本书为“英语词汇学习丛书”中的一本,该丛书是美国大学生中使用*多的词汇丛书。共有六册,每册介绍240—300个在TOEFL、GRE、SAT等测试中经常出现的单词,引导学生根据上下文的语境,包括例证、同义、异义、类比等关系来理解单词,通过反复练习、多次使用来熟悉和记忆单词。此外,书中部分练习题的题型与TOEFL、GRE、SAT等美国常用入学考试的形式相似,对于我国有志于出国留学的学生熟悉题型也有一定的帮助。
本书为第五册,书中提供的英语词汇练习适用于我国高校英语专业高年级(TEM8)学生的水平,也可以用作TOEFL培训**阶段和GRE培训中级阶段的辅助教材。

Preface
Introduction
Pretest of the Whole Book
Unit ONE
Unit One Pretest
Chapter 1 Apartment Problems
Chapter 2 Hardly a Loser
Chapter 3 Grandfather at the Art Museum
Chapter 4 My Brother"s Mental Illness
Chapter 5 A Get-Rich-Quick Seam
Chapter 6 Holiday Blues (Word Parts)
Unit One Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit One Tests
Unit TWO
Unit Two Pretest
Chapter 7 A Phony Friend
Chapter 8 Coco the Gorilla
Chapter 9 Our Annual Garage Sale
Chapter l0 A Debate on School Uniforms
Chapter 11 My Large Family
Chapter 12 Alex"s Search (Word Parts)
Unit Two Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Two Tests
Unit THREE
Unit Three Pretest
Chapter 13 Ann"s Love of Animals
Chapter 14 A Costume Party
Chapter 15 The Missing Painting
Chapter 16 An Ohio Girl in New York
Chapter 17 How Neat Is Neat Enough?
Chapter 18 A Cult Comm Unity (Word Parts)
Unit Three Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Three Tests
Unit FOUR
Unit Four Pretest
Chapter 19 Halloween Troubles
Chapter 20 Thomas Dooley
Chapter 21 Twelve Grown Men in a Bug
Chapter 22 Adjusting to a Group Home
Chapter 23 A Different Kind of Doctor
Chapter 24 Grandpa and Music (Word Parts)
Unit Four Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Four Tests
Unit FIVE
Unit Five Pretest
Chapter 25 My Devilish Older Sister
Chapter 26 Harriet Tubman
Chapter 27 Tony"s Rehabilitation
Chapter 28 Rumors
Chapter 29 The End of a Political Career
Chapter 30 Firing Our Boss
Unit Five Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Five Tests
Posttest of the Whole Book
APPENDIXES
A Answer Key
1.Answers to the Pretest of the Whole Book
2.Answers to the Unit Pretests
3.Answers to the Chapter Activities
4.Answers to the Posttest of the Whole Book
B List of Words and Word Parts