Day 5

英文重现

He wasn't averse to going out in a boat to catch the fish himself.He would raise the fowl himself.But when that musical meal appeared before him none of the drudgery showed.

——SAT 2005年3月题，Section 5

解析

1.词组“be averse to”意思是“反对，讨厌，不情愿”，因为“to”在这里是介词，所以后面的动词要用动名词即“-ing”形式。

2.“when”在这里引导一个时间状语从句，表示“当……时”，其后的“that”在这里是代词，并非连词，意思是“那个”。

词意辨析

参考翻译

他不讨厌乘着小船亲自出去捉鱼。他会亲自饲养家禽。但是当音乐大餐出现在他面前时，他的疲劳会一扫而空。

实战演练

Duke Ellington considered himself“the world's greatest listener.”In music,hearing is all.Judging by the two or three thousand pieces of music Ellington wrote,he could probably hear a flea scratching itself and put that rhythm into one of his compositions.For him the sounds of the world were the ingredients he mixed into appetizers,main courses,and desserts to satisfy the appetite of his worldwide audience.He wasn't averse to going out in a boat to catch the fish himself.He would raise the fowl himself.But when that musical meal appeared before him none of the drudgery showed.

In lines“For him…drudgery showed”,the author's point is primarily developed through the use of____.

(A)comparison and contrast

(B)appeal to emotion

(C)exaggeration

(D)metaphor

(E)humor

答案：D

答案解析

选项A是将两种事物“比较/对比”；选项B意思是“诉诸情感”；选项C意思是“夸张”；选项D意思是“比喻”；选项E意思是“幽默/诙谐”。本句话中“musical meal”是将音乐作品比喻成大餐，是一种比喻的修辞手法，所以选项D正确。