考博英语每日一练（7.22）考博加油！

1. Their business was successful as they now had a compatible board of directors. (划线词: compatible )

A. experienced

B. competitive

C. harmonious

D. powerful

2. As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to ________the weekly staff meeting.

A. preside

B. introduce

C. chair

D. dominate

【长难句翻译】

Whether the Government should increase the financing of pure science at the expense of technology or vice versa (反之）often depends on the issue of which is seen as the driving force.

考博英语每日一练（7.22）参考答案

1.C

【句意】由于他们现在有了一个和睦相处的董事会，所以他们的生意很成功。

【解析】形容词词义辨析。compatible“兼容的；和睦相处的”；experienced“富有经验的”；competitive“有竞争力的；竞争的”；harmonious“友好和睦的；协调的”；powerful“强大的；强有力的”。由句中关键词“Their business was successful他们的生意很成功”可推知compatible有“和睦相处的”的意思，故C项“友好和睦的”正确。

2.C

【句意】当经理出差时，我被要求主持每周的员工会议。

【解析】动词词义辨析。preside“主持（一般与介词at或over搭配使用）”；introduce“引进；介绍”；chair“主持”；dominate“支配；主导”。由句中关键词“the weekly staff meeting每周的员工会议”与词义分析知C项“主持”正确。

【翻译参考答案】

政府是应该以牺牲技术为代价来增加对纯理论科学的投入，还是应该以牺牲纯理论科学为代价来增加对技术的投入，这常常取决于把哪个方面看成是驱动力量。