【题目】

1. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that ___ was very near the surface.

(A) seriousness

(B) confidence

(C) laughter

(D) poise

(E) determination

2. Even those who disagreed with Carmen’s views rarely faulted her for expressing them, for the positions she took were as ___ as they were controversial.

(A) complicated

(B) political

(C) subjective

(D) commonplace

(E) thoughtful

3. Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this ___ disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.

(A) restriction

(B) license

(C) similarity

(D) rigidity

(E) imperative

4. Thomas Paine, whose political writing was often flamboyant, was in private life a surprisingly ___ man: he lived in rented rooms, ate little, and wore drab clothes.

(A) simple

(B) controversial

(C) sordid

(D) comfortable

(E) discourteous

5. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was ___ by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.

(A) banal

(B) heretical

(C) unproven

(D) complex

(E) unorthodox

(F) superficial

6. The significance of the Magna Carta lies not in its ___ provisions, but in its broader impact: it made the king subject to the law.

(A) revolutionary

(B) specific

(C) implicit

(D) controversial

(E) particular

(F) finite

7. The notion that cultural and biological influences ___ determine cross-cultural diversity is discredited by the fact that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance.

(A) jointly

(B) completely

(C) directly

(D) equally

(E) identically

(F) corporately

8. Number theory is rich in problems of an especially ___ sort: they are tantalizingly simple to state but ___ difficult to solve.

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A spurious	D deceptively
B elegant	E ostensibly
C vexing	F notoriously

9. Opponents of the expansion of the market economy, although in ___ , continued to constitute ___ political force throughout the century.

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A retreat	D a powerful
B enthusiasm	E an inconsequential
C command	F an ineffective

10. Created to serve as perfectly as possible their workaday ___ , the wooden storage boxes made in America’s Shaker communities are now ___ for their beauty.

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A environment	D reprehended
B owners	E valued
C function	F transformed

【答案与讲解】

(每期只能放一个音频，下一篇文章放第二个音频也就是后6道题的讲解。)

1. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that ___was very near the surface.

(A) seriousness

(B) confidence

(C) laughter

(D) poise

(E) determination

翻译：最初，我觉得她严肃起来相当吓人;但随着了解加深，发现她其实挺爱笑的。选C

but。

gravity 严肃，庄严;

poise 平衡、优美(多指身体动作)，沉着冷静，稳重;

2. Even those who disagreed with Carmen’s views rarely faulted her for expressing them, forthe positions she took were as ___ as they were controversial.

(A) complicated

(B) political

(C) subjective

(D) commonplace

(E) thoughtful

翻译：即使是卡门观点的反对者，也很少能挑出什么错，因为她的表述虽然备受争议，却逻辑严密。选E

for 做连词时可以引导因果关系，相当于because，since。

thoughtful 沉思的，逻辑缜密的，体贴的。

3. Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this ___disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.

(A) restriction

(B) license

(C) similarity

(D) rigidity

(E) imperative

翻译：古法语一句话中词的顺序比现代法语要自由得多，这种自由随着法语中格的区别一起逐渐消失。选B

license 许可(证)，行为、言论的自由，放肆、放纵;

case (名词或代词等的)格。

4. Thomas Paine, whose political writing was often flamboyant, was in private life asurprisingly ___ man: he lived in rented rooms, ate little, and wore drab clothes.

(A) simple

(B) controversial

(C) sordid

(D) comfortable

(E) discourteous

翻译：托马斯·潘恩的政论文风华丽，私人生活却出人意料地简朴：住出租屋，少食粗服。选A

flamboyant 精美的，装饰华丽的，(建筑学)火焰式的，(性格)爱炫耀的;

(ModernFamily S01E07 “Fire and Nice”)

drab 褪色的，浅褐色的，(性格)单调乏味的;

sordid 肮脏不堪的，卑鄙龌龊的;

discourteous 没礼貌的，粗鲁的。

5. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was ___ by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.

(A) banal

(B) heretical

(C) unproven

(D) complex

(E) unorthodox

(F) superficial

翻译：对于那些认为她的理论离经叛道的指控，社会学家回应说，事实上该理论与被广泛接受的社会准则并不矛盾。选BE

banal 平庸的，乏味的;

heretical 异端邪说的，离经叛道的;

unorthodox 异端的，非正统的;

superficial 无关紧要的。

6. The significance of the Magna Carta lies not in its ___ provisions, but in its broaderimpact: it made the king subject to the law.

(A) revolutionary

(B) specific

(C) implicit

(D) controversial

(E) particular

(F) finite

翻译：《大宪章》的意义，不在于它的具体条款，而是“王在法下”造成的更广泛影响。选BE

provision 供给(品)，准备、对策，(法律文件)规定，条款;

implicit 含蓄的，绝对的、毫无疑问的;

finite 有限的。

7. The notion that cultural and biological influences ___ determine cross-cultural diversity isdiscredited by the fact that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance.

(A) jointly

(B) completely

(C) directly

(D) equally

(E) identically

(F) corporately

翻译：有一种观点认为，文化和生物因素在文化差异的形成问题上作用相同，但人类生活的很多方面的例子都质疑了这种观点，文化因素往往是造成不同人群差异的决定因素。选DE

jointly 共同地，联合地;

corporately 共同地。

8. Number theory is rich in problems of an especially ___ sort: they are tantalizingly simple to state but ___ difficult to solve.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A spurious	D deceptively
B elegant	E ostensibly
C vexing	F notoriously

翻译：数论中有很多问题都有这样的特点：表述看似简单，证明起来却出了名的难。选CF

spurious 欺骗性的，伪造的，私生的;

elegant (相貌或举止)优美文雅的;

vexing 气人的，使人烦恼的;

ostensibly 表面上地;

notoriously 声名狼藉地。

9. Opponents of the expansion of the market economy, although in ___ , continued toconstitute ___ political force throughout the century.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A retreat	D a powerful
B enthusiasm	E an inconsequential
C command	F an ineffective

翻译：纵观一百年，市场经济扩张的反对者虽然有所回撤，但仍然保持着强大的zz影响力。选AD

although让步。

10. Created to serve as perfectly as possible their workaday ___ , the wooden storage boxesmade in America’s Shaker communities are now ___ for their beauty.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A environment	D reprehended