1. Agronomists are increasingly worried about "desertification," the phenomenon that is turning many of the world’s ________ fields and pastures into ________ wastelands, unable to support the people living on them.
" Q& Q/ b' A3 l0 n$ }3 Z' A3 M+ s0 J (A) fertile ... barren
! B, J9 O* t4 h1 v( n; M (B) productive ... blooming 3 N7 X' M7 ^( d1 J; a! F& }4 P
(C) arid ... thriving
2 e$ v: c" K& ~+ {3 _ (D) poorest ... marginal 5 z' V% w" o- j
(E) largest ... saturated $ @/ B; G. H" m$ y
( y, z. S5 e5 x c2. Prudery actually draws attention to the vice it is supposed to ________; the very act that forbids speech or prohibits sight ________ what is hidden. * @, u! D1 y, \% K1 y. B; X
(A) condemn ... distorts " G4 b1 _& _5 f5 R/ R4 |1 w
(B) monitor ... signals
C2 o u ~# B3 m2 _& I (C) repress ... dramatizes
( Q _) \% a/ r6 h: M' x# `% e$ ] (D) obviate ... fosters
( s: C% W# P" u9 X* g (E) divulge ... conceals
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8 q& P* P5 S- r+ C3. Because they had various meanings in nineteenth century biological thought, "mechanism" and "vitalism" ought not to be considered ________ terms; thus, I find the recent insistence that the terms had single definitions to be entirely ________. / ~5 E4 d- ?3 s, q7 m
(A) univocal ... erroneous
% Q# L8 ]6 \3 I7 ?: s: ~% i (B) problematic ... anachronistic * e" L) b6 d7 z1 _8 E6 `* e p. K
(C) intractable ... obtuse
/ c$ ?/ H/ l4 @/ S) k (D) congruent ... suspect " U% `) ^: p& d/ @0 Y* K7 y- D3 n6 ?
(E) multifaceted ... vapid
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: d% q8 ]7 H( ?% L4. Nurturing the Royal Ballet’s artistic growth while preserving its institutional stability has been difficult, because the claims of the latter seem inescapably to ________ development; apparently, attaining artistic success is simpler than ________ it. $ I2 B# I0 G$ k$ J1 V
(A) ensure ... promoting
7 I, F1 \$ O' P; e3 T, @7 F (B) inhibit ... perpetuating 1 V8 G% X; I# E/ D- x
(C) undermine ... resurrecting " \4 T0 c* W; N( E' V" L
(D) modify ... appreciating
2 y. }5 @5 J* @/ m (E) supplement ... confining " C0 L, H5 o: {, V
7 X. k6 {* c# z5. As Juanita argued, this new code of conduct is laughable; its principles are either ________, offering no wisdom but the obvious, or are so devoid of specific advice as to make almost any action ________.
6 f( H& e3 ^' x7 H" ~ (A) irresolute ... unlikely
, `0 G# v0 ^) l2 w0 u (B) corroborative ... redundant
9 T& n# A# H* q" d4 D' t (C) platitudinous ... justifiable ! `1 b ]$ N' F' W1 C% H& A
(D) homogeneous ... impartial
. u' N* z9 b& \- [ (E) labyrinthine ... unacceptable 4 B# C$ J5 ^. Y; L
# j5 B- c. n3 H0 y6. Histocompatibility antigens that attack foreign tissue in the body cannot have been ________ through evolution expressly to ________ organ transplantation; on the contrary, they have been found to facilitate many essential biological functions. * s- `' C, \- _. S3 z
(A) designed ... retain
1 Z. ` U1 F* A (B) produced ... aid & d5 A6 C. k- M& h% c0 e2 L! g
(C) developed ... enhance
% ]4 u+ M0 L- e! d3 M: m (D) selected ... promote
$ e4 O* T0 C' M# u4 p) k& c. T" Z" E) a (E) conserved ... foil 9 Z* Q J) i' _* X* D
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7. It is almost always desirable to increase the yield of a crop if ________ increases are not also necessary in energy, labor, and other inputs of crop production.
* f& n0 L' R% y: ?0 s2 ? (A) predetermined % Q- _" H; n0 d, Z- W
(B) commensurate
* F9 z3 h3 K% p$ E1 V0 P6 t (C) compatible
0 {: n, y" I. f6 Z: w (D) measured
! A) l2 @4 ^4 N* h" J (E) equivocal * ]1 U+ W: k A4 r) j! Y
2. prudery 假正经，过分守礼； ( I$ d( t/ V1 p7 w6 Z
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distorts 扭曲，歪曲；signals 发信号； 1 z% k* b+ Z0 ]4 Y& w( ?: X
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gemotyze 使戏剧化，使惹人注目；fosters 抚育，促进；
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8 e, _) H& u0 Z# X9 ] 答案 C repress 压制； % `) S8 V: m: `1 \ L8 U
: H, Z, m3 M4 q 两句话的并列，即双句并列，这里指特殊并列句。它的特点：两句话有相同或者相似的先行词来引导， 或者两句话起到相同的语法作用。 / v1 S2 L {* w: T
" Y" X8 V# ]0 ]+ g+ E' a 特殊并列句解题的基本思路是：当两句话先行词基本一致，语法作用也基本相同，那么就意味着两句话内容一致。如果上句有空格，那它的线索必然来自下面一个分句。如果下句也有空格，它的线索必然来自上面一个分句。两句话内部是进行相互的推导的。 |
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