Belanger dances with an that draws ones attention as if by seeking to it; through finesse and understatement, he manages to seem at once intensely present and curiously detached.
(A)Undemonstrative panache
(B)Unrestrained enthusiasm
(C)Unattractive gawkiness
(D)Focus
(E)Overwhelm
(F)Deflect
Answer: A F
第空与finesse、intensely present同义,第空与understatement、curiously detached同义。
Undemonstrative panache不着痕迹的炫耀,unrestrained enthusiasm不受控的热情,unattractive gawkiness不吸引人的迟钝,focus集中,overwhelm战胜,deflect使倾斜。
翻译:B跳舞带有一种不着痕迹的炫耀,仿佛是要背离它以吸引人们的注意;通过娴熟技巧和轻描淡写,他试图同时表现强烈的表演和令人好奇的超脱出去。
Ironically, the writer so wary of was with ink and paper, his novel running to , shagreen-bound folio pages - a fortune in stationery at the time.
(A)Probity
(B)Extravagance
(C)Disapprobation
(D)Acquisitive
(E)Illiberal
(F)Profligate
Answer: B F
Shagreen-bound鲨鱼皮镶边的。Folio对开的纸、页码。Stationery文具、信纸。
Probity诚实、正直、廉洁,extravagance奢侈,disapprobation不称赞、不认可,acquisitive渴望得到的、贪婪的,illiberal狭隘的,profligate挥霍的、堕落。
翻译:具有讽刺意义的是,这位对奢侈小心谨慎的作家却在墨水和纸张上很是挥霍,他的小说用掉了多大页鲨鱼皮镶边的对开的纸,这在当时是文具上的一笔巨大的开销。
The activists energetic work in the service of both woman suffrage and the temperance movement in the late nineteenth century the assertion that the two movements were .
(A)Undermines
(B)Supports
(C)Underscores
(D)Diffuse
(E)Inimical
(F)Predominant
Answer: A E
Temperance节制、禁酒。
Undermine渐渐破坏,support支持,underscore强调,diffuse散开,inimical有敌意的,predominant优越的。
翻译:这位活动家的精力充沛的关于妇女选举权和禁酒的工作在世纪晚期削弱了一种论调,即这两项运动是有敌意的。
