Like Bela Bartok, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composers acumen to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked the task. This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details of a performance in a written text, and this makes her work a landmark in ethnomusicology.

(A)Reverence for

(B)Detachment from

(C)Curiosity about

(D)Fastidiousness

(E)Didacticism

(F)Iconoclasm

Answer: A D

Agony极大的痛苦。

Reverence敬意，detachment分离，curiosity好奇，fastidious挑剔的、极仔细的、追求完美的，didactic好说教的，iconoclast特立独行。

翻译：就像BB一样，RC不仅把一名作曲家的敏锐逮到了民间音乐的乐谱中，而且她还有一种显著的对于这项任务的敬意。这清晰地体现于她绞尽脑汁于在书面文本中以怎样的程度表达表演中的小细节，而这种一丝不苟也使得她的作品成为民族音乐学中的里程碑。

Political advertising may well be the most kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite , yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.

(A)Polemical

(B)Effective

(C)Deceptive

(D)Interchangeable

(E)Dissimilar

(F)Vocal

Answer: C E

Polemical挑起争论的，effective有效的，deceptive欺骗性的，interchangeable可互换的，dissimilar不同的，vocal声音的。

翻译：zz广告可能是最为具有欺骗性的广告类型：zz候选人通常相当程度上彼此不同，但他们的竞选广告却通常在以笑容和空洞的口号构成的烟幕之后隐藏了重要的差异。

Serling’s account of his employer’s reckless decision making that companys image as bureaucracy full of wary managers.

(A)Belies

(B)Exposes

(C)Overshadows

(D)An injudicious

(E)A disorganized

(F)A cautious

Answer: A F

Belie错误的描述(揭示)、证明…为假、掩饰、与…对立、矛盾，expose使暴露，overshadow使阴暗，injudicious欠思考的、不聪明的，disorganized杂乱无章的，cautious谨慎的。

翻译：S有关他的雇主的鲁莽的决策制定的报告与公司的形象相对立， 这家公司作为一家谨慎的官僚机构且充满谨慎的经理。

In her later years, Bertha Pappenheim was an apostle of noble but already notions, always respected for her integrity, her energy, and her resolve but increasingly out of step and ultimately even her own organization.

(A)Anachronistic

(B)Accepted

(C)Exotic

(D)Emulated by

(E)Appreciated by

(F)Alienated from

Answer: A F

Apostle传道者。Notion观念。Out of step步调不一致。Integrity正直、完整。Resolve解决、决心。

Anachronistic时代错误的，accepted公认的，exotic外来的，emulate模仿并超越，appreciate欣赏、感激，alienate疏远。

翻译：在BP的晚年，她是一个高贵但是与时代格格不入的观念的传播者，她总是因为她的正直、活力和坚定而受人尊敬，但却越发地过时并最终甚至被她自己的组织所疏远。

The of Vladimir Nabokov as one of North Americas literary giants has thrown the spotlight on his peripheral activities and has thus served to his efforts as an amateur entomologist.

(A)Stigmatization

(B)Lionization

(C)Marginalization

(D)Foreground

(E)Transcend

(F)Obscure

Answer: B D

Throw the spotlight on突出。

Stigmatization玷污，lionization抬高、奉为名人，marginalization使边缘化、排斥，foreground突出，transcend超越，obscure意义模糊的、平凡的、使模糊。

翻译：将VN抬高为一名北美文学巨匠导致人们注意到了他的次要的活动，并因此有助于突出他作为一名业余昆虫学家的成就。