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" V' g9 E" U( `2 p3 S, }8 Q5 q 例8. (PowerPrep II Section 4 Q6)(AEH)
* B0 @# e t! }: n: \ g% b To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii) ______. , U3 i+ W8 L4 o/ n2 u4 N
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
$ w3 u+ h; P1 [ (A) impenetrable (D) a makeshift (G) resource
2 i. F6 d6 ^6 i* U (B) inconsiderable (E) an unpropitious (H) impediment
7 G5 d# b8 T o1 @! L0 w0 _ (C) uncultivated (F) an unremarkable (I) passage www.Examw.com
4 h1 \( F7 M2 J! N (一) 选取第一、二个空格所在部分:
9 |/ F! Q8 ?- ?+ O+ m+ o5 a7 g W … the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army …
$ W6 ?! O$ W; _/ D2 k" n7 q 在第一句话中没有表示反义的关联元素,也没有否定词,故相关词语之间应当表达同一个含义。 ( p( b# Q: j2 ~: t9 @
Blank1中应该填入一个形容词,是对于Ardennes hills around Sedan的一项属性的描述,而Ardennes hills around Sedan的特点是tightly forested,而后面说的是关于让军队通过的问题,故茂密的森林对于军队通过是一项不利的影响,因为林木阻挡了通路。 ! _. |& k% @) ?; w+ f5 D6 Q
前半句说树木茂密,后面应该是树木茂密的结果,即军队难以通过。
+ _3 @1 L- `4 V: z: \( A- x5 B Blank2中应该填入一个形容词,描述阿登森里对于通过现代化军队的难易程度。
9 p: |3 A4 r4 K 选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空:
; n) M# e) z& p& ~' v [1]. impenetrable:(不可穿越的)incapable of being penetrated or pierced 中华考试网(www.Examw。com)- g' s0 r5 y# I+ [+ m7 }& R4 s
[2]. inconsiderable:(琐碎的)not considerable : TRIVIAL ! B2 {: Q. {$ \( @% ^
[3]. uncultivated:(荒芜的)not to prepare or not prepare and use for the raising of crops
% M: x I! b, D8 e( _ [4]. makeshift:(临时的)a usually crude and temporary expedient : SUBSTITUTE 1 V+ D* ^8 k) |* J- r$ T5 F1 ]! s9 ?
[5]. unpropitious:(不方便的)not favorably disposed : BENEVOLENT
f& g* O0 `5 Z7 K( _! q+ Q [6]. unremarkable:(平凡的)not worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary |