华慧考博-考博英语词汇分析(二十三)
1. After the concert, the clean-up crew found the ground ______ with paper, bottles and cans.
A. scrubbed B. used C. littered D. dispersed
C 【句意】音乐会结束后,清理人员发现地上乱扔着纸、瓶子和罐子。
【解析】动词词义辨析。scrub(其动词过去分词为scrubbed)“擦洗;刷洗”;use“使用”;litter“使乱七八糟;使凌乱;乱扔”;disperse“(使)分散;疏散;驱散;散布”。由句中关键词“the clean-up crew found the ground清理人员发现地上”与“paper, bottles and cans纸、瓶子和罐子”的对应知“乱扔”符合语境,故C项正确。
2. It may have been because of the weather, or ______ it may have been the result of indigestion.
A. alternative B. alternatively C. alternate D. alternately
B 【句意】这可能是由于天气的原因,或者可能是消化不良的结果。
【解析】形容词和副词词义辨析。alternative“另外的;替代性的;可再生的(能源)”;alternatively“或者”;alternate“交替的;轮流的;间隔的”;alternately“交替地;轮流地;隔一个地”。由句中关键词“It may have been because of the weather”与“it may have been the result of indigestion”的对应知“或者”符合语境,故B项正确。
3. Many politicians and the green-energy lobbyists claim we should ______ ahead with green energy because it will create new employment.
A. boom B. forge C. expatriate D. pitch
B 【句意】许多政客和绿色能源说客声称,我们应该继续推进绿色能源,因为它将创造新的就业机会。
【解析】动词词义辨析。boom“轰鸣;以低沉有力的声音说;(商业或经济)迅速发展/繁荣昌盛”;forge“艰苦干成;伪造;锻造;稳步前进”,forge ahead with sth.“继续推进某事”;expatriate“移居国外;流放”;pitch“投掷;(向前)跌倒;颠簸;搭(帐篷)”。由句中关键词“green energy绿色能源”与“because it will create new employment因为它将创造新的就业机会”的对应知可构成“forge ahead with sth. 继续推进某事”的B项正确。