成人英语三级
单选题The expression under fire in the first paragraph means _____ .A in an urgent situationB facing some problemsC being criticizedD in trouble
题目
in an urgent situation
facing some problems
being criticized
in trouble
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相似问题和答案
第1题：
The word "immersed" in the second paragraph means“______”.
A. lifted
B. raised
C. rose
D. under water
49．答案为D 此题为词汇题。根据第二段第二句，Archimedes's Principle...the water that the object moves，可以推断immersed意思是；放入水中的、浸入水中的。
第2题：
In .the first sentence of the second paragraph, the word skyrocketed, most probably means ______.
A) became various
B) was updated
C)increased rapidly
D) remained the same
答案：C
[试题分析]词义判断题。
[详细解答]该词原意为“焰火”、“高空火箭”，本句是一个比喻，意为：突然升起、猛涨。该句可译为：“不久，使用的机械农具的数量猛增，这改变了农耕的性质。”
第3题：
A.By the means of…under the control
B.By means of…under control
C.By means of…under a control
D.By a means of…under control
第4题：
introduce the topic of funeral home.
relate the owners of Salem Funerals & Cremations.
show the popularity of an American television show.
bring about the history of family-owned funeral homes.
推断题根据题干定位到文章第一段。选项B的内容虽与该段第二句相符，但没有联系文章主旨，犯了就事论事的错误。选项C和选项D也脱离了文章主题，故排除。该段首句在提到《六英尺下》这部美剧时表示，在该剧的第一集中，有个大公司打算买下一家由家庭经营的殡仪馆；接着第二句又说道，这实际是在影射…。联系全文主题可知，作者提到这部美剧的目的是为了引出殡仪馆这一话题，故答案为A项。
第5题：
B.helped
C.caught
D.protected
第6题：
A、It means "wearing the mask"
B、It means "keeping ideas to herself"
C、It means "telling everyone her bright ideas"
D、It means "agreeing with others’ ideas"
第7题：
The word "accepted" in the last sentence of the first paragraph roughly means ______.
A) believed
B) assumed
C) received
D) reconciled
答案：A
[试题分析l词义推断题。
[详细解答] 该词词义可根据上下文推断出来，因为该词所接宾语为differences between the sexes，而前文指出的男女的差别along with aggression，显然可以判断，本题正确答案为A。
第8题：
2. Which of the following is implied in the first paragraph?
［A］ People used to be forced to work under whips.
［B］ The author dislikes the function of politics in economy.
［C］ Incentives are always less available than regulations.
［D］ People have an instinct of working less and getting more.
本题考查推理引申。第一段第二句提到，要找到一种新的经济激励手段来取代传统的饥饿处罚。该段第三句分析了饥饿处罚不再起作用的社会原因，即，这个新社会将经济与政治混为一谈，否认经济秩序的自治权。因此作者对于政治对经济的干预是反感的，［B］在第一段中有所暗示。这种暗示在第二段第一句中“我承认对于社会某个部门可能拥有劳动力管理的最终权力感到恐惧”得到了证实。［A］是根据文中出现的whip（鞭）一词编造出来的选项。其实，whip在本文中是比喻用法，指的是“激励、鞭策手段”。文中只提到incentives，但未将它与regulations作比较，［C］错误。［D］在文中未涉及。
第9题：
Which four statements correctly describe functions that are available in SQL? （）
- A、INSTR returns the numeric position of a named character.
- B、NVL2 returns the first non-null expression in the expression list.
- C、TRUNCATE rounds the column, expression, or value to n decimal places.
- D、DECODE translates an expression after comparing it to each search value.
- E、TRIM trims the heading of trailing characters (or both) from a character string.
- F、NVL compares two expressions and returns null if they are equal, or the first expression of they are not equal.
- G、NULLIF compares twp expressions and returns null if they are equal, or the first expression if they are not equal.
正确答案:A,D,E,G
第10题：
affects
runs across
damages
results in
第一段讲使用袖珍计算器不利于学生锻炼思考能力，第二段讲电脑及网球拍领域的新科技使人减少了锻炼自己思考能力的机会。由此可以判断，cuts across在句中是“影响”的意思，因此答案为A。