1. harmful ['hɑːmfʊl] 

adj. 有害的；能造成损害的

【真题例句】From the last paragraph we can infer that hallucinogens are in themselves harmful to health.从文章最后第一段我们可以推断幻觉剂本身就危害健康。

2. atmosphere ['ætmə,sfiə]

n. 气氛；大气；空气

【2005·真题例句】If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that those new plants be environmentally sound.如果我们准备保护大气，关键要让这些新发电厂对环境无害。

3. hospice ['hɔspis]

n. 收容所；旅客招待所；救济院

【2002·真题例句】The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life.医疗行业正在采取措施，让年轻医生去晚期病人休养所培训，测试各种大胆的镇痛疗法方面的知识，为医院护理制定一份医疗保障制度的条例，以及制定新的标准来评估和治疗病人的临终痛苦。

4. drain [drein]                    

v. 排水；流干n. 排水；下水道

【2012·真题例句】This “brain drain” has long bothered policymakers in poor countries.这种“人才流失”现象长期困扰着贫困国家的决策者。

5. accompany [ə'kʌmpəni]

v. 陪伴，伴随；伴奏

【2010·真题例句】In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking, social arrangements and errands.根据我个人的研究，女性对丈夫的抱怨，通常不是集中在一些具体的、实实在在的不平等之上，比如牺牲自己发展事业的机会陪伴丈夫，或者承担诸如打扫、煮饭、社交安排这样的家务琐事超过了应有的量。

6. float [fləut]

v. 使漂浮；实行n. 彩车，花车

【2005·真题例句】This means that our noses are to perceiving those smells which float through the air, the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. 这就意味着我们的鼻子局限于察觉那些浮在空气中的气味，而对粘在物体表面的气味却遗漏了。

7. urgency ['ə:dʒənsi]               

n. 紧急；催促；紧急的事

【2013·真题例句】The time needed in making decisions may vary according to the urgency of the situation.决策过程中需要的时间可能会因形势的紧急程度而有所不同。

8. anticipation [æntɪsɪ'peɪʃ(ə)n] 

n. 希望；预感；先发制人；预支

【真题例句】The official statistics on productivity growth fall short of businessmen’s anticipation.关于生产力增长的官方统计数据没有达到商业人士的预想。

9. ingenuity [,indʒi'nju:əti]

n. 心灵手巧，独创性

【2002·真题例句】Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.自从人类开始有了创造力，就一直在设计日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险、枯燥、繁重或者是讨厌的工作。

10. smoking ['sməukiŋ]

n. 抽烟；冒气v. 吸烟；冒烟（smoke的现在分词）

【2005·真题例句】Do you remember all those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn’t know for sure? 还记得科学家们认为吸烟会致人死亡，而那些怀疑者们却坚持认为我们无法对此得出定论的时候吗？