The prospects of discovering new aspects of the life of a painter as thoroughly studied as Vermeer are not, on the surface, .
(A) Encouraging
(B) Daunting
(C) Unpromising
(D) Superficial
(E) Challenging
Answer: A
提取主干，prospect are not . 修饰prospect的形容词代表这个方面是艰难的，not表否定，所以空格填肯定类词汇。
As thoroughly studied as Vermeer像V这样的被人完全研究过的
Encouraging欢欣鼓舞的，daunting令人畏惧的，unpromising没有希望的，superficial肤浅的，challenging挑战的。
翻译：一个像V一样的被人完全研究过的画家，发现他生命当中的新的方面的前景，在表面上来看是不让人感到欢欣鼓舞的。
This project is the first step in a long-range plan of research whose goal, still many years off, is the creation of a new prototype.
(A) Cooperative
(B) Reasoned
(C) Original
(D) Ultimate
(E) Intentional
Answer: D
空格与still many years off同义，是多年以后的最终的目标。
Goal: the termical point of a race. 最终的目标
Cooperative合作的，reasoned合乎逻辑的，original最初的，ultimate最终的，intentional故意的。
翻译：这个项目是一个长期研究计划的第一步，它最终的目标是多年以后形成一个新的原型。
In a most impressive demonstration Pavarotti sailed through Verdi’s “Celeste Aida,” normally a tenor’s , with the casual enthusiasm of a folk singer performing one of his favorite .
(A) Nightmare
(B) Delight
(C) Routine
(D) Ballads
(E) Chorales
(F) Recitals
Answer: A D
Sail through小船轻松划过;轻而易举而获得成功。
Demonstration示范性表演
第空与Folk singer对应。艺术家题目，优秀对平庸，第空与sail through反义。
Nightmare噩梦，delight快乐，routine常规，ballad歌谣，chorale赞美诗，recital独唱。
翻译：在一个令人印象深刻的示范性表演当中，P轻松的完成了V的一般被称为男高音噩梦的CA，P带着不经意的热情，就像一个民间歌手在表演一个他最拿手的民歌一样。
In scientific inquiry, it becomes a matter of duty to expose a hypothesis to every possible kind of .
(A) Tentative
(B) Well-established
(C) Debatable
(D) Correlation
(E) Approximation
(F) Examination
Answer: A F
A matter of一些、大约、关于…的问题。
Tentative尝试性的，well-established已确立的，debatable可争论的，correlation相关性，approximation接近，examination检验。
翻译：在科学的调查研究中，这已经成为一种责任来将一个尝试性的假设暴露于各种各样的可能的检验当中。
Ethologists are convinced that many animals survive through learning-but learning that is their genetic programming, learning as thoroughly as the most instinctive of behavioral responses.
(A) Dictated by
(B) Superseded by
(C) Incompatible with
(D) Transient
(E) Inventive
(F) Stereotyped
Answer: A F
Ethologist动物行为学。
Dictate命令，supersede代替，incompatible不相容的，transient短暂的，inventive发明的，stereotyped老套的、固定的。
翻译：动物行为学家确信许多动物是通过学习获得生存的，这种学习是被它们的遗传图谱所完全规定的，这种学习与他们的最本能的行为反射一样的固定僵化。
The state is a network of exchanged benefits and beliefs, between rulers and citizens based on those laws and procedures that are to the maintenance of community.
(A) A compromise
(B) An equivalence
(C) A reciprocity
(D) Inimical
(E) Subsidiary
(F) Conducive
Answer: C F
Compromise妥协、危害，equivalence相等，reciprocity互惠互利，inimical有敌意的，subsidiary辅助的、次要的，conducive有帮助的。
翻译：国家是一个由共同利益和共同信仰构成的体系，也就是一个统治者和市民之间的互惠体系，这个体系建立在那些有助于国家稳定的法律和法规基础之上。
