B. The new immigrants came not to take possession of and cultivate the land as in the past，but to work in the factories，and in the construction sites．
新移民的到来不像过去一样为了占有和耕种土地，而是要在工厂和建筑工地工作。
C．gain/obtain/secure possession of sth获得某物
retain possession of a trophy by a second victory由于连胜而保留奖杯
137. PREOCCUPATION: be preoccupation with
A. In a world troubled by economic and political instability, the preoccupation with private decision is shifting to concern about the whole of humankind．
在一个经济和政治动荡的世界里，一心关心个人的决定正转向考虑整个人类。 B. If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values．
如果学校的注意力少放一点到学业上，就有可能将更多的时间用到教育孩子认识真正的价值观上。
C．His preoccupation with business left little time for his family. 他全神贯注于事业，因而能与家人共度的时间很少。
138. PRESENCE: make one's presence felt; during one's presence;
in the presence of在?面前
A．In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems inhibited, even embarrassed．
在陌生人或外国人面前，英国人常常显得拘谨，甚至局促不安。
B．So a mother and father who have ever cared for pets are likely to avoid making negative or rude remarks in the presence of a child，no matter how young．
因此，养了宠物的父母很可能在孩子面前不讲坏话或粗话，不管孩子多小。 C．acknowledge the presence of承认?的存在
The drunken fellow made his presence felt in various ways. 那个醉汉用各种方法使人们感到他的存在。 during one’s presence in Paris他在巴黎时
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139. PRESSURE: pressure for; put pressure on
A．The exaggerated sense of risk and insecurity may lead to increasing
demands for protection，and to increasing pressure for the use of force by established authority.
这种夸张的危险感和不安全感造成了人们要求得到保护的呼声越来越高，也给当局带来了越来越大的压力，迫使其使用武力。
B．For another，the extremely demanding system puts enough psychological pressure on students．
其次，非常严格的制度给学生施加了太大的心理压力。 C．apply/put/exert/place pressure on sb给某人施加压力 build up/increase pressure增加压力
ease off/lighten the pressure of减轻?的压力
D．These schools are very popular and there is always great pressure for admittance to them.这些学校非常有名气，所以要求入学的人总是很多。 E．pressure for money金融紧迫；缺钱
140. PRODUCTIVITY: increase/block the productivity (生产率；多产) of A．In the student's life there are many psychological pressures and tensions which block effective productivity.
在学生的生活中，有很多的心理压力和紧张，因此降低了学习效率。 B．increase productivity提高生产率
141. PROLIFERATION: the proliferation(扩散；激增) of
A. I am not，however，particularly concerned with the steamy proliferation of gossip in the nation's press，since no one gets into those columns unless they're renowned or notorious and indeed have worked at achieving such visibility.
然而，我并不十分关心国家报刊上源源不断冒出来的小道消息，因为一个人若不是特别知名或臭名昭著，而且确实能做到这样露脸，他们是不可能进入这样的专栏的。
B．prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons防止核武器的扩散
142. PROSPECT: see/have/there is/no/little prospect(前途，前景) of
success/ promotion (想到将要，知道将要；有?的希望)
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A．Many American firms have taken fright at the prospect of being locked out of China while companies from Japan and Europe crowd in． 日本和欧洲的公司大批涌入中国，而美国的公司却将被拒之门外，许多美国公司对这种情景深感惊恐。
B. Others resent the prospect of being “put on the scrape heap”, and seek alternative outlets for their energies and alternative sources of satisfaction or joy．
另外一些人想到自己要被视为“废物”而抛弃，心中不免愤愤然，于是他们寻找别的方法来发泄自己的精力，寻找别的途径来得到满足和快乐。 C．offer a very promising prospect for为?提供了很有希望的前途 compromise its prospect危及它的前途
He has good prospects of being elected.他大有当选的希望。
143. PROTECTION: afford/provide adequate/little protection from/against;
a protection for/against/of
A．Voluntary premarital testing for AIDS is a protection for both partners and for the uncontaminated and unborn children．
婚前自愿测试艾滋病不但为了保护双方，同时也为了保护还没出生的孩子不受感染。
B．We are dealing not just with the protection of the innocent but with an essential step to contain the spread of an epidemic as tragic and as horrible as any that has befallen modern man.
我们不仅仅在保护无辜者，而且采取了重要措施以控制流行病的蔓延，因为这场流行病是现代人碰到的最悲惨、最可怕的病。
C．afford protection against weather提供保护免受天气之害 give protection to保护
144. PUBLICTTY: accord/give publicity to; gain/seek publicity through A．A faculty member generated national publicity for the University of Maryland last year by apprehending several students who had taken examinations for others．
去年，马里兰大学的一位教师抓住了几个为他人代考的学生而知名全国。 B．World-famous for his works he was never personally well known，for the throughout his life he avoid publicity．
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他的成就驰名全世界，而他个人却始终默默无闻，因为他整个一生总是避免抛头露面。
C．accord/give (wide/enormous)publicity to对?给予宣传 achieve/attain/gain publicity获得名声
avoid/escape/shun publicity避免惹人注意，不要出风头 seek publicity求名，想出风头
D．The matter received wide publicity in the United States. 此事在美国受到广泛关注。
145. PURSUIT: in (the) pursuit of
A．Indeed，in some respects Americans may believe the “pursuit of happiness” to mean the pursuit of material things．
确实，在某种意义上说，美国人认为追求幸福就意味着追求物质利益。 B．They immediately set out in pursuit of the enemy. 他们立即出动，追击敌人。
C．abandon the pursuit of learning放弃研究学问 take up literary pursuits with whole－hearted zest 开始专心从事文学研究
146. QUEST: in quest of/the quest for truth/ knowledge
A．To be an Athenian is to hold knowledge and，especially，the quest for knowledge in high esteem．
做一个雅典人就是要尊重知识，特别是要追求知识。 B．They went out to Australia in quest of gold. 他们到澳大利亚去寻找黄金。
147. REACTION: (in) reaction to
A．produce fierce reactions in the young people 在年轻人中产生强烈的反应
B．What was his reaction to our proposal?他对我们的提议有什么反应？ C．We were not prepared for the violence of his reaction towards Sandy. 我们没料到他竟然会对桑迪作出如此激烈的反应
148. REALIZATION: at the realization; come to a (full) realization of;
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bring me the realization that
A．Yet there is no reason for us to feel inferior or downcast at the realization that much of the genius of mankind's advance was Chinese rather than European．
意识到使人类进步的天才大多是中国人而不是欧洲时，我们就没有理由感到自卑和沮丧。
B．Advertising campaigns have，however，promoted a growing realization of the advantages of these small plastic cards．
然而，广告公司大做广告，让越来越多的人意识到这种小塑料卡的好处。 C．We will continue to lose ground and squander our educational resources until teenagers and their parents come to the full realization that academic achievement requires the same motivation and active involvement as achievement in sports or music．
我们会继续失去阵地，浪费我们的教育资源，直到年轻人和他们的家长充分认识到：取得学习上的成绩和取得体育或音乐上的成绩一样需要动力和努力。 D．bring sb the poignant realization that使某人痛切地认识到 come to the realization that开始认识到
have a perfect realization of the significance of the decision 完全领会决议的意义
149. RECOGNITION: there is a (one's) the recognition (of)
A．Today there is a fast-spreading recognition around the world that progress can no longer be measured in terms of technology or material standard of living alone--that a society that is morally，politically, environmentally degraded is not all advanced society．no matter how rich or technically sophisticated it may be．
今天世界上越来越多的人认识到，进步再也不能仅仅以技术或物质生活水平来衡量。一个在道德上、政治上和环境上退步的社会不是先进的，不管它多么富裕或技术上多么先进。
B．His willingness to experiment with reforms stemmed not so much from a love of democracy as from his recognition that without reform the nation would slide toward economic ruin．
他愿意进行改革的实验与其说是出于他对民主的爱，还不如说是他认识到没有改革，国家的经济就会崩溃。
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