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【答案解析】词语搭配题。by itself意为“独自地,单独地”,例如:The little girl wrote the letter all by herself.故选项D by正确。选项A on和选项B with都不能与itself连用;选项C for oneself意为“为自己,代表自己”。句意:不过,生物学上的认识并不充分。单凭这一点,永远也不能让我们了解人类是什么。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】Stripped语义搭配题。strip意为“脱去,剥去”,根据上文谈到人和动物有许多共同之处,此处谈到如果不穿衣服,即剥去衣服,人看起来并不比别的动物优越,故选项A Stripped正确。选项B Pared意为“削去,修剪指甲,逐步削除”,如:pare your nails;选项C Peeled意为“去(皮,壳等)”;选项D Removed意为“移动,挪开”。
【答案解析】词语搭配题。in...sense意为“从某种意义上说”,如:in the literal sense(就字面的意义而言)。原文意为单纯从生理学的角度而言,故选项D sense正确。选项A meaning常与of连用,如:the meaning of the speech;选项B judgement常与on连用,如:make a judgement on sth.或in one's judgement(依某人看来);选项C in perspective意为“正确观察事物”。
【答案解析】语义搭配题。colony意为“侨居于外国的一群人”,与下文出现的提示... eventual moon colony... 相呼应,故选项B colony正确。选项A residence意为“居民,居住地”,普通用语;选项C home意为“家”;选项 D empire意为“帝国”。句意:将来某一天我们将会移民月球,那里既无空气也无水,昼夜温差很大。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】语篇联接题。in spite of意为“尽管”,引导让步关系。原文前半句提到limitations,与后半句构成让步关系,加上文章一开始就讲人类与动物相比并无优势,但人类却生存下来并遍布全球,甚至将来有一天会移民到月球,可见人类有其高明之处,故选项D in spite of正确。选项A Apart from和选项C With the exception of均意为“除…以外”;选项B with regard to意为“关于”。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】语义搭配题。potential意为“潜能,潜力”,根据上题的分析以及下文提到的excellent vision and hands,可知选项B potentials正确。选项A abilities意为“能力(智力方面)”;选项C capabilities意为“能力(将来能有所发展的资质)”;选项D possibilities为复数,意为“潜在价值”。句意:虽然我们的身体有许多局限性,但它也有一些重要的潜能。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】语义搭配题。manipulate意为“手工操纵,人为操纵”,如:The wheelchair is designed so that it is easy to manipulate.又如:manipulate the statistics,根据原文,此处需选一个与objects搭配的动词,只有选项C manipulate符合。选项A maneuver意为“调遣,用计策”;选项B manage意为“处理,管理”;选项D manufacture意为“用机器制造(尤指大量)”。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】语义搭配题。animal意为“动物(除人之外)”,句子把人类与其他动物相比较,只能用选项A animal与 any other连用。选项B animals和选项C creatures与语法不符;选项D creature意为“生物(包括人类)”,与句意不符。句意:我们有良好的视觉以及灵活的双手。这样,在使用物体时,我们有着其他动物无可比拟的精确性。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】语义搭配题。infinite意为“无穷的,无法计算的”,根据句中出现的brain以及neural二词可判断此事物是无法计算的,故选项A infinite正确。其余选项:B unknown(不为人知的);C boundless(无止境的); D ceaseless(不停的),均不符题意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。neural connections意为“神经细胞间的连接,联系”,符合题意的只有选项A connections。选项B relation意为“具体关系”,例如:family relations;选项C activities意为“活动”;选项 D access意为“人口”。句意:更重要的是,我们有一个发达的大脑,里面有数不清的神经细胞的连接。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】语法题。by表示方式,方法,原句需填入一个可与supply the warmth连用的介词,而其所引导的宾语又是clothing,shelter...,因此是获得热量的方式,故选项D by正确。选项A (supply sth.) for (sb.)与句意不符;选项B to,(supply sth.) to (sth.)没有这种搭配;选项C (supply sb.) with (sth.)与题意不符。