The corporation expects only increases in sales next year despite a yearlong effort to retrieve its retailing business.
(A)Unquestionable
(B)Sequential
(C)Modest
(D)Exaggerated
(E)Groundless
Answer: C
Retrieve恢复(正评价词汇)。
Increase与retrieve同义,空格与a yearlong effort反义。
Unquestionable无疑问的,sequential连续的,modest适度的,exaggerated夸张的,groundless无根据的。
翻译:这个公司只期望销售额有适度的增长,尽管有长达一年之久的努力来复兴它的零售业务。
The labor union and the company’s management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly , albeit still tentative, agreement on next year’s contract.
(A)Swift
(B)Onerous
(C)Hesitant
(D)Reluctant
(E)Conclusive
Answer: A
Swift迅速的,onerous繁重的,hesitant犹豫的,reluctant勉强的,conclusive最后的、确实的。
翻译:劳工工会和公司的管理阶层尽管长期以来总是对各个问题存在不同意见,但却仍然就下一年度的合同达成了一个尽管仍然是暂时性的但却是出乎意料迅速的一致意见。
Despite a string of dismal earnings reports, the two-year-old strategy to return the company to profitability is beginning to .
(A)Falter
(B)Disappoint
(C)Compete
(D)Work
(E)Circulate
Answer: D
To return the company to profitability扭亏为盈。
Falter蹒跚、结巴、犹豫,disappoint失望,compete竞争,work起作用,circulate循环。
翻译:尽管一长串令人沮丧的收入报告,但这两年的扭亏为盈的策略已经开始起作用。
Her lecture gave a sense of how empty the universe is, in spite of the number of stars within it.
(A)Diminishing
(B)Varying
(C)Enormous
(D)Unusual
(E)Limited
Answer: C
Diminishing减少的,varying变化的,enormous大量的,unusual不平常的,limited有限制的。
翻译:她的演讲让人们认为宇宙是如此的空旷,不管在其中有很多星星。
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
Answer: B
Process与self-important cant同义,与closed to同义。
Self-important高傲的。Cant行话,术语。
Arch-弧形的,胸中的,不外传的。
Unreliable不可靠的,arcane密不外传的,arrogant自大的,elementary基础的,intuitive直觉的。
翻译:音乐学者的写在唱片封套上的高傲的术语经常表明真正的音乐欣赏是一种密不外传的过程,对刚入门的听者关闭了大门,尽管他们是多么的热情。
However they might be, Roman poets were bound to have some favorite earlier author whom they would .
(A)Subservient
(B)Original
(C)Talented
(D)Inspire
(E)Emulate
(F)Admire
Answer: B E
第空与favorite同正负。第空与第空反义。
Be bound to必然,注定。
Subservient屈从,original创新,talented天才,inspire灵感,emulate通过模仿而超越,admire羡慕。
Imitate机械的模仿(中评价),mimic拟态、不太像的模仿(负评价),emulate通过模仿而超越(正评价),parody充满睿智的恶搞、貌似拙劣的模仿(正评价),mock嘲弄的模仿(负评价)。
翻译:尽管现在的罗马诗人或许具备独创性,但他们注定有一些他们所喜欢的早期作家,他们希望通过模仿来产生更多的超越。
Charlotte Salomon’s biography is a reminder that the currents of private life, however diverted, dislodged, or twisted by public events, retain their hold on the recording them.
(A)Transitory
(B)Overpowering
(C)Conventional
(D)Majority
(E)Institution
(F)Individual
Answer: B F
Divert转向。Dislodge移走。
Transitory短暂的,overpowering强大的,conventional传统的,majority大多数,institution机构、创立、惯例,individual个人的。
翻译:CS的传记是一个提示:个人生活的种种道路,尽管被过于强大的公众事件所转向、偏离或扭曲,但保留了对记录他们的人的影响力。
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