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单选题
  • A. question
  • B. dark
  • C. significant
  • D. quotation
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从后面It was this personal question mark that…看出此处应填question。
单选题
  • A. far from
  • B. close to
  • C. away from
  • D. next to
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] far from表示“远离……”,通常指物理意义上的很远的距离;take away from“把……从……带走”,即工作使我照顾不了家庭。close to“接近”,next to“邻近”,与句意矛盾。
单选题
  • A. later
  • B. after
  • C. before
  • D. at
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] “大学毕业后15年”,应用after。later后不能再加名词。
单选题
  • A. which
  • B. what
  • C. it
  • D. that
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] what was wrong相当于一个名词,在从句中充当主语。引导名词性从句应用what。
单选题
  • A. originated from
  • B. contributed to
  • C. compared with
  • D. stood for
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 主语为our education,宾语为them(the problems and satisfaction of...),所以应填“引起”、“造成”或“促使”等意义的词,contributed to。
单选题
  • A. while
  • B. which
  • C. for
  • D. as
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] as表达“像……一样……”。这里表达的意思是“像在妇女杂志上所描述的当代妇女的形象”,因此D项是正确答案。
单选题
  • A. between
  • B. with
  • C. from
  • D. hat
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 由后面的and确定此处应填between,表示在两者之间。
单选题
  • A. apply
  • B. refer
  • C. conform
  • D. prefer
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 介词to前置,故填入的动词要与to搭配构成短语。apply to“向……申请”;refer to“提及”;conform to“遵从,遵照”;prefer to“更喜欢”。根据上下文,应该 选择C。
单选题
  • A. doubted
  • B. faced
  • C. called
  • D. divided
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] doubted“对……表示怀疑”;faced“面对,面临”;called“称呼”;divided“分开,隔开”。
单选题
  • A. live by
  • B. appeal to
  • C. write about
  • D. keep off
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] live by在此意为“她们以此为生存准则”。appeal to“求助或某物吸引某人”; write about“写(什么内容)”;keep off“避开,挡开”。