基础班同义词替换练习Exercise 2解析

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11. Betty was offended because she felt that her friends had ignored her purposefully at the party.

贝蒂生气了，因为她觉得朋友们在聚会上故意忽视她。

A. desperately绝望地；拼命地                     B. definitely 明确地；一定地         

C. deliberately故意地           D. decisively决然地；果断地

12. There has been enough playing around, so let’s get down to business.

已经玩够了，让我们着手开始工作吧。

A. make a deal 成交；做交易                B. begin our work开始工作      

C. reach an agreement 达成协议     D. change our plan改变计划

13.How is it possible for our human body to convert yesterday’s lunch into today’s muscle?

我们人体如何才有可能将昨天的晚餐转变成今天的肌肉呢？

A. alter改变；更改（轻微变化；保持原物部分修改）      B. develop   发展；培养；开发 C. modify 修改          D. turn使 …变成；转换成（颜色、气味、性质等完全发生变化=change…into）

14. It is important for families to observe their traditions even as their children get older.

即使子女长大，遵守家族传统仍然很重要。

A. notice 注意                       B. watch                                 

C. follow      遵循；遵照=abide by                  D. celebrate庆祝

15. It is difficult to comprehend, but everything you have ever seen, smelt, heard or felt is merely your brain’s interpretation of incoming stimuli.

尽管很难理解，但你曾经见到、闻到、听到或感觉到的一切都只是你的大脑对传入刺激的阐释。

A. explanation解释说明                           B. evaluation评估评价                            

C. recognition认出识别             D. interruption中断打断

Incoming trains; incoming mail;

正进站的火车; 刚来的邮件

stimuli是名词stimulus 的复数形式

16. Life is more important than the pressures and stresses that we place on ourselves over work and other commitments.

生命比起我们因工作和其它责任义务加在自身上的压力更重要。

A. appointments约会；任命                   B. arrangements安排；布置           

C. obligations责任义务                      D. devotions奉献；忠诚

17. If you continue to indulge in computer games like this, your future will be at stake.

如果你继续这样沉迷于电脑游戏，你的未来就处于危险中

A. in danger处于危险中                    B. without question  毫无疑问          

C. on guard站岗；警惕                    D. at large普遍地；笼统地；充分地；总体地；在逃

18. Romantic novels, as opposed to realistic ones, tend to present idealized versions of life, often with a happy ending.

与现实主义小说相比，浪漫主义小说往往会呈现出生活的理想化状态，常常伴有圆满的结局。

A. in contrast to 与… 形成对照；而不是                 

B. in regard to关于                     C. in terms of就…来说                     D. in light of根据…；考虑到….

19. Most people would agree that, although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no correlative increase in wisdom.

大多数人都认为，虽然我们的年代在知识水平上远远超过了以往所有的年代，但是智慧水平却没有相互关联性的提高。

A. improves 提高                         B. precedes在…之前；先于                          

C. imposes强加；强迫                D. exceeds超过；超越

correlative=interrelated=interlined：互联的；相互关联的

20. Many students today display a disturbing willingness to choose institutions and careers on the basis of earning potential.

现在很多学生根据收入潜力选择公司和职业时都表现出令人不安的意愿。

A. offensive 令人不快的；冒犯的                        B. depressive郁闷的，沮丧的                       C. troublesome令人不安；令人烦扰的; 让人担忧的=troubling=worrying=disquieting               D. tiresome令人厌倦的，生厌的