【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练（11.20）考博加油！

1. The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equals happiness actually reduced their chances of ever ______ real happiness.

A. retarding

B. perusing

C. detaining

D. attaining

2. Most leaves are coated with a waterproof ______, or cuticle.

A. that the covering

B. and is covering

C. covering

D. by covering

【考博英语长难句翻译】

An awareness that they were being experimented upon seemed to be enough to alter workers' behavior by itself.

考博英语每日一练（11.20）参考答案

1.D

【句意】人们坚信充满乐趣、没有痛苦的生活就等于幸福，这实际上减少了他们获得真正幸福的机会。

【解析】动词词义辨析。retard“延迟；阻止；妨碍；使减速”；peruse（其动名词为perusing）“细读；研读”；detain“拘留；耽搁；扣押”；attain“达到，实现；获得”。由句中关键词“reduced their chances of…减少了他们……的机会”与“real happiness真正幸福”的对应知“获得”符合语境，故D项正确。

2.C

【句意】大多数叶子都覆盖着一层防水的保护层或角质层。

【解析】语法结构——or表示并列。由句中关键词“or cuticle或角质层”的对应以及“waterproof防水的”为形容词可知C项“covering保护层”正确。

【考博英语翻译参考答案】

工人们意识到自己正在接受实验本身似乎就足以改变他们的行为。