3.confirm /conform、
confirm:"确认,确定;批准,认可;使巩固,使坚定"
conform:"适合,相似;符合,遵守(常接介词to)"
典型考题分析:
[例6]All the students have to ____ to the rules and the regulations of the school.(2001.1)
A)confirm?B)confront
C)confine D)conform
[题解]题意是:所有的学生必须遵守学校的规章制度。选项confront意思是"面对,面临;遭受;对抗",常用于短语be confronted with;confine意思是"限制;禁闭",常用于短语confine...to,根据题意,答案为D)。
[例7]The vast majority of people in any given culture will ____ to the established standards of these resources.(1998.1)
A)confine B)conform
C)confront?D)confirm
[题解]题意是:在任何一个文化环境中绝大多数人都会遵守那种文化所形成的准则。故答案为B)。
[例8]E-mail is a convenient,highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that ____?well to human needs.(2000.6)
A)adheres?B)reflects
C)conform?D)satisfies
[题解]题意是:E-mail是方便的、高度民主的用于传递信息的非正式媒介,它符合了人类的需求。选项adhere意思是"坚持,忠于,黏附",其后常接介词to;reflect意思是"反射,反应";satisfy意思是"满足,使满意",但它是及物动词。根据句意,答案为C)。
4.conserve /conceive /contrive
conserve:"保存,保养,保藏"
conceive:"构思出,想象,猜测;抱有……的想法;怀孕;形成概念"
contrive:"设计出,发明,策划"
典型考题分析:
[例9]To ____?is to save and protect,to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment.(2001,1)
A)conserve?B)conceive
C)convert D)contrive
[题解]题意是:保存就是保留并保护好我们喜欢的东西,以便其他人也能分享。选项 convert意思是"改变,转变,转化",常用于convert...into...结构中。根据题意,答案为A)。
[例10]Scientists first ____?the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s.(1996.6)
A)imagined?B)conceived
C)considered?D)acknowledged
[题解]题意是:科学家们在20世纪30年代就提出了原子弹的构想。选项imagine意思是"想象,料想";acknowledge意思是"承认,致谢"。根据题意,答案为B)。