华慧考博-考博英语词汇分析(三十二)

1. 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（Diana）几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。

【解析】形容词词义辨析。介词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，因此答案选D。deliberate“故意的”；tentative“试验性的，暂定的”；ingenious“新颖的，灵巧的”。

2. Taking photographs is strictly ______ here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings.

A. Forbidden

B. rejected

C. Excluded

D. denied

A 【句意】这里严禁拍照，因为这可能会损坏珍贵的洞穴壁画。

【解析】动词词义辨析。forbid（其动词过去分词为forbidden）“禁止”；reject“拒绝”；exclude“排除”；deny（其动词过去分词为denied）“否认；拒绝给予”。由句中关键词“Taking photographs拍照”、“damage the precious cave paintings损坏珍贵的洞穴壁画”和词义辨析知“禁止”符合语境，故A项正确。

3. The team’s efforts to score were ______ by the opposing goalkeeper.

A. Frustrated

B. Prevented

C. Discouraged

D. accomplished

A 【句意】该队进球的努力被对方守门员挫败了。

【解析】动词词义辨析。frustrate“使沮丧；挫败”；prevent“阻止；阻碍”；discourage“阻止；使灰心”；accomplish“完成”。由句中关键词“The team’s efforts to score该队进球的努力”、“the opposing goalkeeper对方守门员”和词义辨析知“挫败”更符合语境，故A项正确。