1. In a book that inclines to _____, an epilogue arguing that ballet is dead arrives simply as one more overstatement.
A pessimism
B misinterpretation
C imprecision
D vagueness
E exaggeration
F hyperbole
来源:Section 1 Easy
【答案】E F
【解析】空格对应后面的 overstatement,所以正确答案选 EF 选项。 exaggeration 夸张,hyperbole 夸张。
【句子翻译】在一本趋向于夸张的书中,一个议论芭蕾已死的结语仅仅是一个夸张的说法。
【选项释义】
misinterpretation 误解
imprecision 不精确
vagueness 含糊
2. The economic recovery was somewhat lopsided: (i)_____ in some of the industrial economies while (ii)_____ in others of them.
Blank(i) Blank(ii) unexpected robust feeble turbulent swift predictable
来源:Section 2 Easy
【答案】B D
【解析】lopsided 可知前后空格反义,所以在选项中能够选出 BD 选项。feeble 虚弱的,robust 强壮的。
【句子翻译】经济复苏开始变的有点不平衡。有些工业产业十分无力,但另一些却在迅速崛起。
【选项释义】
A. unexpected意外的,想不到的
B. feeble微弱的,无力的;虚弱的
C. swift快的;迅速的;敏捷的;立刻的
D. robust强健的;健康的;粗野的;粗鲁的
E. turbulent骚乱的,混乱的;狂暴的;吵闹的
F. predictable可预言的
3. Members of the union`s negotiating team insisted on several changes to the company`s proposal before they would support it, making it clear that they would _____ no compromise.
A disclose
B reject
C brook
D tolerate
E repudiate
F weigh
来源:Section 2 Easy
【答案】C D
【解析】题目中的insisted on表明公会强硬的态度,所以对 compromise 是不会接受的,no 体现“不会”这层否定意思,所以空格选“接受”这层意思,所以正确答案选 CD。brook 容忍,tolerate 容忍
【句子翻译】工会协商组里面的人员坚持在支持这个提议之前一定要有公司的一些改变,很明显,他们不会容忍任何妥协。
【选项释义】
A.disclose公开;揭露
B.reject拒绝;排斥;抵制;丢弃
C.brook忍受;容忍 Syn. tolerate
D.tolerate忍受;默许;宽恕
E.repudiate拒绝;否定;批判;与…断绝关系;
F.weigh权衡;考虑;
4. During the Renaissance, the use of optical lenses, which were capable of projecting images onto blank canvases, greatly aided artists by allowing them to accurately observe and depict the external world; in other words, these lenses were instrumental in conveying _____.
Aidealism
Boptimism
Cambition
Drealism
Esanguinity
Fverisimilitude
来源:Section 2 Easy
【答案】D F
【解析】通过by allowing them to accurately observe and depict the external world 得知这些镜片是来帮助人们准确观察和描绘世界的,所以对应的答案选 DF 选项。realism 真实,verisimilitude 真实。
【句子翻译】在文艺复兴时期,光学镜,这种能够反射图像到一个空白的帆布上的镜片,是被用来辅助艺术家们工作,通过允许他们更加准确的观察并且描述外界世界,换句话来说,这些镜片被用来帮助创造逼真的画作。
【选项释义】
idealism唯心主义,理想主义;
optimism乐观;乐观主义
ambition野心,雄心;抱负,志向
realism现实主义;实在论;
sanguinity乐天,有自信心;乐观,乐观主义
verisimilitude真实性;逼真
5. The laboratory maze has grown ever less _____ since it was first invented instead of hoping to lose a rodent in a labyrinth; today`s scientists design mazes to elicit a few simple, easily measured behaviors.
A intricate
B extensive
C effective
D convoluted
E useful
F prevalent
来源:Section 3 Easy
【解析】today’s scientists design mazes to elicit a few simple, easily measured behaviors 说明迷宫已经变得不那么“迷”了,正确答案选 AD 选项。 intricate 复杂的,convoluted 错综复杂的。
【句子翻译】这个实验研究的迷宫演变逐渐地不再复杂,因为它一开始被创造出来并不是为了观察啮齿类动物逃出迷宫,今天的科学家们设计的迷宫是为了引出几个简单的容易被测量的行为。
【选项释义】
intricate 复杂的;错综的,缠结的
extensive 广泛的;大量的;广阔的
effective 有效的,起作用的;实际的;
convoluted 复杂的;费解的;旋绕的;
useful 有用的,有益的;有帮助的;
prevalent 流行的;普遍的,广传的
6. In mathematics, judgments about the validity of proofs are mediated by peer-reviewed journals; to ensure _____, reviewers are carefully chosen by journal editors, and the identity of scholars whose papers are under consideration are kept secret.
A timelessness
B originality
C fairness
D comprehensiveness
E objectivity
F novelty
来源:Section 3 Easy
【答案】C E
【解析】reviewers are carefully chosen by journal editors 说明这种同行评议期刊要确保一种公平,所以认真选人,正确答案选 CE 选项。fairness 公平,objectivity 客观性。
【句子翻译】在数学界,证明过程有效性的判断,要交由同行评议期刊裁定,为确保公正客观,评委由期刊编辑甄选,评审对象的身份也对评委保密。
【选项释义】
timelessness 永恒,不朽;不受时间影响
originality 创意;独创性,创造力;
fairness 公平;美好;清晰;
comprehensiveness 综合;详尽
objectivity 客观;客观性
novelty 新奇;新奇的事物;
7. The employee had a reputation for fractiousness, but his coworkers found him to be, on the contrary, quiet _____.
A insightful
B affable
C sagacious
D capable
E easygoing
F productive
来源:Section 4 Easy
【答案】B E
【解析】on the contrary 看出取前面 fractiousness 反义,正确答案选 BE 选项。affable 和蔼可亲的,easygoing 随和的。
【句子翻译】这个老板有着易怒的名声,但他的同事却发现他是,相反的,十分随和。
【选项释义】
insightful 有深刻见解的,富有洞察力的;
affable 和蔼可亲的;友善的;
sagacious 睿智的,聪慧的;有远见的,聪慧的;
capable 能干的,能胜任的;有才华的;
easygoing 随和的;
productive 能生产的;生产的;多产的;
8. Even though women in the US would not gain the rights to vote until 1920, throughout the nineteenth century many feminist goals were gradually _____, especially the rights of married women to control their own property.
A realized
B abandoned
C eroded
D modified
E revised
F achieved
来源:Section 4 Easy
【答案】A F
【解析】1920 年之前女性没有投票权,后来逐渐有了这种权利,正确答案选 AF 选项。realize实现,achieve实现。注意题目的realize用了“实现”这层意思。
【句子翻译】尽管在美国女人没有投票权,直到 1920 年之后,在十九世纪很多女权主义者的目标逐渐得到了实现,尤其是已婚女士能够掌控自己的财产。
【选项释义】
realized 实现的;已实现;
abandoned 被抛弃的;无约束的;
eroded 被侵蚀的,损坏了的;
modified 改进的,修改的;改良的;
revised 改进的;
achieved 取得的;完成的;
9. Since it was committed to the idea of science as an international, politically neutral enterprise, the Royal Society of London refused to _____ members from enemy nations during world wars of the twentieth century.
A betray
B expel
C endorse
D oust
E sanction
F condemn
来源:Section 6 Easy
【答案】B D
【解析】整句since连接的因果关系,因为致力于是中立事业的概念,RSL 拒绝对敌国的科学家做出不利的事,所以正确答案选 BD 选项。expel 驱赶,oust 驱赶。
【句子翻译】伦敦皇家学会致力于将科学作为一项国际性、政治上中立的事业,因此在20世纪的世界大战期间拒绝驱逐来自敌国的成员。
【选项释义】
A. betray 背叛;出卖;泄露
B. expel驱逐;开除
C. endorse 认可
D. oust驱逐;剥夺
E. sanction 批准
F. condemn 谴责
10. The company is so old-fashioned and opposed to innovation that it can seem downright _____.
A antediluvian
B flighty
C archaic
D chauvinistic
E capricious
F patronizing
来源:Section 8 Easy
解析:old-fashioned and opposed to innovation 直接对应空格,所以答案选 AC 选项。antediluvian 陈旧的,archaic 过时的。
翻译:这家公司如此老派又拒绝创新,以至于它看起来简直是彻头彻尾的老古董。
11. The description of Green`s scholarship as (i)_____ is grossly misleading: while her research on interstellar particles is not especially novel, the conclusions she draws from her data are (ii)_____.
Blank(i) Blank(ii) esoteric remarkably pioneering tendentious dubiously supported derivative strangely comforting
来源:Section 9 Easy
【解析】冒号后面是让步关系,前面说not novel,所以后面第二空选 not novel 的反义,所以第二空选 D 选项,第一空根据 grossly misleading 得知空格选冒号后面特征的反义,冒号后面主要体现 pioneering,所以答案选 C 选项。 derivative 非原创的,pioneering 先锋的。
【句子翻译】对于格林的学术是别人学术的衍生物的说法是十分误导的。尽管她在关于星际粒子的研究中得到的结果并不是十分新颖的,但她从研究数据中所得到的结论确实惊人的首创。
【选项释义】
esoteric深奥的
tendentious有倾向性的
derivative陈腐的
remarkably pioneering 显著的创新的
dubiously supported 可疑地受到支持
strangely comforting奇怪地令人安慰
12. Nylenna`s study showed that errors in scientific manuscripts submitted for publication often escape reviewers` notice, results that were not _____: when Godlee conducted a study of the same phenomenon, her findings were similar.
A credible
B unwelcome
C anomalous
D quantifiable
E consequential
来源:Section 10 Easy
解析:从her finding were similar 推出前面的results并不是唯一的,所以对应的正确选项是C选项。anomalous异常的。
翻译:Nylenna的研究表明提交出版的科学手稿中的错误经常让审稿人注意不到,这种结果并不反常:当Godlee做相同现象的研究时,她的发现是相似的
13. Noise suppression in phones can play an important role in making cellphone networks more efficient, since when sounds that are _____ to the meaningful signal are transmitted, precious network band width is wasted.
A unsuitable
B detrimental
C irrelevant
D confined
E limited
F extraneous
来源:Section 10 Easy
【答案】C F
【解析】空格对应 noise,噪音在题目中就是无关的声音,题目的意思说这种无关声音(噪音)被传播的时候,网路就被浪费了,所以要清除噪音。 irrelevant 无关的,extraneous 无关的。
【句子翻译】电话中的降噪处理能够在使得电话网络通讯更加有效上起到一个非常重要的作用,因为当无关的声音相对于真正有意义的信号被传播之后,珍贵的网络宽带就被浪费了。
【选项释义】
detrimental有害的
14. Changes made to ecosystem in order to achieve a goal, such as food production or flood control, often _____ significant unforeseen trade-offs between other important products and service the ecosystems provide.
A predict
B delay
C foretell
D obscure
E yield
F engender
来源:Section 11 Easy
【答案】E F
【解析】语义完整题目,填入一个动词能够体现 changes 产生的动作即可,这些改变是为了生态系统而做的,所以后文填入一个“引起”的意思的词。
【句子翻译】为达成某种目的,比如粮食生产和防洪,而对生态系统做出的改变,通常要在生态系统的其他重要产物和利益之间,做出无法预知的重大权衡。
15. When the atmosphere over the city is at its best, it is peculiarly _____, and this clarity seems to distill this very special beauty of the place.
A limpid
B acute
C calm
D sharp
E pellucid
F tranquil
来源:Section 11 Easy
【答案】A E
【解析】根据指代关系,this clarity 和空格同义重复,正确答案选AE选项。limpid清晰的, pellucid清晰的。
【句子翻译】当本地的空气处于最佳状态时,特别清澈,而这种清澈似乎浓缩了这个城市非常独特的美。
【选项释义】
A. limpid清晰的
B. acute 敏锐的
C. calm 平静的
D. sharp 尖锐的
E. pellucid清晰的