【华慧考博】2020年考博英语词汇每日一练(1月15日)
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(1.15)2020考博加油!
1. An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by ______ buyers.
A. perspective
B. prospective
C. prosperous
D. prevalent
2. Basketball, ______ 1891 by Canadian James Naismith, was never intended to be anything more than an interesting style of hand soccer for university students.
A. when it was invented in
B. which invented
C. was invented in
D. which it was invented in
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(1.15)参考答案
1.B
【句意】拍卖会通常事先刊登广告,列明要出售的物品的详细情况,以及可能的买家在何处和何时可以看到这些物品
【解析】同形词辨析(相似拼写)。应填入形容词修饰名词buyers,由关键信息beforehand“提前”可知prospective“可能的”符合语境,因此答案选B。perspective“透视的”;prosperous“繁荣的”;prevalent“流行的;普遍的”。
2.A
【句意】当篮球在1891年被加拿大人James Naismith发明出来的时候,仅仅只是为了成为大学生群体中的一种有趣的用手投射的球类运动。
【解析】语法结构——when引导时间状语从句。分析题干结构可知“______ 1891 by Canadian James Naismith”为定语从句修饰Basketball或时间状语从句,故可排除B和C选项;再由“which在引导定语从句时需在从句中充当成分”知表示时间状语从句的选项A正确。