介词辨析
【真题回放】The web-based program allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps track of your progress and provides detailed feedback_____your performance and improvement.
[A]to
[B]with
[C]for
[D]on
解析 此处需要填入一个介词,连接名词feedback(反馈)和your performance and improvement(你的表现和改善程度)。根据名词之间的关系,应该是“关于”你的表现和改善程度的反馈,介词on有“关于”的意思,此处feedback on(关于……的反馈),整句意思在表达“该程序会跟踪你的学习进度,并对你的表现和改善程度给予详尽的信息反馈”,故答案为[D]。[A]to(到;向),[B]with(用;和)和[C]for(为了)都不能合理解释两个名词之间的关系,均可排除。
【真题回放】Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one allowed by the Spanish crown. While most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism_____the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the exclusion of the other faiths.
[A]as
[B]for
[C]under
[D]against
解析 根据空前的maintain Catholicism(坚持天主教)和空后的the official religion(官方宗教)关系为“坚持天主教——官方宗教”,上句提到,在独立以前天主教一直是西属殖民地的国教(the state religion)。本句承接上句,说坚持天主教的官方宗教地位,即坚持把天主教继续“作为”官方宗教, maintain……as……为惯用搭配,意为“坚持……作为……”,故答案为[A]。maintain for(为了……坚持), maintain under(在……之下维修)和maintain against(对……保持警惕)都与该句子逻辑不符,故可排除。
【真题回放】Intelligence, it turns out, is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow_____the starting line because it depends on learning—a gradual process—instead of instinct.
[A]off
[B]behind
[C]over
[D]along
解析 第二句中it指代上句中的intelligence(聪明),上句指出,聪明要付出昂贵的代价(high-priced option),本句承接上句解释原因,而此处是原因之一:——起跑线很慢(is slow……the starting line)。off the starting line直译为“离开起跑线”,引申为“起步”,故答案为[A]。behind the starting line(在起跑线后), over the starting line(越过起跑线)和along the starting line(沿着起跑线)都没有表示“起步”的引申意思,均可排除。