1. Clearly refuting skeptics, researchers have ________ not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what theory ________ it should do.
(A) doubted.. warranted
(B) estimated.. accepted
(C) demonstrated.. predicted
(D) assumed.. deduced
(E) supposed.. asserted
解析:clearly refuting skeptics 是researchers 發(fā)出的動(dòng)作,所以后面對(duì)于這個(gè)gravitational radiation的存在表示肯定,不僅而且還要求有遞進(jìn)關(guān)系,不僅存在,理論還能很好的說(shuō)明它。所以選擇C選項(xiàng)。
注意warrant這個(gè)單詞表示officially affirm or guarantee, 表示保證的意思;也可以表示justify or necessitate (a course of action),表示的是使.....顯得必要。
單詞gravitation表示引力,來(lái)自于動(dòng)詞gravitate, 表示傾向于的意思。 例如:My husband is vegetarian, but the children aren't, so they can have anything they want in moderation, though my eldest daughter gravitates towards vegetarianism.
答案:C
2. Sponsors of the bill were ________ because there was no opposition to it within the legislature until after the measure had been signed into law.
(A) unreliable
(B) well-intentioned
(C) persistent
(D) relieved
(E) detained
解析:這里面一定要區(qū)分A until B,和not A until B。A until B,說(shuō)明A在B之前發(fā)生。not A until B 說(shuō)明B在A之前發(fā)生,切記這個(gè)順序。
因此這句話說(shuō)在這個(gè)measure寫入法律之前沒(méi)有反對(duì),就說(shuō)明這個(gè)measure成功的寫入了法律。那么支持這個(gè)measure(bill也表示法案)的人就應(yīng)該是一個(gè)正向的詞匯,所以選擇D選項(xiàng),表示釋懷。
這道題目要跟section 13 -2 進(jìn)行橫向比較,徹底掌握until的用法。
答案:D
3. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her ________ search for her daughter.
(A) extended
(B) agitated
(C) comprehensive
(D) motiveless
(E) heartless
解析:這道題目是簡(jiǎn)單的paradoxical找反義的題目,選擇與tranquil和serene相反的單詞,于是選擇B選項(xiàng),表示焦慮的。
表示焦慮的單詞
agitated = discomposed, disturbed, perturbed, unglued, unhinged, upset,
考試中與焦慮相反的一面還可以說(shuō)鎮(zhèn)定,表示一個(gè)人很calm的單詞,還可以說(shuō):
composed = collected, peaceful, placid, undisturbed, unperturbed, coolheaded.
答案:B
4. Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so ________ Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared after nearly two decades in ________ in the Western Hemisphere.
(A) terrorized.. contention
(B) ravaged.. secret
(C) disabled.. quarantine
(D) corrupted.. quiescence
(E) decimated.. abeyance
解析:第二個(gè)空格應(yīng)該是,只有在沒(méi)有之后才能又重復(fù)出現(xiàn),因此DE合適。第一個(gè)空格前面有so,說(shuō)明第一個(gè)空格的動(dòng)詞在前面出現(xiàn)過(guò)。因此選一個(gè)kill的同義詞,因此選擇decimate。
decimate - kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of;
這道題目里面的單詞都比較重要。
ravage - cause severe and extensive damage to
quiescence - in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy.
答案:E
5. Although ________ , almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong ________ publicity and controversy.
(A) conventional.. interest in
(B) monotonous.. reliance on
(C) shy.. aversion toward
(D) retiring.. penchant for
(E) evasive.. impatience with
解析:第一個(gè)空格填入一個(gè)self-effacing較弱的詞匯,而前后需要有矛盾,所以前后應(yīng)該形成相反,前面說(shuō)的是不好意思,后面就應(yīng)該說(shuō)喜歡暴露在公眾場(chǎng)合,符合選項(xiàng)的只有D選項(xiàng)了。
penchant 表示傾向、喜好,之前我們總結(jié)過(guò)一組傾向喜好的詞匯,自己復(fù)習(xí)一下吧。
shy, retiring, evasive 都可以理解為同義詞。注意retiring并不是退休的意思,他的英文解釋就是shy
and reserved.
寫作的時(shí)候,注意要學(xué)會(huì)用遞進(jìn)來(lái)進(jìn)行預(yù)期的加強(qiáng),比方說(shuō)一個(gè)almost就是一個(gè)很好的方式。
答案: D
6. Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of ________ can boost sales of video clips very nicely.
(A) self-deprecation
(B) congeniality
(C) cynicism
(D) embarrassment
(E) self-doubt
解析:又是一個(gè)前后轉(zhuǎn)折,空格的信息在前面應(yīng)該提到過(guò),需要填入一種自嘲(laugh at themselves)的感覺(jué),所以只有A選項(xiàng)合適。
注意B選項(xiàng)congenial表示隨和的,這個(gè)單詞大家經(jīng)常跟congential區(qū)分不開。
boost這個(gè)單詞要學(xué)會(huì)使用,表示提升、放大、加快等等,還要跟boast區(qū)分開。
答案: A
7. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look ________ ; they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the ________ of natural beauty and human glory.
(A) beautiful.. immutability
(B) cheerful.. transitoriness
(C) colorful.. abstractness
(D) luxuriant.. simplicity
(E) conventional.. wildness
解析:這道題就是傳說(shuō)中著名的agreeable melancholy,表示令人愉悅的憂傷。注意后面第二個(gè)空格這件事情要導(dǎo)致(resulting from)令人愉悅的憂傷,所以已經(jīng)有了agreeable的部分(natural beauty and human glory),所以我們填入一個(gè)負(fù)向的詞匯。而前面說(shuō)的是這個(gè)東西不是為了看起來(lái)怎么樣,就應(yīng)該不是看起來(lái)的那樣,因此應(yīng)該填入一個(gè)正向的詞匯。因此選擇B選項(xiàng)。
表示短暫的詞匯,transitory, transient, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, evanescent, 這些單詞都是老生常談了。
答案:B