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Section 15
1. Dreams are ________ in and of themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.
(A) uninformative
(B) startling
(C) harmless
(D) unregulated
(E) uncontrollable
解析:这是一道简单题目。后面说他们可以告诉我们更多的事情,那么前面就应该说他们什么事情都告诉不了我们,有这样一个意思的词就只有A选项。
答案: A
2. The Muses are ________ deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms.
(A) rueful
(B) ingenuous
(C) solicitous
(D) vindictive
(E) dispassionate
解析:这道题目注意冒号后面抓关键词,叫做avenge themselves without mercy,毫无怜悯的复仇。因此前面就要体现出恶毒这样一个意思,所以有这个意思的词只有D选项。
vindictive - Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge:
weary of sth. 表示厌倦某事。
e.g. She wearied of the sameness of her life. 她厌倦了千篇一律的生活。
这里面还要注意avenge 和 revenge的区别。
(1) avenge体现出为自己复仇,revenge一般替别人复仇。
avenge - to punish or hurt somebody in return for something bad or wrong that they have done to you, your family or friends
revenge - Inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself:
(2) 要注意avenge / revenge + sb. 的时候表示替谁复仇,+sth. 的时候表示因为什么复仇。
It’s a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister. 不是说他报复他的妹妹,而是他替她妹妹复仇。
那么复仇的对象呢,要接介词on 。
e.g. She was determined to avenge herself on the man who had betrayed her. 谁背叛了她,她就会让谁下地狱。
答案:D
3. Without the psychiatrist's promise of confidentiality, trust is ________ and the patient's communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in therapy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to ________ it.
(A) implicit.. extend
(B) ambiguous.. apply
(C) prevented.. uphold
(D) assumed.. examine
(E) impaired.. sacrifice
解析:注意confidential和自信无关,是保密的意思。比方说你们去考试GRE / TOEFL都会先签署保密协议(confidentiality agreement) 。
这道题前后两句话实际上体现出了一种矛盾感,虽然用“;”链接而且虽然没有明显的转折词,但是从意思上要判断出是相反。前面的话说没有保密的保证,信任就_____,病人的交流就受限,所以就是没有信任呗。后面又说,即使信任很可贵,但是到的责任有的时候需要我们怎么样这种信任(it指的就是信任)。 那么虽然建立信任很重要,但市场出于道义,有的时候我们也要破坏这种信任。比方说一个杀人犯跟你做咨询说,很多年前的那场离奇杀人案是他干的,虽然你是心理医生,但这个时候你也要去检举揭发他。
所以选择E选项,注意impaire是损害。C选项uphold是一个面熟生词,表示支持。
这里面有一句话 trust is impaired and the patient's communication limited。后半句省略了be动词,完整的句子应该是the patient’s communication is limited. 在并列句中,常常省略前面相同的成分。
e.g. Reading makes a full man, conference (makes) a ready man and writing an exact man.
答案: E
4. Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by ________ , the leaders of the movement have recently ________ most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.
(A) intimidation.. issued
(B) participation.. moderated
(C) proclamation.. codified
(D) demonstration.. deliberated
(E) coercion.. repudiated
解析: 受限注意totalitarianism这个高端词。
totalitarianism - Relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state: 即我们说的极权主义。
前面说的是他们支持一个belief,这里面government是统治的意思,不是政府。以理服人(by persuasion 比以__服人(by____) 更好,所以他们怎么样之前的关于极权主义的言论,我们发现persuasion明显跟totalitarianism 相反,所以第一个空格应该补充极权主义的意思,而第二个空格怎时对totalitarianism的负向动词。所以选择E。
coercion表示强迫,动词原形是coerce。这个单词要和coarse区分开,coarse表示粗糙的,反义词是smooth。
答案:E
5. The powers and satisfactions of primeval people, though few and meager, were ________ - their few and simple desires.
(A) simultaneous with
(B) commensurate with
(C) substantiated by
(D) circumscribed by
(E) ruined by
解析:中间有个小让步,虽然少(few and meager),却也没那么少呗,所以和她们的无欲则刚(few and simple desires)是匹配的。所以选择B选项。
注意A选项体现不出这两者之间有什么因果关系,只是单纯的同时发生。D选选项不合适,他们没有限制自己的powers and satisfactions。
解析:B
6. Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on Earth because of the possibility of ________ resulting from the carbon atom's ability to form an unending series of different molecules.
(A) deviation
(B) stability
(C) reproduction
(D) variety
(E) invigoration
解析: 后面是原因,空格是结果。后面说能够形成各种一系列的组合(unending series of )所以选择D。注意A选项容易错选,deviation来自于deviate表示偏离,而不是不痛。
答案:D
7. Whereas the art critic Vasari saw the painting entitled the Mona Lisa as an original and wonderful ________ feat, the reproduction of a natural object, the aesthetes saw it as ________ that required deciphering.
(A) collaborative.. an aberration
(B) historical.. a symbol
(C) technical.. a hieroglyph
(D) mechanical.. an imitation
(E) visual.. an illusion
解析: 第二个空格填入的单词要体现出难懂,因为需要deciphering (解密),前面填入的词要体现出正向的词即可,而且要体现出非自然的东西,因为是对自然东西的一种肤质刻画。所以选择C选项。
hieroglyph - A secret or incomprehensible symbol: 谜题。听过这种说法吧,蒙娜丽莎谜一样的微笑。
这里面要注意feat这个词表示成功,成就。
feat - An achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength:
答案:C
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