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例1
Before the nineteenth cen,scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between.
Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings,but he was reluctant to go to sea to further his work.
For most people the sea was remote,and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living仕om the sea,there was little reason to ask many questions about it,let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface.The first time that the question‘What is at the bottom of the oceans?' had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable仕om Europe toAmerica was proposed.The engineers had to know the depth profile of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured.
It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned,in 1853,forinformation on this matter.In the 1840s,Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which souhdings were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.Later,some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geogr,αrphy of the Sea.
The cable was laid,but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable.At the early aemp,the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths,a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.
l.Defied in the last sentence probably means
A.doubted
B.gave proof to
C.challenged
D.agreed to
本题考查的是根据上下文进行词义猜测的能力。defied是de命的过去式,根据最后一句可以推测它的词义,但必须完全读懂defied前后部分的意思:前一部分是说从海底捞出的电缆上覆盖着各种各样的生物,后一部分是当时的科学观点认为海底深处是没有生命的。由此可见,前一部分的“事实”(....a fact which ...)是“批驳”后一部分的“观点”。所以,答案是选项C,"challenged"。这个词的原意是“向……挑战”,因而有“对……持异议”、“反对”的意思,其宾语常常是针对某种意见、观点或权威。
例2
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching.On the contrary,both their knowledge and experience are enriched.We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils.It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates.It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child.After all,it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade! By‘held back'(line 1) the author means‘
A.made to remain in the same class
B.forced to study in the lower class
C.drawn to their studies
D.prevented丘om advancing
本题考的是对词组hold back的理解。根据上下文,它的意思是"阻挡,阻碍",选项D是答案。当然hold back还可以表示( 1)"犹豫",如: I have noticed that you do not hold backin our discussion .(我发觉你在讨论时并不犹豫。);(2)控制,如: The dam was not s仕ong enough to hold back the flood waters.(大坝不够坚固,挡不住洪水。):(3)保留,不公布,如: I出ink he's holding something back; he knows more than he admits.(我认为他还隐瞒了一些事情,他知道的比他承认的多。)对照上下文,选项A、B、C都不能表达hold back的意义。
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