1. Although Mount Saint Helens has been more ________ during the last 4,500 years than any other volcano in the coterminous United States, its long dormancy before its recent eruption ________ its violent nature.
. j9 P1 F+ a$ [/ o8 N: I (A) awe-inspiring ... restrained
5 T3 O7 I; m5 _ (B) gaseous ... confirmed 9 g8 e R3 m/ w W- z) i0 ~) u
(C) explosive ... belied 9 C" C* \4 h# b$ ?" L4 Z
(D) familiar ... moderated $ D8 K4 C( O( e E- @6 M! K
(E) volatile ... suggested
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2. In most Native American cultures, an article used in prayer or ritual is made with extraordinary attention to and richness of detail: it is decorated more ________ than a similar article intended for ________ use. p" w( _* O; M: n' v% _# N! Y/ \
(A) delicately ... vocational
3 t# `# k8 U+ b4 J& _* Y (B) colorfully ... festive
0 I+ ? w% `' } (C) creatively ... religious - v- q4 U5 p2 X* F) ]4 p5 U
(D) subtly ... commercial 3 h) `% A8 T* L. }9 K# P
(E) lavishly ... everyday
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3. Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current ________ of Smith’s valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the ________ of present-day economics.
* B$ a1 C d8 w1 F0 h& | (A) disregard ... outgrowths
% J- x J; F$ Y: _3 z- G' O( }: t (B) reaffirmation ... concerns
! U8 y) @ Q' c4 Q. [, [ (C) relevance ... precursors
! s/ I$ \; Z2 \" \ (D) acceptance ... byproducts : c Q0 ]8 Q6 @' T W
(E) importance ... vestiges ; \0 Y: V }) a& \+ L
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4. The reduction of noise has been ________ in terms of ________ its sources, but the alternative of canceling noise out by adding sound with the opposite wave pattern may be more useful in practice. 5 p5 s3 W( A: ^2 _' |) n
(A) justified ... diffusing
% c' W* a! { ^$ a! j (B) accomplished ... tracking
# s8 T: F- O0 r3 X1 C (C) conceived ... concealing
( o. i9 j$ `5 R: U (D) explained ... isolating
6 x' Y5 w9 g* y) }1 s( X0 Y (E) approached ... eliminating
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5. Hampshire’s assertions, far from showing that we can ________ the ancient puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be even more ________ than we had thought. 5 a* d; e6 q& \2 c
(A) adapt ... pressing 2 ?! F0 C3 O9 k' L
(B) dismiss ... relevant : ]" }9 r8 u5 K: ?# e: B) L ^, t' ?
(C) rediscover ... unconventional
& [ n0 v( V+ j7 ~ (D) admire ... elusive
. r3 {4 e3 A! W% t$ x (E) appreciate ... interesting
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$ Z& |: }( B8 \6 I; u& p Y% @6. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable ________ through a complex network of producers and consumers. ( y6 F; S% j6 V$ Q# E1 {6 d
(A) commodities 7 ~2 [" T1 Q# C2 Z* C; ?; ]
(B) dividends
% W4 z) h* | |/ c" G (C) communications ( e" _* y- n7 |# s: i0 g) m
(D) nutrients ' |& Z1 z' }; Z/ [
(E) artifacts , x, D. Q/ G' @% y6 F8 T* [6 E
- ]/ e* H" _8 ?; R" J: k$ W7 e7. Although scientists claim that the seemingly ________ language of their reports is more precise than the figurative language of fiction, the language of science, like all language, is inherently ________. 8 x% u% C5 y( L0 n1 l
(A) ornamental ... subtle
7 I& H0 v+ Q$ S% J/ e& s% l+ U (B) unidimensional ... unintelligible
* z7 ?2 d: S. `/ Z: D* ^$ y1 p (C) symbolic ... complex 9 A" U. I: J V& d+ ^) z$ m! ~1 y% R
(D) literal ... allusive " [% W' l" r6 G" }1 F+ e& ^& }- s, N
(E) subjective ... metaphorical
5 [0 H$ R3 [0 H7 D( A3. outgrowths 结果
" j; J4 o8 {, @, |, i- f$ r concerns 关注 , r& P+ { E7 }& c% w f% T! g
precursors 前辈 relevance... to... ! A+ a' [) Y9 a: l. M% b, M
答案：C
7 x' ~- I" ]$ n4 ^: U2 u4 b byproducts 副产品
. D, n2 M5 @ z$ v" L9 e vestiges 遗迹
+ d. C1 G1 o0 z4. 第二个空格的动作与by所引导的手段相反。 # w* S* F5 p$ j& i0 g0 p
diffusing 传播，散开 7 S& h7 s7 U) N+ u" @
tracking 跟踪 & _5 M* G1 d. a
concealing 掩盖 ( c1 U' A- d8 Y& Q
isolating 隔离 + }/ j5 \; t7 j4 A+ N
eliminating 消除
1 D# D+ E+ J8 U 答案：E
( h$ u& I, p4 u" S( a+ k- ~# W# ` approach 途径，方法，渠道，接近，看待，讨论，采纳
1 n& t3 |; f5 K# z3 W X3 S5. far from引导一个转折。词性不同的概念找反义词应先把动词或名词转化为
0 k, d9 j% c6 u9 A5 e7 P i& Q 形容词或者副词再与已知的形容词或者副词比较。 . _$ G/ v+ p9 r2 m' J
adapt→可适应的 pressing 急迫的，紧迫的
3 g5 {- b4 C/ v$ x- x' `8 M dismiss→忽略的，不重要的 relevant 相关的，重要的 ) t5 s5 B( R- L" j+ V
答案：B
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重点：like unlike 7 J1 d; \/ o! D/ F
相同点：从语法角度两者是一致的； , i; Y% i3 k2 B; j; x
不同点：A like B 后面空格填B的特点；
) \2 Y C$ P0 W7 E3 S! Y+ z A unlike B 后面空格填A的特点。 ; P9 o$ ?* Z! ~
6. 动作的对象不是ecology而是economics。
/ v! b; b3 x* V. l8 l* S% x4 y% ]. U 答案：A commodities 商品 & o0 K5 z, _. u
communication 交流 * X; F6 p7 }: m/ G& ~7 G
7. 第二个空格填所有语言的特点。 / @! U6 o) Z- V5 U! Q
ornamental 装饰性的 1 }, U$ H6 Q; f
unidimensional 一维的 8 z) m" z& ~9 } D5 H) q% c
symbolic 象征的
% f8 B6 X3 i9 Q, M0 `; t, ^ literal 非比喻性的 allusive 暗指的，暗示的 & a# ]0 `3 a* K6 w
答案：D |
发表于 2012-8-15 12:59:33
