1. I found it difficult to ______ my career ambitions with the need to bring up my children.
A. intensify
B. amend
C. reconcile
D. consolidate
2. Do you agree with the saying that the monkey was the______ of the human race?
A. offspring
B. successor
C. breeder
D. predecessor
【考博英语句子改错练习】
1. Whichever they may differ widely in function, all cells have a surrounding membrane and an internal, water-rich substance called cytoplasm. 1.C
【句意】我感到很难协调我的职业抱负和抚养孩子的需要。
【解析】动词词义辨析。intensify“使加强，使强化;使变激烈”;amend“修改;改进”;reconcile“使和解;协调”，reconcile sth. with sth.“使……与……和解或协调;consolidate“巩固;使固定;联合”。由关键词“my career ambitions职业抱负”与“the need to bring up my children抚养孩子的需要”的对应知“协调”符合语境，由此知C项正确。
2.D
【句意】你同意猴子是人类的祖先的说法吗?
【解析】名词词义辨析。offspring“后代，子孙”;successor“继承者;接班人;接替的事物”;breeder“饲养员;繁殖者;起因”;predecessor“前任;前辈;祖先”。由句中关键词“the saying that the monkey was the…猴子是……的说法”与“of the human race人类的”的对应知“祖先”符合语境，故D项正确。
【句子改错参考答案】
1. 分析：Whichever→However。考查连接词的辨析。Whichever是连接代词，而此处修饰整个从句应用连接副词However，不能用连接代词。
译文：无论细胞之间的功能可能相差有多大，所有细胞外部都有一层包裹着它的细胞膜，且内部有一种被称为细胞质的富含水分的物质。