Vocabulary1. pernicious 有害的，2. 恶性的，3. 破坏性的4. knack 窍门，5. 诀窍6. embark 乘船，7. 登记8. write off 勾销，9. 注销。确认某食物已损失或无效10. syllabus 教学大纲11. cram 塞入，12. 把某物塞进，1...
Passage Five (Killing in the Name of God Ugandan Deaths Spotlight Rise of Cults) How could faith beget such evil? After hundreds of members of a Ugand...
24. apocalypse （基督教）启事（录）《圣经新约》25. be susceptible 易受人影响26. ravage 蹂躏，27. 劫掠28. fatalism 宿命论29. apocalyptic 预警的30. icon （东正教）圣像31. doomsday 世界末日32. Jer...
Passage Six (Equality of opportunity in the twentieth Century Has Not Destroyed the Class System)These days we hear a lot of nonsense about the &lsquo...
Vocabulary1.discredit损害，2.破坏，3.败坏（某人的名4.声），5.不6.可信7.monarch国王，8.女皇，9.君主政体10.millennium千年the millennium 千僖年11.bear out证实12.level out（升跌之后）呈平稳状态13.merit...
Passage Seven (The Most Important of All Human Qualities is a Sense of Humor)Biologically, there is only one quality which distinguishes us from anima...
Vocabulary1.devoid没有，2.缺乏3.plaguen.瘟疫，4.惹人烦恼的人和事v.给造成麻烦，5.痛苦，6.困难7.faction派别8.comic stereotype可笑/滑稽的模式9.commentator（集注）作者，10.评论员，11.解说员12.tinklen.一连串的...
Passage Eight (The Improving Economic Situation In Greece)Greece, economically, is in the black. With very little to export other than such farm produ...
Vocabulary1. remittance 汇款（额）2. wash out 洗掉，3. 取消、告吹、冲掉、筋疲力尽4. drachma 古希5. 腊银币 德拉克马（现代希6. 腊货币单位）7. lot 份额8. incompatible 水火不9. 相容的，10. 不11. 能共存的12. c...
Passage Nine (The Program-Federal Government Helps Minority Business)Federal efforts to aid minority businesses began in the 1960’s when the Sma...