文]宇航员在实际上送上宇宙飞船之前,要经受各种测试。
refinement n. 精致,精确,(言谈, 举止等的)文雅,精巧
【必背搭配】
动词与名词搭配:
raise questions 提出问题
动词与副词搭配:
put forward 提出
动词与介词搭配:
work on 致力于
boil down to 归结为
形容词与名词搭配:
clinical trials 临床试验
形容词与介词搭配:
saturated with 以…饱和的
subject to 有待于…的
介词与名词搭配:
at some point 在某一点上
to date 迄今为止
develop heart disease 患心脏病
副词与形容词搭配:
practically unheard 几乎未听说过的
scientifically rigorous 科学而又严格的
positively linked 肯定有关联的
Passage Two
(26) Some futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge (剧增) of women in the workforce may portend a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry. The converse (反面) of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage marriages. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision. Now, however, the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. (27) Data show that economic downturns tend to postpone marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead. ( rainy days 引申义:穷困时期) As the economy rebounds, the number of marriages also rises. (本文探讨了妇女工作对婚姻和家庭的影响。第一段引出两种不同的观点:一些未来学家提出一种假设,劳动力中妇女的剧增可能预示着对婚姻的拒绝;而与这种想法相反的是认为一个家庭中两个人赚钱的前景将鼓励婚姻。但是作者并没有简单地肯定或者否定一方的观点,而是认为双方都有可取之处,这是一种相对复杂的态度,在以往的试题中比较少见,但在GRE里此类文章比较多见。与国际英语考试的选材接轨,是四、六级改革的大趋势。)
26. The word "portend" (Line 2, Para. 1) is closest in meaning to " ".
[定位与替换]此类题目正确率很低,这与平时阅读过度依赖字典和不重视语篇分析有关。解答此类题目时应对上下文之间的逻辑关系进行分析。portend在第一句,答案所依据的解题线索一般会在后文中。一、二两句的意思是:一些未来学家提出一个假设,劳动力中妇女的剧增可能预示着对婚姻的拒绝。根据这个假设,许多妇女将宁愿工作而不愿意结婚。this hypothesis = assume,我们可以推导出劳动力中妇女的剧增与拒绝婚姻是因果关系,所以选B) signal 显示、预示。
[干扰项分析] A) defy藐视,公然反抗;C) suffer from 因…而遭罪;D) result from源于、是因为,颠倒了因果关系,如果改成result in就可以了。
27. It is said in the passage that when the economy slides, ________.
[定位与替换]本题是问当经济下滑时会出现什么情况?根据题干中的economy slides (= economic downturns)定位到文章第一段的倒数第二句,有数据表明… (Da
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