高考Collection consists of masterworks in sculpture, colored glass, and precious objects from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century.

收藏品包括9世纪至15世纪欧洲雕塑、彩色玻璃和珍贵物品的杰作。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate.

当代艺术家遵循这一传统，创造出了能表达我们这个时代焦虑的鸡蛋：生命是珍贵的，微妙的。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Once purchased and trained, this would allow the casual user to save money and time, freeing up precious space in our busy lives to read a good book.

一旦购买和培训，这将允许临时用户节省金钱和时间，在我们繁忙的生活中腾出宝贵的空间来阅读一本好书。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

四级Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms—a process that is often extremely painful, but also almost always meaningful.

真正的批评为一位作家创造了一个宝贵的机会，让他能够根据自己的条件变得更好——这一过程通常非常痛苦，但几乎总是有意义的。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms— a process that is often extremely painful, but also almost always meaningful.

真正的批评为一位作家创造了一个宝贵的机会，让他能够根据自己的条件变得更好——这一过程通常非常痛苦，但几乎总是有意义的。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comParison to total waste, the concentration of gold and other precious metals was higher in so-called e-waste than in nature.

瑞士的一项研究报告称，虽然贵金属所代表的电子产品的重量与废物总量相比相对较小，但所谓的电子废物中黄金和其他贵金属的浓度高于自然界。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge.

大脑似乎是一个无穷无尽的图书馆，它的书架上存放着我们最珍贵的记忆和我们一生的知识。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Bringing back unneeded equipment would have used up precious resources such as fuel.

带回不需要的设备会消耗燃料等宝贵资源。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Some of our all too precious time is being stolen.

我们宝贵的时间被偷走了。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Certainly, you don't want to waste your precious hours on following the developments in a disorderly fashion, and miss important deadlines, confuse interview times or forget to follow up as a result.

当然，你不想浪费宝贵的时间去无序地跟踪事态发展，错过重要的截止日期，混淆面试时间，或者因此忘记跟进。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级In college, time is scarce, and consequently, very precious.

在大学里，时间是稀缺的，因此非常宝贵。

2016年12月听力原文

高考Natural minerals contain more precious metals.

天然矿物含有更多的贵金属。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

高考When the war was near, Alia was worried that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountain of gold.

战争临近时，艾莉亚担心战火会毁掉那些书，这些书对她来说比金山还珍贵。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文

四级It keeps our most precious memories until life's end.

它保存着我们最珍贵的记忆，直到生命的尽头。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Just lengthening that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial assets needed for a 100-year life, but such persistent work will inevitably exhaust precious intangible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happiness, and friendship.

只要延长全职工作的第二阶段，就可能获得100年寿命所需的金融资产，但这种坚持不懈的工作将不可避免地耗尽宝贵的无形资产，如生产技能、活力、幸福和友谊。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Better Use of Our Finite Resources Wasting food means losing not only life-supporting nutrition but also precious resources, including land, water and energy.

更好地利用我们有限的资源

2013年12月六级考试真题（二）

四级The first sample products aren’t expected for another 10 or 20 years: But some people are already worrying that they’ll work-and that America’s overextended health-care programs will lose a precious $2.5 billion to $5 billion a year providing them for a relatively few dying patients.

第一批样本产品预计在未来10年或20年内不会出现：但一些人已经担心它们会起作用，美国过度扩张的医疗保健项目每年将损失25亿至50亿美元，为相对较少的垂死患者提供这些产品。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级But with low-income students projected to make up an ever-larger share of the college-bound population in coming years, some schools are re-examining whether that aid, typically known as “merit aid”, is the most effective use of precious institutional dollars.

但随着低收入学生预计在未来几年将在上大学的人口中占越来越大的比例，一些学校正在重新审视这种援助，通常被称为“择优资助”，是否是宝贵的机构资金的最有效使用。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms--a process that is often extremely painful, but also almost always meaningful.

真正的批评为作者创造了一个宝贵的机会，让他按照自己的方式变得更好——这个过程往往非常痛苦，但几乎总是有意义的。

2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime’s knowledge.

大脑是一个看似无穷无尽的图书馆，它的书架上存放着我们最珍贵的记忆以及我们一生的知识。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题 (第3套)

考研If good people do nothing, there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.

如果好人什么都不做，一个不知情的公民就有可能扑灭医学进步的宝贵余烬。

2003年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题