第一部分 Paradoxically, England’s colonization of North America was ----- by its success: the increasing prosperity of the colonies diminished their dependence upon, and hence their loyalty to, their home country.
demonstrated determined altered undermined distinguished ———————————————————————— 答案:(D)
paradoxically: adv.1.似非而是地,佯谬地 2.自相矛盾地 3.悖理地,反常地 colonization: n.殖民统治 prosperity: n.兴旺,繁荣昌盛 loyalty: n.忠诚 demonstrate: v.1.论证,证明 2.说明,教 3.显示,表露 alter: v.改变,改动,使变样 矛盾的是,英国在北美的殖民统治反而由于它的成功而遭到削弱:诸殖民地的日益繁荣减少了它们对其宗主国的依赖,因而亦减少了它们对它的忠诚。
Although Harry, Stack Sullivan is one of the most influential social scientists of this century, his ideas are now so ----- in our society that they seem almost --------
novel.. antiquated revolutionary.. fundamental commonplace .. banal disputed.. esoteric obscure.. familiar ———————————————————————— 答案:(C)
虽然哈利·斯塔克·沙利文是本世纪最具影响的社会科学家之一但是现在看来,他的思想在我们的社会中显得如此普通平凡,以致于几近平庸。
Her first concert appearance was disappointingly perfunctory and derivative, rather than the-------- performance in the -------style we had anticipated.
talented.. tenuous prosaic.. classic artistic.. mechanical inspired.. innovative literal.. enlightened ———————————————————————— 答案:(D)
perfunctory: a.敷衍了事的,马虎的,得过且过的 derivative: a.1.派生的,衍生的 2.缺乏独创性的,模仿他人的 tenuous: a.1.细的,薄的 2.稀薄的,脆弱的 prosaic: a.1.散文的 2.平凡的,乏味的 inspired: a.受神灵启示的,在灵感支配下的 literal: a.1.逐字的,照字面的,原义的 2.只讲究实际的,缺乏想象力的,刻板的,如实的 enlightened: a.开明的,有知识的,文明的 她的首场音乐会演出令人失望地显得敷衍了事,且有模仿他人之嫌,而不是我们所期待的那种灵感迸发的演出和令人耳目一新的风格。
As is often the case with collections of lectures by ------ authors, the book as a whole is ------, although the individual contributions are outstanding in themselves.
different.. disconnected incompetent.. abysmal famous.. systematic mediocre.. unexciting various.. coherent ———————————————————————— 答案:(A)
contribution: n.(投给报刊等的)稿件,文搞 incompetent: a.不称职的不胜任的 abysmal: a.深不可测的,无底的,极度的 对于那些由不同的作者的演讲录编辑而成的集子来说,常有的情形是,整本书会显得杂乱无章,尽管单独的稿件就其本身而言可谓很出色。
Although some consider forcefulness and ------- to be two traits desirable to the same degree, I think that making a violent effort is much less useful than main-taining a steady one.
promptness persistence aggression skillfulness lucidity ———————————————————————— 答案:(B)
trait: n.特征,特点,特性 promptness: n.快捷,迅速 aggression: n.侵犯(行为),侵略(行为),挑衅 lucidity: n.明晰易懂,清澈透明 虽然有人认为强劲有力和坚持不懈这两种特征同等可取,但我认为作一剧烈的努力远没有维持一稳定的努力来得有用。
The popularity of pseudoscience and quack medicines in the nineteenth century suggests that people were very----- but the gullibility of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed ------
cautious.. educators sophisticated.. realists rational.. pragmatists naive.. idealists credulous.. skeptics ———————————————————————— 答案:(E)
pseudoscience: n.伪科学 quack: n.冒牌医生,江湖骗子 hard-nosed: a.1.(猎犬)嗅觉不灵的 2.执拗的,倔强的,顽强的,不屈不挠的 3.(美俚)精明而讲究实际的 sophisticated: a.老于世故的,富于经验的,精通的 rational: a.1.理性的,理智的,明事理的 2.合理的 3.神智健全的 pragmatist: 实用主义者 naive: a.1.天真的 2.幼稚的,轻信的 3.未有过经验的 idealist: n.1.理想主义者,理想家,空想家 2.〔哲〕唯心主义者,唯心论者 credulous: a.轻信的,易受骗的,因轻信而引起的 sceptic: n.1.怀疑(论)者 2.怀疑宗教(尤指基督教)者 伪科学和江湖庸医在十九世纪的风靡一时,表明人们相当轻信,但当今公众之如此易于受骗上当,使得昨日的公民看上去犹若精明实际的怀疑者。
Though extremely ------ about his own plans, the man allowed his associates no such privacy and was constantly ------- information about what they intended to do next.
idiosyncratic .. altering guarded.. eschewing candid.. uncovering reticent. . soliciting fastidious.. ruining ———————————————————————— 答案:(D)
associate: n.伙伴,同事,朋友 idiosyncratic: a.具有个人特质的,个人特性的 guarded: a.谨慎的,小心提防着的,有保留的 eschew: v.避免,回避 candid: a.1.坦率的,直言不讳的 2.不偏不倚的,公正的 reticent: a.沉默寡言的,缄默的 solicit: v.请求,恳求,要求,乞求,征集,招揽 fastidious: a.爱挑剔的,过分讲究的,难讨好的 尽管某君对自己的计划守口如瓶,但他却并不允许其同伴们拥有这样的隐私,并不断地挖取有关他们紧接着打算做什么的信息。
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