第16课第2节 单词
1  devote  v.致力
He devoted his efforts to the improvement of the parks in the city.
他致力于市区公园的改进.
n.devotion

2  divorce  v.离婚
He has been divorced for a year.
他已离婚一年.
同.sparate 
n.离婚
His wife asked him for a divorce,
他太太要求离婚.

3  elegant  adj.高雅的
The furnishings of the palace were elegant.
这座皇宫的装饰很高雅.

4  equator  n.赤道
The United States is north of the equator.
美国在赤道的北边.

5  exist  v.生存
We cannot exist without air, food, and water.
没有空气,食物和水,我们就不能生存.
 
6  federal  adj.联邦制的
The United States has a federal government.
美国有一个联邦政府.

7  forbid  v.禁止
Smoking is forbidden in the crowded bus.
在拥挤的公共汽车上禁止吸烟.
同.prohibit 反.permit;allow 

8  gallery  n.画廊
Many pictures were hung on the walls of the gallery.
画廊的墙上挂着许多画.

9  grind  v.磨
That mill grinds corn into meal and wheat into flour.
那家磨坊将玉米磨成玉米分,小麦磨成面粉.

10  improve  v.改进
She improved her handwriting by constant practice.
她通过不断的练习来改进她的书法.
n.improvement

从以上单词中选出最适当的一个单词,填入空格内.
1 The mother (        ) herself to caring for her sick child last week.

2 A(n) (        ) is an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth at an equal distance from the North and South poles.

3 What happens to the soul when it is (        ) from the body?

4 In the United States foreign policy is decided by the (        ) government.

5 If her father had known it, he would have (        ) the marriage.

答案:
1 The mother (devoted) herself to caring for her sick child last week.

2 A(n) (equator) is an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth at an equal distance from the North and South poles.

3 What happens to the soul when it is (divorced) from the body?

4 In the United States foreign policy is decided by the (federal) government.

5 If her father had known it, he would have (forbidden) the marriage.