</p> (A)participant : team0 Y' E" L/ V0 C. p! r
(B)commuter : train# s1 ]; P& y+ ? h" F. H
(C)gladiator : arena
+ e: r2 |& O* }6 ]2 D& Q (D)senator : caucus) G) C/ e* |( ^$ O
(E)patient : ward
+ ]7 W& z2 h" H0 ]: d9 {" W 10. CURIOSITY : KNOW ::! W5 ]4 w/ Z% C- _" M0 k: ` a) L
(A)temptation : conquer$ m1 O& |3 r9 E
(B)starvation : eat9 S& p; V2 l; J, }5 [& ~
(C)wanderlust : travel- m9 H( T: v3 m- H# z* T1 B
(D)humor : laugh: }$ \( d o7 Q9 U- i/ F
(E)survival : live3 r! L/ v) k- D7 o9 b6 f& l( I
11. FRUGAL : MISERLY ::
' M) }- `" ^( m (A)confident : arrogant
8 G% F* j2 l& l! v* N1 p (B)courageouss : pugnacious$ ]/ Z f! I' |" M; d$ a6 o
(C)famous : aggressive
# d; n. c3 H8 r" t! ]. X) @8 l (D)rash : foolhardy
! ?7 `/ d9 }1 s, T' J7 a (E)quiet : timid7 q$ ~) `) @0 b( ^" G
12. ANTIDOTE : POISON ::& Y+ v6 D, j2 Q7 `' v1 T1 U/ S8 z
(A)cure : recovery/ c$ K) |* t) T& `. d9 R! T: }
(B)narcotic : sleep
7 V9 U6 y8 r7 v A. ~% K6 \ (C)stimulant : relapse
& a/ m1 P0 Y: ?" m5 L, G1 C/ m (D)tonic : lethargy/ ^" j1 [* J/ c+ z0 O
(E)resuscitation : breathing
& J6 S! B7 w; i( F8 G; |* Y 13. STYGIAN.: DARK ::1 `/ w& |# V8 O$ B: n+ A
(A)abysmal : low
' w' z) z0 A# a9 y: ~ (B)cogent : contentious
5 S9 C' M! ?) U" Q( P) X (C)fortuitous.: accidental
. ?3 I% P, |$ D# X (D)reckless : threatening! |% d# y' O5 B, g# K4 ]
(E)cataclysmic : doomed
$ \: ^3 V; e8 \) P 14. WORSHIP : SACRIFICE ::! c- h, r9 }0 y7 W& d' x T& d9 m) h& j
(A)generation : pyre3 W% Z/ q: V$ ?: o; I
(B)burial : mortuary
& O/ F! n9 T& w3 Z (C)weapon : centurion
/ P( Z/ U8 f! s) j. \8 f (D)massacre : invasion4 W9 j( F0 k4 S7 s
(E)prediction : augury
, O' m$ B# [6 u7 s: C/ t4 _ 15. EVANESCENT : l)ISAPPEAR :
! d- W$ E( {) W" i$ D0 G (A)tlansparent : penetrate
! w* m& C$ N! C, H* G (B)onerous : struggle4 R0 y( Y1 ^: t }" }! p" Z# l
(C)feckless : succeed% q- Y, H8 t, E
(D)illusory : exist
+ i2 b& F4 k" L/ V) Q (E)pliant : yield
$ M+ k3 `6 C1 L- j 16. UPBRAlD : REPROACH ::
; Y) |* A% m7 }2 s: s (A)dote : like
& c$ X* [% Z& n0 K: G6 Z) P (B)lal: : stray
: K6 G. V% r; @2 }/ H (C)vex : please
- Z4 u9 _4 o# c e( S: C (D)earn : desire
% Q/ z3 q! s( n7 n# H (E)recast : explain$ s* f9 K1 _$ p1 N7 Z h
Directions: Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content.1 ~* d9 O& D# b6 o* g7 j7 |+ W
After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions1 M% c7 u8 _8 Q+ Q& i, S
following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.
1 |; m' w% B8 T+ K lt has been known for many decades that the appear-3 P+ Q' l* h; v5 I7 T: g( x
ance of sunspots is roughly periodic, with an average4 y' ?% S; ]4 F4 B- f
cycle of eleven years. Moreover, the incidence of solar
% s" r# u% R2 K8 f0 h) s6 [ flares and the flux of solar cosmic rays, ultraviolet radia-; S/ t6 @6 L1 Z0 U6 D
tion, and x-radiation all vary directly with the sunspot (5)4 V6 q8 ^, t, m! p- O
cycle. But after more than a century of investigation. the
- U3 y' l7 ^; f7 J; ?8 r. T9 C1 F relation of these and other phenomena, known collec-
9 ~8 t4 d3 D' m; w& z" N tively as the solar-activity cycle, to terrescrial weather
! n4 P7 _; M8 ?$ ]) Z and climate remains unclear. For example. the sunspot, E( x2 ]. W0 J1 F& I2 L- Y
cycle and the allied rnagnetic-polarity cycle have been (10)
# M( O; \" [& q* e1 L linked to periodicities discerned in records of such vari-% T2 O; ~6 I4 ^% S' ]! t9 ^
ables as rainhll. temperature, and winds. lnvariably,( _4 y" t+ g+ d8 {
however, the relation is weak. and commonly ofdubious% d8 [0 C, t4 O. K
statistical significance.$ e/ n- \' ~8 ], H1 s
Effects of solar variability over longer terms have also (15); p0 E: O# J! G, h( Z, C7 y
been sought. The absence of recorded sunspot activity in
C, i: `! I( a) G3 T$ ~ the notes kept by European observers in the late seven-
2 i0 @# \* E4 @4 E) b2 Q teenth and early eighteenth centuries has led some schol-
6 r. L9 z: C# h' v7 A0 K ars to postulate a brief cessation of sunspot activity at
, v/ c& {0 J/ f/ _; U( G that time (a period called the Maunder minimum)。 The (20)6 B5 p/ Y' r+ u- h2 P0 v
0 ^: n) I4 ^% A1 L6 |
Maunder minimum has been linked to a span of unusual |