1. The author affects _____ in the tone of his novels that is quite at odds with his predilection for invective in his nonfiction publications. A. a tenacity B. a neutrality C. a pugnacity D. an effusiveness E. an irascibility 解析:B 逻辑关系提示词:at odds with,取反 填空对应:invective 词汇: tenacity 固执 Neutrality 中立 Pugnacity 好战 Effusiveness 热情 Irascibility 易怒 2. We often regard natural phenomena like rainfall as mysterious and unpredictable; although for short time spans and particular places they appear so, in fact on a truly global scale, nature has been a model of _____. A. reliability B. diversity C. complexity D. plasticity E. discontinuity 解析:A 逻辑关系提示词:although,取反 填空对应:mysterious and unpredictable 词汇:reliability 可靠 Diversity 多样性 Complexity 复杂 Plasticity 可塑性 Discontinuity 中断 3.Reviews written by music critic and composer Stephenson were hardly (i)_____ : musicians who performed his music could count on sympathetic coverage, while those who ignored him were held to (ii)_____ standards. A. disinterested D. exacting B. lucid E. minimal C. conventional F. accepted 解析:AD 逻辑关系提示词:hardly,取反;“:”,取同;while,取反 填空对应:sympathetic - blank ii; 解释:冒号后句可以看出,对这个音乐家态度不同,得到的结果也不同,因此,可以得出这个音乐家的评论是不公正的,一空选出A。 词汇:disinterested 公正的 Lucid 明晰的 Conventional 传统的 Exacting 严格的 Minimal 最小的 Accepted 公认的 4.Earlier discussions with neighboring countries (i)_____ due to the government’s failure to alter policies that those countries find objectionable. Moreover, there is every reason to (ii)_____ the success of further talks, since the government if anything different, more intransigent. A. commenced D. doubt B. advanced E. undermine C. foundered F. anticipate 解析:CD 逻辑关系提示词:due to,取同;moreover,取同 填空对应:failure - blank i - blank ii; 词汇:commence 开始 Advance 发展 Founder 失败 Doubt 怀疑 Undermine 削弱 Anticipate 预测 5.During the Harlem Renaissance, Alain Locke (i)_____ the first flourishing of a self-consciously racial art movement in America and was widely credited with providing the philosophical basis for its emergence. His importance as a critic of African America art and as an art theorist is (ii)_____ if controversial, yet he has received (iii)_____ attention for his unique insight into the broad forces that shaped American modernism and cultural nationalism in the visual arts. A. forestalled D. undisputed G. undeserved B. presided over E. misleading H. meticulous C. seethed over F. questionable I. insufficient 解析:BDI 逻辑关系提示词:his,取同;if,取反;yet,取反 填空对应:importance - blank i;controversial - blank ii; importance - blank iii; 词汇:forestall 预先阻止 Preside over 主持 Seethed over 抑制住 Undisputed 无可置疑的 Misleading 误导的 Questionable 可疑的 Undeserved 不应得的 Meticulous 一丝不苟的 Insufficient 不足的 6.The perennial problem for critics of nineteenth-century novelist Charlotte Yonge is therelationship of her realism to her (i)_____. While admiring her complex psychological portraits and detailed descriptions of quotidian family life, readers since her own time have tended to fault her improbable manipulation of plot to teach a moral lesson. Indeed, many critics (ii)_____ her because of her willingness to (iii)_____. A. pessimism D. dismiss G. squander suspense B. didacticism E. applaud H. sacrifice credibility C. eclecticism F. underestimate I. deflate pretension 解析:BDH 逻辑关系提示词:“.”取同 填空对应:blank i - teach a moral lesson; fault - blank ii; improbable - blank iii; 词汇:pessimism 悲观 Didacticism 说教 Eclecticism 折中主义 Dismiss 解散 Applaud 赞同 Underestimate 低估 Squander suspense 浪费暂停 Sacrifice credibility 牺牲可信度 Deflate pretension 缩小自负 7.In its few decades of existence, the field of technology assessment has undergone large changes: its original high ambitions to predict consequences of technology have been _____ if not discarded. A. deferred B. subverted C. abandoned D. relinquished E. tempered F. modulated 解析:EF 逻辑关系提示词:change,取反 填空对应:high ambition 词汇:defer 推迟 Subvert 颠覆 Abandon - relinquish 放弃 Temper - modulate 调和 8.The critic claims that, contrary to its reputation for _____, the novelist’s prose is full of opaque language games. A. scrupulousness B. simplicity C. mendacity D. artlessness E. polish F. meticulousness 解析:BD 逻辑关系提示词:contrary,取反 填空对应:opaque 词汇:scrupulousness - meticulousness 小心 Simplicity- artlessness 简单 Mendacity 谎言 Polish 完善 9.Ancient cave painters explored every surface, and although they bypassed certain walls that to us seem just as suitable for decoration as ones they chose, the placement of the art apparently wasn’t _____. A. inconsequential B. capricious C. strenuous D. undisclosed E. arduous F. impulsive 解析:BF 逻辑关系提示词:although,取反 填空对应:bypassed certain walls 词汇:inconsequential 不重要的 Capricious - impulsive 变化无常的 Strenuous - arduous 费力的 Undisclosed 未泄露的 10.Even before she went to art school, Veronica found the standard design categories _____: she didn’t understand why designing buildings and designing tables should require different sensibilities. A. provocative B. limiting C. stimulating D. confusing E. confining F. exhilarating 解析:BE 逻辑关系提示词:“:”,取同 填空对应:didn’t understand ... require different sensibilities 词汇:provocative - stimulating 刺激的 Limiting - confining 限制 Confusing 困惑的 Exhilarating 令人高兴的 不定期上新机经专题干货。 |
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