1. It was no ______ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.

A. coincidence

B. convention

C. certainty

D. complication

2. When the police listened to the tape of the conversation, they found an eight-minute _______.

A. disruption

B. corruption

C. eruption

D. partition

【考博英语句子补全】

1. No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs _________ _________.

没有人能对恐龙灭绝的原因作出令人信服的解释。

2. The astronauts ________ _________ returning from the moon to the earth according to the plan.

宇航员们按计划成功地从月球返回到地球。

考博英语每日一练（10.26）参考答案

1. A

【句意】抢劫案发生时有人在银行附近看到他的车，这不是巧合。

【解析】名词词义辨析。coincidence“巧合；一致”；convention“惯例；习俗；大会；协定”；certainty“确信；确实的事”；complication“ 使更复杂化（或更困难）的事物；并发症；复杂化”。由句子关键词“his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery抢劫案发生时有人看见他的车在银行附近”的对应知“巧合”符合语境，故A项正确。

2.A

【句意】 当警察听对话录音带时，他们发现了八分钟的中断。

【解析】名词词义辨析。disruption“中断；扰乱”；corruption“腐败；使人堕落的行为；腐蚀”；eruption“喷发”；partition“隔断；分割”。由句中关键词“When the police listened to the tape of the conversation当警察听对话录音带时”的对应和词义辨析知“中断”符合语境，故A项正确。

【考博英语补全句子参考答案】

1. died out

2. succeeded in