1. Psychology has slowly evolved into an______scientific discipline that now functions autonomously with the same privileges and responsibilities as other sciences.
(A) independent
(B) unusual
(C) outmoded
(D) uncontrolled
(E) inactive
分析:按照解釋模式,定語從句對(duì)scientific discipline的解釋等價(jià)于scientific discipline的前置定語修飾內(nèi)容,因此空格應(yīng)該表達(dá)“獨(dú)立起作用(functions autonomously)”的含義。A獨(dú)立的;B不常見的;C過時(shí)的;D缺乏控制的;E不活動(dòng)的。選項(xiàng)A正確。
翻譯:心理學(xué)已經(jīng)慢慢地成為一門獨(dú)立的學(xué)科,它有獨(dú)立的功能,并擁有和其他科學(xué)一樣的地位和職責(zé)。
2. Hydrogen is the ______element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.
(A) steadiest
(B) expendable
(C) lightest
(D) final
(E) fundamental
3. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as______to increasingly expensive conventional housing.
(A) reaction
(B) an addition
(C) an introduction
(D) an alternative
(E) a challenge
4. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her______search for her daughter.
(A) extended
(B) agitated
(C) frantic
(D) comprehensive
(E) motiveless
翻譯:當(dāng)我們想到女神Demeter安靜詳和的主要形象時(shí),她激動(dòng)地尋找自己女兒就成了關(guān)于她的神話中矛盾的方面。
5. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural___ doing so.
(A) aptitude for
(B) repugnance to
(C) interest in
(D) aversion of
(E) ignorance of
6. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was______by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.
(A) banal
(B) heretical
(C) unproven
(D) complex
(E) unorthodox
翻譯:這個(gè)社會(huì)學(xué)家指出她的新理論其實(shí)和普遍接受的社會(huì)學(xué)原理并不矛盾,以此來回應(yīng)人們認(rèn)為她的理論是異端邪說的指責(zé)。
7. Although Johnson’s and Smith’s initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm______after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.
(A) revived
(B) emerged
(C) intensified
(D) flagged
(E) persisted
8. It is to the novelist’s credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any______or playful supernatural tricks.
(A) elucidation
(B) discrimination
(C) artlessness
(D) authenticity
(E) whimsy
9. The significance of the Magna Carta lies not in its______provisions, but in its broader impact: it made the king subject to the law.
(A) revolutionary
(B) specific
(C) implicit
(D) controversial
(E) particular
分析:空格填入一個(gè)形容詞,修飾“條款(provisions)”,not...but...表達(dá)前后對(duì)比關(guān)系,空格填和“更廣泛的(broader)”含義相對(duì)的詞。A革命的;B明確的,特有的,具體的;C暗含的;D矛盾的;E有限的。B為正確答案(E是指數(shù)量上的有限,不是指在能力或者范圍上的限制)。
翻譯:大憲章的意義不是在于它特定的條款,而是其更廣泛的影響:它讓國(guó)王也受到法律的約束。
10. The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an______process closed to the uninitiated listener, however enthusiastic.
(A) unreliable
(B) arcane
(C) arrogant
(D) elementary
(E) intuitive
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(A) independent
(B) unusual
(C) outmoded
(D) uncontrolled
(E) inactive
分析:按照解釋模式,定語從句對(duì)scientific discipline的解釋等價(jià)于scientific discipline的前置定語修飾內(nèi)容,因此空格應(yīng)該表達(dá)“獨(dú)立起作用(functions autonomously)”的含義。A獨(dú)立的;B不常見的;C過時(shí)的;D缺乏控制的;E不活動(dòng)的。選項(xiàng)A正確。
翻譯:心理學(xué)已經(jīng)慢慢地成為一門獨(dú)立的學(xué)科,它有獨(dú)立的功能,并擁有和其他科學(xué)一樣的地位和職責(zé)。
2. Hydrogen is the ______element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.
(A) steadiest
(B) expendable
(C) lightest
(D) final
(E) fundamental
3. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as______to increasingly expensive conventional housing.
(A) reaction
(B) an addition
(C) an introduction
(D) an alternative
(E) a challenge
4. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her______search for her daughter.
(A) extended
(B) agitated
(C) frantic
(D) comprehensive
(E) motiveless
翻譯:當(dāng)我們想到女神Demeter安靜詳和的主要形象時(shí),她激動(dòng)地尋找自己女兒就成了關(guān)于她的神話中矛盾的方面。
5. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural___ doing so.
(A) aptitude for
(B) repugnance to
(C) interest in
(D) aversion of
(E) ignorance of
6. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was______by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.
(A) banal
(B) heretical
(C) unproven
(D) complex
(E) unorthodox
翻譯:這個(gè)社會(huì)學(xué)家指出她的新理論其實(shí)和普遍接受的社會(huì)學(xué)原理并不矛盾,以此來回應(yīng)人們認(rèn)為她的理論是異端邪說的指責(zé)。
7. Although Johnson’s and Smith’s initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm______after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.
(A) revived
(B) emerged
(C) intensified
(D) flagged
(E) persisted
8. It is to the novelist’s credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any______or playful supernatural tricks.
(A) elucidation
(B) discrimination
(C) artlessness
(D) authenticity
(E) whimsy
9. The significance of the Magna Carta lies not in its______provisions, but in its broader impact: it made the king subject to the law.
(A) revolutionary
(B) specific
(C) implicit
(D) controversial
(E) particular
分析:空格填入一個(gè)形容詞,修飾“條款(provisions)”,not...but...表達(dá)前后對(duì)比關(guān)系,空格填和“更廣泛的(broader)”含義相對(duì)的詞。A革命的;B明確的,特有的,具體的;C暗含的;D矛盾的;E有限的。B為正確答案(E是指數(shù)量上的有限,不是指在能力或者范圍上的限制)。
翻譯:大憲章的意義不是在于它特定的條款,而是其更廣泛的影響:它讓國(guó)王也受到法律的約束。
10. The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an______process closed to the uninitiated listener, however enthusiastic.
(A) unreliable
(B) arcane
(C) arrogant
(D) elementary
(E) intuitive
答案:AEDBBBDEBB