1. The Space Age ________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.
    A. initiated (initial起初的開始的，initiative起初階段主動地位優(yōu)勢initiate v某事發(fā)生)
    B. orginated (origin、originate from某事從某處發(fā)源sb originate sth某人發(fā)明/創(chuàng)造什么東西)
    C. embarked (embark on doing sth開始一件令人激動的事情)
    ★D. commenced (commence重大的事件及歷史時期的開始)
    launch發(fā)射升空
    lease租約
    answer：D
    2. John said that he didn't quite ________ and asked me to repeat what Ihad said.
    A. snatch up掠奪忽然行動
    B. summon up鼓起勇氣積累信心
    C. catch on
    D. watch out當心
    ▲表示明白的六級2個詞組
    make sense of (make sense) / catch on =understand
    answer：C
    3. When he tried to make a ________, he found that the hotel that he wanted was completely filled because of a convention.(99年1月最后一次)
    A. complaint (complain v抱怨)
    B. claim
    C. reservation
    ×D. decision
    answer：C
    4. A budget of five dollars a day is totally ________ for a trip round Europe.
    A. inadequate不夠的不充分的
    B. incapable無能的、絕望的、無助的
    C. incompatible ≠ compatible (正確答案只有 - >incompatible with與……對立【沒有 - > compatible with與……協(xié)調(diào)】)
    D. invalid違法的、無效的、不正確的、無理由的
    valid有效的
    answer：A
    5. In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled workers is ________.
    A. sbrinking減少
    B. obscuring只考形容詞形式，表示“費解，晦澀”，做動詞“使……費解，使……模糊不清”
    C. altering
    ×D. constraining
    alter：change
    alteration n變化改變
    alternate adj輪流的交換的v交替輪換
    alternative n異端異類adj選擇性的二中選一的
    misfit不合時宜 - >alternative不指蠱惑仔指精神上學術著作上的異端異類
    answer：A
    6. The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ________ the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.
    ×A. decrease
    B. subtract數(shù)字的減少
    C. minimize
    D. degrade v (使)降級使墮落使退化
    extravagant奢侈的過分的重要的
    answer：C
    7. If the world is to remain peaceful, the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit local ________.(局部戰(zhàn)爭)
    A. collisions n (運動物體)碰撞沖突(文化意識或戰(zhàn)爭)(collide運動物體碰撞)
    B. combats戰(zhàn)爭中的小戰(zhàn)斗突襲
    ●●C. contradictions反駁駁斥矛盾
    D. conflicts長期戰(zhàn)爭內(nèi)心沖突爭執(zhí)
    utmost = most extreme
    answer：D