【华慧考博】2020年考博英语词汇每日一练(9月5日)
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(9.5)2020考博加油!
1. As we have seen, propaganda can appeal to us by arousing our emotions or ______ our attention from the real issues at hand.【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(9.5)2020考博加油!
A. retaining
B. sustaining
C. distracting
D. obscuring
2. Superficial differences between the special problems and techniques of the physical sciences and those of the biological sciences are sometimes cited as evidence for the ________ of biology and for the claim that the methods of physics are therefore not adequate to biological inquiry.
A. autonomy
B. vitality
C. purposefulness
D. obsolescence
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(9.5)参考答案
1.C【句意】如同我们所看到的那样,宣传通过激发我们的情感或分散我们对于手边实际问题的注意力来吸引我们。
【解析】动词词义辨析。retain“保持;保留”;sustain“维持;忍受;证实”;distract“转移;分散”;obscure(其ing形式为obscuring)“使……模糊不清,掩盖;使难理解”。由关键词“propaganda宣传”及“our attention我们的注意力”的对应知这里“分散”符合,由此知C项正确。
2.A
【句意】物理科学和生物科学的特殊问题和研究方法之间的表面差异有时会被人援引为证据,来证明生物学的自成体系和物理学方法因此不适合生物学研究的声称。
【解析】名词辨析题。autonomy“自治,独立自主”;vitality“活力,生气”;purposefulness“果断,意志坚强”;obsolescence“过时;废弃;淘汰”。由句中关键词“Superficial differences…cited as evidence for表面差异……被人援引为证据”与“the claim that the methods of physics are therefore not adequate to biological inquiry物理学方法因此不适合生物学研究的声称”的对应可推知这里指代“生物学的自成体系(独立自主)”,故A项正确。