【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(2.11)2019考博加油!
1. If you got bad news, don’t ______; come straight to the point.
A. spill the beans
B. bear fruit
C. break the ice
D. beat about the bush
2. Although they had suffered heavy losses, they refused to ______ defeat.
A. concede
B. conserve
C. assert
D. conceal
【华慧考博】考博英语每日一练(2.11)参考答案
1.D
【句意】如果你有坏消息,不要转弯抹角,开门见山地说吧。
【解析】词组、固定搭配。与come straight to the point “开门见山,直入主题”相反的是beat about the bush“转弯抹角”,因此答案选D。spill the beans“泄密;说漏嘴”;bear fruit“结出果实;奏效”;break the ice“打破僵局;破冰”。
2.A
【句意】尽管遭受了巨大损失,但是他们却不愿承认失败。
【解析】同形词辨析(相同前缀)。concede“承认;退让;给予,容许”;conserve“ 保存;将……做成蜜饯;使守恒”;assert“ 维护,坚持;断言;主张;声称”;conceal“隐藏;隐瞒”。句中不定式“to ______ defeat”作动词refused“不愿”的宾语,由状语从句Although they had suffered heavy losses“尽管遭受了巨大损失”可知“承认”符合语境,因此答案选A。