1、The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story. A. contents B. articles C. notions D. ideas
A. precious B. worthy C. precise D. valuable
A. track B. passage C. method D. journey
A. scheme B. scope C. scrap D. scale
A. scratched B. pricked C. stung D. bitten
A. flow B. cut C. press D. sweep
[注释] track(=path made by frequent use)意指“(常走而踏成的)小径”,如:a track across the moor(越过荒野的小径)。passage“通路”,如:force a passage through a crowd(在人群中挤出的一条通路). 可见此处选passage不妥.
[注释] scope 范围,活动范围,理解犯围: 1 Many words are outside the scope of this dictionary. (许多单词是超出了这本词典的范围.) 2 Very hard words are not within the scope of a child's understanding。(非常难懂的词是超出了一个孩子的理解范围.) 3 Economics is beyond the scope of a child's mind.(经济学是孩子理解不了的.)
[注释] sting 刺,蛰,叮。在英语中蜜蜂蛰用 sting ;而蚊子“叮”用 bite, 如: A mosquito just bit me.(狗、蛇,咬),钧用 bite ,scratch 搔,prick vt. 扎(穿),刺(穿).
[注释] sweep sb,off sb's feet 有两层意思,直义为“(浪等)把某人冲倒”,转义是“使产生强烈的好感,使完全信服”,如: His speech swept them off their feet.(他的演说使他们五体投地.) |