考博英语每日一练（11.17）考博加油！

1. The future of this company is ______: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.

A. at odds

B. in trouble

C. in vain

D. at stake

2. Doctors often ________ uneasiness in the people they deal with.

A. smell

B. hear

C. sense

D. tough

【考博英语长难句翻译】

Those forced to exercises their smiling muscles reacted more enthusiastically to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, suggesting that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around.

考博英语每日一练（11.17）参考答案

1.D

【句意】这家公司的未来处于危险中：它许多有才华的员工正流向利润更高的网络公司。

【解析】固定搭配。at odds“（与……）不和；（与……）意见不一致”；in trouble“有麻烦；处于困境中”；in vain“徒劳；无效”；at stake“处于危险中；在紧要关头”。由句中关键词“many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses它许多有才华的员工正流向利润更高的网络公司”的对应知“处于危险中”符合语境，故D项正确。

2.C

【句意】医生们经常觉察到与他们打交道的人的不安。

【解析】动词和形容词词义辨析。smell“闻到，嗅到（气味）”；hear“听见；听到”；sense“觉察到；意识到”；tough“艰难的；严厉的；无情的；坚强的”。由句中关键词“Doctors医生们”与“uneasiness不安”的对应知“觉察到”符合语境，故C项正确。

【考博英语翻译参考答案】

那些被迫运用微笑肌肉的人对搞笑的卡通片的反应比那些抿紧嘴皱眉的人更踊跃，这表明表情可能会影响情绪，而不是情绪影响表情。