Feb 20, 2009 Volume 5 -- Daily Life in China, #1(28)

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1. Before explaining the reasons for our choice, a brief historical summary is ______.
2. as research progresses, the conventional picture of China which we have built up is vanishing, and the history of China, once the mists _____ its contours have dispersed, will be found to consist, not in continuity and immobility, but in a succession of violent shocks, _____ and breaks in continuity.
3. The cutting of the routes to Central Asia, in Tang times, was the first stage in the forward _____ of the monads.
4. In many spheres, Chinese civilization was at its most brilliant on the eve of the Mongol conquest, an suffered a _____ break in its history as a result of that event.

A) upheavals
B) drastic
C) indispensable
D) veiling
E) thrust

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upheaval:
a violent or sudden change or disruption to something
an upward displacement of part of the earth's crust.

drastic:
likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; radical and extreme

indispensable:
absolutely necessary

veil:
noun
a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face
• a piece of linen or other fabric forming part of a nun's headdress, resting on the head and shoulders.
• a thing that conceals, disguises, or obscures something
• Botany a membrane that is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development, either ( universal veil) enclosing the whole fruiting body or ( partial veil) joining the edges of the cap to the stalk.
(in Jewish antiquity) the piece of precious cloth separating the sanctuary from the body of the Temple or the Tabernacle.

verb [ trans. ]
cover with or as though with a veil
[usu. as adj. ] ( veiled) partially conceal, disguise, or obscure

thrust:
verb ( past thrust ) [ trans. ]
push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction
• [ intrans. ] (of a person) move or advance forcibly
• [ intrans. ] (of a thing) extend so as to project conspicuously
• ( thrust something on/upon) force (someone) to accept or deal with something
[ intrans. ] (of a man) penetrate the vagina or anus of a sexual partner with forceful movements of the penis.

noun
1 a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part
a forceful attack or effort
• [in sing. ] the principal purpose or theme of a course of action or line of reasoning
2 the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine.
• the lateral pressure exerted by an arch or other support in a building.
3 (also thrust fault) Geology a reverse fault of low angle, with older strata displaced horizontally over younger.

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和第四季一样的，也是从正在看的书上摘的句子，每个单词没有重复使用，每个单词都有使用。

本书全名
daily life in china: on the eve of the mongol invasion, 1250-1276

词汇范围，历史，中国文化，社会科学

顺带说一下volume 4 的 this is your brain on music，词汇范围是物理学，生物学，心理学。

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C) indispensable
E) thrust
A) upheavals
D) veiling
B) drastic