1月14日每日一练
1. His first play has been ______to the screen.
A. transferred
B. translated
C. transported
D. transformed
2. In a time of social reform, people’s state of mind hardly tends to keep ____ with the rapid changes of society.
A. step
B. progress
C. pace
D. touch
【考博英语长难句翻译】
Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism, many of the leaders of independence shared the ideals of representative government, careers open to talent, freedom of commerce and trade, the right to private property, and a belief in the individual as the basis of society.
考博英语每日一练(1.14)参考答案
1.A
【句意】他的第一个剧本已被搬到银幕上。
【解析】动词词义辨析。transfer“转移,搬到;移交;调动”;translate“翻译;(使)转变”;transport“运输;传播”;transform“彻底改变;使改观”。由句中关键词“play剧本”与“to the screen到银幕上”的对应知A项“搬到”正确。
2.C
【句意】在社会变革的时代,人们的心态很难跟上社会的快速变化。
【解析】固定搭配。由句中关键词“In a time of social reform在社会变革的时代”与“the rapid changes of society社会的快速变化”的对应知可构成固定搭配“keep pace with…跟上……”的C项正确。keep touch with“和……保持联系”;keep in step with“与……步调一致”。
【考博英语翻译参考答案】
许多独立运动领袖诞生于旧政权和伊比利亚殖民主义的危机中,他们怀有共同的理想,即成立代表制政府,对人才开放职业,促进商贸自由,捍卫私有财产权以及相信个人是社会的基础。