Even the reader acquainted with the outlines of Pushkin’s biography will be (i) ___ the (ii) ___ so vividly conveyed in Binyon’s biography. Not only was Pushkin’s personal correspondence intercepted and his movements (iii) ___ , but Tsar Nicholas I’s decision to oversee Pushkin’s career obliged Pushkin to submit all his manuscripts for inspection.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
A. attracted to D. suffocating lack of creative freedom G. ignored
B. confused by E. concern for contemporary society H. monitored
C. struck by F. underlying sense of historical change I. commended
正確答案
CDH
題目解析
原句翻譯:即便是之前了解普希金生平概略的讀者也會被 B 所作的傳記震撼,其中鮮活地描述了普希金所處的令人窒息的環(huán)境,毫無創(chuàng)作自由。沙皇尼古拉斯一世不但切斷普希金與外界的私人書信往來,監(jiān)視他的活動,而且還迫使普希金交出所有的手稿,全方位審查他的寫作。
詞匯含義
suffocating 令人窒息的
concern for contemporary society 對時局的關注
commend 推薦,稱贊,委托
在 Not only 分句中,and 連接的兩個成分是比較明顯的并列關系,我們首先確定了第三空只能是 “監(jiān)視” ,進而后半句解鎖的內容告訴我們沙皇對普希金的所作所為,也就解決了第二空 “令人窒息,不給任何創(chuàng)作自由” 。