单选题According to Helen, the word “passivity” underlined in Paragraph 3 means ______.A passive to workmatesB passive to loversC selfness and indifferenceD dullness and keeping to oneself

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单选题
According to Helen, the word “passivity” underlined in Paragraph 3 means ______.
A

passive to workmates

B

passive to lovers

C

selfness and indifference

D

dullness and keeping to oneself


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参考答案和解析
正确答案: B
解析:
词义题。“passivity”(被动)出现在第三段首句。该段倒数第二句指出“It is only in love and sex that passivity is particularly appropriate for women.”,由此可知女人在爱人面前比较被动,因此选B。
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  • 第1题:

    The underlined word "compelling" in the fifth paragraph most probably means__________.

    A.interesting or exciting
    B.disappointing or annoying
    C.surprising or amazing
    D.embarrassing or boring

    答案:A
    解析:
    compelling有“引人注目,激发兴趣”的意思。A选项与这个意思最符合,故选A。

  • 第2题:

    单选题
    The word “multifaceted” underlined in Paragraph 3 means __________.
    A

    versatile

    B

    complex

    C

    many-sided

    D

    multitude


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    本题是词义题。这句话表达的是:这项实验的贡献是将人力激发的关注焦点从经济转向了……的方法,这其中包括心理和社会因素的途径。此处“multifaceted”是指不再限制于以往的经济上的途径而是包括心理和社会因素等多方面的途径;所以C为答案。

  • 第3题:

    单选题
    The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 3) refers to _____.
    A

    a rock

    B

    the group of bees

    C

    a hill

    D

    the river


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    细节推理题。第三段第二,三句话是说“从远处看,这群蜜蜂就像是一团浓烟。当它们越来越近时,我意识到,事实上这是成千上万的蜜蜂飞向我”。由此可知it是指the group of bees。故选B项。

  • 第4题:

    单选题
    The underlined word “reversing” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
    A

    setback

    B

    strike

    C

    overturn

    D

    relapse


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    reverse倒转;撤销。C项与之意思相近。

  • 第5题:

    单选题
    The word “particulars” underlined in Paragraph 1 means ______.
    A

    minor errors

    B

    specific facts

    C

    small distinctions

    D

    individual people


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    语义题。“particulars”出现在文章第一段第二句,该句指出“一项由the University of Michigan School of Public Health所做的研究揭示了似乎适用于广大民众的…”,接着该段给出一些事实论据,由此可以推断“particulars”应指的是“具体事实”,因此选项B为答案。

  • 第6题:

    单选题
    The word “edge” underlined in Paragraph 5 means __________.
    A

    something very sharp

    B

    the outside limit or boundary

    C

    the degree of anger, nervousness or annoyance

    D

    a slight advantage over somebody


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    语义题。前一句指出“目前商界对掌握另一种语言的人们的需求越来越大”,该句则提到“在商业领域寻求工作,通常情况下,掌握第二门语言并非必需,但语言技能的掌握会在其他条件基本相同时,给予求职者更多一点的……”。结合语境分析可知edge在此处指“优势”,因此选D。

  • 第7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8题:

    单选题
    The word “prompted” underlined in Paragraph 3 means ______.
    A

    stimulated

    B

    attracted

    C

    annoyed

    D

    shocked


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    语义题。第三段第一句指出“Seemingly prompted by an unknown substance secreted by fish, the aggressive creature swims into action.”,substance secreted by fish意为“鱼类分泌的一种物质”。prompt在此处指“刺激,唤起”,因此与stimulate表达意义相符。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    The word “dissemination” underlined in Paragraph 4 means ______.
    A

    plantation

    B

    distribution

    C

    reception

    D

    direction


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    “dissemination”所在句指出“铁路和蒸汽船的出现促进了消息和信息的长距离dissemination”,由此可推断出dissemination指的是“(信息、消息的)传播”,因此与distribution表达意思相近。plantation栽培;殖民;大农场。reception接待;接收。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    The word “tanked” underlined in Paragraph 1 means.
    A

    shrank

    B

    protected

    C

    covered

    D

    boomed


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    语义题。该句中的and表示前后并列,and之后的内容提到“专营男装的网上销售商dressmart.com在苦苦挣扎”,可知城市运动装的零售商boo.com情况也不好。因此可推测tanked和shrank(缩小,收缩)表达内容相一致。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    In Paragraph 3, the underlined word “athletes” means _____.
    A

    people who support the games

    B

    people who watch the games

    C

    people who organize the games

    D

    people who compete in the games


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    由第三段“In the 1984 wheelchair Olympic Games,1064 wheelchair athletes from about 40 countries took part.”可知,参加轮椅残奥会的athletes应是指运动员。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    The word “blindsided’’ underlined in Paragraph 3 means.
    A

    terrorized

    B

    haunted

    C

    hit

    D

    caught


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    语义题。划线部分所在分句主要描述了第二类恐惧症即惊恐性障碍的症状,指出“患者会周期性地被无缘由的强烈的恐惧所…”根据语境可知此处应该指的是“受折磨的”。因此选haunted(受到折磨的;焦虑不安的)。

  • 第13题:

    单选题
    The word “contain” underlined in Paragraph 3 means ______.
    A

    restrain

    B

    include

    C

    have capacity for

    D

    be equal to


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    语义题。“contain”所在句主要描述应对天花所采取的策略及要达到的目的,通过分析可知contain the spread of the disease指的是“控制疾病的传播”,因此contain在此处意为“控制,遏制”,和restrain表达意思相符。

  • 第14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: D
    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15题:

    单选题
    The word “pedantic” underlined in Paragraph 1 most probably means.
    A

    participant or pedestrian

    B

    academic or scholastic

    C

    political or patriarchal

    D

    social or sociological


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    语义题。第一段中的pedantic analysis之后出现了修饰成分of the artist who happens to be expressing himself through them,从artist一词可知pedantic指的是“学术的”,因此选B。

  • 第16题:

    单选题
    The word “amusia” underlined in Paragraph 2 means a disease with which people ______.
    A

    are impotent in music

    B

    can’t hear music

    C

    are unable to sing Happy Birthday

    D

    are mentally deficient


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    细节题。该词之后的 or表示之后的内容与amusia表达相同的内容。因此amusia指的就是true tone deafness。与选项A表达意思相一致。

  • 第17题:

    单选题
    The word “resolution” underlined in Paragraph 5 probably means.
    A

    a firm decision

    B

    the process of breaking up into parts

    C

    an act of resolving

    D

    the power of a scientific instrument to give a clear picture of things


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    语义题。“resolution”所在非限制性定语从句修饰的是PET and functional M.R.I.scans两种成像技术,该定语从句前指出“他们还发现血流中微妙变化的出现显然早于PET和功能性M R L扫描的探测”,由此可知该定语从句指“这两种成像技术缺乏足够的分辨率且无法迅速成像来跟踪(血流中)如此快的变化”。故选项D“科学仪器显示出清晰图案的功能”。此外, which引导的定语从句中由and连接的两个部分句意一致,故选D。

  • 第18题:

    单选题
    The phrase “throw off” underlined in Paragraph 3 most probably means.
    A

    eject

    B

    burn up

    C

    convert

    D

    let in


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    词义辨析题。“throw off”出现在文章第三段最后一句。该句指“当太阳从一个红色巨星变成一个白矮星时,它会猛烈地喷发出大量的气体,这被称之为新星爆发”。由此可知“throw off”指的是“喷发”,而eject有“喷出”的意思,故选A。burn up烧掉;发怒。convert使转变。let in放进;允许进入。

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    The word “agoraphobia” underlined in the last paragraph means phobia for.
    A

    everything

    B

    new places

    C

    social activity

    D

    new people


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    语义题。agoraphobia所在句提到的this指的是上文的内容,即该段第四五句描述的对新地点、新空间的恐惧,因此“agoraphobia”应指的是对新地点的恐惧,故选B。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    The word “couriers” underlined in Paragraph 1 means.
    A

    general mail service

    B

    persons sending mails

    C

    emergency mail service

    D

    international mail service


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    语义题。第一段第一句将一些国际couriers与“EMS(Express Mail Service), the generic name for the courier services of post offices”进行对比,可以推测couriers与EMS同类。因此选C。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    The word “fueled” underlined in Paragraph 1 most probably means.
    A

    powered

    B

    bombarded

    C

    created

    D

    pushed


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    fueled所在的第一段第二句指的是“太阳由靠近它中心的高热原子核反应将氢转化为氦来获得能量”,由此可知fuel在文中意为“提供能量”,power作动词时,有“产生动力”的意思,与文中的fuel意思相符。bombard炮轰,轰击。因此选A。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    The underlined part,” counted as” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.
    A

    compared with

    B

    used as

    C

    connected with

    D

    regarded as


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    划线部分前面提到“青少年想花一些时间和父母一起做一些事情”,然后用but转折说明“看电视”与“一起共度时光”的关系,由此可推出,看电视不能看作是一起共度时光。因此regarded as“看作是”符合题意,因此选D项。compared with与……比较。used as被用作是。connected with与……联系。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    The word “move” underlined in Paragraph 6 means to .
    A

    change position or place

    B

    take action or do something

    C

    propose formally for discussion and decision

    D

    persuade somebody to change his attitude


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    语义题。该句指出能讲派驻国家主要语言的员工能够把握机会推进某些谈判或move more slowly(放缓步伐),由此可知此处的move指的是在生意场上所采取某种行动,因此选B。