题目
49. There is growing ______ among ecologists and resource management specialists that biodiversity cannot be adequately conserved by protected areas alone.A. conceptionB. consensusC. concessionD. contention
49. There is growing ______ among ecologists and resource management specialists that biodiversity cannot be adequately conserved by protected areas alone.
A. conception
B. consensus
C. concession
D. contention
题目解答
答案
B. consensus
解析
本题考查对几个形似单词词义的辨析。解题思路是先明确每个选项单词的含义,再结合句子语境来判断哪个单词最符合句子表达的意思。
- A选项“conception”:意为“概念;观念;构想”。例如:We have to change the old conception.(我们必须改变旧的观念。)在本题中,“生态学家和资源管理专家之间存在不断增长的概念”,这种表达不符合逻辑,所以A选项不正确。
- B选项“consensus”:意为“共识;一致意见”。句子表达的是生态学家和资源管理专家们越来越达成一种共识,即仅靠保护区不能充分保护生物多样性,该选项符合句子语境,所以B选项正确。
- C选项“concession”:意为“让步;妥协;特许权”。例如:They made some concessions to the opposition.(他们向反对派做出了一些让步。)“生态学家和资源管理专家之间存在不断增长的让步”,这种表述不符合句子要表达的意思,所以C选项不正确。
- D选项“contention”:意为“争论;争辩;论点”。例如:The main contention of his speech was that we need more investment in education.(他演讲的主要论点是我们需要在教育上投入更多资金。)“生态学家和资源管理专家之间存在不断增长的争论”,与句子想要表达的达成共识的意思不符,所以D选项不正确。