1. editorship ['editəʃip]

n. 编辑；校订；编辑或主笔地位

【2001·真题例句】I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of “juggling your life”, and making the alternative move into “downshifting” brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.我已经发现（由于压力过大，凯茜已多次公开宣称要辞去《她》杂志编辑的职务，在这之后她也许会有同样发现），放弃“忙忙碌碌”的生活哲学，转而过一种“放慢生活节奏”的生活所带来的回报，比金钱和社会地位更有价值。

2. ratio ['reiʃiəu]

n. 比率，比例

【2000·真题例句】There are about 105 males born for every 100 females, but this ratio drops to near balance at the age of maturity, and among 70-year-olds there are twice as many women as men. 男女出生时的比例大约是105∶100，但到了成年期，这一比例几乎持平，而在70岁的老年人中女性是男性的两倍。

3. indignation [,indiɡ'neiʃən]

n. 愤慨；愤怒；义愤

【2005·真题例句】Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone. 不公平而引起的愤怒感似乎不是人类的专利。

4. associative [ə'səuʃjətiv]               

adj. 联想的；联合的；组合的

【2013·真题例句】Our reaction to a fast-food logo shows that snap decisions can be associative.我们对快餐商标的反应表明仓促决定是有联系的。

5. alien ['eiljən]

adj. 外国的；相异的，性质不同的；不相容的

【2001·真题例句】There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers which helps explain why the “standard templates”of the newsroom seem alien many readers. 新闻记者和读者之间存在着社会和文化方面的脱节，这就是为什么新闻编辑室的“标准模式”与众多读者的意趣相差甚远。

6. contract ['kɒntrækt] 

v. 收缩；感染；订约n. 合同；婚约

【1996·真题例句】The BBC’s “royal charter” stands for a contract with the Queen. BBC的“royal charter”指的是与女王签的契约。

7. descendant [di'sendənt]

adj. 下降的；祖传的n. 后裔；子孙

【2000·真题例句】But however amazed our descendants may be at how far from Utopia we were, they will look just like us.但是，不管我们的子孙后代对我们离乌托邦的理想境界还差很远感到多么惊讶，他们的样子会同我们差不了多少。

8. prominent ['prɔminənt]

adj. 突出的，显著的；杰出的

【2001·真题例句】The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases such as the trial of Rosemary West.政府要禁止报界付钱给涉及一些要案的证人以图收买他们的举动，审判露丝玛莉·韦斯特案就是这样的一起案子。

9. schism ['sɪz(ə)m; 'skɪz(ə)m] 

n. 分裂；分裂教会罪

【真题例句】The schism between science and the humanities has, if anything, deepened in this century.本世纪，（自然）科学与人文科学之间如果说有什么的话，那就是分裂更深了。

10. instinct ['ɪnstɪŋ(k)t] 

n. 本能，直觉；天性adj. 充满着的

【真题例句】When that happens, it is not a mistake: it is mankind’s instinct for moral reasoning in action, an instinct that should be encouraged rather than laughed at.这种反应并不是错误，这是人类用道德观念进行推理的本能在起作用。这种本能应该得到鼓励，而不应该遭到嘲笑。