考题

The _____    of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.

  A) prospects           B) speculations      C) stakes          D) provisions

知识点

µ         attract       vt. 引起（某人的）兴趣；激发；激起

O         The light attracted a lot of insects. 亮光招引了很多昆虫.

O         The new play has attracted a good deal of criticism.  这出新剧招致很多批评.

O         attract sb’s attention，interest       引起某人的注意，兴趣

à        attraction                  n.吸引；吸引力；有吸引力的事物

O         The television has little attraction to me. 电视对我没有什么吸引力.

O         One of the main attractions of the job is the high salary.     这份工作最吸引人的是薪水高.

µ         settle down        定居；安家落户；过安宁或安静的生活；习惯于新的生活，工作等

O         After years of travel, we decided to settle down here.        我们旅行多年后，决定在此定居.

O         She is settling down well in her new job. 她很能适应这份新工作.

µ         prospect s  n. 成功的机会；前景；前程.    

O         The prospects for this year’s wine harvest are poor. 今年的葡萄酒产量不佳.

O         The job has no prospects.     这工作毫无前途.

µ         speculation                   n.      思考；思索；推断；猜测

O         My speculations proved totally wrong.  我猜想的全错了.

O         much speculation over the cause of the air crash.       对飞机坠毁原因的多方推测

µ         stake         n. 1.（通常作复数）堵注；

O         playing for high stakes 下大堵注

2. 投资，投放的本钱

O         have a stake in a company     在一家公司有股份    

O         She has a stake in the future success of the business.                   她在这项生意上投了资以期将来获利.

µ         provision   n. 1.供应，提供

O         The government is responsible for the provision of medical services.   政府负责提供医疗服务.

M        provision for/against sth        （为将来或万一）作准备

O         make provision for one’s old age.   为他日养老而作准备

O         provision against possible disaster 为防备可能发生的灾难而采取的措施

2. （通常作复数）饮食之供应

O         She had a plentiful store of provisions.   她储存了大量的食物和饮料.

参考答案   A) prospects  

参考译文

能在加利福尼亚找到金矿这一诱人前景吸引了大批的淘金者到那里安家落户.

句子结构

The  prospects  of finding gold       主

 in California                     地点状语

attracted                         谓

a lot of people                     宾

to settle down there.                宾补

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