(单词翻译:单击)
填空模拟题
161. The dancer's performing style was ______ and ______ with each move taken from another artist, and poorly executed at that.
A. rousing, memorable
B. pedestrian, evolving
C. chaotic, unprecedented
D. derivative, inept
E. spontaneous, graceless
162. Lewis Latimer's inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ______ the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially ______ .
A. cheapened, affordable
B. transformed, viable
C. revolutionized, prohibitive
D. provoked, improbable
E. stimulated, inaccessible
题意解析及中文释义
题意解析及中文释义:
161.
题意解析:
空格要求填入两个词来表述跳舞者的表现,下半句讲是学习别的艺术家的(taken from another artist),而且学得很糟糕(poorly executed),因此空格填入以上两个短语的同义词即可,选择D。
中文释义:
舞者的表演形式是无创意而且笨拙的,每一个舞步都是在学习别的艺术家家表现得很糟糕。
162.
题意解析:
刘易斯·雷帝默的方法是便宜的(inexpensive),所以空格二候选A,B。使灯泡降价了,也就是改变了这一工业,所以选择B。
中文释义:
刘易斯·雷帝默制造出了碳化灯丝,这一方法的价格低廉又可行,且改变了新生的电力工业。