BEC真题（三）
第二辑 TEST 3
READING
goalpost 门柱
prerequisite 必须具备的事务；先决条件（pre-condition）
incentive 刺激，鼓励（stimulus）
passivity 被动，消极，不抵抗（passiveness）
resentful 充满愤恨的
compromise 妥协，折衷
going rate 先行收费标准，现行一般价格
sell onself short 卖空，低估，贱卖（not recognise the true value of oneself）
trade-off 折衷，权衡（compromise）
invariably 总是（without exception）
refresher 补习
nominal 象征性的
jargon 行话
dividend 红利，股利
arise from 产生于
on hand 在场（present）
rigour 严格，严厉，严谨，严密
credibility 可信程度，可信性
pander 迎合，奉迎，投其所好（yield to）
iota 极少量，一点儿（a very small amount）
prescriptive 规定的，指定的，制定（规则）的
quantifiable 可以计量的
backlash 强烈反应，对抗性反应
scrutiny 细看，细查，审视（close or minute examination）
consist of 由...组成 include，contain 指具体的物质的实体和它们的各部分 involve 侧重于非实体的事物及要素
connecting 连接的 neighbouring 临近的，毗邻的 surrounding 周围的 matching 相同的，协调的
initial 起初的
drain 消耗
expansion 扩张
honour your commitment 兑现承诺
cash flow 资金流转
be in a position to do sth. (因为有能力、金钱或权力而)能够做某事
executive 行政领导，主管
forecast 预见
account for 做出解释
dynamic 精力充沛的；有创新能力的
high-profile 显赫的，责任重大的
design 筹划
LISTENING
instalment 分期付款；分期收款
grant 基金的赠予款
overdue 延误的
bottleneck 薄弱环节，瓶颈
chaotic 混乱无序的
trundle 滚动或转动着移动
stuck 进退维谷的
downside 不利方面（a disadvantageous aspect）
out of one's depth 超越自己的能力；理解不了的（beyond one's ability)
niche market 瞄准机会的市场，缝隙市场，利基市场
get one's teeth into 积极地参与其中；牢牢地抓住
take up
1 PHRASAL VERB 开始从事;喜欢上
If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career.
He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport...
他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。
2 PHRASAL VERB 开始处理;讨论如何处理
If you take up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it.
Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case...
德加里斯先生的下议员马克斯·马登开始着手处理这个问题。
3 PHRASAL VERB 开始从事，开始干(工作)
If you take up a job, you begin to work at it.
He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month.
他将在下个月底就任民事法庭庭长一职。
4 PHRASAL VERB 接受，答应(提议或挑战)
If you take up an offer or a challenge, you accept it.
Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir...
越来越多的酿酒商开始接受种植黑皮诺葡萄的挑战。
5 PHRASAL VERB 占用，花费(时间、空间或精力)
If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount.
I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time...
我知道您肯定特别忙，我当然不想占用您太多的时间。
6 PHRASAL VERB 占领，占据，占有(位置、阵地)
If you take up a particular position, you get into a particular place in relation to something else.
He had taken up a position in the centre of the room...
他占据了房间中心的位置。
7 PHRASAL VERB 继续;把…接着进行下去
If you take up something such as a task or a story, you begin doing it after it has been interrupted or after someone else has begun it.
Gerry's wife Jo takes up the story...
格里的妻子乔接着往下讲。
take down
1 PHRASAL VERB (从高处)取下，拿下，够下来
If you take something down, you reach up and get it from a high place such as a shelf.
Alberg took the portrait down from the wall...
阿尔伯格从墙上摘下那幅肖像画。
2 PHRASAL VERB 拆掉;拆毁
If you take down a structure, you remove each piece of it.
The Canadian army took down the barricades erected by the Indians...
加拿大军队拆掉了印第安人设置的路障。
3 PHRASAL VERB 写下;记录
If you take down a piece of information or a statement, you write it down.
We've been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we took your number down incorrectly...
汤姆，我们一直试着给你回电话，可是，或许我们把你的号码写错了。
take on
1 PHRASAL VERB 承担，接受(尤指艰巨工作或重大责任)
If you take on a job or responsibility, especially a difficult one, you accept it.
No other organisation was able or willing to take on the job...
没有任何别的组织有能力或愿意承担此项工作。
2 PHRASAL VERB 呈现，显出(新面貌或新特点)
If something takes on a new appearance or quality, it develops that appearance or quality.
Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity.
由于以为自己只剩一年的活头，他的文字开始变得激情澎湃。
3 PHRASAL VERB (公共汽车、船舶等)上(客)，装(货)，补充(燃料)
If a vehicle such as a bus or ship takes on passengers, goods, or fuel, it stops in order to allow them to get on or to be loaded on.
This is a brief stop to take on passengers and water.
这是一次短暂停靠，上上客，加加水。
4 PHRASAL VERB 雇用;录用
If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job.
He's spoken to a publishing firm. They're going to take him on...
他和一家出版公司谈过了，他们打算雇用他。
5 PHRASAL VERB 与(尤指实力比自己强的人)较量;接受…的挑战
If you take someone on, you fight them or compete against them, especially when they are bigger or more powerful than you are.
Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high...
民主党人不愿与一位有史以来民众支持率最高的总统较量。
6 PHRASAL VERB 擅自决定;自作主张
If you take something on or upon yourself, you decide to do it without asking anyone for permission or approval.
Knox had taken it on himself to choose the wine...
诺克斯擅自作主，选了葡萄酒。
grant n. (政府、机构的)拨款
distribute business and research grant
