题目

Although his once ________ army now had less than 50,000 men who were tired and hungry, they had to defend a line almost 60 kilometers long. A pretty B mighty C lofty D hasty

Although his once ________ army now had less than 50,000 men who were tired and hungry, they had to defend a line almost 60 kilometers long.

A pretty

B mighty

C lofty

D hasty

题目解答

答案

本题考察形容词辨析。根据句意，“his once ___ army”需填入一词，体现“曾经强大”的含义。A“pretty”不符语境；C“lofty”不适用；D“hasty”表“匆忙”，均不合适。B“mighty”意为“强大的”，可表“曾经强大的军队”，与后文“now had less than 50,000 men who were tired and hungry”形成对比，最贴合语境。 答案：B. mighty

解析

本题考查形容词辨析，核心在于理解句子中对比关系的运用。句子通过“once”强调“曾经”的状态，与后文“现在疲惫饥饿、人数减少”的现状形成对比，需选择能体现“过去强大”含义的形容词。

选项分析

关键点：空格处需填入一个形容词，修饰“army”，并与后文“now had less than 50,000 men who were tired and hungry”形成对比。

  1. A. pretty

    • 意为“美丽的/相当”，无法体现“强大”的含义，与后文对比不成立。

  2. B. mighty

    • 意为“强大的/庞大的”，符合“过去军队强大”的语境，与后文“现在人数减少、疲惫”形成鲜明对比，是最佳选项。

  3. C. lofty

    • 意为“高傲的/崇高的”，通常修饰抽象概念，不适用于描述“army”的实力。

  4. D. hasty

    • 意为“仓促的”，与“army”的状态无关，语义不符。