6．Each member of the committee helped to gather the information contained in the report.

　　A surmount B consig C compil D devise

　　7．In recent years people have become interested in purchasing gemstones for investment.

　　A works of arts B rural land C houses D jewels

　　8．Mosquitoes generally breed in swampy areas.

　　A always B usually C rarely D never

　　9．Solar energy is generated as protons fuse to form helium atoms.

　　A bred B conceived C developed D produced

　　10．Since rhetoric is the art of calculated polemic and has persuasion as its goal, can it be considered a verbal science?

　　A competition B objective C subject D core

　　答案：6.C gather v. 搜集 (compile)/surmount v. 战胜；超越 (overcome, conquer)/consign v. 委托 (authorize, commission)/devise v. 设计 (invent, design)

　　7.D gemstone n. 宝石 (jewel)

　　8.B generally adv. 一般地 (usually)/mosquito n. 蚊子/swampy　adj. 沼泽的(muddy, marshy)

　　9.D generate v. 产生 (produce)/solar adj. 太阳的/proton. 【核】 质子/fuse v. 聚变(blend) helium atom 氦原子

　　10.B goal n. 目标 (objective, aim)/rhetoric n. 修辞学/polemic. 辩论(debate)/verbal adj. 语言的(lexical)