求助一道双空题

透明123UID: 3815949

Although strikes remain rarer in Britain than in many other European countries, and their economic impact is (i)_____ compared to the great upheavals of the 1970s and 1980s, their number has (ii)_____ after a few years of somewhat greater calm

A. inconclusive       D. exploded
B. demoralizing      E. declined
C. negligible           F. revived

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这题xdf选CF，kmf选CD，有没有大神解释一下哪一个是对的呀QAQ
我个人倾向于CF,感觉revive更能和few years of calm呼应.....但多年的calm以后突然exploded也讲得通......
打滚求各位大神搭理QAQ

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啊不好意思大家第一题确实选C...我发帖的时候看错了没注意宛如一个智障orz

Orion_ChangUID: 3582304

我要选出第三种了

Although strikes remain rarer in Britain than in many other European countries
although bad situation is rarer in Britain

and their economic impact is (i)_____ compared to the great upheavals of the 1970s and 1980s
and effect of bad situation is (less severe) than before

their number has (ii)_____ after a few years of somewhat greater calm
(situation hasn't gotten better) after years


(I) C
(II) E

我Me是个好人UID: 3724812

我会选D. 另外第一空我会选C.

revive有恢复的意思, 就比如说我是个学霸(开玩笑的当然), 然后我的成绩一直都是A+, 但沉迷恋爱让我的成绩屡屡接近C. 我很快意识到这样不行, 于是毅然决然拉着女朋友开始奋发图强, 最后我的成绩终于revive到了A+, 女朋友也被我从C拉到了A, 美滋滋.
会不会太繁琐? 大意就是, 我本来是这样, 然后我有段时间那样了, 但我现在终于又成了这样.
接着, 原文提示出之前的状态是calm而不是robust, 所以这种“robust state”就无从revive了, 而只能是一种剧变性质的activity.
第一空的话, 这里明显应该填一个decline性质的词以和rarer对应, 但demoralizing没有这层含义.

当然我只是个人看法, 大家应该有更好的理解.

寒轩草季UID: 3629192

CD，C很好理解，跟rarer对应（就算不对应，想也知道那个年代的剧变肯定比罢工来的影响力大）；
第二空注意somewhat， somewhat clam，就意味着不是完全的沉寂，所以本身就意味着波动，而revive这个复苏本身就意味着从底反弹；put differently, 罢工数量波动，然后猛增

透明123UID: 3815949

寒轩草季 发表于 2017-10-6 13:13
CD，C很好理解，跟rarer对应（就算不对应，想也知道那个年代的剧变肯定比罢工来的影响力大）；
第二空注意 ...

哇原来点在somewhat....之前一直都忽略了它
谢谢大神!!!

透明123UID: 3815949

我Me是个好人 发表于 2017-10-6 12:09
我会选D. 另外第一空我会选C.

revive有恢复的意思, 就比如说我是个学霸(开玩笑的当然), 然后我的成绩一直 ...

嗯第一题确实选c...智障的我打错了QAQ
robust那句话虽然有点懵...不过剧变性那里还是看懂啦~谢谢大神！！

透明123UID: 3815949

Orion_Chang 发表于 2017-10-6 12:06
我要选出第三种了

Although strikes remain rarer in Britain than in many other European countries

第一题答案是C，我打错啦QAQ不好意思
看大家的回复，第二题是选D的样子
我被somewhat calm不代表完全沉寂说服了(ง •̀_•́)ง

yume1491UID: 3829524

CF. D is too extreme and does not resonate well with "greater calm".

yume1491UID: 3829524

If D is chosen for the blank, then how would one explain "remain rarer"?

寒轩草季UID: 3629192

yume1491 发表于 2017-10-7 03:31
If D is chosen for the blank, then how would one explain "remain rarer"?

只是相对于欧洲其他国家数量是较少的，与自己的几年前的绝对数量比当然可以是激增了

sdfsdfsdf123UID: 3898272

The second blank should be  (F) revived, for two key reasons. It is suggested that "strikes remain rarer in Britain", so it is unlikely that it exploded (which is a very powerful diction). Secondly and most conclusively, "After a few years of somewhat greater calm" indicates that it is still calm (just not as calm) so revived would be a better choice of word.
(D) Exploded would not indicate calm at all!

hedoolUID: 3905760

CF
原句是经济学人里的：
But although strikes remain rarer in Britain than in many other European countries, and their economic impact is nugatory compared to the great upheavals of the 1970s and 1980s, they too have revived slightly after a few years of even greater calm (see chart).
看完原句之后应该就能发现有些解释多少有点牵强了。

hedoolUID: 3905760

hedool 发表于 2018-10-19 15:20
CF
原句是经济学人里的：
But although strikes remain rarer in Britain than in many other European c ...

这里的greater应该是相对1970s和1980s的great upheavals而言的，也就是说比起这段时间的动荡程度，calm的程度甚至更大。
另外虽然somewhat这个词确实含义很含糊，但它还是很明确地表示肯定的，不是“有一点”的意思。