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1. Most anthropologists see the many manifestations of folklore as ______ expressions of a people’s desires, attitudes, and cultural values.
A. imaginative
B. imagery
C. imaginable
D. imaginary
2. The general manager asked the foreman if Mike was really a(n) ______ worker.
A. inconsistent
B. industrial
C. industrious
D. convenient
【长难句翻译】
Over the years, tools and technology themselves as a source of fundamental innovation have largely been ignored by historians and philosophers of science.
考博英语每日一练(7.23)参考答案
1.D
【句意】大多数人类学家将民俗的很多表现看成是一个民族的愿望、态度和文化价值的虚构表达。
【解析】形容词词义辨析。imaginative“富于想象力的;创新的”;imagery“意象;比喻”;imaginable“可想象的”;imaginary“想象的;虚构的”。由句中关键词“many manifestations of folklore民俗的很多表现”与“______expressions of a people’s desires, attitudes, and cultural values一个民族的愿望、态度和文化价值的……表达”的对应知“虚构的”符合语境,故D项正确。
2.C
【句意】总经理问领班是否麦克确实是一位勤劳的工人。
【解析】形容词词义辨析。inconsistent“不一致的;前后矛盾的”;industrial“工业的;用于工业的”;industrious“勤劳的”;convenient“方便的;近便的”。由关键词“worker工人”的对应及词汇分析知“勤劳的”符合,由此知C项正确。
【翻译参考答案】
多年以来,作为根本性创新源泉的工具和技术在很大程度上被科学史学家和科学哲学家忽视了。