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  3. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is a particularly______character,

In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is a particularly______character,

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问题 In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is a particularly______character, refusing to give his assistant a raise, despite his enormous wealth.
选项 A、mean
B、amiable
C、generous
D、notorious
答案 A
解析    (1)句子结构。
   句子的主要结构为主动补(SVC)，主语为Scrooge，is为系动词，a particularly______character为主语补语，refusing to give his assistant a raise解释说明character，despite his enormous wealth作让步状语。
   (2)选项词义。
   A．mean adj.平均的；卑鄙的；吝啬的
   B．amiable adj.和蔼可亲的；亲切的
   C．generous adj.慷慨的；大方的；宽宏大量的
   D．notorious adj.声名狼藉的；臭名昭著的
   本句大意为“在查尔斯-狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》中，斯克鲁奇是一个特别吝啬的人，尽管他拥有巨额财富，却拒绝给他的助手加薪”。从上下文可以推出，refusing to give his assisrant a raise，despite his enormous wealth表现了一个守财奴的形象，因此mean的词义最符合题意，故选A项。
   【知识拓展】词汇拓展。
   有关“吝啬”的表达：stingy，niggardly，mean，miserly，penny-pinching，chary。
   e．g．Winston was not a stingy man．
   温斯顿不是小气之人。
   There are many Niggard Images in both Chinese and foreign literature
   中外文学中都有很多吝啬鬼形象。
   He is miserly with both his time and his money．
   他对时间和金钱都很吝啬。
   He said your boss is too chary, so you must change your job．
   他说你们老板太抠了，你该换工作了。
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