(单词翻译:单击)
填空模拟题
1. Despite ______ on taking rare tamarins from their habitat, the illegal trade in the tiny monkeys remains ______ .
A. commendations, obligatory
B. comsultations, predominant
C. restrictions, local
D. penalties, illicit
E. prohibitions, active
2. Representing a round world on a flat surface is impossible without some ______ : the Mercator projection map shows Greenland as over ten times larger than Mexico, a country in fact only slightly smaller than Greenland.
A. oversight
B. simplification
C. distortion
D. sophistication
E. superficiality
题意解析及中文释义
题意解析及中文释义:
1. 题意解析:
remain提示现在的状态和以前一样,以前状态是存在非法交易,故空格二填入非法或者存在既可,候选D和E;再由despite提示上下句之间的反义重复,taking rare tamarins from their habitat和the illegal trade in the tiny monkeys重复,反义重复只能出现在空格中,故空格一填入空格二的反义词,选择E。
中文释义:
虽然明令禁止把小绢猴带出它们的栖息地,但是贩卖小猴子的非法交易仍然活跃。
2. 题意解析:
冒号提示上下半句重复,下半句讲投影地图描绘的格陵兰岛比墨西哥大十倍,但事实上只比墨西哥大一点,所以地图扭曲了事实,选择C。
中文释义:
在平面上描述一个圆形的世界是不可能一点不变形的:麦卡托投影地图展现的格陵兰岛是墨西哥的十倍,而事实上墨西哥只比格陵兰岛小一点。