7. Last year, the crime rate in chicago has sharply ________.
A. slipped滑落
B. lessoned减小缩小 - 后面只能为抽象意义的影响或者重要性
C. descended
D. declined下降(数字比率)经济衰退
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If you work under a car when repairing it, you often get very ________.
A. waxy象蜡的
B. slipped光滑的湿滑的(形容鱼，泥鳅)也可以形容地面
C. sticky粘性的粘的
D. greasy油污的满身油污的【grease油脂】
answer：D』
非正式文体中crime rate也能被slip (滑落)
answer：D
8. The publication of the poet's most recent works will certainly ________ his national reputation.
A. enhance增加(价值声望吸引力力量价格)
B. strengthen (strong)使数量形状程度增强
C. enlarge扩大具体的范围或尺寸
▲D. magnify放大扩大夸大夸张
answer：A
【political image政治面貌influx潮涌一般的多】
9. Recently a number of cases have been reported of young children ________ a violent act previously seen on television.
A. modifying修改
B. stimulation刺激激励(刺激内需也是这个词)
C. accelerating加速
D. duplicating复制模仿
需要的词义为模仿
ac前缀的词
access accession
accede v允诺同意
accelerate加速促进
celer = quick
62题的D. accumulate累计聚集
cumulate = heap up
▲cumulative累计的
accustom v使习惯
acknowledge使承认
answer：D
10. This kind of material can ________ heat and moisture.
A. delete (高中词汇不考)
B. compel (comple sb. to do sth.强迫迫使)
▲C. repel抵御驱逐拒绝
×D. constrain
answer：C