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  • 第1题:

    The word “mania” (Line 4, Paragraph 2) most probably means

    [A] fun.

    [B] craze.

    [C] hysteria.

    [D] excitement.


    正确答案:B

  • 第2题:

    The word “passing”(Line 7, Paragraph 1) most probably means_____.

    [A] instant [B] trivial [C] simple [D] negligible


    正确答案:D

    [精解] 本题考查词义理解。passing一词出现在第一段第四句。其上文提到,“债券交易员得到的两条建议有两处细微的缺陷。第一点是要从现任联邦储备局主席的嘴里听到精确而有分量的话不只是……的困难(more than passing difficulty)”。显然这一内容是针对上文第二条建议(即,美国联邦储备局前主席说的话都是金玉良言)而讲的。由“缺陷”(drawbacks)一词可知,从现任联邦储备局主席那听到金玉良言是非常困难的,这种困难不是“微不足道的”,因此[D]正确。

  • 第3题:

    The word “binge” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means _____.

    [A] eat excessively

    [B] refuse to eat

    [C] fail to digest

    [D] enjoy a good appetite


    正确答案:A

    本题考查词义。该词语上文suffer from bulimia暗示它是一种疾病,下文对该词作出了进一步解释:三十分钟内吃掉两三天的饭量。因此[A]项正确。

  • 第4题:

    In Paragraph 2, the word" legitimate" most probably means ______.

    A) lawful

    B) biological

    C) personal

    D) reasonable


    正确答案:D
    答案:D
    [试题分析]词义判断题。
    [详细解答]该词意为:“合法的”,“合理的”。

  • 第5题:

    The word \"infiltrated\" (Line 5, Para. 5) probably means ______.

    A. acted

    B. mixed

    C. taught

    D. filtrated


    正确答案:B
    B 猜词题。该词所在的原句为“The ranks of volunteers were infiltrated by actors told to play selfishly.”从后文可以看出,人们并不喜欢那些自私的同伴,据此可以推断这些志愿者们和演员们是被混在一起的。选项中,A“扮演”,B“混杂”,C“教授”,D“过滤”。因此B最合适。

  • 第6题:

    The word“confront”(1ine 2,para 4)most probably means“________”.

    A.bring face to face

    B.find out

    B.understand

    D.accept


    正确答案:A
    根据上下文,可以推测出confront是“迎接、面对”的意思。故选A。

  • 第7题:

    The last word of the passage "counts" most probably means ______.

    A. is most important

    B. is included

    C. is considered

    D. is numbered


    正确答案:A

    43.答案为A。根据全文可知选项Aimportant相等。

  • 第8题:


    The word“rejuvenated”(Para.5) most probably means( )

    A.modified
    B.recollected
    C.classified
    D.reactivated

    答案:D
    解析:

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    The word “gizmos” (line 1, paragraph 2) most probably means ______.
    A

    programs

    B

    experts

    C

    devices

    D

    creatures


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    词义推断题。第二段讲述了intellectual gizmo的作用,第二、三、四句分别举了“工厂的机械、银行的自助服务终端以及地铁的机器人驾驶员”的例子,说明gizmo指的是先进的机器设备,并且第五句继续提到“continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics”,进一步说明gizmo指的是电子和小型机械设备。故C项为正确答案。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    The word “down-to-earth” (Para. 3) most probably means _____.
    A

    changeable

    B

    expensive

    C

    reasonable

    D

    fixed


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    词义解释题。题中问“‘down-to-earth’是什么意思?”从文章的第三段最后一句话“…serve a good choice of delightful dishes at down-to-earth prices”可知,本句的意思是多年的调查告诉我们哪些餐馆以最优惠的价格为游客提供最可口的食品。正确的答案为C,意思是“合理的、便宜的”。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    The word “splendid” underlined in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______.
    A

    unique

    B

    improbable

    C

    excellent

    D

    famous


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    词义辨析。“splendid”一词出现在文章最后一段最后一句话,前文指出对真菌进行分类很困难,可知该句指“在体现分类学者进行物种分类所面临的困难方面,地衣是一个绝好的例子”,因此“splendid”与选项C中的excellent(极好的)意思相符。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    The word “muscle” (Line 5, Para. 1) probably means ______.
    A

    strengthen with pressure.

    B

    replace with force.

    C

    stop by law.

    D

    take charge.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    语义理解题。由题干定位至第一段。本段首句讲到,尽管对于油价上涨有很多怨言,但美国人依旧偏好大空间的轿车;但是迷你小汽车的出现muscle a few gas guzzlers off the highway,根据文意可推断出,一些大耗油量的汽车被挤出了高速公路,muscle即“淘汰,替代”,B正确。

  • 第13题:

    The word “thaw”(Line 3, Paragraph 4) most probably means _____ .

    [A] aggravation of tension

    [B] improvement in relation

    [C] intensification in attacks

    [D] ending of coordination


    正确答案:B

    本题考查词义的理解。第四段开始讲到矛盾的爆发。第三句but转折指出,...there were the first signs of a thaw,下文又以塞莱拉公司创始人认为对抗不好的讲话和一次癌症会议上双方的互相称赞为例,对该句话进行论证。可见他们的关系是改善了,所以[B]项正确。单词thaw意为“解冻”,与[B]项一致。其他项均是说不好的方面,与文意不符。

  • 第14题:

    The word "relative" in paragraph 3 most probably means______.

    A. similar

    B. related

    C. different

    D. independent


    正确答案:B

    49.答案为B  只有B最接近原意“相关的”。A为“相似的”;C为“不同的”;D为“独立的”。

  • 第15题:

    The underlined word \\\"thwart\\\" (Para. 1) most probably means \\\"

    The underlined word \\\"thwart\\\" (Para. 1) most probably means \\\"________\\\".

    [A] destroy

    [B] forbid

    [C] cure

    [D] prevent


    正确答案:D
    这里问的是"thwart" 一词的意义,回答时应当联系上下文,对该词的意义进行合理的猜测,尤其是作者在提到该词之前进行的论述。D是正确答案,即“防止”。

  • 第16题:

    In .the first sentence of the second paragraph, the word skyrocketed, most probably means ______.

    A) became various

    B) was updated

    C)increased rapidly

    D) remained the same


    正确答案:C
    答案:C
    [试题分析]词义判断题。
    [详细解答]该词原意为“焰火”、“高空火箭”,本句是一个比喻,意为:突然升起、猛涨。该句可译为:“不久,使用的机械农具的数量猛增,这改变了农耕的性质。”

  • 第17题:

    The underlined word \\\"hacker\\\" (Para. 1) most probably means \\\"

    The underlined word \\\"hacker\\\" (Para. 1) most probably means \\\"________\\\".

    [A] highly recognizable names behind many of the computer technologies used today

    [B] the negative connotation of those computer users

    [C] a game, employing the tools that are readily available via the Internet

    [D] people who break into computer systems


    正确答案:D
    黑客指的是计算机和网络科技的专家,可以进入计算机系统,所以D是正确答案。

  • 第18题:

    The word“perception”(Line 2,Para.3)most probably means_____.( )

    [A]observation

    [B]standard

    [C]performance

    [D]understanding


    正确答案:D
    单词“perception”(第三段第二行)最可能意为 ______ 。
    [A]观察
    [B]标准
    [C]表现
    [D]理解
    答案解析:[D]
    语义理解题。第三段首旬给出了研究结论:我们在实际生活中也依自己所看到的迅速改变着我们对于中点(标准的事物)的perception。第二句中出现了judgment和see differently,从上下文语义关系可以看出,这与perception属于语义场同现,意思相近,因此可以判断perception为“看法,理解”之意,故[D]为答案。

  • 第19题:

    The word “tallied” (Line 3, Para. 2) probably means ______.

    A.calculated

    B.corresponded to

    C.listed

    D.gave


    正确答案:A
    A猜词题。单词所在的句子为“Mr. Luzaich, a mechanical engineer in Windsor, Calif. —in the Sonoma County wine country—first tallied the costs of his reasonable consumption in October 200 1.”(Luzaich先生是加利福尼亚州温莎的机械工程师,他2001年10月第一次……适度饮酒的费用。)文中后面他说的话是他浪费了好多酒的事实,而并未给出他饮酒的费用,因此,四个选项A“计算”,B“符合”,C“列出”,D“给出”中,C、D不符,B也不符合句意,选项A符合逻辑,通过计算他得出自己喝酒其实浪费许多。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    The word “it” underlined in Paragraph 3 most probably means.
    A

    Mozart’s correspondence

    B

    the collection of Mozart’s music

    C

    the power that drove Mozart

    D

    Mozart’s life and death


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    指代题。it出现在第三段第一句的第二个分句“they reveal nothing-nothing that explains it”。前一个分句提到“you have no clue at all to the power that drove him and the music it squeezed out of him…”(你无法明白驱动他的动力是什么,也无法理解从他体内呼之而出…的乐曲),由此可知it指的是the power that drove him,对应选项C。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    The word temperate in the sentence “The climate is temperate ...”(Line 14),most probably means _____.
    A

    Hot

    B

    mild

    C

    dry

    D

    cold


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    文章后面部分“The climate is temperate and comfortable,with warm summers and cool winters. In summer,maximum daytime temperatures range from 26℃ to 36℃ ...”可知,墨尔本的温度变化不大,夏季不是很热,冬天也不是很冷,这里应该是温和的气候。选项B是正确的答案。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    The underlined word “significant” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “_____”.
    A

    strange

    B

    terrible

    C

    important

    D

    difficult


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    根据下文,发生在1990年的世界事件:东西德统一,World Wide Web 的诞生。我们不难推测,significant是指“重要,重大”。故选C项。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    The word “cinch” (Line 3, Para. 1 ) most probably means______.
    A

    a very easy thing.

    B

    a very complex thing.

    C

    a great challenge.

    D

    an extremely hard problem.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    语义理解题。由题干关键词“cinch”定位至第一段climate change and carbon aren’t in a one-to-one relationship. If they were, climate modeling would be a cinch,可知气候变化和碳之间并非存在一对一的关系,如果是一对一的关系的话,那就会变得非常容易,由此推知cinch表“容易,简单”,A为正确答案。 B、C和D都排除。

  • 第24题:

    单选题
    The word handle in the last paragraph most probably means _____.
    A

    carry away

    B

    pick up

    C

    get in

    D

    take down


    正确答案: C
    解析: