spot
n.①點，斑點，污點；②地點，場所；v.①認出，認清，發現；②玷污，弄髒；③用點作記號
［真題例句］ From an analysis of the hot瞫pot (n.①) population it appears that the African plate is stationary and that it has not moved during the past 30 million years.［1998年閱讀5］
［例句精譯］ 從熱點地區的密度分析情況來看，非洲板塊似乎是固定的，在過去3000萬年裏也沒有移動過。
［真題例句］ 61. From the passage we can infer that .［1995年閱讀3］
［D］ events will be reported on the spot (n.②) mainly through satellites
［例句精譯］ 61備據本文，我們可以推斷出： 。
［D］ 時事將主要通過衛星進行現場報導
trend
n.傾向，趨勢；v.伸向，傾向
［真題例句］ This is a new problem probably not yet unavoidable; but it is a frightening trend (n.).［1996年翻譯］
［例句精譯］ 這是一個新問題，也許該問題並非不可避免，但它卻是一種可怕的趨勢。
web
n.網，蜘蛛網
［真題例句］ In the past three or four years, the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point瞐nd瞔lick spying.［2003年閱讀1］
［例句精譯］ 在過去的三四年中，國際互聯網已經派生出一個可稱爲點擊諜報業的完整的產業。
act
v.①行動，做事；②（on）起作用；③表演；④（for）代表，代替；n.①行爲，動作；②（一）幕；③法令，條例
［真題例句］ This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act (v.①) of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one.［2007年閱讀1］
［例句精譯］ 這次成功，再加上其後表明記憶絕非由遺傳因素決定的研究，終於導致埃瑞克森做出了結論--記憶這種行爲更屬於一種後天培養而非是先天的天賦。
［真題例句］ Governments throughout the world act (v.②) on the assumption that the welfare of their people depends largely on the economic strength and wealth of the community.［2000年翻譯］
［例句精譯］ 世界各國的政府都基於一種觀點，即人民的福利在很大程度上取決於本國的經濟實力和國家的'財富。
［真題例句］ The paid manager acting (v.④) for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.［1996年閱讀3］
［例句精譯］ 代表公司進行管理的領薪經理們與工人和工人的需求形成更加直接的關係，但甚至他們也很少像正在被淘汰的舊式家族企業的家長制中的僱主那樣熟悉和了解工人的情況。
［真題例句］ "Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite" these were stores "anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act (n.①)."［2006年閱讀1］
［例句精譯］ "不像那些個人商店那樣，只滿足有學識的精英人士的需求"，這些商店"不論階級與背景，任何人都能進入。這推進了購物大衆化和民主化的進程。"
［真題例句］ The commercial TV channels-ITV and Channel 4-were required by the Thatcher Government's Broadcasting Act (n.③) to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.［1996年閱讀2］
［例句精譯］ 按撒切爾政府廣播法的要求，商業電視頻道--第一和第四頻道--正在進行商業化，彼此競爭廣告業務，降低成本，裁減員工。
action
n.①行動，行爲；②動作，活動；③（on）作用
［真題例句］ He explores such problem consciously, articulately, and frankly, first by asking factual questions, then by asking moral questions, finally by suggesting action (①) which seems appropriate in the light of the factual and moral information which he has obtained. ［2006年翻譯］
［例句精譯］ 知識分子有意識地，一板一眼地並坦率地探索問題，最開始提出有關事實的問題，然後提出道義上的問題，最後在他所學到的事實與道義的啓發下采取正確的行動。
［真題例句］ Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action (②) of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.［2002年閱讀2］
［例句精譯］ 雖然一開始在20世紀60年代和70年代有過一段樂觀的時期--那時候彷彿晶體管電路和微處理器的發展將使它們在2010年能夠模仿人類大腦的活動--但是最近研究人員已經開始將這個預測延後數十年，甚至數百年。
［真題例句］ (75) When that happens, it is not a mistake: it is mankind's instinct for moral reasoning in action (③), an instinct that should be encouraged rather than laughed at.［1997年翻譯］
［例句精譯］ (75) 這種反應並不錯，這是人類用道德觀念進行推理的本能在起作用。這種本能應得到鼓勵，而不應遭到嘲弄。
agency
n.代理（處），代辦處
［真題例句］ They wouldn't like a national agency, but self瞚nterest would lead them to deal with it.［2005年新題型］
［例句精譯］ 他們不會喜歡全國性代理機構，但是，出於利益的驅使，他們又不得不這樣做。
agent
n.代理商（人），代表
［真題例句］ Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.［2004年閱讀1］
［例句精譯］ 使用個人搜索代理等於多一雙眼睛替你在觀察。
billion
num./n.［美］十億，［英］萬億
［真題例句］ The Oct.28 issue of Newsweek reported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos every week, with ＄3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has，passed pornography as the web's most profitable business.［2006年新題型］
［例句精譯］ 《新聞週刊》10月28日的文章報道2百萬賭徒每週要光顧1800個虛擬賭場，並且今年在網上中他們輸掉了35億美元，業已經超過了色情文學成了網上最贏利的行業。
