华慧考博-考博英语词汇分析(三十五)
1. The girl was ______ a shop assistant; she is now a manager in a large department store.
A. preliminarily
B. presumably
C. Formally
D. formerly
D【句意】这个女孩以前是一个售货员,而她现在却成为了一个大型百货商店的经理。
【解析】副词词义辨析。preliminarily“初步地”;presumably“大概”;formally“正式地”;formerly“以前”;根据题干信息“她……是售货员,现在是经理”可以推断题目中是在对比其以前与现在的身份变化,故D项“以前”正确。
2. Diana could hardly believe her eyes when she saw in the mirror how pretty she was in that ______ dress.
A. Deliberate
B. Tentative
C. Ingenious
D. exquisite
D【句意】当在镜子里看到自己穿着那件精美的裙子是多么漂亮时,戴安娜几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。
【解析】形容词词义辨析。介词短语“in that ______ dress穿着那件……裙子”作状语,由关键信息“how pretty she was她是多么的漂亮”可知“exquisite精致的”符合语境,故D项正确。deliberate“故意的”;tentative“试验性的,暂定的”;ingenious“新颖的,灵巧的”。
3. When they had finished playing, the children were made to ______ all the toys they had taken out.
A. put off
B. put out
C. put up
D. put away
D【句意】在玩完玩具后,孩子们被要求去把他们拿出来的所有玩具收拾起来。
【解析】词组辨析。put off“延期,推迟”;put out“熄灭;伸出”;put up“举起;建造;供给……住宿”;put away“把……收拾起来”。由句中关键词“When they had finished playing在他们玩完玩具后”与“the children were made to孩子们被要求去”的对应知“把……收拾起来”符合语境,故D项正确。