问答题 《复合题被拆开情况》PASSAGE THREE《问题》:What does "an eyesore among eyesores" (Para. 1) imply about Miss Emily’s house?
【正确答案】Her house was more unpleasant to look at.
【答案解析】推断题。解答本题的关键是分析语境和理解eyesore的意思。由题干提示定位到原文第一段最后一句。该句提到,汽修厂和轧棉机早已侵占此处,甚至抹去街区之名;仅余艾米丽小姐之屋,顽固不变且风韵犹存,但其衰败之相较四轮棉花车和汽油泵an eyesore among eyesores。eyesore意为“碍眼的事物,难看的东西(尤指建筑)”。第一个分句garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the names of that neighborhood表明了人们对汽修厂和轧棉机的厌恶,紧接着第二个分句only Miss Emily’s house was left,lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps对比了艾米丽小姐的房屋与街区的汽修厂和轧棉机,表明了人们认为艾米丽小姐的房屋更为丑陋碍眼。故答案为“Her house was more unpleasant to look at.”。