📝 选词填空 | 消费主义：当美德变成“罪过”
💡 解题逻辑深度解析
选词填空考察对词性与上下文逻辑的捕捉。 - **26题**: 位于 Being ______ 结构中，且后面说是“不再是美德”，结合消费主题，需填“节俭的” (thrifty)。 - **27题**: 修饰动词 spend，且与 luxuries/simplicity 对比，需填“奢侈地” (extravagantly)。 - **28题**: 动词 lose 的宾语，农村生活对我的“吸引力” (appeal)。 - **29题**: 不定式 to 之后，表示与新贵们“交往/混合” (mingle)。 - **30题**: 名词。
in a ______ to borrow 意为“信贷风潮” (rage)。 - **31题**: 名词。美国富有但向我们借钱，这是种“讽刺” (irony)。 - **32题**: 名词。a ______ of economics，作者自谦是经济学“外行” (layman)。 - **33题**: 名词。对比 decent lender (体面借款人)，借款人成了“掠夺者” (predator)。 - **34题**: 形容词。形容那些贷款买房变富的人很“精明” (shrewd)。 - **35题**: 动词。固定搭配 ______ a living 意为“勉强糊口” (scrape)。 📖 原文精读与填空
With the rapid progress in the economy, it is natural that people’s ideology is bound for change. Being (26) ______ is no longer a virtue to some people. Each might have different viewpoints: some love luxuries, some spend (27) ______. As I was born poor, simple rural life seldom loses its (28) ______ to me, but as my station changes, I have an opportunity to (29) ______ with the newly rich.
It is sinful to spend little and save much—an idea only recently revealed to me. Actually the whole world is in a (30) ______ to borrow and to spend. The USA is the richest country, but the (31) ______ is that they borrow money from us. Though a (32) ______ of economics, I know that investing with borrowed money turns the borrower into the (33) ______ rather than the kind lender.
An apparent case is real estate. Those who are (34) ______ and have got loans from the bank become rich by selling homes at a price several folds higher. Many poor parents have benefited from education investment, even though they have to (35) ______ a living. Spending is praiseworthy, supposing it is not beyond your means.
📥 选项库 (Word Bank)
答案速查
26. O (thrifty) | 27. B (extravagantly) | 28. A (appeal) | 29. J (mingle) | 30. L (rage)
31. D (irony) | 32. E (layman) | 33. K (predator) | 34. N (shrewd) | 35. M (scrape)
31. D (irony) | 32. E (layman) | 33. K (predator) | 34. N (shrewd) | 35. M (scrape)