Though dealers insist that professional art dealers can make money in the art market, even an knowledge is not enough: the art world is so fickle that stock-market prices are by comparison.
(A)Amateur’s
(B)Investor’s
(C)Insider’s
(D)Booming
(E)Erratic
(F)Predictable
Answer: C F
Though引导对立，not表否定，第空与professional同义。Comparison表对立，第空与fickle反义。
Amateur业余爱好者，investor投资者，insider内行的人，booming繁荣的，erratic古怪的，predictable可预言的。
翻译：尽管经销商坚持认为职业的艺术经销商一定能在技术品市场赚钱，但即使是专业的知识是不足够的：艺术品世界是无常的，导致股票市场的价格相比较而言是可预言的。
Foucault’s rejection of the concept of continuity in Western thought, though radical, was not unique; he had in the United States who, without knowledge of his work, developed parallel ideas.
(A)Critics
(B)Counterparts
(C)Equivalents
(D)Disciples
(E)Readers
(F)Publisher
Answer: B C
Critic批评家，counterpart地位、功能相对等的人或物，equivalent同等物，disciple信徒，reader读者，publisher出版者。
翻译：F对于西方思想中连续的概念尽管很激进，但却不是独有的;他在美国有一个思想相同的人，此人在不知道他的学术内容的情况下，发展出了相同的学术思想。
The eradication of pollution is not merely a matter of , though the majestic beauty of nature is indeed an important consideration.
(A)Economics
(B)Legislation
(C)Cleanliness
(D)Aesthetics
(E)Restoration
Answer: D
Economics经济，legislation合法，cleanliness干净，aesthetics美学，restoration恢复。
翻译：清除污染不仅仅是一个美的问题，尽管大自然壮丽的美的确是一个重要的考虑因素。
The senator’s reputation, though shaken by false allegations of misconduct, emerged from the ordeal .
(A)Unscathed
(B)Obscure
(C)Impaired
(D)Unclear
(E)Sullied
Answer: A
Ordeal严峻考验，痛苦经验。
空格为形容emerge的状态，与shaken反义，填正评价词汇。
Unscathed完好的，obscure模糊的，impaired受损的，unclear含糊的，sully玷污。
翻译：这位议员的声誉，尽管被诬告他失职的虚假指控所动摇了，但又从这严峻考验中恢复得完好如初。
Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the manufactures, to the environmentalists’ dismay, the use of these herbicides on lawns.
(A)Defy
(B)Defer
(C)Defend
(D)Assail
(E)Support
(F)Disparage
Answer: C E
Lawn草坪，dismay沮丧气馁、不安焦虑。
Defy反抗，defer推迟、听从，defend保护，assail攻击，support支持，disparage贬抑、轻蔑。
翻译：尽管环境保护主义者攻击某些除草剂，认为其潜在地非常危险，但制造商们令环境保护者们失望，他们支持在草坪上使用这些除草剂。
Though in her personal life, Edna St. Vincent Millay was nonetheless about her work, usually producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day.
(A)Self-assured
(B)Impulsive
(C)Verbose
(D)Disciplined
(E)Sanguine
(F)Haughty
Answer: B D
第空与usually producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day同义，属正评价词汇，第空与第空反义，填负评价词汇。
Self-assured自信，impulsive冲动的、任性的、受感情驱使的，verbose冗长啰嗦的，disciplined受过训练的、遵守纪律的，sanguine乐观的，haughty高傲的。
翻译：尽管在ESVM的个人生活冲动任性，但他对待他的工作确实遵守一定纪律的，他每天经常写几页复杂的诗歌。
