二级笔译

单选题The underlined word “reversing” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.A setbackB strikeC overturnD relapse

题目
单选题
The underlined word “reversing” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A

setback

B

strike

C

overturn

D

relapse

参考答案和解析
正确答案: D
解析:
reverse倒转;撤销。C项与之意思相近。
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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:

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3题:

The underlined word “ There” in the second paragraph refers to (指的是)____________.


正确答案:
83. (in) salt water 

第4题:

单选题
According to Helen, the word “passivity” underlined in Paragraph 3 means ______.
A

passive to workmates

B

passive to lovers

C

selfness and indifference

D

dullness and keeping to oneself


正确答案: B
解析:
词义题。“passivity”(被动)出现在第三段首句。该段倒数第二句指出“It is only in love and sex that passivity is particularly appropriate for women.”,由此可知女人在爱人面前比较被动,因此选B。

第5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6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7题:

In the article, the word "consternation" in paragraph 2, Line 3 is closest in meaning to__________.

A.alarm
B.admiration
C.fear
D.assurance

答案:A
解析:
在这里,consternation意思是吃惊,故答案为A。

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:

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:

第10题:

单选题
The word “they” underlined in Paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A

organisms

B

fish

C

toxins

D

flesh


正确答案: B
解析:
指代题。第一段首句指出microscopic organisms会以一种不知名的毒素麻痹鱼类,然后把鱼吃掉。该句意为“他们也许会使人类得病”。可知microscopic organisms对鱼类和人都会造成危害,因此此处的they指的即是前面的microscopic organisms。