一道gre绿皮书填空题Aslateas1891aspeakerassuredhisaudiencethatsinceprofitablefarmingwastheresultofnaturalabilityratherthan,aneducationinagriculturewas.第一空选项：A.effortB.luckC.learning第二空选

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一道gre绿皮书填空题
As late as 1891 a speaker assured his audience that since profitable farming was the result of natural ability rather than______,an education in agriculture was______.
第一空选项：A.effort B.luck C.learning
第二空选项：D.useless E.vital F.intellectural
答案是CD.
想问第一空为什么选learning 而不是effort

Answer 1

effort主要是努力,施加力气这种的,对应的反义是不费力
而题干中natural ability强调的不是毫不费力得来的ability,而是一种自然的天生的ability,所以和learning习得的,后天学习而来的相对应,构成反义对比.
填空做多了你就会发现,老美有一些反义对应的思路和咱们不一样,咱们对应的比较死,而美国人讲究属性和范围.看多了你这种思维就美化了~