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三空题
1.For many years, Americans have had a love affair with ferryboats. Feries are said to relieve our frayed nerves after we’ve stewed in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and conventional wisdom also says ferries (i)_____ congestion and air pollution by getting us out of cars. Unfortunately, this (ii)_____ notion recently has (iii)______ several West Coast mayors, who have in consequence eagerly pursued the implementation of ferry service in their cities.
A. contribute to
D. provocative
G. captivated
B. reduce
E. misguided
H. confused
C. cover up
F. cynical
I. outraged
答案：BEG
2.Given children’s active fantasy lives, one might think of truthfulness as (i)_____ virtue in young children, but it turns out that lying is the more(ii)_____ skill. A child who is going to lie must recognize the truth, intellectually conceive of an alternate reality, and be able to convincingly sell that new reality to someone else. Therefore, lying(iii)_____ cognitive development and social skills in a way that honesty simply does not..
A. an instinctive
D. advanced
G. undermines
B. an acquired
E. practical
H. forgoes
C. a conscious
F. mundane
I. demands
答案：BDI
单空题
1. that Seiberg and Witten lack celebrity can be explained by the _____nature of their pursuit: the mathematical exploration of four-dimensional space.
A. pedestrian
B. esoteric
C. compelling
D. global
E. unequivocal
答案：B
2. Politicians who invoke the founders of the United States in support of their views seem to imply that the founders consistently concurred in their own views when in reality they were a highly _____ group of thinkers.
A. erudite
B. innovative
C. predictable
D. contentious
E. methodical
答案：D
3. Investors are grateful that the attorney general has stepped in to pursue inquiries into misfeasance in the financial markets, given that the regulators officially charged with policing the industry have been _____.
A. diffident
B. meticulous
C. straightforward
D. implacable
E. tenacious
答案: A
六选二
1. Coagulation factors are useful proteins whose simple names---many are known only by Roman numerals--_____ their importance and the specificity of their roles in the thinning and clotting of blood
A. nullify
B. obviate
C. mitigate
D. belie
E. mask
F. accentuate
答案： DE
2. Progressive and reactionary populist movements are not necessarily_____: each may, and usually does, possess the features of the other.
A. dichotomous
B. untenable
C. unsustainable
D. contradictory
E. subversive
F. efficacious
答案： AD
3. Even the cleverest use of time management techniques is powerless to _____ sum of minutes in a person’s life, so people squeeze as much as they could into each one of them.
A. justify
B. quantify
C. augment
D. enrich
E. measure
F. extend
答案：CF
1. Investors are grateful that the attorney general has stepped in to 瀀甀爀猀甀攀 inquiries into the misfeasance in the financial markets, given that the 爀攀甀氀愀琀漀爀猀 officially charged with policing the industry have been ______.
A. tenacious
B. diffident
C. meticulous
D. implacable
E. straightforward
2. Despite the abundance and importance of maize, its biological origin has been a long-running mystery. The bright yellow, mouth-watering treat does not grow in the wild anywhere on the planet,
so its (i)______ is not at all (ii)______.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. utility D. helpful
B. popularity E. important
C. ancestry F. obvious
3.Biologists have little (i)______ drawing the link between the success of humanity and human(ii)______. Indeed, many biologists claim that this attribute, the ability to (iii)_____, or, to put it more sharply, to make individuals subordinate their self-interest to the needs of the group, lies at the root of human achievement.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
A. consensus regarding D. resilience G. reflect
B. compunction about E. sociability H. communicate
C. justification for F. uniqueness I. cooperate
4. Aerial viewings of the gigantic stone horse attributed to the Native American Quechuan people fail to _____ the considerable artistry required to create the piece: the horse appears crudely constructed unless carefully examined from the ground.
A. reveal
B. justify
C. manifest
D. mitigate
E. diminish
F. undercut
5. Even though the original settlement may not hold up, it at least proves that the deadlock can be broken and that a hitherto _____ party is ready to bargain.
A. implacable
B. unyielding
C. impeccable
D. flawless
E. unqualified
F. capricious
6. His premiership, seemingly cast-iron a year ago, is now so vulnerable that even a good day at the office does no more than buy him a few weeks of ______ from rebels within his own party.
A. controversy
B. reproach
C. respite
D. relief
E. blame
F. deference
7. The laboratory maze has ever grown ever less ______ since it was invented; instead of hoping to lose a rodent in a labyrinth,today’s scientists design mazes to elicit a few simple, easily measurable behaviors.
A. intricate
B. convoluted
C. extensive
D. prevalent
E. effective
F. useful
答案以及简析
1. B
投资者非常感激律师介入调查金融市场中的不法行为，考虑到本应该负责进行监管调控的监管者没有起到作用。(diffident：reserved in manner)
2. CF
尽管玉米重要和很丰富，它生物上的起源一直是个迷，这种亮黄色，让人流口水的食物确实并不会长在这个星球任何野外，所以它的祖先并不明显。
3. BEI
这道题第一空稍微容易错一些，后一句话态度很明显，让个人服从于集体，是人类成功的根基，反推前面我们的成功肯定是和合作呀社会性相关!所以前面必然是有联系，但是一定注意little!所以并不悔恨就是达成一致，所以还是B，A很好但是有little就不行了。
4. AB
由美国本土人Q所作的巨大石马的空中景观并没有体现出创造这个作品所需要的艺术技巧：这个石马外表粗糙的轮廓除非在地面上仔细看。
5. AB
尽管初的决策没有维持下去hold up：maintain in a state ，但是至少证明了僵局可以被打破，迄今为止毫不妥协的政党开始讨价还价。
6. CD
他的总理任期一年之前是非常坚固的，但是现在如此脆，甚至在办公室里的一天好日子还不如从他党内对手那里买几天的休息。
7. AB
从实验迷宫第发明起，它的发展越来越不复杂;而不是希望丢掉啮齿类动物，现在科学家设计迷宫引入比较简单和容易衡量的行为。
1. For many years, Americans have had a love affair with ferryboats. Ferries are said to relieve our frayed nerves after we’ve stewed in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and conventional wisdom also says ferries (i)_____ congestion and air pollution by getting us out of cars. Unfortunately, this (ii)_____ notion recently has (iii)_____ several West Coast mayors, who have in consequence eagerly pursued the implementation of ferry service in their cities. (高频题)
A. contribute to
D. provocative
G. captivated
B. reduce
E. misguided
H. confused
C. cover up
F. cynical
I. outraged
2. Politicians who invoke the founders of the United States in support of their views seem to imply that the founders consistently concurred in their own views when in reality they were a highly _____ group of thinkers.(高频题)
A. erudite
B. innovative
C. predictable
D. contentious
E. methodical
3. Investors are grateful that the attorney general has stepped in to pursue inquiries into misfeasance in the financial markets, given that the regulators officially charged with policing the industry have been _____.(高频题)
A. diffident
B. meticulous
C. straightforward
D. implacable
E. tenacious
4. The modest but functional new wing finally gives the museum the _____ to serve its visitors properly, including multiple entrances to eliminate the lines that used to snake around the building.(高频题)
A. visibility
B. wherewithal
C. reputation
D. solemnity
E. panache
5. The researcher noted that microbes, although _____, make up far more of the living protoplasm on Earth than all humans, animals and plants combined.
A. invisible
B. omnipresent
C. diminutive
D. ubiquitous
E. minuscule
F. ethereal
6. Aerial viewings of the gigantic stone horse attributed to the Native American Quechuan people fail to _____ the considerable artistry required to create the piece: the horse appears crudely constructed unless carefully examined from the ground.
A. reveal
B. justify
C. manifest
D. mitigate
E. diminish
F. undercut
7. Harper Lee’s narration in To Kill a Mockingbird is _____, mixing an adult’s and a child’s perspective according to no logic other than the immediate exigencies of the plot.
A. a paradigm
B. a hodgepodge
C. a model
D. an innovation
E. a patchwork
F. an embarrassment
8. 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
9. The (i)_____ of molecular oxygen on Earth-sized planets around other stars in the universe would not be (ii)_____ sign of life: molecular oxygen can be a signature of photosynthesis (a biotic process) or merely of the rapid escape of water from the upper reaches of a planetary atmosphere (an abiotic process).
A. dearth
D. a controversial
B. presumption
E. an unambiguous
C. detection
F. a possible
10. Given children’s active fantasy lives, one might think of truthfulness as (i)_____ virtue in young children, but it turns out that lying is the more (ii)_____ skill. A child who is going to lie must recognize the truth, intellectually conceive of an alternate reality, and be able to convincingly sell that new reality to someone else. Therefore, lying (iii)_____ cognitive development and social skills in a way that honesty simply does not.(这个题高频到可怕，已经不想看到你了)
A. an instinctive
D. advanced
G. undermines
B. an acquired
E. practical
H. forgoes
C. a conscious
F. mundane
I. demands
11. Despite the abundance and importance of maize, its biological origin has been a long-running mystery. The bright yellow, mouth-watering treat does not grow in the wild anywhere on the planet, so its (i)_____ is not at all (ii)_____.
A. utility
D. helpful
B. popularity
E. important
C. ancestry
F. obvious
12. Even though the original settlement may not hold up, it at least proves that the deadlock can be broken and that a hitherto _____ party is ready to bargain.
A. implacable
B. unyielding
C. impeccable
D. flawless
E. unqualified
F. capricious
