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单选题The underlined word “penalty” is closest in meaning to _____A punishmentB trialC accusationD execution

题目
单选题
The underlined word “penalty” is closest in meaning to _____
A

punishment

B

trial

C

accusation

D

execution

参考答案和解析
正确答案: C
解析:
根据该句“In the first place, some state laws provide a death penalty but some not.”(首先,一些州的法律提供了死刑,而另一些州没有。)可知penalty意为“处罚,惩罚”。
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相似问题和答案

第1题:

The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.

A. avoid

B. accept

C. improve

D. consider


正确答案:C

由第一段最后两句可知

第2题:

The word “ruts”(line 1, paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to

A.tracks.

B.series.

C.characteristics.

D.connections.


正确答案:A

第3题:

What’s the meaning of the underlined word “throughout ”?

A.穿过

B. 贯穿

C. 通过

D. 横过


正确答案:B

第4题:

The underlined word“penalty”is closest in meaning to__________.

A.punishment
B.trial
C.accusation
D.execution

答案:A
解析:
根据该句“In the first place,some state laws provide a death penalty but some not.(首先,一些州有关于死刑的惩罚措施而另一些州没有。)”,可知penalty意为“处罚,惩罚”。

第5题:

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “plummeted” in Paragraph 3?

A.Punished timely.
B.Spread widely.
C.Continued gradually.
D.Dropped sharply.

答案:D
解析:
词义题。根据画线词定位到第三段。前面说学生考试分数不高,就会在情感上对其造成消极的影响,导致他们质疑自己的学习能力,失去信心,不想继续尝试。随着这样的想法不断加深,他们的表现也不可逆转地急剧下降。由此可以推断出plummeted与Dropped sharply“急剧下降”意思相近。故本题选D。

第6题:

The word "arid" is closest in meaning to ______.

A. sunny

B. flat

C. dry

D. sandy


正确答案:C

第7题:

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word "ambient" in Paragraph 2?

A.Surrounding
B.Familiar
C.Foreign
D.Local

答案:A
解析:
词义题。根据画线词定位到第二段。该段描述了婴儿在子宫中听到的声音是来自于周围的语言。另外文章倒数第二段中也提到了“Newborns ‘not only have memorized…of their respective surroundinglanguage…”。所以“ambient”与“surrounding”的意思接近,本题选A。familiar“熟悉的”,foreign“ 外国的”,local“当地的”。

第8题:

The word “devastating” (Line 3, Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to _____

[A] destructive [B] regretful [C] frustrating [D] terrible


正确答案:A

 本题考查词义理解。“devastating”一词出现在第二段末句,形容最近发生在联合国办事处的汽车炸弹爆炸事件的特点。该句指出,美国官员逐渐认识到过度分散的美国军队已无力独自承担防止这种事件的发生。第一段提到这类爆炸事件时,用了“策划日益精密(increasingly sophisticated)”来形容。由此可见,这类爆炸事件是极具破坏性的,因此引起了美国当局的极大重视。[A]正确,[D]表达含义太泛。

第9题:

In the article, the word “course” in paragraph1, line 4, is closest in meaning to:

A. class

B. period

C. program

D. direction

答案:B
解析:

第10题:

单选题
Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined wordcontemplate in PARAGRAPH THREE?
A

Live in.

B

Think about.

C

Arrive at.

D

Comment on.


正确答案: C
解析: