2016年GRE句子填空名师讲义(三)
Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
(A) Interest in
(B) Uncertainty about
(C) Enthusiasm for
(D) Worry about
(E) Experimentation on
Answer: B
Not … until …倒装。
对于not-until结构,去掉两个否定,就是:如果二氧化碳超过正常范围,则科学家将会认可这个理论,如果没有超过正常范围,则有一部分科学奖将会不认可这个理论。所以空填否定类词汇。
Until此题中翻译为除非。
Interest in感兴趣,uncertainty about不确定,enthusiasm for热心,worry about担心(认可才会担心,不认可则不会担心),experimentation on实验。
翻译:在这里,科学家将会对一个可能性存在相当程度的不确定性,这个可能性是:增加大气当中CO2水平将会导致长期的温室效应,除非当时温度变化范围超过正常的大气的波动范围。(将来否定现在)
Wearing the latest fashions was exclusively the of the wealthy until the 1850’s, when mass production, aggressive entrepreneurs, and the availability of the sewing machine made them the middle class.
(A) Aspiration
(B) Vexation
(C) Prerogative
(D) Disagreeable to
(E) Superfluous for
(F) Accessible to
Answer: C F
Until引导时间对立,对立两方面是wealthy和middle class,以前是wealthy专享,现在是middle class也可以享用。第1空与exclusively同义,第2空与exclusively反义。
Aspiration渴望,vexation烦恼,prerogative特权,disagreeable不同意,superfluous多余的,accessible可用的。
翻译:在19世纪50年代之前穿着最新的世贸服装一直是富人们的专有特权,从那以后,大规模的生产、有进取心的企业家以及缝纫机的利用就使得那些时髦服装对于中产阶级也是可获得的了。
No longer by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.
(A) Sustained
(B) Restricted
(C) Hampered
(D) Reasons
(E) Substitutes
(F) Justifications
Answer: A E
Intellectual有才智的,精神的。
The lost certainty与the belief同义,astrology and mysticism是另外一个belief,所以是前者的替代。No longer表时间对立,所以第1空是肯定类词汇。
Sustained支持、相信,restricted抑制,hampered妨碍,reasons理由,substitutes替代品,justification辩解。
翻译:不在相信一个信仰,这个信仰是世界围绕这我们并很清晰的被人类所设计的信仰,很多人为了那个丢失的信仰,在占星术和神秘轮中尝试找到了精神的替代品。
