1. The town planning commission said that their financial outlook for the next year was optimistic. They expect increased tax ______.
A. efficiency
B. revenues
C. privileges
D. validity
2. In order to ______ her theory that the reactions are ______, the scientist conducted many experiments, all of which showed that the heat of the first reaction is more than twice that of the second.
A. support…different
B. capture…valuable
C. evaluate…concentrated
D. demonstrate…problematic
【汉译英翻译练习】
1. 据说苹果皮富含维生素。
2. 从这个意义上说，儿童和大人享有同样的权利。
参考答案
1.B
【句意】城镇规划委员会说他们明年的财政前景是乐观的。他们预计税收收入会增加。
【解析】名词词义辨析。efficiency“效率;效能”;revenue“收入;收益”;privilege“特权”;validity“正确;(法律上的)有效，合法性”。由句中关键词“optimistic乐观的”与“They expect increased tax他们预计税收……会增加。”的对应知“收入”符合语境，故B项正确。
2.A
【句意】为了证实她的这些反应是不同的观点，这位科学家进行了许多实验，所有这些试验都表明第一个反应的热量是第二个反应的热量的两倍多。
【解析】动词和形容词词义辨析。由句中关键词“all of which showed that the heat of the first reaction is more than twice that of the second 所有这些试验都表明第一个反应的热量是第二个反应的热量的两倍多”可知“这些反应是不同的”，故A项“support…different”正确。
【汉译英参考答案】
1. 【参考译文】It is said that the apple peel contains a lot of vitamins.
2. 【参考译文】In this sense, children and adults have equal rights.