Many industries are so by the impact of government sanctions, equipment failure, and foreign competition that they are beginning to rely on industrial psychologists to what remains of employee morale.

(A) Overruled

(B) Beleaguered

(C) Encouraged

(D) Determine

(E) Undermine

(F) Salvage

Answer: B F

Sanction批准、认可、制裁。

Overrule高位的人否决低位的人或事，beleaguer围攻，encourage鼓励，determine决定，undermine渐渐破坏，salvage救助。

翻译：许多工业是如此地被政府处罚，设备失效以及外国竞争所困扰，以至于他们开始依赖工业心理治疗医生来恢复所剩无几的雇员的士气。

Eric was frustrated because, although he was adept at making lies sound , when telling the truth, he ____ the power to make himself believed.

(A) Plausible

(B) Impractical

(C) Deceptive

(D) Lacked

(E) Held

(F) Acquired

Answer: A D

Plausible表面看起来是有道理的，impractical不实际的，deceptive欺骗的，lack缺乏，hold保持，acquire获得。

翻译：E很沮丧，因为尽管他能很熟练地将谎言编造得表面看起来是有道理的，但当他讲真话时，他缺乏能力使别人相信自己。

Although Harry Stack Sullivan is one of the most influential social scientists of this century, his ideas are now so in our society that they seem almost .

(A) Commonplace

(B) Novel

(C) Disputed

(D) Esoteric

(E) Banal

(F) Equivocal

Answer: A E

由于although和the most influential导致后句是负评价，又由于so that导致两空为因果、递进关系。

Commonplace平凡的，novel新奇的，disputed有争议的，esoteric秘传的，banal陈腐的，equivocal模棱两可的。

翻译：尽管HSS是本世纪最有影响的社会科学家之一，但是他的思想在当今社会是如此平凡以至于看上去几乎显得陈腐了。

In their preface, the collection’s editors plead that certain of the important articles they were published too recently for inclusion, but in the case of many such articles, this is not valid.

(A) Omitted

(B) Revised

(C) Disparaged

(D) Replacement

(E) Excuse

(F) Endorsement

Answer: A E

Preface序言。Plead辩护、恳求、承认。

Omit忽略，revise修订，disparage贬抑、轻蔑，replacement交换，excuse借口，endorsement赞同。

翻译：在他们的前言中，文集的编辑们辩解道有一些他们忽略掉的重要文章是发表得太迟而没有被包含在文集中，但是对于许多这样的文章而言，这个借口是不正确的。

The techniques now available to livestock breeders will continue to be , but will probably be by new ones under development.

(A) Refined

(B) Inconvenient

(C) Used

(D) Preserved

(E) Supplemented

(F) Uprooted

Answer: C E

Livestock家畜、畜生。Supplement补充。

Refine精炼，inconvenient不便的，use使用，preserve保存，supplement增补，uproot根除。

翻译：家畜饲养者们现在可利用的技术会继续被使用，但是可能会被处于发展中的新技术所加强。