形容词与副词专练(1)
3 d/ X) w! r2 J' y I All things are difficulty before they are easy.$ z1 _# a# K, ?6 m: d! y0 [' |
万事开头难。; K, q% \- f; r3 q9 }0 G& C6 e' S; {
1. It’s quite ______ that until now we didn’t receive her reply.& h4 e5 H- d1 V2 _
A) odds C) peculiar
9 j8 b, a( c- K) O" p B) queer D) odd
8 C( B2 P1 W, _- L! y 2. Coal is a ______ source of energy compared with other forms of energ9 w1 P- L) F+ |; B4 m9 \; T
y such as oil.
* d- {8 B2 N% k" a A) plenty C) sufficient% p+ L# C% o0 L
B) enough D) plentiful+ k4 v8 X, O( L/ t; F1 K
3. The organizing committee will hold a ______ meeting on Wednesday to
% ?* p/ L0 H- ^ v n9 q discuss the schedule.
5 N& C; `' F" k. {1 R$ L# a% y9 N6 ?6 z a A) preceding C) preliminaryB) previous D) prior
1 G, b# U- O& G, d2 \0 X6 { 4. The price of the shoes is ______ during the Spring Festival.' B% R0 U* ?9 |& k: i4 k7 {
A) low C) expensive- D, z) X5 S4 f- O4 p4 @
B) small D) cheap
1 D( n0 Q: v5 E, B; x* t 5. Though Japan is now an economic giant, it has one vital weakness, that- }) A, q, c0 _: `
is, it lacks the ______ material necessary for its industry.
$ ~6 w9 P. ^+ u. A- e" ^ A) primitive C) crude
0 ]7 b) \, G% A6 ^$ B/ u" E* |, i2 { B) raw D) primary
8 e l# E7 W2 n) _4 G8 F* C9 ? [答案与精解]$ }( N$ p l! w
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) R, ]% c. U, o; W [注释]真怪,至今我们都没收到她的回信。odd奇怪的(常指反常或出人意料,因而使人感到“诧异,稀奇,有趣”)。A)odds名词,差异;B) queer指“古怪、神经不正常的”或“可笑的,可疑的”;C)peculiar指“独特,异乎寻常的”。7 E, X' j/ T9 [* |7 A% H/ f; P: _7 u
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[注释]跟其他能源,如石油相比,煤的产量是很大的。plentiful指食品供应等各方面“量”多,很充足;abundant与plentiful近义,指“丰富,丰盛”,含有“盈余”的意味。
, A# G2 n0 q* Y# V4 g4 w+ j A)plenty接of,修饰名词,指“大量的,许多的”,既可接可数名词又可接不可数名词,只用于肯定句中;否定句中用many或much;疑问句中一般用enough;B)enough指数量、程度足够或充分,多指满足物质的需要,除形容词外,还可用作名词、副词;C) sufficient比enough正式、文雅。/ ?3 m, w8 a3 F
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[注释]组委会周三会召开一个预备会讨论日程安排。preliminary有别于其他三词,多指为某事而作事先准备的,如本句的“预备会”。preceding指“此前的”,多用于指文章中某一处之前的,如the preceding chapter
% Y K4 O' e% z5 ^ 上一章;B)previous多指时间发生在前的;D) prior除表示“在前的”的意思外,比previous多一层“优先”的意思。1 s! @0 l' h6 m7 g) m a
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6 a2 j# Q( f9 ]$ u% e$ a" U [注释]春节期间鞋很便宜。修饰price用low或high,不用cheap或expensive。) F A# L2 w: F5 W' z
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[注释]日本是个经济大国,但它有一个致命的弱点,那就是缺乏工业所必需的原材料。“原材料”为raw material;原油为crude oil;原始人为primitive people。三者不可混淆。 |