearer B. heavier C. bigger D. harder
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: For most families, more expensive electricity means a heavier burden.Examine English idioms. heavier bills means a heavier burden.

else else, other; otherwise, otherwise
If this dictionary is not yours,___can it be?

A. what else B. who else C. which else's D. who else's
The analytical answer is D.First make sure that this dictionary is not yours, it must be someone else's, and then you should choose its possessive form to constitute someone else's "who else's", so it is D.

Else is often used in conjunction with question words how, what, who, where, etc., and can also be used in conjunction with indefinite pronouns something, anything, nothing; somebody, nobody, nobody, etc., and placed after the above-mentioned interrogative words and indefinite pronouns.

employ uses
employee/employer/employment/job/work/farmer/peasant/slave/servant/master/boss/clerk/worker
He___ more men for the harvest.
A. employedB. employsC． hires D． engaged
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: When harvesting crops, he hired more people. employ, hire. Engage both means "employment". Employ means that although the employee works for the salary, his job is quite stable, and he still has a certain status or dignity; hire emphasizes the meaning of the employee working for the salary, sometimes there is "this job is temporary" or a one-time job”; engage is used to refer to “obtaining other people’s service work through a special or one-time contract”, and this type of work is often a highly specialized job

Work.

encouragement, encouragement; promotion
encouraging/encouragement encouragement/discourage discouragement/discouragement frustration/disappoint disappointment/push prompts, compels/urge strives for, promotes/excites excitement

end end point, end, end; end
at the end of at the end of; at the end of / come to an end to stop, terminate / end up (with) (with …) end / in the end at last; finally / by the end of at the end of … , until the end of.../end in with... as the result, with...眚眚final/put an end of (bad thing), stop

energy vitality; ability; energy, energy
en (enhancing meaning) + ery (ability to work) + y (noun suffix) vitality, energy
Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of___.
A． energyB． source
C． power D． materiat
The analytical answer is A. Gas and wind belong to the category of energy words. B. CD does not match the meaning of the question.

To regain their____after an exhausting game, the players lay in the grass.
A. force B. energe tic C. power D. health
The analytical answer is B.Sentence meaning: After an exhausting game, in order to recover their physical strength, the athletes lie on the grass.

English British, British; English, English

EnglandEngland

He met with three___and four___while he was climbing the Great Wall.
A. Englishman; GermanB.Englishmen; Germans
C. English; Germany D. Englishmen; German
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: When he was climbing the Great Wall, he met three Englishmen and four Germans. The plural form of Englishman is Englishmen; the plural form of German directly adds S at the end of the word.

engineer engineer; technician

inventor/architect/manager/designer

enjoy like; enjoy the fun of...
en (make...) +joy (happy) enjoy enjoyment
enjoy oneself enjoy fun, enjoy pleasure/enjoy doing like to do

enjoyable happy, pleasant /enjoyment enjoy love, appreciate; fun, pleasure

You've given us a wonderful Chinese dinner, Mrs Wang.
___．

A. Oh, l'm afraid I didn't cook very well
B.I'm glad you enjoyed it
C. Come again when you are free
D. It's not necessary for you to say so
The analytical answer is B.The translation of this question is: Thank you for cooking such delicious Chinese food for me. —I'm glad you like it.This is a communicative term.

enough (ground), enough (ground), enough, enough

If I had___.I'd visit Europe, stopping at all the small interesting places.
Aa long enough holiday B.an enough long holiday
Ca holiday enough long D.a long holiday enough
The analytical answer is A.To know the position of enough modifying adjectives or adverbs, that is, enough is placed after them.

When enough is used as an adjective, it can be used before or after a noun; when used as an adverb, it can only be placed after an adjective, adverb or past participle.In addition, enough and sufficient both mean "enough". Enough is a general word, which mostly refers to the satisfaction of wishes, and no longer has extravagant demands; sufficient is a formal word, which can be used in many cases with enough, and mainly means that actual needs are met.

enter enter, pass in
enter for sign up/enter into discussion, get started

environment environment; around (things); around

Both surroundings and environment are indicated.environment. , but surroundings refers specifically to the natural environment, focusing on the object of the surrounding things; environment refers to the spiritual environment, but both focus on the impact of the environment on people's feelings, morals and concepts.So we say, beautiful surroundings.happy environment.

envy envy; envy

en(=in)+vy (see) envy, envy
equal, equal; equal, one, equal person, equal thing; equal to; comparable to
equ (equal) + al (... of) equal, equal
(be)equalto is equal to, equal to..., equivalent to/on an equal footing is in the same position, on an equal footing
equality/same/just/fair/justice, fair/freedom/principles of equality/principles of fairness/unjust
equip equipment
Equip with equipped with ..., so that /equipfor prepares for ...

escape escape, escape; get rid of

escape from escape from...
flee escape/avoid escape/arrest arrest/stop
When escape is followed by a verb, it must be followed by a gerund, to escape from somewhere.Use escape from+somewhere". For example: Wiltie escaped from prison. Willie escaped from prison. Someone "escaped". Only use escape without away. "Run away! "Can't say Escape quickIYI have to say Run! Your name escaped me. Translated as "I forgot your name". "Bird escaped from the cage" can't use escape, but say fly away.

especially especially, exceptionally; especially
Commonly, generally/specially/generally -like/ordinarily ordinary/usually usually, usual/normally normal, regular/regularly regularly, neatly/as usual as usual/unusually unusually
It's always difficult being in a foreign country,____if you don't speak the lan-guage.
A. extremelyB.naturallyC.basicallyD.especially
The analytical answer is D.This question examines the meaning analysis of adverbs. A option means "extremely"; B option means "naturally"; C option means "basically"; D option means "especially".According to the meaning of the sentence, the correct answer is D.The sentence means "If you don't speak (its) language, you will always have difficulties abroad."

Even even; even (...all); more, more
even as is justified; exactly in /...evenif (though) even; even /even now (then) even now, then /even so still, though

Tome says he'II come to the party___he isn't invited.
A． even if B． until
C． unless if D． whether
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: Tom said that even if he was not invited, he would go to the banquet.Here even if guides the conditional adverbial clause of concession, until and whether are not suitable, item C unless if has no such usage, only option A is correct.

If we want to say that an action was unexpected, we must use even with the verb, not with the sentence. 0 In order to emphasize a certain part of the sentence, even can be placed before the word that needs to be emphasized in the sentence. Oeven is used to strengthen the comparative degree, which means "even (than) ... more".This sentence pattern means that both things being compared are... and one of them is more... than the other. Even is an adverb that can be used for emphasis, but it cannot be used alone as a conjunction.

Last night, was yesterday evening, however.last night. ,can not say. "yesterday night" instead of "Iast night". "Good evening" is a greeting when we meet at night; "Good night" is used when we say goodbye at night.

at all events (in any event) in any case / in the event of if ... happens, in case
Affair event; thing/business affairs, commerce, business/matter thing, problem; troublesome thing/thing thing, event/custom custom/habit habit/accident accident; accidental event, accidental thing/incident small event; episode; event, incident /adventure adventure, strange experience/experience experience; experience, experience
ever ever; whenever; after all; in the end (to strengthen the tone); forever; always
for ever Shuiyuan/ever smce since ... since; so far
Edward___goes to bed before midnight.
A. hardly never
C. hardly ever
B. seldom never
D. almost ever
Parsing the meaning of the answer sentence: Edward hardly ever rested before midnight. hardly never, seldom never "negation of negation" expresses the meaning of affirmation. Contrary to the meaning of the question, the usage of almost ever is incorrect; items A, B, and D should be excluded, and only item C is the correct option.

every every, every, every...
every now and then every now and then every two years

In___life, you won't meet such athing.
A.everyday'SB.everyday
C. every day D. every day's
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: In daily life, you will not encounter such a thing. everyday life everyday life.

___in the world but him seems to know it. for lt is quite popular.
A. Evervone B. Someone C. Nobody D. No one
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: Except him, everyone in the world seems to know about it, because it is very popular. it is quite popular implies that everyone knows about it.

everyday everyday, everyday

Every day is an adverb, used as an adverbial in a sentence, meaning "every day"; everyday is an adjective, often used as an attributive in a sentence.

exact, exact, correct
exactly/inexact not sub-correct/right correct/correct correct/wrong wrong/proper appropriate/strict strict/accurate precise, completely correct

exactly exactly

The doctor told him not to smoke. but he did____the opposite.
A． exactB． exactly
C. being exactly D. being exactly
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: The doctor told him not to smoke, but he did the exact opposite. exactly completely, exactly.

examine examination, diagnosis
There are a number of students___to get___.
A. waited; examined dB. waiting; examining
C. waiting;
D． to wait; examlning
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: There are many students waiting to be checked.The present participle is used when expressing the action that is taking place, the student is "being checked", so the passive tense is used, and the get as a copula can be used interchangeably with be in the passive tense.

example example, example.Bang Lai
for example
except except..., remove, delete

Ex (outside, out) +cept (take, take out) except...

except for except...
exception, except/exceptional, special, special, special, special, special consist of includes/cover includes, includes
I know nothing about the young lady____she is from Beijing.
AL, xcepf B． except for
C except that D． besides
The parsed answer is C.This question examines except. except for. The analysis of except that and besides. Except is followed by a noun or pronoun, which means "except..." and means that the removed part is not included in the whole. except for followed by a noun or pronoun, meaning "except, only, only", is used to refer to a contrary situation to partially modify the main meaning of the sentence. except that has the same meaning as except for, but it is followed by a sentence. besides is followed by nouns or pronouns, which means "in addition to...", that is, the removed part is included in the whole, followed by nouns or pronouns.In this question, there is a sentence behind the blank space, so use except that to guide.

Except for does not follow the clause, except that needs to follow the clause.

excited excited; restless
ex (out) + cit (e) (evoke) + ed (adjective suffix) excited
Exciting is often used to modify things; excited is often used to modify people.

excuse forgive, forgive, forgive; excuse
I didn't know this was a one-way street, officer.
____.
A. That's all right.
C. How dare you say that?

B. I don't believe you.
D. Sorry , but that's no excuse.
The analytical answer is D. Sorry, but that's no excuse.Means "sorry, that's no excuse".The other three are out of context.

I'm sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired.
There is no___for this while you are on duty.
A． reason B. excuse C. cause D. explanation
The analytical answer is B.Sentence meaning: ——I'm sorry, I went out to smoke, I'm too tired. - Don't make excuses when you go to work. "cause" focuses on the "reason, cause" that leads to a certain result, and is often followed by the preposition of; "reason" focuses on the reason for a certain behavior or idea, the intention of the behavior, and gives a logical explanation; "excuse "Refers to the reasons and excuses for being accused and shirking responsibility; "explaination" means "explanation, explanation": From the meaning of the sentence, item B is the most suitable for the meaning of the question.

exhibition

on exhibition... on exhibition

market market/shop store/store store; storage products, spare parts/bargain contract; transaction; bargaining/exchange exchange, exchange/trade trade; industry/export output; export/goods goods/offer to provide; bid/provide to provide, supply /supply supply, supply; supply
exist exists
existence, existence; existence/being existence, creature, human/human/civil human society/man human; human/race race, race/people, people; people; nation/citizen citizen, citizen/person , individual/public; citizen; public, public/na tIve local people; native, native/local local, local/non- white non-white/Negro black; /generation generation

In the there be sentence pattern, you can use exist, happen, appear, live, lie, occur, rise, stand instead of be, but you cannot use have.Example: There seems to be some misunderstanding-ing about the matter. There seems to be a misunderstanding about this issue.

expect look forward to
Expectation expects, expects/want wants, wants; needs/attempt attempt, attempt/try attempt, try/desire desire; desire/dream dream, desire/wish hope; wish; wish/hope hope/greedy greedy/will will, Decide/prefer rather; prefer-
Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?
-
Yes. They have better players, so I____them to win.
A. hope B. prefer C. expect D. want
Analyzing the answer is Co This sentence is talking about who will win the two teams, and the latter puts forward a point of view after putting forward the basis: it is estimated that the stars will win.Among the four options, hope cannot be connected to the "obj+ inf.(sb.to do)" structure, so it is excluded. Expect can mean to anticipate or anticipate that something will happen. prefer means "prefer", want means "think", so C is the best.

l've worked with children before, so I know what___in m, new job.
A. expected B. to expect C. to be expecting D. expects
The analytical answer is B.This question examines the difference between the predicate and non-predicate, active and passive of the same verb.It is easy to exclude A and D according to the stem of the question. It is also correct if C is changed to to be expected.

wait (for) is to emphasize the meaning of delay, or to emphasize the passage of time; wait (for) is often used to express that someone comes too early or something is late and so on.We use expect when what we want to say has nothing to do with being late, early or delayed. Expect simply means that we know something is about to happen.Such as: When do you expect him?When do you think he will arrive?

expensive, costly, expensive
ex (out) + pens (pay) + ive (...of) spent, expensive
income income, received/tax tax/charge fee, price/fare fee, ticket (price)/fee fee/cost cost; price, fee/debt debt (debt)/borrow to borrow, borrow/lend to lend... , lend/balance balance/buy buy/sell sell/unsold unsold/pay salary/afford can afford; supply/spend cost; pay/take cost/dear expensive, high price/expense likes, spends/precious Precious, precious/price price; price/value value/worth value...of, with...value/save storage; storage; saving/waste waste/poor poverty; poor/rich rich, rich/ Wealth wealth, property /wealthy rich /treasure gold and silver treasures; precious items
experience experience; experience, experience t, f.experience; experience
ex (strengthening meaning) +peri (experiment) +ence (noun suffix) experience, experience
experienced experienced
When experience is used as an abstract noun, it is interpreted as experience; when it is used as an individual noun, it is interpreted as "experience, encounter".Example: He has had many interestmg experiences. He has had many interesting experiences.

____， he drew a conclusion.
A. The experiment having done
B. The experiment making
C. The experiment having been done
D． The experiment made
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: After the experiment was done, he came to a conclusion.The passive form of the perfect tense of the independent nominative structure indicates that the action is passive and takes place before the predicate verb.

explain explain, explain

ex (to make...) +plain (to understand) to understand, to explain
explain sth． to sb.explain something to someone
element/mixture/metal/solution/property/test/reaction/rule/spread/flame
You must explain___how they succeeded___the experiment.
A． of us; for B． at us; at
C． to us; in D． for us; to
Parse answer C.例句：You should explain to us how they succeeded in this experiment. explain to sb．and succeed in sth.It is a fixed collocation phrase. A, B, and D do not meet the meaning of the question, so choose C.

explanation explain, explain

explain (explain, explain) +ation (noun suffix) explain, explain
come to an explanation (with) and ... reconciliation / in explanation of as an explanation of ...
explode explode, explode.rupture

explode a bombshell did something shocking

Fortunately. no one hurt when the boiler___.
A.exDloitedB.exposedC .exploded
D． expressed
Parse answer C.例句：Luckily no one was hurt when the boiler exploded. explode explosion; exploit use, development, exploitation; expose exposure, exposure; express said, expression.

explore explore
Columbus discovered America but did not___the new continent.
A. expose B. explode C. exploit D. explore
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: Columbus discovered America, but did not explore the new continent. explore tree measurement, investigation; expose exposure, exposure; explode explosion, outbreak; exploit development, development, exploitation.

express expresses

express oneself to express one's own thoughts/express sth. to sb. express to someone

expression expression, expression/describe description, description/explain explanation/mean means
Jacob Lawrence executed many cycles of paintings___significant social themes.
A. expressed B. expressing
C. express D. expression of
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: Jacob Lawrence produced many sets of oil paintings to represent meaningful social themes.In the blank space of this sentence, words that can act as attributives are needed to modify the noun paint-ings in front of it.Since paintings themselves can actively express "meaningful social themes", expressing is inappropriate and should be expressed by its present participle expressing, so only B is correct.

expression expression; express words

ex (..., outside) + press (pressure) + ion (noun suffix) expression, means
explain explain/describe describe
The teacher pointed out the wrong choice of expression___my composition.
A． in B． on C． ofD． from
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: The teacher pointed out to me the wrong expression in my composition. in composition in composition, in composition.

eye eyes
catch sb's eves catches the eye/keep an eye on 曰意, take care of/in the eye of in...in mind, in the eyes of.../keepone's eyesopen watch carefully, be vigilant/with an eye to H Gen Yu, consider arrive

eyesight eyesight, vision/eyewitness eyewitness/eyeball eyeball/eyebank eye bank/eyelash eyelashes/eyelid eyelid/eyewater eye drops

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