(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q5, Easy)
+ J, R$ h/ d8 F/ O) h }. N$ d In stark contrast to hislater (i) _______, Simpson was largely (ii) ______ politics during his college years, despite the fact that thecampus he attended was rife with political activity.
0 G% [ F2 {7 ^: o) f cBLANK (i)
) {( s8 Z+ H6 WBLANK (ii)
# W& g! O9 l$ y1 t0 M" ~(A) activism2 O' A& y+ h, g
(D) devoted to
' l2 a4 @8 i+ y$ n5 w* i s(B) apathy
% k9 N% a+ U9 `: c- j(E) indifferent to& K0 j3 Y- B& I2 n( H% j m
(C) affability% h; W" r- E+ M; o+ \- a4 u
(F) shaped by- U$ r" l+ d) B! r5 \5 j* X
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1.关键字：“in contrast to”，“despite”，时间对比' Y) r5 I5 @: r/ I a; G
2.Blank1中应该填入一个名词，表示Simpson对于政治的一种态度，blank2中应该填入一个动词词组，表示Simpson在求学时对于政治的做法；转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]
+ r" i a# j/ ?) ?$ z) p4 I 3.前半句中有in contrast to，表现的是Simpson在大学期间与其之后对于政治态度的描述，因而根据时间对比，blank1与blank2中应该体现的是一种完全相反的态度；. @+ T, n8 j, r! \& \/ r, h% k1 {; E
4.根据后半句的despite，Simpson应该与其所在的大学中氛围相反，他所在的大学“was rife with politicalactivity”，大家都热衷与政治活动，而他则应该是“不热衷于政治运动”，即可以推出blank2中的词语，而同理，根据刚才的推断，blank1中应该是“Simpson现在对于政治运动很热衷”的态度了。7 k4 a1 R8 f( c+ p2 f: M: N9 y. p
5.词语解释：" m4 g! ~0 d5 G" \4 a2 v, w
[1].(A) activism：（实践主义）adoctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially insupport of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue) h% O5 Y- L0 |2 _
[2].(B) apathy：（冷淡）lack of interest or concern
2 F) \6 ]# ?2 i/ @# C x! n [3].(C) affability：（和蔼可亲）being pleasant and at ease in talkingto others
/ A( d9 ~( D3 v3 F3 u [4].(D) devoted to：（为……奉献）to give over or direct (as time,money, or effort) to a cause, enterprise, or activity
0 C! S, C5 }5 ~8 N. P5 V% {* q8 p [5].(E) indifferent to：（对……冷淡）lackof interest or concern2 V1 I, ?4 l; E2 r. a. k. Q/ x
[6].(F) shaped by：（被塑造成……）FORM, CREATE especially : to give aparticular form or shape to外语学习网
& }9 E# [+ n% \0 }" [ (OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q6, Easy). l: }' q% b9 W. b4 C3 s) h
As my eyesight began to _______, I spent a lot of time writing about it – both poemsand “eye journals” – describing what I saw as I looked out through damaged eyes.7 G t$ ?1 p: C- A$ r& B7 h
(A) deteriorate( K0 |+ P( S% K, o
(B) sharpen
2 H3 l0 F: M8 s1 g5 p (C) improve' j7 T% C1 H& W7 O0 ^, o7 m
(D) decline, L3 a5 T2 ~5 v6 p G. D; I/ E
(E) recover0 U+ `+ j+ f9 h. |; j6 z
(F) adjust
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1.关键字：“as”，随着……，同义关系
# ~3 L/ J9 K% f( a g* Z 2.看到as结构以后，找寻其所描述事情的同义关系的结构即可；as结构中所涉及到的是作者的eyesight的问题，后面句子中eyes是eyesight的同义转述，因而形容eyes的词语即形容eyesight的词语，因而选择(A)、(D)选项。8 |" h2 B- F% |; Z2 v
3.词语解释：
( i" C5 H. Y: U* j% e% g [1].(A) deteriorate：（受损）to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition
) D, i; N* a4 \) s* c3 D [2].(B) sharpen：（锋利）to make sharp or sharper8 A: x' }) i3 J2 r) i
[3].(C) improve：（提高）to enhance in value orquality转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]8 k' ]5 e' h# `: W6 e
[4].(D) decline：（退化）to tend toward an inferior state or weaker
* e( ~% L( T+ a7 E) R& U, ~ [5].(E) recover：（恢复）to bring back to normalposition or condition
8 r; A" U, L' U' x' `/ H7 @ [6].(F) adjust：（改善）to bring to a moresatisfactory state |
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