【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(2.13)参考答案
1.A
【句意】他们摒弃了狩猎技能,开始了定居农民的生活。
【解析】动词词义辨析。forsake(其动词过去式为forsook)“摒弃;离开”;forge“伪造;锻造”;sacrifice“牺牲;献祭”;reserve“预订;保留”。由句中关键词“hunting skills狩猎技能”与“the life of settled farmers定居农民的生活”的对应知“摒弃”符合语境,故A项正确。
2.C
【句意】体育场里成千上万的观众起立对一场出色的表演表示敬意。
【解析】名词词义辨析。audience“(戏剧、音乐会或演讲等的)观众/听众”;participant“参加者”;spectator“(尤指体育赛事的)观众”;observer“观察员;目击者;观察家”。由句中关键词“at the stadium体育场里”与“pay tribute to an outstanding performance对一场出色的表演表示敬意”的对应知“(尤指体育赛事的)观众”符合语境,故C项正确。
【汉译英参考答案】
【参考译文】Recently astronomers have revealed details of mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy, picked up by a telescope in Canada. The precise nature and origin of the blasts of radio waves is unknown. Among the 13 fast radio bursts, known as FRBs, was a very unusual repeating signal, coming from the same source about 1.5 billion light years away.