英語等級考試五級歷年真題閱讀詞匯（Part B）

　　ARTICLE1

　　Do you keep your eyes upon the doughnut面窩, not upon the hollow?

　　Impressed印象深刻, the company…

　　…is the litmus石芯測試 test for success.

　　The pessimist feels like fate’s plaything玩物 and …

　　…there were more middle-age diseases—hypertension高血壓, diabetes糖尿病, hear ailments心臟病…

　　The optimist looks for loopholes漏洞.

　　…sees success as a fluke僥幸.

　　…it was a self-fulfilling prophecy預(yù)言.

　　…it would be like inoculating做預(yù)防注射 them against…

　　ARTICLE2

　　…something peculiar奇怪的has been happening.

　　Yet those older people have made double dividend分紅 by retiring earlier and earlier…

　　But this is paradoxical似非而是的, to say the least起碼可以說.

　　Several now recognize that they were too hasty倉促的in winnowing out排除the ranks of older workers who were the repository寶庫for much corporate memory and wisdom.

　　…whenever redundancies冗余have been necessary…

　　ARTICLE3

　　…and of a riverboat casino賭場.

　　…one slot machine老虎機 in two …

　　…until the boat docked使靠碼頭at 5 a.m.

　　…it should have refused his patronage光顧 because…

　　…continue to pepper遍地開花 him with mailings.

　　It is worrisome令人煩惱的that society is…sterner嚴格 generations explained as weakness of ill.

　　…as personality disorders akin to (similar to) physical disability.

　　…revenues from wagering賭注.

　　…got him involuntarily非自愿地…

　　…electronic morphine嗎啡.

　　ARTICLE4

　　…be in the grip of受…控制 a big freeze.

　　…to sudden and drastic flips突變 in climate and ecology.

　　…could be well wide of the mark離譜 in reality…

　　That will play havoc浩劫 with both…

　　…in rainfall could trigger a self-perpetuating能使自身永久存在的spread of vegetation植被.

　　…saline鹽的 water that..

　　…could spiral旋渦out of control.

　　…ice cap and permafrost are also in the cards (likely)…

　　…Kyoto Protocol to stem阻止 global warming, ….politicians wavering搖擺，不穩(wěn)定 over the ….

　　Meanwhile the Amazon rainforest risks flipping快速翻轉(zhuǎn) the opposite way.

　　It could flip back輕彈回 to forest…

　　ARTICLE5

　　…is infected by the tuberculosis肺結(jié)核 (TB) bacterium.

　　…be largely contained控制 in…

　　…it remained endemic地方性流行.

　　…through airborne空中的 droplets水珠…

　　…population it lies dormant休眠…anything that suppresses抑制 immunity免疫.

　　…treat than regular strains張力 of TB…

　　…in the WHO’s arsenal軍火庫 has been…

　　…and an appropriate surveillance監(jiān)督 system to…

　　…were off-the-shelf成品 drugs.

　　…making treatment regimes政體 so long…

　　TB was rife猖獗 in Britain and claimed the lives of奪去生命 John…

　　…an unholy不神圣 alliance with…

　　ARTICLE6

　　…with a wavering搖擺，不穩(wěn)定 economy and a lousy差勁job market…the next rung階梯 may be…

　　…if you’ve notched在…上刻凹痕跡 several years of solid…

　　…an otherwise moribund不進步的 career.

　　Nor do dismal郁悶的 job prospects mean…

　　Still, she’s holding off拖延…

　　…the best time to hunker down蹲下 and apply.

　　Sloppy馬虎 applications usually make their way to the reject pile大數(shù)目—quickly.

　　…to be admitted to a top-notch一流，頂級 school but…

　　…not to mention foregone過去的 wages.

　　Nor is he crazy about amassing積累…

　　So if making oodles大量 of money is…

　　…with little opportunity to hone用磨刀石磨 your business acumen聰明,…until you’ve fattened養(yǎng)肥 your skills portfolio公文…

　　ARTICLE7

　　…I wrote about the horrendous可怕的 performance…

　　…freshmen need remedial改善的 courses.

　　If we’re so dumb啞的…

　　…the United States has a vibrant活躍的 market…

　　We don’t really steer引導(dǎo) our kids…

　　ARTICLE8

　　…Ottawa to fork over不情愿付出 additional billions…

　　…they should also get cracking about取笑，挖苦…

　　ARTICLE9

　　Tokyo 東京 Kyoto 京都

　　…everything in between is slipping下滑.

　　…in 2007 thanks to a tax hike稅收提高.

　　…have been eroding腐蝕 steadily over time…

　　…and if it falters搖晃, it could gut損毀 an industry that…

　　…moving electronics out of the soulless沒有精神 superstore.

　　While surging激增 exports, … companies are looking for ways to turn the tide運轉(zhuǎn)潮汐.

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