考博英语每日一练(9.3)考博加油!
1. Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in ______ and a lack of unity in style.
A. conflict
B. confrontation
C. disturbance
D. disharmony
2. The gym has been equipped with various pieces of weight-lifting ______.
A. apparatus
B. appliance
C. gauge
D. implement
【考博英语长难句翻译】
This will be particularly true since energy pinch will make it difficult to continue agriculture in the high-energy American fashion that makes it possible to combine few farmers with high yields.
考博英语每日一练(9.3)参考答案
1.D
【句意】在相邻房间使用截然不同的装饰方案可能会导致风格上不协调和缺乏一致。
【解析】名词词义辨析。conflict“冲突;争执”;confrontation“对抗;面对”;disturbance“骚乱;扰乱”;disharmony“不协调;不和谐”。由句中关键词“Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms在相邻房间使用截然不同的装饰方案”的对应知“不协调”符合语境,故D项正确。
2.A
【句意】这个健身房有各种举重器械。
【解析】名词词义辨析。apparatus“装置,器械;仪器”;appliance“器具;(常为用电的) 家用器械”;gauge“计量器;标准尺寸”;implement“ 工具,器具;手段”。由句中关键词“gym健身房”、“weight-lifting举重”和词义辨析知A项“器械”正确。
【考博英语长难句翻译参考译文】
这种情况尤其真实,因为能源的匮乏将使高能量消耗的美国农业模式难以延续,而这种模式使投入少数农民就能获得高产成为可能。