文档介绍：Ⅰ.词汇过关
1．________adj. 敏感的；灵敏的
2．________adj. 痛苦的；疼痛的→________n.
3．________n. 邀请；招待→________v.
4．________adj. 简短的；简要的→__mises to do something he'll do it.
A．independent B．confident
C．reliable D．flexible
答案：C　考查形容词词义辨析。根据后句“如果他答应了要干某事，他一定要干。”可知他是一个值得信赖的(reliable)人。
2．brief
a)adj.
1)短时间的；短暂的
He made a brief stay in Beijing.
他在北京小住。
2)简洁的；简单的
Please be brief because I am in a hurry.
我有急事，请长话短说。
b)(n.) 任务简介；指示
①He drew up a brief for his speech.
他起草了一份讲话的概要。
②It wasn't the part of his brief to speak to the press.
交给他的任务不包括向新闻界发言。
[知识拓展]
1)in brief 简言之；一言以蔽之
In brief, your work is bad.
总之，你做得不好。
2)to be brief 简单地说，一句话
To be brief(with you), we can't accept such harsh terms.
简单地(对你)说，我们不能接受这样苛刻的条件。
[词语辨析]
in brief, in short
1)in brief着重于重点突出，不拖泥带水。
There is not much time left, so I'll tell you about it in brief.
时间不多，所以我会简明扼要地告诉你。
2)in short多用来在较长叙述之后长话短说，带有“综上所述”的意思。
In short, I am going to live there myself.
总之我要一个人住在那里。
[牛刀小试]
(1)In________， Tom is a lazy boy.
A．all B．trouble
C．difficulty D．brief
答案：D　题意：简而言之，汤姆是个懒孩子。
(2)I'll make a________visit to Paris.
A．belief B．chief
C．brief D．general
答案：C　题意：我将去巴黎作短时间的访问。
3．sensitive (adj.)
1)～(about/to sth.)易生气的；易被惹怒的；神经过敏的
He's very sensitive about his weight.
他很忌讳别人说他胖。
2)须谨慎对待的；敏感的
Don't be so sensitive—I wasn't criticizing you!
别那么神经过敏—我不是在批评你。
3)～(to sth.)敏感的；过敏的
Ruth is very sensitve to cold.
鲁思对寒冷非常敏感。
4)～(to sth.)灵敏的
We didn't have a receiver sensitive enough to pick up the signal.
我们的接收器不够灵敏，未能收到这个信号。
5)～(to sth.)体贴的；体恤的；善解人意的
She is very sensitive to other people's feelings.
她很能体谅他人的感情。
6)感觉灵敏的；艺术感觉好的；有悟性的
The cellist's bowing was very sensitive.
那位大提琴手的弓法十分细腻。
[牛刀小试]
(1)(2009·江苏，27)Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more ________ to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems.
A．skeptical B．addicted
C．available D．sensitive
答案：D　考查形容词词义辨析。skeptical“持怀疑态度的”，addicted“上瘾的”；available“可获得的”，sensitive“敏感的”。由句意可知D项正确。
(2)The elderly need special care in winter,