29. What does the underlined word “hodgepodge” probably mean?
A. mixture(结合,混合)B. share(分享)
C. revision(修改,修订)D. repetition(重复)
参考答案 + 解析
我们先来看hodgepodge所在的句子:If we go by the principle that all ideas are a hodgepodge of other ideas…相信很多同学只读第三段,凭感觉能猜到大概是 “汇集、凑在一起”,但心里没底,容易纠结、改错答案。然而原句中有关键提示the priciple(这一原则,这一道理)就提醒了我们,这一principle一定是上文中已经提到过的内容,因此我们需要往前看。我们来回看文章前两段主旨:第一段:世界上几乎没有绝对原创的想法,一切事物都是都被创造过、再创造过、反复创造过。(But there are hardly any truly original ideas in the art world. Everything has been invented, reinvented, and re-reinvented over again.)第二段:作者无法将任何一件作品归为真正的原创,因为每张照片最终都是过往视觉熏陶、他人的理念输入,以及丰富个人生活经历的融合产物。(I cannot genuinely classify any piece of my output as truly original, since every image ultimately represents a synthesized fusion of previous visual influences, external conceptual inputs from others, and a diverse range of personal life experiences.)如果你观察到了第二段中fusion(融合)这个词,基本上就能锁定答案了,fusion与A选项mixture是同义替换,这是典型的上下文利用同义替换进行呼应的结构。滑至文末添加Battle老师微信进入年级英语交流群可获取完整试题与解析完整电子版。