15年考研词语题重点解析
alternative
When traveling，you are advised to take travelers’ checks，which provide a secure _____to carrying your money in cash.
A. substitute B. selection C. preference D. alternative
D。句意为：建议外出旅游时携带旅游支票，这比携带现金要安全。substitute意为“代替物”，selection意为“选择”，preference意为“喜欢，偏爱”，alternative指两者或两者以上挑其一，“抉择，取舍”的意思。
有关alternative的典型使用方法：
Wehave no alternative but to go on. 除去继续下去,大家没选择的空间。
There was no other alternative but to fight till the victory. 除去战斗直到胜利,别无选择。
I wanted to go out, but I had no money. I had no alternative to staying at home. 我想出去，可是没钱；只能待在家。
amount
In what _____to a last minute stay of execution，a council announced that emergency funding would keep alive two aging satellites.
A. applies B. accounts C. attaches D. amounts
D。句意为：卫星快要报废的最后关头，委员会宣布紧急基金将使两颗已用多年的卫星继续服役。apply to意为“用，应用”，无account to这一使用方法，attach oneself to意为“附是”，amount to意为“等于”。依据句意，选择D。
有关amount to的典型使用方法：
Your words amount to a refusal. 你的话等于回绝了。
Their traveling expenses amount to seven hundred dollars. 他们的旅费共达700 USD。
In fact, your ambiguous words amount to a refusal. 事实上,你说的那些模棱两可的话等于是拒绝。
