0603 "You're off to the World Economic Forum?" asked the Oxford economist, enviously. "How very impressive. They've never invited me." Three days later, I queued in the snow outside the conference center in Davos, standing behind mink coals and cashmere overcoats, watched over by' Swiss policemen with machineguns. "Reporting press?`````````` 21. "Mink" in line 4 refers to ______. (A) colored badges (B) impressive artificial hide (C) expensive thick fur (D)jackets designed for GLT
本文是典型的词义题。MINK 对于很多同学来说都非常的陌生。解题的关键在于理解文章。首先文章提到了World Economic Forum,这个论坛一看我们就很清楚的明白不是所有人都能参加的,至少是有点头脸的人物,从文章的最后得知,参加这个论坛需要支付数千英镑的费用,可见参加的人必是有钱人。standing behind mink coals and cashmere overcoats 分析句子的时候不能放过任何一个细节,关键在“cashmere” 与 “and” ,还要注意的是I queued in the snow outside” 说明天气极其寒冷, 前者就是上海话中的“开司米”是一种很好的面料,而and 是并列连词,说明前面与后面一定是类似的,且这句话运用了借代的手法,综上所述(C)是正确答案。
0903 Parenting was never a piece of cake in any age, but probably the greatest source of headache for parents today in Japan is the ubiquitous cellphone. Today, 96 percent of senior high school students and 58 percent of junior high school students have cellphones. Even among primary school children, 31 percent have them. 16. The word "ubiquitous" (para. 1) is closest in meaning to ________. (A) updated (B) sophisticated (C) prevalent (D) obsolete