一、只有一对同义词
顾名思义,只有一类同义词的意思就是在六个选项中,我们只能找到一组同义词。如果遇到这种题目,理论上说不看题干也能将题目做对。但是,在真实的考试中,这类“不费吹灰之力”的题目越来越少了。
Because experience had convinced her that Hector was both self-seeking and avaricious, she rejected the possibility that the motivation behind his donation had been wholly ______.
A. redundant
B. frivolous
C. egotistical
D. ephemera
E. altruistic
F. benevolent
【解析】题目说她相信H是自私贪婪的,所以她不会认为H是无私的,空格处需要选择self-seeking和avaricious的反义词。正确答案是E.altruistic(无私的)和F.benevloent(慈善的)。
【词汇】redundant 冗余的,frivolous 轻浮的,egotistical 任性的,ephemera 瞬息的。
二、同义词不行,近义词可以
这类题目的选项中虽然能够找到同义词,但它们并不满足题目的逻辑。因此不能选择,反而要选择能够满足题目逻辑关系的近义词。
In 1839, working-class revolutions have been a real possibility in the industrialized countries of western Europe, but because revolutionary groups were poorly organized and led, government and employers regarded the movements with understandable ______.
A. distaste
B. placidity
C. concern
D. complacency
E. foreboding
F. solicitude
【解析】but转折,空格直接体现后句because因果关系:因为革命组织差,所以政府和老板以可理解的(自满/平静)看待革命运动。选择B.placidity(平静)和D.complacency(满意,自足)。CF虽然是同义词,但不符合因果关系句义要求。
【词汇】distaste 厌恶,concern 关注,foreboding 预兆,solicitude 关心。
三、同义词以外的词也符合题意
这类题目除了满足题意的一组同义词外,还有其他单词也满足题意,但是因为其没有同义词,因此不能选择。
In Japanese aesthetics, especially but not only in Noh, beauty contains the idea of ______: beauty must have an air of evanescence, the intimation of its own demise.
A. transience
B. symmetry
C. decay
D. simplicity
E. balance
F. deterioration
【解析】空格重复后文的 an air of evanescence, the intimation of its own demise,选C.decay和F.deterioration(衰退) 。本题A.transience(短暂)选项也正确,但是没有同义词,所以不选。
【词汇】symmetry 对称,simplicity 简单化,balance 平衡。
四、2-3组同义词































