二十道填充题考试, 明天宣布答案 24

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二十道填充题考试, 明天宣布答案 24

Fill-in-the-blanks Instructions: Select the word listed on the bottom which best fills in each blank.
请选择考卷底部所列出的最适当单字填写在每一个空格内(二十道题目, 二十个选择, 每一选择只许使用一次)

01. The truth is _______, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
02. We don't _______ anything. You wouldn't have an accurate picture of the language if you left anything out.
03. But no development is possible with violence. No democracy can accept the theory of an armed rebellion. They should first _______ violence.
04. _______ were massive monuments built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
05. In physics and chemistry, _______ is a substance similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized.
06. We condemn all the ways and expressions of enmity raised by _______ claims of some structures of the region's states.
07. Have you ever become _______ with emotion after looking at a photo of a place you've never seen?
08. At this point, your choice is to either embrace a more _______ lifestyle or give up on the dream of being attractive and eventually die alone with many cats.
09. Of course, this will probably not be as rigorous as a true classification scheme or _______; it doesn't need to be.
10. When we use _______ verbs we take away the strength and force of a sentence.
11. Hamlet's _______ begins with what must be the most famous line in the English canon: "To be or not to be."
12. In biology, binomial _______ is a standard convention used for naming species.
13. If a new movie you have been looking forward to has been described as _______ by reputable sources what would be your best course of action?
14. Yeah they _______ even faster than apples - use lots of lemon liquid to curb them browning so fast.
15. Let us not rail against the _______ employed by the Republicans when they misused/abused their authority and then excuse this absolutely wrong and inappropriate conduct when it occurs on our watch.
16. The _______ ex-governor is notorious for his rambling responses to tough questions, a penchant for quoting Rudyard Kipling in stressful times and a habit of comparing himself to historic figures such as Mahatma Gandhi.
17. Japan "should make immediate apology and _______ for the hideous crimes committed against the Korean people," the North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the country's official Korean Central News Agency.
18. In rhetoric, a _______ is an unnecessary or unessential (and sometimes unintentional) repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing twice (often originally from different languages).
19. In addition to focusing on methods to stimulate growth in the adult, we also expand on approaches to _______ development itself.
20. I feel so _______ in your presence, your confident playfulness drips all over me.

(abjure, abstemious, bellicose, chicanery, diffident, expurgate, incontrovertible, jejune, loquacious, nomenclature, oxidize, plasma, soliloquy, recapitulate, reparation, tautology, taxonomy, vacuous, wrought, ziggurats)

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二十道填充题答案与解说

请网友注意, 你只能选择考卷底部所列出的最适当单字填写在每一空格(而且每个单字只能使用一次). 这次我把一些比较难的单字拿出来考网友. 如果您能够答对十题以上, 我恭喜您的优越单字程度.

01. The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
解说: 真相是不容质疑的(incontrovertible), 恶意可能会攻击它, 无知可能会嘲笑它, 但是到最后; 它还是在那儿.

02. We don't expurgate anything. You wouldn't have an accurate picture of the language if you left anything out.
解说: 我们不删除(expurgate)任何东西. 你如果忽略任何东西的话, 你不会有一个正确的语言描述.

03. But no development is possible with violence. No democracy can accept the theory of an armed rebellion. They should first abjure violence.
解说: 有了暴力阻挠, 进展是不可能的. 没有一个民主制度可以接受武装叛乱的理论. 他们应该先正式扬弃(abjure)暴力.

04. Ziggurats were massive monuments built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
解说: 金字塔形神殿(Ziggurats)是古代美索不达米亚山谷以及伊朗高原西部的巨大历史性建筑物, 其形状为循阶梯而上的金字塔形神殿.

05. In physics and chemistry, plasma is a substance similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized.
解说: 在物理与化学里, 等离子体(plasma)是一个与某一部分粒子离子化的气态相似的物质.

06. We condemn all the ways and expressions of enmity raised by bellicose claims of some structures of the region's states.
解说: 我们谴责所有带敌意的方式对此地区国家一些结构表达出好战的(bellicose)所有权声称.

07. Have you ever become wrought with emotion after looking at a photo of a place you've never seen?
解说: 你是否曾经见过一个你从没去过地方的照片之后深受激动的情绪影响(wrought)?

08. At this point, your choice is to either embrace a more abstemious lifestyle or give up on the dream of being attractive and eventually die alone with many cats.
解说: 在这个时候, 你的选择是接受更多有节制的(abstemious)生活方式或者放弃你成为有魅力者的梦想以及最终孤独地死亡在一群猫旁边.

09. Of course, this will probably not be as rigorous as a true classification scheme or taxonomy; it doesn't need to be.
解说: 当然, 这将可能不是一个严密的真实分类方式或生物分类学(taxonomy); 这并不需要如此.

10. When we use vacuous verbs we take away the strength and force of a sentence.
解说: 当我们使用空洞的(vacuous)动词, 我们把一个句子的强度与力道也抽掉了.

11. Hamlet's soliloquy begins with what must be the most famous line in the English canon: "To be or not to be."
解说: 哈姆雷特的独白(soliloquy)起源于肯定是最有名的英国经典台词: "生存还是死亡."

12. In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species.
解说: 在生物里, 二名法(binomial nomenclature)在物种命名使用上是一个标准惯例.

13. If a new movie you have been looking forward to has been described as jejune by reputable sources what would be your best course of action?
解说: 如果你一直盼望的一部新电影被声誉卓著的人指为枯燥无味(jejune)的话, 你的最佳对策将是如何?

14. Yeah they oxidize even faster than apples - use lots of lemon liquid to curb them browning so fast.
解说: 是的, 它们氧化(oxidize)速度比苹果还快– 你要用许多柠檬汁去防止它们迅速地变为褐色.

15. Let us not rail against the chicanery employed by the Republicans when they misused/abused their authority and then excuse this absolutely wrong and inappropriate conduct when it occurs on our watch.
解说: 我们不要斥责共和党所使用的诈欺花招(chicanery)虽然在我们监督之下, 这些共和党官员滥用职权并且为这个完全错误及不正当的行为找借口.
编者按: 这句话的前文是要求严惩渎职的民主党官员, 虽然共和党官员同时也滥用职权.

16. The loquacious ex-governor is notorious for his rambling responses to tough questions, a penchant for quoting Rudyard Kipling in stressful times and a habit of comparing himself to historic figures such as Mahatma Gandhi.
解说: 这位口若悬河的(loquacious)前州长最出名的是他对尖刻问题鬼扯的回应, 他在窘困时刻喜爱引用诗人Rudyard Kipling的话语以及把他自己跟历史人物例如甘地比较的习惯.

17. Japan "should make immediate apology and reparation for the hideous crimes committed against the Korean people," the North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the country's official Korean Central News Agency.
解说: 日本"应当为了当初对韩国人民犯下的骇人听闻罪行做出立即的道歉以及赔偿(reparation)," 北韩外交部长在该国高丽中央新闻社的报导中做了以上的声明.

18. In rhetoric, a tautology is an unnecessary or unessential (and sometimes unintentional) repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing twice (often originally from different languages).
解说: 在修辞学里, 重复赘述(tautology)是一个没必要或与主旨无关的(虽然有时不是故意的)同一意义的重复, 使用不同字眼实质上把同一件事说两遍(经常出于不同的语言).

19. In addition to focusing on methods to stimulate growth in the adult, we also expand on approaches to recapitulate development itself.
解说: 除了专心于刺激成年人成长之外, 我们也进一步阐述总结(recapitulate)发展本身的方法.

20. I feel so diffident in your presence, your confident playfulness drips all over me.
解说: 在你的面前, 我感觉没有自信(diffident), 你的自信幽默感洋溢着令我不自在.

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