1. Though I had tried to explain it as clearly as possible, my explanation seemed not to ______.
A. get up
B. get along
C. get across
D. get down
2. That fellow ______ at long distance running.
A. excels
B. exceeds
C. surpasses
D. overtakes
【单句改错】
1. Recent studies have shown that air into a house often has higher concentrations of contaminants than heavily polluted air outside.
2. Langston Hughes, a prolific writer of the 1920s, was concerned with the depicting the experience of urban Black people in the United States.
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(7.6)参考答案
1.C
【句意】虽然我尽可能清楚地对它进行解释,但是我的解释似乎还是没有被理解。
【解析】词组辨析。get up“起床;起立”;get along“(勉强)生活;进展;(使)前进;与……和睦相处”;get across“通过;被理解”;get down“下来;吞下;使沮丧”。由句中关键词“Though I had tried to explain it as clearly as possible虽然我尽可能清楚地对它进行解释”的对应和词组辨析知“被理解”符合语境,故C项正确。
2.A
【句意】那个家伙擅长长跑。
【解析】动词词义辨析。excel“擅长”;exceed“超过(数量);超越(法律、命令等)的限制”;surpass“超过;胜过;优于”;overtake“超过;赶上”。由句中关键词“long distance running长跑”的对应知“擅长”符合语境,故A项正确。
【单句改错参考答案】
1. 分析:into→in。考查介词。into表示动作的方向,此处表示所处位置应当用介词in。
译文:最近的研究表明,与室外严重污染的空气相比,室内的空气通常污染物浓度更高。
2. 分析:concerned with the→concerned with。考查冠词。动名词depicting后接宾语the experience...,具有很强的动词性,前面不能用冠词。故应删除定冠词the。
译文:兰斯顿·休斯是20世纪20年代一位多产的作家,其关注描写美国城市黑人的经历。