（单词翻译:单击）
每一日你所付出的代价都比前一日高，因为你的生命又消短了一天，所以每一日你都要更积极。今天太宝贵，不应该为酸苦的忧虑和辛涩的悔恨所销蚀，抬起下巴，抓住今天，它不再回来。
2001年1月六级试题
4. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well.
A) warrant
B) obligation
C) assurance
D) certainty ?
5. The Christmas tree was decorated with shining ________ such as colored lights and glass balls.?
A) ornaments2
B) luxuries
C) exhibits
D) complements4 ?
6. The two most important ________ in making a cake are flour and sugar .
A) elements
B) components6
C) ingredients
D) constituents8
7. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another.
A) translation
B) transition
C) transmission
D) transaction
8. We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.
A) justifications10
B) illusions
C) manifestations12
D) specifications14
9. No one imagined that the apparently15 ________ businessman was really a criminal.
A) respective
B) respectable
C) respectful
D) realistic
10. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of spedes that are alive today will have become ________ .
A) deteriorated16
B) degenerated17
C) suppressed
D) extinct
答案：
4. C 参考译文：主任向我保证，如果我工作干得好，他就会给我双倍的工资。
A) warrant 证明
B) obligation 责任
C) assurance 确信
D) certainty 明确
5. A 参考译文：圣诞树上点缀着闪光的饰物，如彩灯和玻璃球。
A) ornament1 装饰
B) luxury 奢侈的
C) exhibit 展览
D) complement3 补充
6. C 参考译文：制作蛋糕时所需的两种最重要的原料是面粉和糖。
A) element 元素
B) component5 部件
C) ingredient 配料
D) constituent7 成分
7. C 参考译文：文化传播意味着人类将语言代代相传。
A) translation 翻译
B) transition 过渡
C) transmission 传播
D) transaction 交易
8. B 参考译文：我们必须看破那些幻觉和设想，努力去发现遗漏的东西。
A) justification9 理由
B) illusion 幻想
C) manifestation11 证明
D) specification13 产品说明
9. B 参考译文：没有人想象到这位表面上受人尊敬的商人实际上是个罪犯。
A) respective 分别的
B) respectable 可尊敬的
C) respectful 尊敬的
D) realistic 现实的
10. D 参考译文：如果不采取措施保护环境，数百万的现存物种就会灭绝
A) deteriorate 恶化
B) degenerate 堕落
C) suppress 压制
D) extinct 灭绝
