题目
45. 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. loftyB. hastyC. prettyD. mighty
45. 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. lofty
B. hasty
C. pretty
D. mighty
题目解答
答案
D. mighty
解析
本题考查形容词词义辨析,解题思路是根据句子前后的逻辑关系,判断出与“now had less than 50,000 men who were tired and hungry”形成对比的形容词。
- 首先分析句子,“Although”表示转折,说明前后情况相反。后面描述军队现在人数不足五万且疲惫饥饿,那么前面应该描述军队曾经的强大。
- 接着看各个选项:
- A选项“lofty”意为“高尚的;崇高的;高耸的”,通常用来形容人的品德、志向或者物体的高度,不能用来形容军队的强大,所以A选项不符合。
- B选项“hasty”意为“匆忙的;草率的”,与军队强大的意思无关,所以B选项不正确。
- C选项“pretty”意为“漂亮的;可爱的”,一般用于形容人或事物的外观,不适合用来形容军队,所以C选项不合适。
- D选项“mighty”意为“强大的;有力的”,正好可以与后面描述的军队现在的状况形成对比,说明军队曾经很强大,所以D选项正确。