consistent 一贯的；前后一致的

　　continuous 连续不断的

　　exclusively 的；排他的

　　primarily 主要地

　　maximum 的；值

　　Particular 特别的；某一个的

词汇学习

　　particular 特殊的；专指的；讲究的

　　[词组] in particular 尤其是，特别是；be particular about…对……很挑剔

　　I have to know why it is I’m doing a particular job. 我做某项工作时，我一定要知道为什么要做它。

　　Particular emphasis will be placed on oral language training. 口语训练将给予特别重视。

　　Ted was very particular about the colors he used. 特德对使用的颜色非常挑剔。

　　[词义辨析] particular 强调在性质上的“特殊”，special 强调与其他相异的“特殊”，peculiar经常强调“奇怪”。

　　[实战训练]

　　I noticed his eyes in ____ , because they were such an unusual color. 我特别注意到他的眼睛，因为其颜色与众不同。

　　A. particular  B. peculiar  C. special  D. general

　　My brother likes eating very much but he isn’t very ________about the food he eats. 我哥哥非常喜欢吃，但他对吃的食物并不十分挑剔。

　　A. special       B. peculiar       C. unusual      D. particular

　　maximum 的；值

　　He smokes a maximum of ten cigarettes a day. 他一天最多抽10支烟。

　　I need the maximum amount of information you can give me. 我需要你所能给我的的信息量。

　　[词形变化] maximize 使……化，如：maximize the profits 使利润化

　　[反义词] minimum 最小的；minimize 使……最小化，如：minimize the costs使成本最小化

　　[实战训练]

　　Eight hours’ sleep is the ________ that the children should have, otherwise, they will feel ill for being lack of sleep. 8小时是孩子的最小睡眠量，否则，他们将因为睡眠不足而感到不舒服。

　　A. insufficiency     B. minimum     C. excess     D. maximum

　　exclude  除外,排除

　　We cannot exclude the possibility that some warmongers will run the risk of starting a new world war. 我们不能排除有些战争贩子会冒险发动一场新的世界大战的可能性。

　　We cannot exclude the possibility that he killed his wife. 我们不能排除他杀了他妻子的可能性。

　　[反义词]admit 吸收；include 包括

　　[词形变化]excluding把......排除在外；exclusive (adj.)的; exclusively (adv.)地 （=only）

　　[实战训练]

　　Students who passed the first test ____ from the second one. 通过次考试的学生就不要参加第二次考试了。

　　A. are expelled   B. are excused   C. are excluded   D. are dismissed

　　consistent  始终如一的,一致的,坚持的

　　The last five years have seen a consistent improvement in the country's economy. 最近的五年来，这个国家的经济状况一直在好转。

　　What you're saying now is not consistent with what you said last week. 你现在说的话与上星期你说的不相符。

　　[反义词]inconsistent 前后不一致的

　　[词形变化] consist (vt)组成；在于; consistency (n.)一致

　　[实战训练]

　　The reporters exposed the corruption of several high officials in the government, ______, they were asked to resign from the office. 记者报道的了政府一些官员的贪污情况，因此他们被要求辞职。

　　A. consequentlyB.constantlyC. consistentlyD. thereafter

　　These figures are not consistent ________ the results obtained in previous experiments. 这些数字与我们在之前的实验中得到的结果不一致。

　　A. to       B. with    C. for       D. in

　　continuous 连续的；连绵不断的

　　The brain needs a continuous supply of blood. 大脑需要连续不断地供血。

　　The patient is seriously ill and is being kept under continuous observation. 病人病情严重, 现接受持续观察.

　　[词形变化] continuously (adv)持续地; continual (adj)连续的，继续的，频繁的，循环的; continually (adv)不断地，频繁地，继续地; continue (vt)继续;

　　[词义辨析] continuous 和continual均表示“连续的，不断的”，但有细微差别：前者表示中间没有任何停顿的“连续”，后者则表示中间可以停顿的“连续”。区分以下两句：（1）It has been raining continuously for three days. (2) It has been raining continually for three days. 第（1）句表示“雨一直下个不停，下了三天”；第（2）句表示“雨断断续续地下了三天”。

　　[词形联想] continent大陆；continental 大陆的；陆地的

　　[实战训练]

　　It is our _______ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.通过和平手段追求统一是我们一贯的政策。

　　A. consistentB. continuous   C. considerate D.continual

　　The problem of tracing the disease in such a country was made even more difficult by the ________ war in the country. 由于频繁的战乱，使得在这个国家跟踪这种疾病变得很困难。

　　A. continuous  B. consequent    C. constant    D. consistent

　　primarily 主要地；首先

　　[词形变化] primary 首要的；初级的

　　Laziness is the primary cause of our failure. 懒惰是我们失败的主要原因。

　　[实战训练]

　　Steel is an alloy（合金）composed ________ of iron and carbon. 钢是一种合金，主要由铁和碳构成。

　　A. traditionally     B. primarily     C. carefully     D. partially

真题练习

　　从以上列表中选择词汇填空，注意形式变化。（答案见文后）

　　1. Thirdly, consumers develop loyalty to particular brands that provide a ____________, high-quality experience, and that loyalty is essentially an emotional attachment to the brands. (2018/6/23, 人们喜欢购买的原因及优劣势)

　　第三，消费者对那些提供一贯高质量体验的特定品牌有忠诚度，而这份忠诚度本质上是一种对品牌的情感依恋。

　　2. Many people think that luck plays the most significant role in a successful life, but in my view, to achieve success in life, one needs __________ hard work, though luck does help in some cases.(2020/10/30, 实现生活目标主要是运气使然吗？)

　　许多人认为运气在成功的生活中起着最重要的作用，但在我看来，要在生活中取得成功，一个人需要不断的努力工作，尽管运气在某些情况下确实有帮助。

　　3. Without the natural talent, ___________training would be neither attractive nor productive, and without the training, the child would not learn how to exploit and develop their talent. （《剑桥雅思》，天赋和后天训练，哪个更重要？）

　　没有天赋，不断的训练既不好玩，也没有效果，而没有训练，孩子又不知道怎样使用和发展其天赋。

　　4. The government in any country provides funding for the development of its higher education, but there are divided opinions about where this government funding should go. Should it go ___________ to those “top students” or indiscriminately to all students? My personal view is, however, quite definitive: the government money should be provided for all students. (2017/6/24, 政府应该只资助学生吗？）

　　任何国家的政府都为本国高等教育的发展提供资助，但关于政府资助到底该用在哪里却有不同观点。它是该只用于“学生”还是不加区分地用于所有学生？然而，我个人的观点是确定无疑的：政府资金应该提供给所有学生。

　　5. What is more, since traditional games are usually played with minimal technology and ____________ freedom, children can learn by example from other children without any pre-programed rules. Children need to play traditional games as a physical and mental necessity in the open air, instead of just playing computer games like a little nerd in front of the screen. (2018/8/2, 现在的游戏不及传统游戏有助于孩子发展技能吗？)

　　更重要的是，由于玩传统游戏通常几乎不需要任何技术，并有的自由，孩子们可以言传身教，而没有任何预先编程的规则。孩子们需要在户外玩传统游戏作为一种生理和精神需求，而不仅仅像一个小书呆子在屏幕前玩电脑游戏。

　　6. In my view, among all the funding possibilities, government funding should always remain the best way of operating a museum, because it can ensure the ___________ independence of the museum as an institution to educate the public. (2018/10/20, 资助博物馆的办法）

　　在我看来，在所有的资助可能性中，政府的资助应该始终是博物馆运作的方式，因为它可以限度地确保博物馆作为一个教育公众机构的独立性。

　　7. Unless there is a __________ crisis going on, it is always the case that the public will become immune to shocking statistics or terrible photos, for they have seen too many of them and tend to neglect them. It is, therefore, the job of the government to keep informing the public (through television or other media) of the current environmental issues. (2019/4/14, 政府应该让人们负责保护本地环境吗？)

　　除非有某个危机发生，公众往往对那些令人震惊的统计数据或可怕的照片无动于衷，因为他们已经看过太多这样的东西，往往会忽视它们。所以，政府的工作就是不断(通过电视或其他媒体)向公众宣传当前的环境问题。

　　8. A key responsibility of the world’s rich countries is to increase the amount of aid provided to the poorer countries, __________ in the field of health. The question is: should drug companies be responsible for finding new medicine for these countries or should they mainly focus on making money? (2019/8/10, 医药公司的主要职责是挣钱，还是为贫穷国家研究新药？)

　　世界富国的一项关键责任是增加向较贫穷国家提供的援助，特别是在卫生领域。问题是：制药公司是否应该担负为这些国家找到新药的责任，还是应该把重点放在赚钱上？以上例句来自《2016-2020年雅思大作文真题解析及高分范文合集》！更多关于雅思考试的个性化问题敬请咨询新航道官网