自考本科英语二复习资料

into be central to be irrelevant to to aim for

2. 常考句子：

1）The use of animals has been central to the development of anaesthetics.

2）Animal research is irrelevant to our health and it can often produce misleading results.

3）People and animals are different in their reactions to drugs and in the way their bodies work.

4）It would be completely irresponsible and unethical to use drugs on people that had not been thoroughly tested on animals.

5）The eventual aim of computer modeling is to reduce the number of animals used in experiments.

6）Many other new techniques are now available that enable more research to be done in the test tube to see if chemicals produce harmful biological effects.

7）The number of animals used in laboratory tests has declined over the last 20 years.

8）This is partly due to alternatives and partly to the fact that experiments are better designed so fewer need to be used.

9）Professor David Morton of the department is involved in animal research and is concerned with reducing animal suffering as much as possible.

10）This includes keeping them in more suitable cages.

include 后面接动名词作宾语。

11）In the US，one experiment in nerve regeneration involves cutting a big nerve in a rat's leg.

involve 后面接动名词作宾语。

12）When it comes to research into heart disease and its effects on the body，or diseases of the brain for example，we do not have adequate substitutes for the use of animals.

When it comes to 当提到… 的时候

第十二单元

1.常考单词：

symptom intellectual

detail initial

inventor confront sensitivity reflection creativity character tra ce modest investment to substitute … for be contrary to to put off be confronted

with to gaze at be unaware

of to impress…on be free

from be beneficial to

2. 常考句子：

1）At its best，daydreaming was

considered a compensatory

substitute for the real things in

life.

2）There are always those who

would substitute fantasy lives for

the rewards of real activity.

（para.2）

3）Most people suffer from a

lack of daydreaming rather than an

excess of it. （para.2）

4）Not only are they less able

to deal with the pressure of

day-to-day existence，but also

their self -control and

self-direction become endangered.

（para.2）

5）But its beneficial effects

go beyond this. （para. 3）

Go beyond 表示“超越…，不仅

仅是… ”

6）Historically，scientists and

inventors are one group that seems

to take full advantage of relaxed

moments.

Take advantage of 利用

7）Whenever confronted with a

task which seemed too hard to be

dealt with，he would stretch out on

his laboratory sofa and let

fantasies flood his mind. （para.7）

8） Picture yourself as winning

and that will contribute

remarkably to success.

The important thing to

remember is to picture these

desired objectives as if you had

already attained them.

第十三单元

1.常考单词：

compel voluntary underta

ke coincide manual

efficiency compulsion di

vision eliminate boring

amusement so far

as …knows to coincide

with attitude toward to

go in for

2. 常考句子：

1）He cannot be really happy if

h is compelled by society to do what

he does not enjoy doing.

2）Whether a job is to be

classified as labor or work

depends，not on the job itself，

but on the tastes of the individual

who undertake it.

3）The difference does not，

for example，coincide with the

difference between a manual and a

mental job.

4）So that it is natural for him

to imagine that the fewer hours he

has to spend laboring，and the more

hours he is free to play，the

better.

第十四单元

1.常考单词：

device compassion grab

belonging threatening

convince foster persuasi

on avail suspect

profound to convince sb. to do

sth. to comment on

2. 常考句子：

1）It was a microcassette found

in Kathleen Weinstein's shirt

pocket that not only led police to

her alleged killer but also

revealed the New Jersey teacher to

be a woman of extraordinary courage

and compassion.

本句是个强调句，另外注意

found 的用法

2）It was there，police believe，

that Weinstein was able to activate

the recorder she kept in her bag.

本句是强调句。

3）Weinstein's body，with hands

and feet bound，was discovered by

a hiker on March17.

4）But before she died she

somehow slipped the microcassette

into her pocket without her killer

knowing it.

第十五单元

1.常考单词：

solely content sensible

persist vital logic

evaluate raw ultimate

functional

extension undue concrete

conquer error prolo

ng technician proof

possess to pull down to

mistake…for to distinguish

between to come to terms with

to end in to reflect on to come

about to speculate on

2.常考句子：

1）Electronic brains can reduce

the profusion of dead ends involved

in vital research.