ACT阅读中常常出错的词你掌握了吗？（附真题练习）

　　在ACT阅读当中，有一些非常喜欢考察的句型，每当考到这种常见又不好理解的句型，大家往往都会觉得非常棘手，特别是阅读文章中的ACT词汇，下面我们就来为大家解析“ until ”这个词汇！

　　我们先来做一道题，看看大家对这个词掌握地怎么样：

　　The most celebrated natural antagonism between sperm whales and squid almost certainly involves the jumbo squid’s larger cousin, the giant squid, a species that grows to 65 feet long. The relationship between sperm whales and squid is pretty dramatic. A single sperm whale can eat more than one ton of squid per day. They do eat giant squid on occasion, but most of what whales pursue is relatively small and over-matched. With their clicks, sperm whales can detect a squid less than a foot long more than a mile away, and schools of squid from even farther away.But the way that sperm whales find squid was until recently a puzzle.

　　40. Which of the following statements about the mystery of how sperm whales locate squid is best supported by the passage?

　　F.The mystery was solved in the 1800s.

　　G. The mystery was solved recently.

　　H. The mystery is likely to be solved in the near future.

　　J. The mystery is likely to remain unsolved until better technology is invented.

　　虽然是个定位题，但是这个题目其实考察的是大家对于“until” 的理解，很多同学的印象中，“until” 就是“直到”，“直到现在还是一个谜”。那答案好像妥妥的是 J 了，或者 H 也有点像？

　　让我们先来看一看 Collins 词典对于这个词的英文解释（PS：强烈推荐大家在遇到看不明白的词的时候，多查一查英英词典）

　　Until

　　If something happens until a particular time, it happens during the period beforethat time and stopsat that time.

　　这句话里最重要的两个词，一个是before；一个是stop。

　　它表明 until 是之前发生的，并且在此刻停止了。

　　带到文章中，until recently：在现在之前是一个谜，并且现在已经停止成为一个谜了。

　　所以，这题的答案华丽丽的应该选 G 答案。

　　你选对了吗？

　　再举一个栗子：

　　67B

　　When people think of lions, many probably picture a regal creature with luxuriant mane of blond hair overing its neck and shoulders. But a study suggests that the widespread image is misleading—that among male lions, a baldish head with sideburns may have been as prevalent in Africa as heavy manes, at least until recent years.

　　同理可得：以前，秃头的狮子和有鬃毛的一样常见，并且还有一层暗含的意思，“现在已经不那么常见了”

　　31. As described in the passage, Gnoske and Kerbis Peterhan’s study suggests that made lions with baldish heads and sideburns may in the past have been:

　　A.common in Africa but are now much less common on that continent.

　　B.rare in Africa but are now increasingly common in some regions of that continent.

　　C.uncommon in Africa but were predominant throughout the rest of the world.

　　D.predominant in Africa but were rare in other parts of the world.

　　所以这个题的答案应该为A。

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