2010考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读:高利率，高收费!

sleazy[’sli:zi] a.质地薄的, 质量差的, 廉价的;乌烟瘴气的
　　
charge  v.①索(价)，要(人)支付，收费;②控告，指控;③充电;④承担;n.①[pl.]费用，代价;②电荷，负荷，考试大
　　
[真题例句] Railroads typically charge (v.①) such “captive” shippers 20 to 30 percent more than they do when another railroad is competing for the business.[2003年阅读3]

[例句精译] 通常，铁路公司对这些“被控”客户的收费要比有另一铁路公司竞争业务时多20%～30%。  
　　
[真题例句] Now he is suing the casino,charging (v.②) that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted.[2006年新题型] 
　　
[例句精译] 现在他正在起诉这个娱乐场，起诉它应该拒绝自己进入并参与赌博，因为它知道他已经上瘾了。 
　　
[真题例句] (48) I have excluded him because, while his accomplishments may contribute to the solution of moral problems, he has not been charged (v.④) with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems. [2006年翻译] 
　　
[例句精译] (48) 我之所以把普通科学家排除在外，是因为尽管他的成就可能有助于解决道德问题，但他还没承担起研究道德问题事实方面以外的任何责任。 
　　
credit  v./n.信用，信任;n.信用贷款，赊欠;名誉，名望;光荣，功劳;学分 

penalty  n.处罚，惩罚 
　　
[真题例句] In a significant (32：tightening) of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a (33：draft) bill that will propose making payments to witnesses (34：illegal) and will strictly control the amount of (35：publicity) that can be given to a case (36：before) a trial

begins.[2001年完形] 
　
(35) [A] publicity[B] penalty 
[C] popularity[D] peculiarity 
　　
[例句精译] 为了更有效地对新闻界实施合法监控，大法官Irvine勋爵将引入一项草拟的法案，该法案将提出，付款给证人是非法的;在审判开始前，对案件的曝光度要严格控制。 
　　
(35) [A](公众的)注意，公开，宣传 
[B] 处罚，惩罚 
[C] 普及，流行 
[D] 特性，特色 
　　
bump  v.①(against，into)碰，撞;②颠簸着前进;n.①碰撞;②隆起物 
retroactive  a.反动的;追溯的, 有追溯力的, 从以往某天开始生效的