(单词翻译:单击)
填空模拟题
57. Though surgeon and researcher Charles Drew never enjoyed celebrity, he truly deserves to be ______ for life's achievements.
A. mollified
B. lionized
C. accosted
D. galvanized
E. vilified
58.
The architect advised tearing down the old structure, since he did not consider it sufficiently ______ to ______ the heavy winds of the tropical storm the peninsula was expecting.
A. flimsy, forestall
B. hardy, forecast
C. robust, withstand
D. noteworthy, justify
E. ramshackle, repel
题意解析及中文释义
题意解析及中文释义:
57.
题意解析:
上半句讲查尔斯·德鲁从不享受声望,由though引导转折,表示他的确获得了声望,故空格填入celebrity的同义词的动词形式即可,选择B。
中文释义:
尽管外科医生兼研究员查尔斯·德鲁从不享受声望,但是他真正值得因一生成就受人瞩目。
58.
题意解析:
since引导因果关系,建筑师建议拆除老建筑,表明其不够好,再联系下文建筑和台风的关系,可知其不够坚硬,故空格一填入强壮即可,候选B,C。B中第二词不符合文义,预报不是建筑所能做的,选择C。
中文释义:
建筑师建议拆除老建筑,因为他认为老建筑不够结实,无法抵抗这个半岛即将面临的热带风暴。