Unit1TheworldofoursensesSection3Wordsandexpressions1.Ifyouholdyournosewhenyoueat,yoursenseoftastewillnotworkaswell.(p1)sensen.1.[C]anabilitytounderstand,recognize,valueorreacttosomething,especiallyanyofthefivephysicalabilitiestosee,hear,smell,tasteandfeel:Withherkeensenseofsmell,shecouldtellifyouwereasmokerfromtheothersideoftheroom.MycoldissobadI'velostmysenseofsmell/taste(=Ican'tsmell/tasteanything).Asixsenseisanabilitywhichsomepeoplebelievethattheyhavewhichseemstogivetheminformationwithoutusingthefivesensesofsight,hearing,touch,smellortaste.2.[CorU]ageneralfeelingorunderstanding:Didyougetanysenseofhowtheymightreact?Thehelicoptershoveringoverheadaddedtothesenseofurgency.Comeon,lightenup!Where'syoursenseofhumour?3.[C]oneofthepossiblemeaningsofawordorphrase:Thesenseofthewordisnotclear.Thereisalotofsenseinwhathesays.Theyarenotimmigrants,atleastnotinanysensethatIunderstand.Thepackagingisgreen-inbothsensesoftheword(=itisgreenincolouranditisgoodfortheenvironment).Securitydefinedinthebroad/broadestsenseofthetermmeansgettingattherootcausesoftroubleandhelpingtoreduceregionalconflicts.Thispassagedoesn'tmake(any)sense(=themeaningisnotclear).I'vereadthelettertwice,butIcan'tmake(any)senseofit(=Ican'tunderstandit).4.[U]thecharacteristicofhavinggoodjudgment,especiallywhenitisbasedonpracticalideasorunderstanding:[+toinfinitive]Ihopethey'llhavethe(good)sense/haveenoughsensetoshutthewindowsbeforetheyleave.Itmakes(good)sensetobuyalargepacketbecauseitworksoutcheaperintheend.[+ingformofverb]There'snosenseinwaiting(=Itisnotpracticaltowait)-thenexttrainisn'tfortwohours.Where's/What'sthesense(=Whatistheadvantage)inpayingsomeonewhenyoucouldgetavolunteer?Planningsofaraheadmakesnosense-somanythingswillhavechangedbynextyear.vt.tobeawareofsomethingorexperienceitwithoutbeingabletoexplainexactlyhow:Althoughshesaidnothing,Icouldsenseheranger.Hesensedsomethingwasabouttohappen.[+(that)]Hesensed(that)hisguestswerebored,althoughtheywerelisteningpolitely.[+questionword]Couldyousensewhatwaslikelytohappen?Hesensedthathisproposalswereunwelcome.(2004重庆卷)阅读理解DParapsychologists(灵学家)saythathumanshaveanaturalabilitytosensewhensomeoneislookingatthem.Toresearchwhethersucha“sixthsense”reallyexists,RobertBaker,psychologist(心理学家)attheUniversityofKentucky,performedtwoexperiments.解析:humanshaveanaturalabilitytosense人天生有能力感知到……sense此处是动词（2002春全国卷）III.ReadingComprehensionPassageOneInitsstrictestsense,agroupisacollectionofpeopleinteractingtogetherinanorderlywayonthebasisofsharedexpectationsaboutoneanother'sbehavior.Asresultofthisinteraction,membersfeelacommonsenseof“belonging”.Theydistinguishmembersfromnonmembersandexpectcertainkindsofbehaviorfromoutsiders.解析:initsstrictestsense从严格意义上讲feelacommonsenseof“belonging”有共同的用心爱心专心116号编辑归属感2.Shewonderedifthebuseswouldstillberunning.(p2)wondern.1.[U]feelingcausedbysth.unusual,surprisingorinexplicable;surprisecombinedwithadmiration,bewilderment,etc.:lookatsth.inwonder;Theywerefilledwithwonderwhentheysawthespaceship.Nowonderyouwere(=Itisnowonderyouwere)solate.Hewastakenill,andnowonder,consideringthathehadbeenoverworkingforyears.2.[C]thingoreventthatcausessuchfeeling:Televisionisoneofthewondersofmodernscience.Forawonder:itissurprising:Forawonderhepaidbackthemoneyhehadborrowed.Itisawonder(that):itissurprisingthat:It’s...
