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20150920
等 价 题
1. In a book that inclines to ________ an epilogue arguing that ballet is dead
arrives simply as one more overstatement.
A. pessimism
B. misinterpretation
C. imprecision
D. vagueness
E. exaggeration
F. hyperbole
答案：EF
2. Not only was this writer content to leave the reading public in the dark, she
seems to have ________ the role of trickster, seeding her works with apparent
clues that led nowhere.
A. rejected
B. disdained
C. relished
D. participated in
E. delighted in
F. developed
答案：CE
3. William Perkins, his ________ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been
seen as the moderate face of his political party.
A. fiery
B. genteel
C. bumbling
D. unremarkable
E. affable
F. impassionate
答案：AF
4. The political upheaval caught most people by surprise: despite the ________
warnings of some commentators, it had never seemed that imminent.
A. stern
B. prescient
C. prophetic
D. indifferent
E. repeated
F. apathetic
5. Anthropologists contend that the ancient Mesopotamians switched from
grain production to barley after excessive irrigation and salt accumulation
made the soil __________________ grains.
A. indifferent to
B. inhospitable to
C. unsuitable for
D. acrimonious to
E. benignant to
F. inured to
6. To any observer, ancient or______________, the night sky appears as a
hemisphere resting on the horizon.
A. antiquated
B. perceptive
C. modern
D. astute
E. contemporary
F. archaic
答案：CE
小站解析
7. Researchers interested in the nature versus nurture debate use identical
twins who were separated at birth to explore which personality characteristics
are ________________and which arise through experience.
A. intractable
B. nascent
C. erudite
D. innate
E. predilection
F. inborn
答案：DF
8. The eccentric Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, often used stances
to contact his dead pet dog for advice; despite this _______________behavior, the
public had so much confidence in his ability as a leader that he was in power
for 22 years.
A. capricious
B. lackluster
C. poised
D. unconventional
E. repulsive
F. decorous
答案：BD
20150906
等价题
1. Winston ________researched prospective universities, listing both the positive and negative
attributes of each school, before choosing the one that suited him best.
(A) ethically
(B) haphazardly
(C) sedulously
(D) sporadically
(E) scrupulously
(F) inadvertently
答案：C.E.
解析：
Winston 在选择最适合他的大学之前，做了研究列出每个学校的优缺点。
ethically：伦理上地;haphazardly 偶然杂乱地;sedulously 勤勉地;sporadically 零星地;
scrupulously 严谨地;inadvertently 粗心大意地。从Winston 选择前列出优缺点可以看出他对
这件事情是认真的，所以选择C.E.
2. Though the CEO was not in accordance with the board’s decision to reward employees
with a larger than expected annual bonus, she was hardly one to________________ workers
their compensation.
(A) allow
(B) begrudge
(C) deny
(D) indulge
(E) grant
(F) entrust
答案：B.C.
解析：
虽然CEO 不同意给员工更多奖金，但是CEO 还是会给员工奖金的。
allow：允许;begrudge：吝啬;deny：剥夺;indulge：纵容;grant：给予;entrust：委托。
本来应该是会给员工奖励，因为有hardly 做修饰，所以要选否定动词，表示不会给，也就是选项
B.C.
3. A _______wit, Noel Coward could elicit laughs in a variety of ways-- through his musical
compositions, theater plays, and numerous acting roles.
(A) somber
(B) besotted
(C) secular
(D) versatile
(E) uniform
(F) protean
答案：D.E.
解析：
Noel Coward 可以用各种方式引观众笑。
somber：忧郁的;besotted：愚蠢的;secular：非宗教的;versatile：多才多艺的;uniform：
一致的;protean：变化多端的。Noel Coward 可以用多种方式让别人笑，说明他是有很多面的，
也就是选项D.E.
4. While the kitchen may be free of the toxins polluting the outdoors, certain cooking
implements, when heated at high temperatures, can release ______vapors.
(A) rancid
(B) noxious
(C) evanescent
(D) targeted
(E) unorthodox
(F) dangerous
答案：B.F.
解析：
虽然厨房可能没有可以污染室外的毒素，但是某些烹饪工具高温时会释放有毒的蒸汽。
rancid：腐败变质的;noxious：有毒的;evanescent：容易消散的;targeted：定向的;
unorthodox：非正统的;dangerous：危险的。要表示有毒，所以选择B.F.
5. With the scandal ________tarnishing his reputation, the judge was forced to give up
jurisprudence.
(A) unfairly
(B) remotely
(C) irrevocably
(D) equivocally
(E) permanently
(F) peripherally
答案：C.E.
解析：
因为丑闻玷污了他的名声，法官不得不放弃法学。
unfairly：不正当地;remotely：偏远地;irrevocably：不能撤销地;equivocally：含糊地;
permanently：永久地;peripherally：外围地。因为他不得不放弃，说明这件丑闻对他的名声影
响已经不可撤销，会很难消失，所以选择C.E.
6. While she had the ________talent to be a professional comedian, her stage fright precluded
any such forays into this demanding career.
(A) necessary
(B) minimal
(C) requisite
(D) inestimable
(E) paucity of
(F) excess of
答案：A.C.
解析：
虽然她有才能成为专业的喜剧演员，但是她容易怯场让她不能做喜剧演员。
necessary：必要的;minimal：最小的;requisite：必不可少的;inestimable：不可估量的;
paucity of：缺乏;excess of：过多。这里的才能是要去做喜剧演员所必须具备的才能，所以选择
A.C.
7. After the botched elections, the country descended into ______with many of the stronger
taking advantage of the weaker amidst the lawlessness.
(A) turmoil
(B) antipathy
(C) exclusivity
(D) corruption
(E) indifference
(F) chaos
答案：A.F.
解析：
选举活动搞砸了以后，国家处于一种没有法律的状态，弱肉强食。
turmoil：混乱骚动;antipathy：憎恶反感;exclusivity：排外;corruption：贪污腐败;
indifference：冷漠;chaos：混乱。这里要选择没有法律，弱肉强食的同义词，也就是选项A.F.
8. After years of assiduously cultivating an image of integrity, the mayor was acutely aware
that just one scandal could forever _______his reputation in the public's eyes.
(A) bolster
(B) besmirch
(C) tarnish
(D) promulgate
(E) mollify
(F) solidify
答案：B.C.
解析：
市长知道一件丑闻就可以永远毁掉好名声。
bolster：支持;besmirch：玷污;tarnish：玷污;promulgate：传播;mollify：平息;
solidify：凝固。这里要表示毁坏名声中毁坏的同义词，所以是选项B.C.
20150829
1. As____ from Japan, he was called upon to answer questions about the Japanese government's position on various issues.
A. a plenipotentiary
B. a tyro
C. a legate
D. an anchorite
E. an ascetic
F. a sybarite
答案：A C
Be called upon to do 被要求做某事，固定搭配。那么关于政府立场这类大事，至少也要是较高级别能代表国家的人物。
2. While the group's street protests assumed an assertory uncompromising tenor, once admitted to the halls of power to begin formal lobbying, the group's leadership wisely chose to_____ the stridency of their rhetoric.
A. metamorphose
B. gild
C. wane
D. palliate
E. succor
F. damp
答案：D F
While 作尽管之意，表转折，那么起先是很强硬的游行，once 一旦同意了……随后抗议的领导层也有所和缓克制。
3. The women's rights movement has been mostly____ in the Middle East, but it is likely that activists will be newly galvanized by the political upheavals currently sweeping the region.
A. subverted
B. quiescent
C. interminable
D. bootless
E. abeyant
F. feckless
答案：B E
It is likely that 极有可能发生的是激进分子会被刺激到，那么还有个but 连接两句话，所以前后意思应该是相反的。
4. Debate rages on between proponents of corporal punishment and the death penalty and their detractors, though even the most rabid supporter agrees that punishments must be___ and the justice system evenhanded and thorough.
A. meet
B. clement
C. delimited
D. condign
E. tantamount
F. merciful
答案：A D
Debate rage 辩论的怒火是在proponent 支持者与detractor 贬低者之间，though even 表示尽 管，表让步，那么rabid supporter 的观点应是后面the justice system evenhanded and thorough 的同等意义。
20150821
1. The uniquely human ability to rethink and revise our social arrangements is a weird blessing,allowing us to create systems that are as likely to ____us as to liberate us.
A cheer
B shackle
C admonish
D educate
E stifle
F enliven
参考答案：shackle, stifle
该题关键在于a weird blessing. 故空格处应填与liberate us 相反含义的词。
2. Although field studies have linked inbreeding to declines among song sparrow populations, some researchers argue that, in nature, inbreeding proves _____as a factor when compared with crushing blows from weather changes.
A hazardous
B momentous
C trivial
D significant
E precarious
F inconsequential
参考答案：trivial, inconsequential
该句大意为，虽然近亲繁殖导致了song sparrow 数量下降，但是有些研究人员指出，比起恶 劣的天气变化，近亲繁殖的影响微不足道。
3. Although the insistence on balancing spending against tax revenues has contributed to the economy's stagnation, unfortunately, the government does not seem likely to_____ this rigid policy.
A initiate
B persist in
C publicize
D repudiate
E continue
F recant
参考答案：repudiate, recant
Unfortunately,表明政府不愿放弃这个严苛的政策。故选有放弃含义的词。
4. Since it was committed to the idea of science as an international, politically neutral enterprise, the Royal Society of London refused to____ members from enemy nations during world wars of the twentieth century.
A. betray
B expel
C endorse
D oust
E sanction
F condemn
参考答案：expel, oust
前后是因果关系。句子前半部分大意为科学是无国界的，中立的。故句子后半部分大意为，皇家科学协会拒绝开除来自敌国的会员。
5. Flawed as it may be because it is conducted by subjective scientists, science itself has methods that help us____our biases and talk about objective reality with some validity.
A bypass
B reduce
C exacerbate
D magnify
Eacknowledge
F circumvent
参考答案：bypass, circumvent
该句大意为，虽然科学也会因主观因素产生错误，但科学本身作为一种方法帮助我们绕过偏见，有效地讨论客观事实。
6. Although one can adduce myriad of examples of ecosystem disruption by nonindigenous species, nevertheless most introduced species that survive in fact appear to have quite____effects on the ecosystem they have invaded.
A minimal
B trifling
C marked
D conspicuous
E intriguing
F deleterious
参考答案：minimal, trifling
Nevetheless 前后转折，故填与disruption 相反含义的形容词，影响小的。
7.Changes made to ecosystems in order to achieve a goal, such as food production or flood control, often ______ significant unforeseen trade-offs between other important products and services the ecosystems provide.
A predict
B delay
C foretell
D obscure
E yield
F engender
参考答案：yield, engender
空格中填的词应为导致，产生之意的词。
8. One big challenge with placebo responses is that they are ______: people given the same inert pill or potion may show wildly different reactions, and the effects can vary widely according to each person’s illness.
A capricious
B illusory
C unpredictable
D chimerical
E marginal
F ephemeral
参考答案：capricious, unpredictable
根据句意可以知道不同的人吃了药后反应不一。故药效无法预计。
9. In a field of egotists, Bloomfield is ______, often praising her competitors and punctuating her correspondence with self-deprecating remarks.
A unassuming
B complimentary
C acerbic
D ingenuous
E cutting
F modest
参考答案：unassuming, modest
该句大意为：一个自我主义者聚集的圈子里，Bloomfield 是谦虚的。她经常赞扬对手，自我贬损。
20150710
Although his original mission was a failure, Russian botanist Michael Friedrich Adams achieved an unexpected ________when he found, by chance, the carcass of a woolly mammoth.
A conclusion
B upheaval
C triumph
D bombshell
E success
F venture
参考答案：triumph, success. 此题关键在于前半句的although…failure, 和unexpected. 说明后面是成功。
The Chicago journal known as Poetry has been the launching pad for many poets since its_________in 1913; among them, T. S. Eliot, Gwendolyn Brooks, and John Ashbery.
A extraction
B foundation
C partnership
D employment
E revival
F inception
参考答案：foundation, inception. 这里应是自从它成立开创之时。
The phrase “bread and circuses” refers to early Roman politicians’ plans to __________the votes of the poor by handing out cheap food and entertainment.
A belie
B surmount
C secure
D control
E cherish
F earn
参考答案：secure, earn. 这个计划是为了得到穷人的选票。
4. Although most land snails are ______, the giant African snail is a notable exception; it can be 15 inches long and weigh 2 pounds.
A gargantuan
B juvenile
C functional
D diminutive
E responsive
F minuscule
参考答案：diminutive, minuscule. 从句型来看，空格处该填的词是后半句意思的反义词。即giant 的反义词。
5. Beatified by the Catholic Church in 1765, Italian cleric Ludovico Sabbatiniis_________each year on the day of his death, June 11.
A pledged
B evoked
C deified
D venerated
E honored
F christened
参考答案：deified; honored. 此处是人们都在他的忌日祭拜他的意思。
20150705
While it is always clear that the author’s message is heartfelt, it is mostly buried by shortcomings of style, organization, and production, although the book does become more ___ toward the end.
Sincere, intelligible, orthodox, readable, frank, voluble
参考答案：intelligible, readable. 虽然我们感受到了作者传达的信息，但是大部分被类型，结
构和制作的缺陷掩盖了，不过书的结尾的确变得更加易懂啦。
Many people remember a time when cutting-edge architects, who are these days treated like celebrities, had ___ relationship with the public: for much of the 1960s, big new buildings in cities were often cause for hostility, not celebration.
An antagonistic, an inimical, an autocratic, a symbiotic, an indifferent, an apathetic
参考答案：an antagonistic, an inimical 很多人都记得现在这些被人们当成名人的顶尖建筑师，
曾经和公众关系十分紧张和敌对：1960 年代的大部分时间，城市里的大型的新建筑常常引起敌意，而不是欢庆。
The historian argued that ___ are essential to science, claiming that these inherited and untested beliefs often form the conceptual framework necessary for further research.
Hypotheses, mistakes, preconceptions, disagreements, controversies, prejudices
参考答案：hypotheses, preconceptions. 根据后半句“inherited and untested beliefs” 来推断空格处填假象，设想，猜测等最合适。
Fedigan argues that, in actuality, ethologists who claim to ___ anthropomorphism often end up simply substituting one set of anthropomorphic terms for another.
Eschew, defend, support, appreciate, denounce, avoid
参考答案：eschew, avoid. 动物行为学家宣称要避免神人同行同性论，但最后只不过简单地以另外一个术语代替了之前的术语而已。
20150920
等 价 题
1. In a book that inclines to ________ an epilogue arguing that ballet is dead
arrives simply as one more overstatement.
A. pessimism
B. misinterpretation
C. imprecision
D. vagueness
E. exaggeration
F. hyperbole
答案：EF
2. Not only was this writer content to leave the reading public in the dark, she
seems to have ________ the role of trickster, seeding her works with apparent
clues that led nowhere.
A. rejected
B. disdained
C. relished
D. participated in
E. delighted in
F. developed
答案：CE
3. William Perkins, his ________ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been
seen as the moderate face of his political party.
A. fiery
B. genteel
C. bumbling
D. unremarkable
E. affable
F. impassionate
答案：AF
4. The political upheaval caught most people by surprise: despite the ________
warnings of some commentators, it had never seemed that imminent.
A. stern
B. prescient
C. prophetic
D. indifferent
E. repeated
F. apathetic
5. Anthropologists contend that the ancient Mesopotamians switched from
grain production to barley after excessive irrigation and salt accumulation
made the soil __________________ grains.
A. indifferent to
B. inhospitable to
C. unsuitable for
D. acrimonious to
E. benignant to
F. inured to
6. To any observer, ancient or______________, the night sky appears as a
hemisphere resting on the horizon.
A. antiquated
B. perceptive
C. modern
D. astute
E. contemporary
F. archaic
答案：CE
小站解析
7. Researchers interested in the nature versus nurture debate use identical
twins who were separated at birth to explore which personality characteristics
are ________________and which arise through experience.
A. intractable
B. nascent
C. erudite
D. innate
E. predilection
F. inborn
答案：DF
8. The eccentric Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, often used stances
to contact his dead pet dog for advice; despite this _______________behavior, the
public had so much confidence in his ability as a leader that he was in power
for 22 years.
A. capricious
B. lackluster
C. poised
D. unconventional
E. repulsive
F. decorous
答案：BD
20150906
等价题
1. Winston ________researched prospective universities, listing both the positive and negative
attributes of each school, before choosing the one that suited him best.
(A) ethically
(B) haphazardly
(C) sedulously
(D) sporadically
(E) scrupulously
(F) inadvertently
答案：C.E.
解析：
Winston 在选择最适合他的大学之前，做了研究列出每个学校的优缺点。
ethically：伦理上地;haphazardly 偶然杂乱地;sedulously 勤勉地;sporadically 零星地;
scrupulously 严谨地;inadvertently 粗心大意地。从Winston 选择前列出优缺点可以看出他对
这件事情是认真的，所以选择C.E.
2. Though the CEO was not in accordance with the board’s decision to reward employees
with a larger than expected annual bonus, she was hardly one to________________ workers
their compensation.
(A) allow
(B) begrudge
(C) deny
(D) indulge
(E) grant
(F) entrust
答案：B.C.
解析：
虽然CEO 不同意给员工更多奖金，但是CEO 还是会给员工奖金的。
allow：允许;begrudge：吝啬;deny：剥夺;indulge：纵容;grant：给予;entrust：委托。
本来应该是会给员工奖励，因为有hardly 做修饰，所以要选否定动词，表示不会给，也就是选项
B.C.
3. A _______wit, Noel Coward could elicit laughs in a variety of ways-- through his musical
compositions, theater plays, and numerous acting roles.
(A) somber
(B) besotted
(C) secular
(D) versatile
(E) uniform
(F) protean
答案：D.E.
解析：
Noel Coward 可以用各种方式引观众笑。
somber：忧郁的;besotted：愚蠢的;secular：非宗教的;versatile：多才多艺的;uniform：
一致的;protean：变化多端的。Noel Coward 可以用多种方式让别人笑，说明他是有很多面的，
也就是选项D.E.
4. While the kitchen may be free of the toxins polluting the outdoors, certain cooking
implements, when heated at high temperatures, can release ______vapors.
(A) rancid
(B) noxious
(C) evanescent
(D) targeted
(E) unorthodox
(F) dangerous
答案：B.F.
解析：
虽然厨房可能没有可以污染室外的毒素，但是某些烹饪工具高温时会释放有毒的蒸汽。
rancid：腐败变质的;noxious：有毒的;evanescent：容易消散的;targeted：定向的;
unorthodox：非正统的;dangerous：危险的。要表示有毒，所以选择B.F.
5. With the scandal ________tarnishing his reputation, the judge was forced to give up
jurisprudence.
(A) unfairly
(B) remotely
(C) irrevocably
(D) equivocally
(E) permanently
(F) peripherally
答案：C.E.
解析：
因为丑闻玷污了他的名声，法官不得不放弃法学。
unfairly：不正当地;remotely：偏远地;irrevocably：不能撤销地;equivocally：含糊地;
permanently：永久地;peripherally：外围地。因为他不得不放弃，说明这件丑闻对他的名声影
响已经不可撤销，会很难消失，所以选择C.E.
6. While she had the ________talent to be a professional comedian, her stage fright precluded
any such forays into this demanding career.
(A) necessary
(B) minimal
(C) requisite
(D) inestimable
(E) paucity of
(F) excess of
答案：A.C.
解析：
虽然她有才能成为专业的喜剧演员，但是她容易怯场让她不能做喜剧演员。
necessary：必要的;minimal：最小的;requisite：必不可少的;inestimable：不可估量的;
paucity of：缺乏;excess of：过多。这里的才能是要去做喜剧演员所必须具备的才能，所以选择
A.C.
7. After the botched elections, the country descended into ______with many of the stronger
taking advantage of the weaker amidst the lawlessness.
(A) turmoil
(B) antipathy
(C) exclusivity
(D) corruption
(E) indifference
(F) chaos
答案：A.F.
解析：
选举活动搞砸了以后，国家处于一种没有法律的状态，弱肉强食。
turmoil：混乱骚动;antipathy：憎恶反感;exclusivity：排外;corruption：贪污腐败;
indifference：冷漠;chaos：混乱。这里要选择没有法律，弱肉强食的同义词，也就是选项A.F.
8. After years of assiduously cultivating an image of integrity, the mayor was acutely aware
that just one scandal could forever _______his reputation in the public's eyes.
(A) bolster
(B) besmirch
(C) tarnish
(D) promulgate
(E) mollify
(F) solidify
答案：B.C.
解析：
市长知道一件丑闻就可以永远毁掉好名声。
bolster：支持;besmirch：玷污;tarnish：玷污;promulgate：传播;mollify：平息;
solidify：凝固。这里要表示毁坏名声中毁坏的同义词，所以是选项B.C.
20150829
1. As____ from Japan, he was called upon to answer questions about the Japanese government's position on various issues.
A. a plenipotentiary
B. a tyro
C. a legate
D. an anchorite
E. an ascetic
F. a sybarite
答案：A C
Be called upon to do 被要求做某事，固定搭配。那么关于政府立场这类大事，至少也要是较高级别能代表国家的人物。
2. While the group's street protests assumed an assertory uncompromising tenor, once admitted to the halls of power to begin formal lobbying, the group's leadership wisely chose to_____ the stridency of their rhetoric.
A. metamorphose
B. gild
C. wane
D. palliate
E. succor
F. damp
答案：D F
While 作尽管之意，表转折，那么起先是很强硬的游行，once 一旦同意了……随后抗议的领导层也有所和缓克制。
3. The women's rights movement has been mostly____ in the Middle East, but it is likely that activists will be newly galvanized by the political upheavals currently sweeping the region.
A. subverted
B. quiescent
C. interminable
D. bootless
E. abeyant
F. feckless
答案：B E
It is likely that 极有可能发生的是激进分子会被刺激到，那么还有个but 连接两句话，所以前后意思应该是相反的。
4. Debate rages on between proponents of corporal punishment and the death penalty and their detractors, though even the most rabid supporter agrees that punishments must be___ and the justice system evenhanded and thorough.
A. meet
B. clement
C. delimited
D. condign
E. tantamount
F. merciful
答案：A D
Debate rage 辩论的怒火是在proponent 支持者与detractor 贬低者之间，though even 表示尽 管，表让步，那么rabid supporter 的观点应是后面the justice system evenhanded and thorough 的同等意义。
20150821
1. The uniquely human ability to rethink and revise our social arrangements is a weird blessing,allowing us to create systems that are as likely to ____us as to liberate us.
A cheer
B shackle
C admonish
D educate
E stifle
F enliven
参考答案：shackle, stifle
该题关键在于a weird blessing. 故空格处应填与liberate us 相反含义的词。
2. Although field studies have linked inbreeding to declines among song sparrow populations, some researchers argue that, in nature, inbreeding proves _____as a factor when compared with crushing blows from weather changes.
A hazardous
B momentous
C trivial
D significant
E precarious
F inconsequential
参考答案：trivial, inconsequential
该句大意为，虽然近亲繁殖导致了song sparrow 数量下降，但是有些研究人员指出，比起恶 劣的天气变化，近亲繁殖的影响微不足道。
3. Although the insistence on balancing spending against tax revenues has contributed to the economy's stagnation, unfortunately, the government does not seem likely to_____ this rigid policy.
A initiate
B persist in
C publicize
D repudiate
E continue
F recant
参考答案：repudiate, recant
Unfortunately,表明政府不愿放弃这个严苛的政策。故选有放弃含义的词。
4. Since it was committed to the idea of science as an international, politically neutral enterprise, the Royal Society of London refused to____ members from enemy nations during world wars of the twentieth century.
A. betray
B expel
C endorse
D oust
E sanction
F condemn
参考答案：expel, oust
前后是因果关系。句子前半部分大意为科学是无国界的，中立的。故句子后半部分大意为，皇家科学协会拒绝开除来自敌国的会员。
5. Flawed as it may be because it is conducted by subjective scientists, science itself has methods that help us____our biases and talk about objective reality with some validity.
A bypass
B reduce
C exacerbate
D magnify
Eacknowledge
F circumvent
参考答案：bypass, circumvent
该句大意为，虽然科学也会因主观因素产生错误，但科学本身作为一种方法帮助我们绕过偏见，有效地讨论客观事实。
6. Although one can adduce myriad of examples of ecosystem disruption by nonindigenous species, nevertheless most introduced species that survive in fact appear to have quite____effects on the ecosystem they have invaded.
A minimal
B trifling
C marked
D conspicuous
E intriguing
F deleterious
参考答案：minimal, trifling
Nevetheless 前后转折，故填与disruption 相反含义的形容词，影响小的。
7.Changes made to ecosystems in order to achieve a goal, such as food production or flood control, often ______ significant unforeseen trade-offs between other important products and services the ecosystems provide.
A predict
B delay
C foretell
D obscure
E yield
F engender
参考答案：yield, engender
空格中填的词应为导致，产生之意的词。
8. One big challenge with placebo responses is that they are ______: people given the same inert pill or potion may show wildly different reactions, and the effects can vary widely according to each person’s illness.
A capricious
B illusory
C unpredictable
D chimerical
E marginal
F ephemeral
参考答案：capricious, unpredictable
根据句意可以知道不同的人吃了药后反应不一。故药效无法预计。
9. In a field of egotists, Bloomfield is ______, often praising her competitors and punctuating her correspondence with self-deprecating remarks.
A unassuming
B complimentary
C acerbic
D ingenuous
E cutting
F modest
参考答案：unassuming, modest
该句大意为：一个自我主义者聚集的圈子里，Bloomfield 是谦虚的。她经常赞扬对手，自我贬损。
20150710
Although his original mission was a failure, Russian botanist Michael Friedrich Adams achieved an unexpected ________when he found, by chance, the carcass of a woolly mammoth.
A conclusion
B upheaval
C triumph
D bombshell
E success
F venture
参考答案：triumph, success. 此题关键在于前半句的although…failure, 和unexpected. 说明后面是成功。
The Chicago journal known as Poetry has been the launching pad for many poets since its_________in 1913; among them, T. S. Eliot, Gwendolyn Brooks, and John Ashbery.
A extraction
B foundation
C partnership
D employment
E revival
F inception
参考答案：foundation, inception. 这里应是自从它成立开创之时。
The phrase “bread and circuses” refers to early Roman politicians’ plans to __________the votes of the poor by handing out cheap food and entertainment.
A belie
B surmount
C secure
D control
E cherish
F earn
参考答案：secure, earn. 这个计划是为了得到穷人的选票。
4. Although most land snails are ______, the giant African snail is a notable exception; it can be 15 inches long and weigh 2 pounds.
A gargantuan
B juvenile
C functional
D diminutive
E responsive
F minuscule
参考答案：diminutive, minuscule. 从句型来看，空格处该填的词是后半句意思的反义词。即giant 的反义词。
5. Beatified by the Catholic Church in 1765, Italian cleric Ludovico Sabbatiniis_________each year on the day of his death, June 11.
A pledged
B evoked
C deified
D venerated
E honored
F christened
参考答案：deified; honored. 此处是人们都在他的忌日祭拜他的意思。
20150705
While it is always clear that the author’s message is heartfelt, it is mostly buried by shortcomings of style, organization, and production, although the book does become more ___ toward the end.
Sincere, intelligible, orthodox, readable, frank, voluble
参考答案：intelligible, readable. 虽然我们感受到了作者传达的信息，但是大部分被类型，结
构和制作的缺陷掩盖了，不过书的结尾的确变得更加易懂啦。
Many people remember a time when cutting-edge architects, who are these days treated like celebrities, had ___ relationship with the public: for much of the 1960s, big new buildings in cities were often cause for hostility, not celebration.
An antagonistic, an inimical, an autocratic, a symbiotic, an indifferent, an apathetic
参考答案：an antagonistic, an inimical 很多人都记得现在这些被人们当成名人的顶尖建筑师，
曾经和公众关系十分紧张和敌对：1960 年代的大部分时间，城市里的大型的新建筑常常引起敌意，而不是欢庆。
The historian argued that ___ are essential to science, claiming that these inherited and untested beliefs often form the conceptual framework necessary for further research.
Hypotheses, mistakes, preconceptions, disagreements, controversies, prejudices
参考答案：hypotheses, preconceptions. 根据后半句“inherited and untested beliefs” 来推断空格处填假象，设想，猜测等最合适。
Fedigan argues that, in actuality, ethologists who claim to ___ anthropomorphism often end up simply substituting one set of anthropomorphic terms for another.
Eschew, defend, support, appreciate, denounce, avoid
参考答案：eschew, avoid. 动物行为学家宣称要避免神人同行同性论，但最后只不过简单地以另外一个术语代替了之前的术语而已。
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