高考高頻詞匯:nature 、agree 、elephant 、government 、

nature ['ne?t??(r)]

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n.自然；天性；本質(zhì)

【例】n.天性

（2008四川延考）It's human nature to tell stories—which is why neighbours will tell me all they know when I ring at their houses.Sometimes, someone even talks about his friend's dishonesty.

【譯】講故事是人的天性——這就是為什么我一去鄰居家，他們會把他們知道的一切都告訴我，有時甚至還有人會說自己朋友不誠實(shí)。

【派】natural ['n?t?r?l] adj.自然的；天生的；不做作的

naturally ['n?t?r?li] adv.自然地

【例】adv.自然地

（2007四川）Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the cruelty young age of 30.

【譯】很遺憾，大腦在我們30歲還很年輕的時候就會自然開始變慢，這很殘酷。

naturalist ['n?t?r?l?st] n.自然主義者

naturalistic [?n?t?r?'l?st?k] adj.自然的；自然主義的

agree [?'gri?]

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v.同意；贊成；意見一致

【例】v.同意

（2012天津）You have to believe in yourself.No one else will, if you don't.

______.Confidence is really important.

A.It's not my cup of tea

B.That's not the point

C.I don't think so

D.I couldn't agree more

【譯】你一定要相信自己。如果你自己都不相信自己，別人也不會相信你。

______。自信非常重要。

A.這非我所好

B.那不是重點(diǎn)

C.我不這么認(rèn)為

D.我完全同意

【派】agreement [?'gri?m?nt] n.一致；協(xié)定；協(xié)議；契約

agreeable [?'gri??bl] adj.令人愉快的；宜人的；欣然同意的

【形】agriculture ['?gr?k?lt??(r)] n.農(nóng)業(yè)；農(nóng)學(xué)

【例】n.農(nóng)業(yè)

（2012江蘇）Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture.

【譯】梅雷根曾是一名大學(xué)教授，目前正在全國各地的大學(xué)訪問，希望能夠鼓勵更多的學(xué)生考慮從事與農(nóng)業(yè)有關(guān)的工作。

agricultural [??ɡr?'k?lt??r?l] adj.農(nóng)業(yè)的；農(nóng)學(xué)的；耕種的

elephant ['el?f?nt]

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n.象

【形】elegant ['el?g?nt] adj.高雅的；優(yōu)雅的；簡煉的；簡潔的

element ['el?m?nt] n.元素；要素；原理；成分

elementary [?el?'mentri] adj.基本的；初級的；元素的

【例】adj.初級的

（2011遼寧）About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings.Instead, they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computers.

【譯】美國的17個州中大約有21,000位青少年不去學(xué)校上課，而是選擇在家里用電腦接受初等教育和高中教育。

elevator ['el?ve?t?(r)] n.電梯；升降機(jī)；升降舵；起卸機(jī)

government [?ɡ?v?(r)nm?nt]

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n.政府；政體；管轄

【例】n.政府

（2006全國）According to the text, what causes some people to be homeless?

A.Lack of money.

B.The increased standard of living.

C.No government help.

【譯】根據(jù)文章，是什么讓一些人無家可歸？

A.缺錢。

B.生活水準(zhǔn)提高。

C.沒有政府幫助。

【派】govern ['g?v?(r)n] v.統(tǒng)治；治理；管理；支配

governor ['g?v?n?(r)] n.州長；省長；（學(xué)校、醫(yī)院等的）董事；主管；總裁