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Section 4
1. The _______ of mass literacy coincided with the first industrial revolution; in turn, the new expansion in literacy, as well as cheaper printing, helped to nurture the ______ of popular literature.
(A) building.. mistrust
(B) reappearance.. display
(C) receipt.. source
(D) selection.. influence
(E) emergence.. rise
解析:in turn表示前后是顺承关系,因此两个空格应该填同义词,即the ___ of mass literacy = the ___ of popular literature. 因此选择E选项最为合适。
大家需要注意 in turn和in return的区别。in turn表示相应的、轮流的,而in return表示作为回报(as a response, exchange, or reward for something),不要用错哦。
nurture这个词我们经常会说 nature or nurture,也就是说是先天遗传还是后天培养的意思。因为nature和nurture长得比较像,所以我们经常会这样说,刚好语意上相关,同时读起来也顺口,诸如此类的还有publish or perish(不发表就消亡),now or never(要不现在,要不就永远不要)。
答案:E
2. Although ancient tools were ______ preserved, enough have survived to allow us to demonstrate an occasionally interrupted but generally ______ progress through prehistory.
(A) partially.. noticeable
(B) superficially.. necessary
(C) unwittingly.. documented
(D) rarely.. continual
(E) needlessly.. incessant
解析:注意but前后的语意要贴合,偶尔有一些interrupted但是总体上来说那就应该是比较连贯,因此有这个意思的词就只有DE,再进一步选择although需要转折,所以填入D选项,虽然很少有保存,但是有足够的留存下来来去证明。
C选项的document需要注意,在考试当中,这个单词考察两个意思(1) 证明(to prove) (2) 记录(to record)
答案:D
3. In part of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so ______ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.
(A) permanently
(B) imperceptibly
(C) irregularly
(D) precariously
(E) slightly
解析:空格在一个so......that......的因果关系中,右面说的是,你走在在海边都不知道自己在上面。所以前面就应该说无法知道的感觉,所以选择B选项。
perceptible表示的是可以察觉到,表示可以察觉到的词我们还经常考察以下几个:palpable, discernible, tangible。
同时需要注意题干中的grade是动词,表示逐渐变化(Pass gradually from one level, especially a shade of colour, into another),所以我们才有了一个形容词叫做gradual。
答案:B
4. Kagan maintains that an infant's reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or ______ signs of adolescent anxiety.
(A) prophetic
(B) normal
(C) monotonous
(D) virtual
(E) typical
解析:空格在not ……or ……这个并列结构当中,因此我们应该填入一个词跟harbinger是同义词,所以选择A选项。
这里需要注意maintain这个词,表示坚持认为,经常跟assert考察六选二。同是要区分maintain和concede两个词用法上的区别。简单来说,按照我的理解,maintain表示坚持认为,是自己认同的观点;concede表示让步式的承认,是别人强加在你身上你又不得不认可的观点。比方说我concede我很胖,但是我maintain我很健康。
monotonous这里需要注意个词跟mono-,表示单一的意思,常考的词汇:monologue(独白),monopoly(垄断).
表示前兆这样一个意思的词,还有herald, precursor, indicator, forewarning, augury等
答案:A
5. An investigation that is ______ can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
(A) timely
(B) unguided
(C) consistent
(D) uncomplicated
(E) subjective
解析: 后面说但是通畅这种事实的产生是确定方向的结果,前面就应该说不确定的也能产生一些结果。所以选择definite的反义词,因此只有B体现出了不确定的方向。
注意题目中appearance表示出现,而不是表示外表。yield这个单词在考试当中考察两个意思(1)屈服=surrender(2)产生,产出=engender,同时注意unyielding就是不屈不挠的意思呗。A选项timely这个单词经常跟opportune这个词考同义词。
答案:B
6. Like many eighteenth-century scholars who lived by cultivating those in power, Winckelmann neglected to neutralize, by some ______ gesture of comradeship, the resentment his peers were bound to feel because of his ______ the high and mighty.
(A) quixotic.. intrigue with
(B) enigmatic.. familiarity with
(C) propitiatory.. involvement with
(D) salutary.. questioning of
(E) unfeigned.. sympathy for
解析:这里面首先要正确理解cultivate这个单词,表示的不是耕耘或者栽培,他表示的是攀附或者结交朋友(Try to win the friendship or favour of (someone))。给大家一个例句:
While the US has been preoccupied with combating terrorism and spreading democracy in the Middle East, China has been busy cultivating new friends and allies across the Asia Pacific region.
因此正如那些学者攀龙附凤(cultivating those in power),W这个人也一定是趋炎附势的人,因此第二个空格应该说的是与那些位高权重(the high and mighty)的人“有染”。所以D选项不能选择,A选项也欠火候。再注意到,第一个动作的结果是要neutralize他同辈人的憎恨(resentment),所以应该填一个词体现出他要让他们变的没那么生气,因此选择C选项。propritiatory表示的是缓和的,减缓的,来自于动词propitiate。
短语be bound to do 表示Obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something,表示理应做某事,可以理解为be supposed to do。
注意A选项的quixotic,这个词表示的是异想天开的,突发奇想的,经常喝impractical或者unrealistic一起考察。
答案:C
7. In a ______ society that worships efficiency, it is difficult for a sensitive and idealistic person to make the kinds of ______ decisions that alone spell success as it is defined by such a society.
(A) bureaucratic.. edifying
(B) pragmatic.. hardheaded
(C) rational.. well-intentioned
(D) competitive.. evenhanded
(E) modern.. dysfunctional
解析:在一个崇尚效率的什么样的社会中,一个敏感的、理想的人很难做出那种什么样的决定,这种决定spell了这个社会所定义的成功。
首先需要理解spell这个词在这里面的意思,这里面spell表示mean something or have something as a result。例如,The plans would spell disaster for the economy. 这个计划意味着给经济带来灾难。因此我们能断定这两个空格应该填入两个同义词,什么样的社会就会崇尚以这样社会所定义成功的决定的类型。同义词则只有B选项。
hardheaded - You use hard-headed to describe someone who is practical and determined to get what they want or need, and who does not allow emotions to affect their actions.
关于各种“头-head”的单词我们总结一下。
light-headed(头晕目眩的), wrong-headed(固执的,执迷不悟的), wooden-headed(愚蠢的), clear-headed(清醒的,头脑清楚的), hot-headed(鲁莽的,性急的)
答案:B
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