【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(8.30)2019考博加油!
1. Some scientists have suggested that Earth is a kind of zoo or wildlife ______ for intelligent space beings, like the wilderness areas we have set up on earth to allow animals to develop naturally while we observe them.A. conservation
B. maintenance
C. storage
D. reserve
2. Long-term exposure to mass media portrayals of violence might make the audience insensitive or ______ to real acts of violence.
A. emotionally neutral
B. neutrally emotional
C. emotionally mutual
D. mutually emotional
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(8.30)参考答案
1.D
【句意】一些科学家认为,地球对有智力的外星人而言是某种动物园或野生动植物自然保护区,这如同我们在地球上已建立自然保护区来容许动物在我们观察它们时自然地生长。
【解析】名词词义辨析。conservation“保存,保持;保护”;maintenance“维护,维修;保持”;storage“存储;仓库;贮藏所”;reserve“储存;自然保护区;预备队;储备金”。由关键词“like the wilderness areas…如同自然保护区”的对应知这里指代“自然保护区”,由此知D项“自然保护区”正确。
2.A
【句意】长期接触大众传媒对暴力的展现可能让观众对于真正的暴力行为没有感觉或在情感上对其持中立的态度。
【解析】词组辨析。emotionally neutral“在情感上是中立的”;neutrally emotional“中立情绪的”;emotionally mutual“在情感上是相互的”;mutually emotional“互助情绪的”。由关键词“insensitive没有感觉”的对应知这里指代“在情感上是中立的”,“neutral”是形容人们对于暴力行为的态度,而“emotionally”是副词来修饰“neutral”的,由此知A项正确。