1. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful ________ in the market. A. batteries B. bargains C. baskets D. barrels B 【句意】一些人想在星期天购物,因为他们希望在市场上获得很好的特价商品。 【解析】名词词义辨析。battery(其复数为batteries)“电池”; bargains“特价商品;协议 (尤指正式商业合同);讨价还价”;baskets“篮子”;barrel“桶;枪管;炮管”。由句中关键词“do shopping”、“pick up获得”与“in the market在市场上”的对应知“特价商品”符合语境,故B项正确。
2. ______ their economic system is reformed, the destiny of that country will be hard to predict. A. Only after B. Unless C. Now that D. As long as B 【句意】除非改革自身的经济体制,否则那个国家的命运将很难预测。 【解析】连词和词组词义辨析。only after“只有在……以后”;unless“除非,如果不”;now that“既然,由于”;as long as“只要”。由关键词“will be hard to predict将很难预测”及空格前后句的句意知“除非”符合语境,故B项正确。
3. In finance, opportunity cost analysis refers to the amount that could have been made in other investments ______ the expected investment return. A. compared in B. as comparing C. compared D. compared with D 【句意】在金融学中,机会成本分析指的是与预期投资回报相比在其他投资中可能取得的投资回报。 【解析】语法结构——分词做状语。分析题干结构可知“______ the expected investment return”这部分在原句中充当状语成分,由于其逻辑主语是the amount,故需要用表示被动的过去分词;再由compare表示“与……相比”需与介词with搭配知D项“compared with”正确。