Apparent 顯而易見的，表面上的

　　Dependent 依賴的；取決于......的

　　Extend 擴充；延伸

　　Mutual 相互的

　　Occasion  場合；機會

詞匯學習

　　apparent 顯而易見的，表面上的

　　It was apparent to all that he was guilty. 大家都清楚，他是有罪的。

　　She heard the news of his death with apparent unconcern. 她聽到他的死訊看起來無動于衷。

　　[同義詞]clear 清楚的；obvious明顯的；significant顯著的；重要的；evident 明顯的

　　[詞形變化] apparently（adv）據.....所知；看來；appear (v.) 看起來

　　[詞形聯想] apparel 衣服；服裝

　　[實戰訓練]

　　I was quite moved by the teacher’s ___ patience in tutoring the student. 老師對學生的無限耐心讓我深深感動。

　　A. definite B. destructive   C. infinite D. apparent

　　His proposal is _______ to all of us and you do not need to tell us more about it. 我們都明白他的計劃，因此你不用再告訴我們。

　　A. apparent B. appearing C. approaching D. apart

　　dependent (adj.)依賴的；取決于……的

　　The country's economy is dependent on tourism. 該國經濟依賴于旅游業.

　　All is dependent on your decision. 一切看你的決心而定。

　　[詞組] be dependent on(或upon) 依靠……；取決于……

　　[詞形變化] depend (v.) 依賴; dependently（adv.）依附地；independent 獨立的 (詞組：be independent of…獨立于……)

　　[實戰訓練]

　　He seems ____ any persuasion for he never changes his mind once he has made a decision. 他似乎不聽別人的勸告，因此他作了決定之后就絕不更改。

　　A. responsive to   B. independent from   C. immune to   D. alert to

　　extend（在時間或空間上）擴充,延伸

　　My garden extends as far as the river. 我的花園一直伸展到河邊。

　　The hot weather extended into October. 炎熱天氣一直持續到十月。

　　[詞組] to extend a warm welcome to someone向某人表示熱烈歡迎；extend to 延伸至

　　[詞形變化] extension（n）延長；extensive 廣闊的；廣泛的

　　[詞形聯想]extent 程度，to some extent 在某種程度上

　　[實戰訓練]

　　John cordially ______ his hand to Sam but the latter pretended not to see it. 約翰真誠地把手伸向薩姆，但是后者假裝沒有看到。

　　A. spread B. extended C. sent D. delivered

　　mutual 相互的

　　The East and the West can work together for their mutual benefit and progress. 東西方可以為互惠和進步而合作。

　　[習慣搭配] The feeling is mutual (我也這樣感覺)；mutual respect (相互尊重)；mutual trust (相互信任)；mutual understanding (相互理解)；mutual friend (共同的朋友)；mutual interest (共同的利益)

　　[實戰訓練]

　　The governments of the two countries resolved trade ______ through mutual understanding and cooperation. 兩國政府通過相互理解和合作來解決了貿易爭端。

　　A. debates B. disputes C. contests D. controversy

　　occasion 場景；場合

　　[詞組] on the occasion 在……場合

　　Taking her with me on official occasions has been a challenge. 在正式場合帶上她對我而言是一種挑戰。

　　Christmas is an occasion for all the family to celebrate. 圣誕節是個全家慶祝的機會。

　　[詞形變化] occasional (adj.) 偶爾的，如：He is still late for class occasionally.他仍然偶爾上課遲到。

真題練習

　　從以上列表中選擇詞匯填空，注意形式變化。（答案見文后）

　　1. Today, we can __________ accomplish a lot of things without the help of others, which leads to the popular belief that we are becoming more and more __________. (2016/11/5，我們越來越獨立還是越來越相互依賴？）

　　今天，我們好像沒有別人的幫助能夠做成很多事情，這讓大家都相信，我們正變得越來越獨立。

　　2. For quite a long time, receiving a good education was the only way for young people to get a decent job and earn a high salary. But now, this is __________ not the case any more. Influenced by business stars like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, many young people now begin to believe that one’s success is not in proportion to the education s/he receives. The students, therefore, are not motivated enough to focus on their learning. (2017/3/4, 年輕人不喜歡學習的原因及解決辦法)

　　在很長一段時間內，接受好的教育是年輕人獲好工作、掙高工資的唯一路徑，但是現在看起來似乎不是那樣了。受比爾.蓋茨、史蒂夫.喬布斯這些商界明星的影響，很多年輕人現在開始相信，一個人的成功與他/她所受的教育并不成正比，因此，這些學生就沒有動力來專心學習了。

　　3. Keeping knowledge in the Internet, however, will make us excessively __________ on electronic devices. Simply put, in case of power-off or computer break-down, we will be thrown into a terribly helpless situation. (2017/3/30, 知識存儲在網絡上是好是壞？)

　　然而，把知識保存在網上會讓我們過于依賴電子產品。簡單地說，萬一遇到停電或者電腦崩潰，我們就會陷入到一個特別無助的境況。

　　4. If we as human beings stand at the top of the pyramid of ecosystem, our survival is totally __________ on the existence of other "lower" animals. (2019/2/23, 是否應該保護野生動物？)

　　如果我們人類站在生態系統金字塔的頂端，我們的生存完全取決于其他“低端”動物的存在。

　　5. It is quite common these days for young people in many countries to have a break from studying after graduating from high school. The trend is not restricted to rich students who have the money to travel, but is also evident among poorer students who choose to work and become economically __________ for a period of time. (高中畢業后是否應該有間隔年？《劍橋雅思》官方范文）

　　6. Yet for such organisations as Bill Gates Charity Foundation whose money comes from the entire world, it is far from enough only to help Americans, although it is headquartered in the U.S. As a matter of fact, Bill Gates Charity Foundation, along with other “global” charity groups, has __________ its help to all people in all countries and regions throughout the world. (2016/6/20，慈善機構應該幫助其他國家需要幫助的人嗎？）

　　然而，對于像比爾.蓋茨慈善基金會這樣的組織而言（它的錢來自全世界），雖然其總部在美國，但若只幫助美國人就遠遠不夠了。事實上，比爾.蓋茨慈善基金會，還有其他類似的“全球”慈善機構，已經將他們的幫助延伸到了世界上所有國家和地區的人們。

　　7. In conclusion, the golden days of print news are gone forever, but nothing is like the feeling of physically holding a newspaper in hands. After all, the different ways of learning about news are not __________ exclusive. Each news media outlet is effective in its own way. (2018/3/24,報紙是獲取新聞的最佳途徑嗎？）

　　總之，印刷新聞的黃金時代已經一去不返了，但沒有什么比手拿報紙的感覺更好了。畢竟，獲知新聞的不同方式之間并不相互排斥，每一種新聞媒體都以其自己的方式產生作用。

　　8. Giving aid to those countries in need is always regarded as a right thing to do, not only because it can strengthen __________ friendship, but also because it will win global reputation for the country who gives away. This reputation will, in turn, translate into various forms of support, financially or politically, from other countries. A country which never gives aid to other countries may very likely be isolated from the rest of the world. (2020/7/25, 本國還有人不富裕時，政府是否應該進行國際援助？)

　　向那些有需要的國家提供援助總是被認為是一件正確的事情，這不僅是因為它能加強彼此的友誼，也因為它將為捐助的國家贏得全球聲譽。這種聲譽反過來將轉化為來自其他國家的各種形式的支持，包括財政的支持或政治的支持。從來不向其他國家提供援助的國家很可能與世界其他國家隔絕。

　　9. Reading or telling stories, besides providing an opportunity for the parents to stay together with their children, is also often considered as a wonderful __________ for parents to share their life’s lesson or wisdom with their children. So the fairy tale about a fox is often not just an interesting story, but one that tells the kids about the risks of greed, and similarly, the story of George Washington cutting a cherry tree makes the kids realize the importance of honesty. (2017/7/15, 父母應該給孩子讀書講故事嗎？)

　　讀或講故事除了給父母提供機會與孩子待在一起，還通常被認為是父母與孩子分享人生教訓或智慧的機會。因此，關于一只狐貍的童話故事通常不只是一個有趣的故事，而是告訴孩子們貪婪的風險，同樣，喬治·華盛頓砍櫻桃樹的故事讓孩子們意識到誠實的重要性。