1、Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the anufacturers, to the environmentalists’ dismay, ------ the use of these herbicides on lawns. A, defy B, defer C, defend D, assail E, disparage environmentalist: n.1.环境保护论者,人类生态学者 2.环境论者 3.环境艺术家 target: v.以…为攻击目标 herbicide: n.除莠剂,灭草剂 potentially: adv.潜在地,可能地 to somebody’s dismay: prep.令人气馁(失望、绝望、幻灭,惊愕等) defy: v.1.违抗,反抗,蔑视 2.经受得住 3.使成为不可能 4.挑,激 defer: v.1.推迟,拖延,使推迟 2.尊敬,服从,敬重(to) assail: v.1.攻击,袭击 2.质问,责骂 3.着手解决,毅然对付 disparage: v.1.贬低,轻视 2.底毁,损害…的名声
虽然环保专家们将抨击的矛头指向某些除草剂,抨击某潜在的危险性,但是,令环保专家们沮丧的是,制造商们却对这些除草剂在草坪上的使用大加辨护。 2、To believe that a culture’s achievement can be measured by the -------of its written material requires one to accept that a page of junk mail is as ------- as a page of great literature. A, nature.. readable B, quality.. prevalent C, timelessness.. understandable D, applicability.. eloquent E, volume.. valuable junk mail: n.三级邮件,(成批大量发出的)邮寄广告宣传品 prevalent: a.流行的,盛行的,普遍的 timelessness: n.永恒,无时间性,永不改变,无始无终 eloquent: a.1.雄辩的,有说服力的 2.富于表情的,明白显示出的(of) volume: n.1.份量,量,额 2.体积,容积,容量
若要人相信某一文化的成就可凭藉其书面材料的总量来衡量的话,这就需要我们接受这样一种说法,即一页三级邮件的价值可与一页伟大的文学作品相提并论。 3、Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate the results of Dr. Johnson’s experiment, only the most ------- supporters of her hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been adequately -------. A, fastidious.. defined B, partisan.. verified C, vigilant.. publicized D, enlightened.. researched E, fervent.. undermined given a.1.规定的,特定的 2.有癖好的,有倾向的(to) 3.已知的,假设的 replicate: v.复制,摹写 adequately: adv.1.适当地,胜任地 2.足够地 3.勉强够地,差强人意地 fastidious: a.爱挑剔的,过分讲究的 partisan: v.党派的,派性的,偏袒的
鉴于独立的实验室无法复制出约翰逊博士的实验结果,因此,唯有其假设最偏袒的支持者才会愚顽至极,竟会声称它早已得到了充分的验证。 4、Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can -------the "Augustan peace" only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death. A, decry B, applaud C, ridicule D, demand E, disprove decry: v.1.(强烈)反对,(公开)谴责 2.诋毁(名声) applaud: v.1.向…喝彩,给…捧场 2.称赞,赞许,赞成 ridicule v.嘲笑,戏弄,嘲弄 disprove: v.证明…不能成立,证明…虚假(或不正确),反驳
研究公元前30年至公元180年这一时期的罗马史学家们,他们之所以能对“奥古斯都的太平盛世”大加颂扬,只是因为他们无从认识到,这种所谓的“太平盛世”其实在诸多方面与死气沉沉相差无几。 5、Although Tom was aware that it would be ------ to display annoyance publicly at the sales conference, he could not -------- his irritation with the client’s unreasonable demands. A, inadvisable.. evince B, efficacious.. suppress C, pragmatic.. counter D, captious.. express E, impolitic.. hide annoyance: n.1.恼怒,烦恼 2.打拢,骚扰 irritation: n.1.激怒,恼怒,生气 2.刺激物,恼人事 inadvisable: a.不可取的,不妥当的,失策的 evince: v.表明,显示 efficacious: a.灵验的,奏效的 pragmatic: a.1.实干的,重实效的 2.实用主义的 3.国事的,国务的 counter: v.1.反对,反击,对抗,反驳,抵消,制止 2.(拳击时)还击 captious: 难以讨好的,吹毛求疵的 impolitic: a.失策的,不当的,不审慎的,没见识的
尽管汤姆意识到,在销售会上公然展示恼怒甚为不妥但面对顾客的无理要求,他却再也无法掩饰其满腔怒火。 6、It is no accident that most people find Davis’ book disturbing, for it is ------ to undermine a number beliefs they have long -------. A, calculated.. cherished