五月特训:MPAcc英语基础词汇自测题(6)
针对MPAcc考研英语,太奇教育相继为MPAcc备考生们推出了英语阅读理解练习、英译汉专项练习、词汇词组自测等相关试题。五一小长假归来,太奇教育继续向考生们推出MPAcc英语基础词汇自测习题及详细解析。
1.The shop keeper was ____inside his own shops and all the day's money was stolen.
A) held over B) held out C) held up D) held off
答案:C hold up 延迟;展示;抢劫。hold over将……延迟。hold out 坚持;伸出。The town was surrounded but the people held out until help came. 这座城市已被包围了,但居民苦撑着等待援兵的到来。hold off 拖延。
2.Don't____ to say who has stolen your money.
A) hesitate B) refuse C) reject D) think
答案:A hesitate:犹豫。
3.Most substances contract when they freeze so that the density of a solid substance is____ of its liquid.
A) than the higher density B) the density is higher than that C) higher than the density D) the higher the density
答案:C 句意:大多数物质冷却时会收缩,所以固体物质的密度会高于它液体时的密度。即本句把固体物质的密度(the density of a solid substance) 与其液体状态时的密度(the density of its liquid) 相比较。
4.The teacher____ some help for us.
A) suggested B) implied C) hinted D) gave
答案:C hint,imply 和suggest 三个词都有“暗示”的意思。hint 意为间接地而非明显地表示或指出一件事。suggest间接地表明,既可以表示故意的,也可以表示偶然的。imply 指一个作者或说话人在其语言文字或态度中暗示某种事情。
5.Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought hard to____ her laughter.
A) hold back B) hold on C) hold out D) hold up
答案:A hold back 抑制,控制。hold on 坚持下去;别挂(电话)。hold out 坚持(抵抗),顶住(压力) 。hold up 举起;支撑,承受……的重量。