15年考研词汇题重点详解(09)

【典型考题】alternative

When traveling，you are advised to take travelers’ checks，which provide a secure _____to carrying your money in cash. (1996年考研题)

A. substitute B. selection  C. preference      D. alternative

【答案】D。句意为：建议外出旅行时携带旅行支票，这比携带现金要安全。substitute意为“代替物”，selection意为“选择”，preference意为“喜欢，偏爱”，alternative指两者或两者以上挑其一，“抉择，取舍”的意思。

有关alternative的典型用法：

We have no alternative but to go on. 除了继续下去,我们没有选择的余地。

There was no other alternative but to fight till the victory. 除了战斗直到胜利,别无选择。

I wanted to go out, but I had no money. I had no alternative to staying at home. 我想出去，可是没钱；只能待在家里。

amount

In what _____to a last minute stay of execution，a council announced that emergency funding would keep alive two aging satellites. (1998年考研题)

A. applies B. accounts C. attaches   D. amounts

【答案】D。句意为：卫星快要报废的最后关头，委员会宣布紧急基金将使两颗已使用多年的卫星继续服役。apply to意为“使用，应用”，无account to这一用法，attach oneself to意为“附属于”，amount to意为“等于”。根据句意，选择D。

有关amount to的典型用法：

Your words amount to a refusal. 你的话等于回绝了。

Their traveling expenses amount to seven hundred dollars. 他们的旅费共达700 美元。

In fact, your ambiguous words amount to a refusal. 实际上,你说的那些模棱两可的话等于是拒绝。