请看以下几道考研真题:
Manpower Inc. with 560,000 workers, is the world's largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its people 41 into the offices and factories of America, seeking a day's work for a day's pay.
41. A. swarm B. stride C. separate D. slip
解析:在这道题目中,A、B、D三个选项均有“走路”的意思,但是A项swarm具体表示的是“涌向”,特指“很多人集体走向某个地方”,而stride(大步走) 、slip(悄悄溜走)明显和文章的语境不复合,因此答案为A项。
As was discussed before, it was not 22 the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic 23, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 24 of periodical.
23. A. means B. method C. medium D. measure
解析:在这道题目中,A、B、D三个选项,均是“方法”的意思,在很多语境中这几个单词可以互相代替。单凭这一点,考生也可以判定正确答案为C项。
同义词和形近词的辨析,是历年完形填空中,所占比例最高的考点。在最后十天的冲刺复习阶段,考生可以充分利用手头现有的词汇书中已经归纳和整理好的同义词、形近词的辨析,刻意区分一下这些意思或拼写相近的单词。这样的单词背诵方法,不仅有力于巩固前几个阶段的词汇复习效果,而且对考生的作文和阅读也大有益处。例如,在阅读中,最常出现的考点之一就是文章和正确选项之间的同义改写。利用最后一小段冲刺复习的时间背诵同义词进而熟练掌握考纲里的同义词,考生自然就可以从容地面对完形和阅读两大挡路虎了。