(单词翻译:单击)
填空模拟题
413. The ambitious politican promoted the tax cuts not so much for the citizens' ______ as for his own ______ .
A. reception, guarantee
B. welfare, reputation
C. disbelief, goodness
D. treachery, persistence
E. prosperity, downfall
414. Although certainly talented, the child could not really be called ______ : there was nothing particularly ______ about his achievements.
A. a virtuoso, precocious
B. a genius, fanatical
C. a natural, affected
D. a prodigy, exceptional
E. an upstart, modest
题意解析及中文释义
题意解析及中文释义:
413.
题意解析:
由not so much...as... (与其说……不如说……)可知,与其说的内容是表象,不若说的内容是真相,所以削减税收表象是为了市民的利益,本质是政客为自己考虑,选择B。
中文释义:
野心勃勃的政客提倡削减税收,与其说是为了市民的利益不如说是为了他自己的名声。
414.
题意解析:
空格一处于让步转折之中,结合not,选择talented的同义词,候选A,B和D。冒号引导同义重复来解释为什么不能把小孩称为天才,结合nothing,选择D,表示这些成就没杰出的地方。
中文释义:
尽管是有些才能的,但是这个小孩不能被称作天才:在他的成就中并没有特别杰出的地方。