1. My salary is enough to ______ the family.
A. retain
B. obtain
C. maintain
D. remain
2. He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to ______ the consequences.
A. answer for
B. run into
C. abide by
D. step into
【考博英语翻译练习】
Every spring, when the pollen concentration rises, the nose and throat departments of hospitals will be packed. Incidence of the allergic diseases has been growing in China in recent years. Incidence of allergic rhinitis, which used to be widespread in some developed Western countries only, also began to prevail in China.
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(5.12)参考答案
1.C
【句意】我的工资足够供养家庭(即养家糊口)。
【解析】动词词义辨析。retain“保持”;obtain“(尤指经努力)获得,赢得”;maintain“维持;保持;维修;供养”;remain(不及物动词)“保持;依然;留下”。由句中关键词“My salary”与“the family家庭”的对应知“供养”符合语境,故C项正确。
2.A
【句意】他未能执行合同中的一些条款,所以现在他必须对后果负责。
【解析】词组辨析。answer for“因……而受罚;对……负责”;run into“遭遇;陷入;撞到”;abide by“遵守;信守”;step into“进入”。由句中关键词“failed to carry out未能执行”及“consequences后果”可推知“对……负责”符合语境,由此知A项正确。
【考博英语翻译参考答案】
每年春天,花粉浓度上升时,医院的鼻咽喉科就会挤满了人。近年来,我国过敏性疾病的发病率呈上升趋势。过敏性鼻炎以前只在一些西方发达国家普遍流行,现在其发病率在我国也开始升高。