請從以下四個選項中選出最符合題意的一個選項：
Despite the fact that the area had been hit by the severest drought in twenty years, a(n)____ harvest was gathered in.
A. desirable
B. wishful
C. bumper
D. ideal
參考答案：C.bumper
解析：從結(jié)構(gòu)上來看，這一題是一個讓步從句+主句。因此，the severest drought所意指的結(jié)果要與空格里的詞是反義的——xx harvest。也就是說，該地經(jīng)歷了最為嚴(yán)重的干旱，可是仍然“豐收”了。從四個選項里來看，表示“豐收”的詞也只有bumper了。英文解釋是A bumper crop or harvest is one that is larger than usual.
請從以下四個選項里挑出最符合題意的一個選項：
The factory has turned out ________.
A. twice TV sets this year more than last year.
B. TV sets this year as many as last year.
C. twice as many TV sets this year as last year.
D. TV sets twice more this year than last year.
參考答案：C. twice as many TV sets this year as last year.
解析：這一下考點似乎是有關(guān)于twice的用法，實則是有關(guān)于倍數(shù)的句型。我們先來看看twice的意思。Twice在這一個句子里，是為作為副詞來使用的，其意思是“兩倍; 強(或好、難)得多”，即If one thing is, for example, twice as big or old as another, the first thing is two times as big or old as the second. People sometimes say that one thing is twice as good or hard as another when they want to emphasize that the first thing is much better or harder than the second. 也就是說，兩個事物比較的話，前者是后者的“兩倍”，但后接的不是than，而是as +adj.+as。例如：The figure of seventy-million pounds was twice as big as expected. /7,000 萬英鎊的金額是預(yù)期的兩倍。這是一種表示倍數(shù)的方式，而另外兩種方式是：倍數(shù) + 形容詞比較級 + than ...和倍數(shù) + the + size/length等名詞 + of ..。
請從以下四個選項中選出最符合題意的一個選項：
He had ____ on the subject.
A. a rather strong opinion
B. rather strong opinion
C. rather the strong opinion
D. the rather strong opinion
參考答案：A. a rather strong opinion
解析：這一題涉及到的是定語修辭的排序。有一個口訣做參考：大小、長短、形狀+年齡、新舊+顏色+國籍、出處+材料+用途、類別。不過呢，在這一句里，opinion是一個可數(shù)名詞，an opinion on the subject的意思是對這個問題提出意見和觀點。而rather strong則是表示opinion的程度，要放在a和opinion之間。
請從以下四個選項里挑出最符合題意的一個選項：
With a ____ of his fingers, he drew my attention to the notice that said "No Smoking".
A. twitch
B. snap
C. jerk
D. jump
參考答案：B. snap
解析：這一句話描述的是一個人連續(xù)的行為。不過，由于受到語法的限制，不如中文那樣用連動詞，而是用了一個介詞短語作狀語，用一個謂語動詞。不過，介詞短語里的名詞的語義表示的是一個動詞。整句話的意思是他用手指表示了一個動作，讓我看到一個“禁止吸煙”的標(biāo)識牌。那么，手指會有什么樣的動作呢?從四個選項來看，可能看到兩個比較常見的詞B.snap和D.jump，以及兩個不常見的詞A. twitch和C.jerk。不過，從搭配的角度來說，a snap of his fingers的意思就是“打了個響指”，且這個動作通常是用于引發(fā)人們的注意力，或是表示bingo。A.twitch，是一個動詞而不是名詞，其意思是“(使)(尤指身體部位)抽搐;(使)抽動;急拉;急扯”，即If something, especially a part of your body, twitches or if you twitch it, it makes a little jumping movement.例如：When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch./當(dāng)我作出反抗時，她右側(cè)臉龐就會開始抽搐。Jerk作為名詞時，意思是“傻瓜;笨蛋;混蛋”，即If you call someone a jerk, you are insulting them because you think they are stupid or you do not like them. 而只是作動詞時，其意思是“(向某個方向)急拉，猛推;(使)猝然一動”，即If you jerk something or someone in a particular direction, or they jerk in a particular direction, they move a short distance very suddenly and quickly. 例如：Mr Griffin jerked forward in his chair./格里芬先生坐在椅子上猛地向前一湊。
請從以下五個選項中選出最符合題意的一個選項：
Kagan maintains that an infant's reactions to its first stressful experience are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or ______ signs of adolescent anxiety.
A. prophetic
B. normal
C. monotonous
D. virtual
E. typical
參考譯文：A. prophetic
解析：這題的考點不只是詞匯量，也帶著考一些成長心理學(xué)的知識點。Kagan這里指的是Kagan Jerome，即卡根·杰羅斯，美國心理學(xué)家。這句話的意思是卡根認(rèn)為 ，嬰兒對最初緊張經(jīng)歷的反應(yīng)是很自然發(fā)育的一部分，而不是其童年不幸的前兆，也不是青春期焦慮的先兆表現(xiàn)。從語法的角度來看，harbingers應(yīng)該是與xx sign并列的，在語義上應(yīng)該是同義的。因此，這四個選項里，選項A. prophetic——預(yù)言性的，預(yù)示的——最符合了。Prophetic的英文解釋是：If something was prophetic, it described or suggested something that did actually happen later. 例如：This ominous warning soon proved prophetic./這個不祥的警告很快證明是有預(yù)見性的。Friends recalled Elisabeth's prophetic words of several years ago. /朋友們回想起幾年前伊麗莎白預(yù)言性的一番話。其它三個選項的意思分別是：B.normal正常的;C. monotonous單調(diào)的;D. virtual虛擬的。
