2010考研英語：歷年真題來源報刊閱讀100篇(17)

　　[真題例句] Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate (①) in our democracy.[2004年閱讀4]

　　[例句精譯] 如果不能批判地思考、不能維護自己的主張、不能理解他人的思想，他們就不能充分地參與民主社會。

　　revive[riˈvaiv]

　　v.①使蘇醒;②復蘇，復興

　　[真題例句] 41. The emergence of the Net has.[2003年閱讀1]

　　[D] revived (②) spying as a profession

　　[例句精譯] 41. 網絡的出現(xiàn)已經。

　　[D] 使間諜職業(yè)復興

　　promote[prəˈməut]

　　v.①促進，發(fā)揚;②提升，提拔;③增進，助長;④宣傳，推銷

　　[真題例句] The standardized educational or psychological test that are widely used to aid in selecting, classifying, assigning, or promoting (②) students, employees, and military personnel have been the target of recent attacks in books, magazines, the daily press, and even in congress.[1995年翻譯]

　　[例句精譯] 標準化教育測試或心理測試目前廣泛應用于協(xié)助選拔、分類、委派或提升學生、雇員和軍事人員：這些測試一直是某些人近些年來在書籍、雜志、日報乃至國會中抨擊的目標。

　　[真題例句] Apart from the fact that twenty�瞫even acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote (④) a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements.[1995年閱讀1]

　　[例句精譯] 除了國會制定的二十七項法案對廣告詞加以約束之外，沒有任何正規(guī)廣告商膽敢推銷與廣告承諾不符的產品。

　　parade[pəˈreid]

　　n.游行，檢閱;v.(使)列隊行進，游行

　　cease[si:s]

　　v./n. 停止，中止

　　[真題例句] If we do not confront and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow.[1995年閱讀2]

　　[例句精譯] 如果我們不能去正視并克服這些內在的恐懼和疑慮，如果我們過于自我保護，那么我們就會停止成長。