Although in his new book he tends to repeat himself like a _____ uncle, McHughen makes a
persuasive case for the safety of tinkering with genes to create new foods.
A. taciturn
B. reserved
C. prototypical
D. cantankerous
E. loquacious
F. garrulous
这道题我一开始也选错了, 原因是我误以为repeat himself like a __ uncle的意思是他一直声称他自己是一个什么样的人, 然后后面出现了persuasive, 于是我想当然地认为前面一定是一个类似suspicious的词, 但是unfortunately, 没有. 后面就开了脑洞了.
其实like a __ uncle是用来修饰repeat这一行为的, 而选项里和repeat对应的只有EF, 所以.
btw, 我感觉很多Hard难度的题并不是完全按固定模式来, 或者说并不按照我们的心理预期来, 这种时候就只能跳出惯性思维重新寻找破题点了. sad.