Sentence Equivalence questions consist of a single sentence, one blank, and six answer choices. These questions require the examinee to select two of the answer choices. The examinee receives no credit for partially correct answers.
句子平衡問題包含一個句子、一個空格和6個選項。本題要求考生在其中選出2個答案。只選出一個正確答案不得分。
Sample Sentence Equivalence
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Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
答題要求:在下面的問題中,選擇兩個答案來完成句子,所選的兩個答案要符合句子的整體意思并且使所完成的兩個句子的意思相近。”
1.Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as __________.
A. orthodox
B. eccentric
C. original
D. trifling
E. conventional
F. innovative
1.盡管這個成果也含有一些開拓性的理念,但是人們也很難將其視作是____
A.正統(tǒng)的、傳統(tǒng)的
B.古怪的、異常的
C.原創(chuàng)的、有創(chuàng)造性的
D.不重要的、無價值的
E.傳統(tǒng)的、死板的
F.革新的、創(chuàng)新的
中文釋義來源:AHD美國傳統(tǒng)辭典(雙解版)
本句其實是在考查考生對于單詞同義關系的把握能力,首先由“although(盡管)”引出讓步狀語從句,所以我們應該可以推斷出后邊的主句在感情基調上應該是與從句意思相反。從這個角度來講,后邊的正確選項應該為“pioneering”的反義詞,如A選項orthodox或E選項conventional。但是在主句中又有一個表示否定的詞“hardly(幾乎不能)”,hardly與從句中的although其實構成了“雙重否定”,雙重否定可以理解為肯定,所以該主句中的形容詞應該與從句的形容詞一致才符合正常邏輯。所以本題的正確答案應該是C和F。