abandon vt.放弃, 遗弃 （90-6， 91-6，92-1，93-1，95-1， 95-6，98-6，99-6，02-6，05-1，06-12，07-6）

After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. （02-6）

abnormal adj反常的, 变态的

Various efforts have been made over the centuries to predict earthquakes, including observing lights in the sky and abnormal animal behavior.（06年6月17日真题）

几个世纪以来，人们尽了很大努力预测地震，包括观察天空的光亮以及动物的反常行为。

abrupt adj.突然的, 意想不到的;

That long airplane ride, the abrupt change of climate, was more than she could take. （05,1）

长时间乘坐飞机，以及突变的气候都是她难以承受的。

absence n.缺席 （93-6，00-1，01-1，06-6

Those who recognize problems as a human condition and don’t measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know; also, the most rare. （01-1）

absolute adj.绝对的；完全的；（93-6，95-6，96-6，01-6，02-6（原型），03-9，05-1，07-6

absorb vt. 吸收（液体）；（90-1，92-6，96-1，97-6，98-1，99-1，00-1）

The club will absorb new members the first week in September. （02-1）

abstract n. 摘要, 概要, 抽象（90-6，00-6，01-1，03-6）

At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations quickly. （01-1）

abundance n. 丰富, 充裕, 丰富充裕（91-6，01-1，05-12，06-12）

in aboundance 充足，丰富 abundant adj.

From science to Shakespeare, excellent television and video programs are available in abundance to teacher.(06年12月)

accelerate v. 加速（99-1，02-6）

Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only accelerates the crisis. （02-12）

access n. 通路, 访问, 入门

access to 通往…的道路 have access to 有机会，有权利享用或接近

The people living in these apartments have free access to that swimming pool. （97-1）

accompany v. 陪伴, 伴奏 （01-6，05-12）

accomplishment n. 成就, 完成, 实现, 达到（93-1，98-1，04-6）

accurate adj.正确的, 精确的

Weather forecast is getting more accurate today. 现在，天气预报越来越准确了。

accuse v. 控告, 谴责, 非难（96-1，98-6，02-6，03-9，05-1，05-6，06-6）

The police accused him of setting fire to the building but the denied having been in the area on the night of the fire. （96-1）

accuse sb. of doing sth. 指控某人

accustom v.使习惯于 （98-1，01-6，02-6，03-9，05-1，05-12）

be accustomed to sth. /doing sth. 习惯（做）某事

After only two days in the river, people accustomed to being spoiled and indulged had become a team, working together to cope with the unpredictable twists and turns of the river. （98-1）

achieve v. 完成, 达到（90-6，92-1，93-1，94-1，95-1，97-1，97-6，98-1，98-6，00-1，00-6，01-1，04-6，06-6）

In one study of 400 adults who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school.（04-6）

acknowledge v.承认, 答谢, 报偿

Professor Hawking is acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest living physicists.（02年6月）霍金教授被认为是当今世界最伟大的物理学家之一。

acquaintance n. 相识, 熟人

Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they’d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances. (2007.12)

去年，我辞去了小镇记者的工作，开始当餐厅服务员。在这份为人们提供食物的动作中，我遇到的一些顾客对我说了一些话，做了一些事。我认为，这些话和事情他们是绝不会向最不熟的熟人说和做的。

acquisitive adj.想获得的,

actually adj.实际上；真实地（91-1，91-6，95-1，95-6，96-1，96-6，99-6，01-1，02-1，02-6，03-6，03-9，04-6，05-6，06-6）

adapt v. 使适应；使适合（90-1，92-1，98-6，99-1，99-6，05-6，05-12）

adequate adj.足够的（91-1，92-1，97-6，00-6，03-6，05-1，06-6，06-12）

adopt v.收养，采用（90-1，90-6，91-1，92-6，93-6，01-1，02-1，02-6，03-6，05-6，06-6，07-6）

advance v.前进；增进（90-1，90-6，91-6，92-1，97-1，99-1，99-6，03-6，05-12，06-6，07-6）

affective adj 情感的, 表达感情的（05-6）

affluence n.富裕（02-12，07-6）

aggression n.进攻, 侵略（02-6，06-6）

agony n.极大的痛苦

agriculture n.农业, 农艺, 农学（91-6，92-6，98-1，99-1，00-6，02-6）

alert adj.提防的, 警惕的（90-1，94-1，99-6，00-6，01-1，03-6）

The sign set up by the road alerts drivers to a sharp turn. （03-12）

alien adj.（常与to连用）与…相反的；与…不同的（02-6，03-9，04-6）

allegiance n.忠诚（02-6）

alter v.改变（90-1，92-1，97-1，99-6，03-12，06-6）