考博英语每日一练(9.29)考博加油!
1. It is often ______ to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child.
A. tempting
B. unanimous
C. irretrievable
D. disgusting
2. The monopoly–capitalist group ______ many smaller enterprises last year.
A. integrated
B. merged
C. combined
D. collected
【考博英语长难句翻译】
Those rules say they must value some assets at the price a third party would pay, not the price managers and regulators would like them to fetch.
考博英语每日一练(9.29)参考答案
1.A
【句意】催促小孩超过其自然的学习速度经常是吸引人的,但是这可能导致小孩有危险的失败感和担忧的状态。
【解析】形容词词义辨析。tempting“吸引人的;诱惑人的”;unanimous“全体一致的;意见一致的;无异议的”;irretrievable“不能弥补的;不能复原的;无法挽救的”;disgusting“令人厌恶的;令人极不能接受的”。由“to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate去催促小孩超过其自然的学习速度”,以及but 后面的转折内容,可知“吸引人的”符合句意,由此知A项正确。
2.B
【句意】垄断资本集团去年兼并了很多较小的企业。
【解析】动词词义辨析。integrate“使结合”;merge“兼并”;combine“联合”;collect“采集;收集”。由句中关键词“The monopoly–capitalist group垄断资本集团”与“smaller enterprises较小的企业”的对应知“兼并”符合语境,故B项正确。
【考博英语长难句翻译参考译文】
这些规则表明,他们必须以第三方愿意支付的而不是管理者和监管者想要的价格来为某些资产估价