(单词翻译:单击)
填空模拟题
193. The discovery of the fossil was ______ and ______ , surprising scientists and undermining accepted theories about plant distribution.
A. exhilarating, banal
B. shocking, prophetic
C. startling, revolutionary
D. appalling, groundbreaking
E. unanticipated, irrelevant
194. Citing the ______ of the Asian American community, the scholar argued that Asian Americans constituted the region's fastest-growing minority population.
A. digression
B. proximity
C. expansion
D. stabilization
E. correlation
题意解析及中文释义
题意解析及中文释义:
193.
题意解析:
两空格和分隔中的两点相互对应,直接填入surprising和undermining的同义词,选择C。
中文释义:
化石的发现是令人吃惊的且是革命性的,让科学家吃惊并且颠覆了关于植物分布的理论。
194.
题意解析:
讲学者认为亚洲美裔导致了这个地区少数民族人口的增长,所以他引用(cite)的证据也要反应增长,选择fastest-growing的同义词,选择C。
中文释义:
引用亚裔美国居民的增长作为证据,学者认为亚裔美国人让这个地区的少数民族人口迅速增长。