CBEST Reading ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

CBEST Reading ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
skit - CORRECT ANSWER - a short comic scene

小品



diversion from everyday life - CORRECT ANSWER - something that turns your attention
off of what you are thinking about

转移



invariably - CORRECT ANSWER - always



A crowed had assembled - CORRECT ANSWER - 人群聚集起来



counterpart - CORRECT ANSWER - a person or thing that is similar to another

同行



quack - CORRECT ANSWER - an unqualified or fake doctor, charlatan

江湖郎中



The fitness of - CORRECT ANSWER - ......的健康情况



trickery - CORRECT ANSWER - the use of dishonest methods to trick people in order to
achieve what you want

骗术



How to guard against... - CORRECT ANSWER - 如何防范......

,The writer's argument in the pasaage is addressed mainly to - CORRECT ANSWER -作
者在文章中的论点主要是为了：



addressed - CORRECT ANSWER - spoke to



Solution - CORRECT ANSWER - A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
mixture
溶液



take the human form of... - CORRECT ANSWER - 化身为人类的某人



Demon King - CORRECT ANSWER - 魔王



involve - CORRECT ANSWER - 涉及



devoted - CORRECT ANSWER - very loving or loyal

忠诚的



troupe - CORRECT ANSWER - group of performers

剧团



The most promising performers - CORRECT ANSWER - 最有前途的



exacting - CORRECT ANSWER - demanding perfection; strict

苛刻的

, subordinate - CORRECT ANSWER - lower in rank or position



Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER - 绑架



Have hit a winter - CORRECT ANSWER - 成功了



treadmill - CORRECT ANSWER - 跑步机



Battered - CORRECT ANSWER - damaged by blows or hard usage



ballast - CORRECT ANSWER - Heavy material used to make a ship steady or control the
rising and falling of a vessel like a balloon.

压载



boulder - CORRECT ANSWER - large rock



Ballasted by several gray boulders of unknown origin. - CORRECT ANSWER - 车上有几
块来历不明的巨石压载着我们



zeal - CORRECT ANSWER - great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an
objective

狂热



spotted - CORRECT ANSWER - saw



oblivoius - CORRECT ANSWER - unaware