L203 词汇题

Conditions for the growth of this plant are optimum in early summer.
we will live as free people, not in fear and never at the mercy of （under the control of） any foreign powers..
Public acceptance of rabbit as an economical source of protein depends on how aggressively producers
market it.
Many New England communities do not permit the construction of a “modernist” building, lest it
alter their overall architectural integrity.
Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality.
Television commercials have been under constant scrutiny for the last few years.
The mayor has spent a handsome amount of time in his last term working to bring down the tax rate.
Earth has an atmosphere, which protects the surface from harmful rays（beams.）
Since it is late to change my mind now, I am resolved to carry out（implement） the plan.
Security guards dispersed （scattered） the crowd that had gathered around the Capitol.
Despite years of searching, scientists have detected no signs of life beyond（outside）our own solar system.
I couldn’t afford to fly home , and a train ticket was likewise beyond my means.

Should work be placed among the causes of happiness or be regarded as a burden?
Much work is exceedingly tiresome, and an excess of work causes stress and even disease.
I think, however, that,provided work is not excessive in amount, even boring work is less harmful than idleness.
We sometimes feel a little relief from work; at other times work gives us delight.
These feelings arise according to the type of work we are doing and our ability to do that work.
Work fills many hours of the day and removes the need to decide what one should do.