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.
1 c$ u2 m8 V! p: @) r2 p (A) awe-inspiring ... restrained
& {" d# \" E+ l3 ~* e( U (B) gaseous ... confirmed
; p7 m J) L3 t# ?* j% y. e% G (C) explosive ... belied ( D$ U9 N3 U9 y: s: G+ k7 L
(D) familiar ... moderated ; N3 N' V4 L7 k0 E" R! W: P
(E) volatile ... suggested 6 I9 j3 t8 [4 O) Z5 U# [7 B
% c' H1 i$ w. x. z$ t2. 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.
7 M. G. n D' b* z (A) delicately ... vocational . h9 M, l0 v& s' q; d
(B) colorfully ... festive
4 ^/ w* D7 V' D& y! m# Z3 S/ W: I (C) creatively ... religious 1 g) L2 k( H, H& `. ~
(D) subtly ... commercial
4 J& O$ L2 z$ j: W (E) lavishly ... everyday . A' s$ U8 G. t! N1 j9 B
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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. 1 k; l: g0 R- W+ `- Q7 T
(A) disregard ... outgrowths
- ]) a* z; K3 Z. Q (B) reaffirmation ... concerns
d) p, O% `0 h: ` (C) relevance ... precursors - j! e) a, z& \+ L
(D) acceptance ... byproducts & o% |* F! A6 d9 [1 T
(E) importance ... vestiges
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8 W& U1 [$ y+ P+ s c' y4. 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. ! }$ Y7 C' X# ~* p$ F8 J6 [6 v1 I
(A) justified ... diffusing
c7 N$ }6 u; Q. e+ r9 | (B) accomplished ... tracking
0 ~* Q) g, o/ p1 w. ~4 M8 ?. @5 @ (C) conceived ... concealing
% Q4 I& K/ [+ t$ r" e# q% ?: G9 d4 [ (D) explained ... isolating
; c3 M2 x* ?8 x: p (E) approached ... eliminating
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: g' a1 q8 {1 s) k0 ?- K9 }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. ' |: c& q C+ z1 s
(A) adapt ... pressing
3 |8 M" r0 B3 O, j* }9 T5 _ (B) dismiss ... relevant
" \6 d) ~ G/ B: P6 f (C) rediscover ... unconventional
3 A* E$ x, I0 L% O1 B (D) admire ... elusive 5 ]; M, m; ~9 y
(E) appreciate ... interesting . _. R! l/ s' Q
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6. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable ________ through a complex network of producers and consumers. ( h, Q( [8 T+ z+ e" h( u/ P
(A) commodities $ K$ U: K8 |: S
(B) dividends * A# B( [: ?/ Q$ L4 l; }! S1 x4 n3 y$ r; o
(C) communications
& M1 B9 a- z, `# R (D) nutrients
; m7 U; V# `8 c( N% H (E) artifacts
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7. 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 ________.
# |% W4 c$ a1 `: R o/ \9 x (A) ornamental ... subtle
3 e3 m$ g! T7 H" d" m! ^ (B) unidimensional ... unintelligible 2 m/ I7 F9 d0 D' b/ |" O) y: y- Z
(C) symbolic ... complex
8 X4 n8 Q% D) M; o% D (D) literal ... allusive ; m# R" S: M, Q; j6 F6 C
(E) subjective ... metaphorical
. B* D. ?3 l3 _( T5 @& C, Z3. outgrowths 结果
2 n) Y+ D; y2 E" y concerns 关注
; G* [+ U. X+ b+ J+ v$ w9 G precursors 前辈 relevance... to... 2 F5 A' y( Y: Z6 I+ z7 a
答案：C " }6 @: _( [7 P$ L" `
byproducts 副产品
9 x4 a- ]6 a1 o' N! _ vestiges 遗迹 5 _$ g, n6 S/ Q& r$ b0 v$ x
4. 第二个空格的动作与by所引导的手段相反。 9 I5 R% ?. U" X5 Y
diffusing 传播，散开
! v9 R( T, z- y* V0 B tracking 跟踪
: {- ?" q% Q$ X8 {/ W0 }$ s concealing 掩盖
9 B/ i5 k) p, r" ]8 Y% X( q" z isolating 隔离
8 o4 {+ B: t/ D/ |; J/ A9 \ q eliminating 消除 5 S0 g9 C# V; V- k f7 U3 q; v
答案：E ' x2 c% b! Q/ ~3 s |4 ^. p0 g
approach 途径，方法，渠道，接近，看待，讨论，采纳
" G I; A# t4 j7 |5. 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
* n7 i* G% B4 o: ` 形容词或者副词再与已知的形容词或者副词比较。
$ C! o/ D( J5 d" U! t4 d8 Q) B adapt→可适应的 pressing 急迫的，紧迫的 9 B% `; v4 I' n$ g9 G
dismiss→忽略的，不重要的 relevant 相关的，重要的 : w6 M; E G# j7 {
答案：B
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) K( k/ N( l R Z1 O重点：like unlike & C6 h; F. Q( {$ K! u( f8 m9 i
相同点：从语法角度两者是一致的；
# D8 Z1 L+ L/ C# w/ t' _不同点：A like B 后面空格填B的特点；
O, V! Z. c5 g A unlike B 后面空格填A的特点。 4 ~* T- s1 w" h
6. 动作的对象不是ecology而是economics。 * c* E8 @ b" L/ i0 e: k
答案：A commodities 商品
; {) o7 e. T% _$ X$ K communication 交流
}7 G& H/ B, K) b* Q7. 第二个空格填所有语言的特点。
. f* K4 ^8 U6 F; N& w ornamental 装饰性的 ) f! v$ U( V. o5 E& \' j3 T) `
unidimensional 一维的
! ?' o( F, H$ P! \$ Q0 C symbolic 象征的
4 D- Q6 M7 K" Q literal 非比喻性的 allusive 暗指的，暗示的 7 l F! c5 T+ ` N$ E) @9 U
答案：D |
发表于 2012-8-15 12:59:33
