今天我们为大家讲解的是
例:
Consider the universal cannibalism of the sea, all of whose creatures__one another.
(A) hide from
(B) ferret out
(C) prey on
(D) glide among
(E) compete against
〖解答〗
Cannibalism意为“同类相食”,由此名词中提取一个隐约与动作相关的“食”字代入空格,则求得(C) prey on.
〖词汇〗
ferret out: 搜出,查获
glide: 滑行,游动
〖中译〗
不妨考虑一下海洋中普遍存在的同类相食,其中所有的生物体相互间均以对方为捕食对象。
例:
Charlotte Salomon's biography is a reminder that currents of private life, however diverted, dislodged, or twisted by__public events, retain their hold on the__recording them.
(A) transitory ... culture
(B) dramatic ... majority
(C) overpowering ... individual
(D) conventional ... audience
(E) relentless ... institution
〖解答〗
空格Ⅱ:既然这里所涉及到的是传记(biography),而顾名思义,传记的定义是"an account of a person's life", 故将其生平事件记录下来的必是(C)individual无疑,而不可能是culture, majority, audience或institution中的任何一个。
〖中译〗
夏洛特·萨洛蒙的传记构成一种醒示物,表明个人生活的方向,在何等程度上无论受到强有力的社会事件错综曲折的影响,终究仍会对这位生平事件的记录者保留其制约作用。
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