公共英语考试

【单选题】The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handeD、 (26) until recently, people who were left-handed were considered (27) , and once children showed this tendency they were forced to use their right hands. Today left-handedness is generally (28) , but it is still a disadvantages in a world (29) most people are right-handeD、For example, most tools and implements are still (30) for right- handed people.
In sports (31) contrast, doing things with the left hand or foot, is often an advantage. Throwing, kicking, punching or batting from the (32) side may result in throwing (33) many opponents who are more accustomed to dealing with the (34) of players who are right-handeD、This is why, in many (35) at a professional level, a (36) proportion of players are left-handed than in the population as a whole.
The word "right" in many languages means "correct" or is (37) with lawfulness, whereas the words associated (38) "left", such as "sinister", generally have (39) associations. Moreover, among a number of primitive peoples, there is (40) close association between death and the left hanD、
In the past, in (41) western societies, children were often forced to use their right hands, especially to write with. In some cases the left hand was (42) behind the child’s back so that it could not be useD、If, in the future, they are allowed to choose, (43) will certainly be more left-handers, and probably (44) people with minor psychological disturbances as a result of being forced to use their (45) hanD、
A．negative
B．positive
C．similar
D．equal

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
形容词辨析。[A]negative意为“消极的，否定的”；[B]positive意为“积极的，肯定的”；[C]similar意为“相似的”；[D]equal意为“平等的”，此处需要一个形容词修饰association。根据上下文，“right”与left之间有对比的关系，前者意味着正确，让人联想到合法性等积极的正面意义；另一方面，单词“left”意味着错误，与消极因素联系在一起，因此，[A]正确。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>