填空题
The stories of silent drama may often have been _____; yet, within those basic outlines, the true artists among silent-film actors could express emotional shadings that had no immediate analogue in language.
A.implausible
B.incredible
C.conventional
D.elemental
E.rudimentary
F.confusing
答案：DE
解析：从做题技巧来讲，这个题很简单，即根据第二句话中的those basic outline，前一句话的story同意替换为outline，因此空格处只需要填和basic相同的词即可，选择DE. 从逻辑上分析，句中yet提示句中存在反义逻辑，前后内容取反。后面转折的部分说表演默剧的艺术家had no immediate analogue in language，推断前面应该是有analogue的情况，选择DE.
His _____ speaking style notwithstanding, William Perkins has long been seen as the moderate face of his political party.
A.?genteel
B.?mundane
C?.affable
D?.captivating
E?.vehement
答案：E
解析：通过notwithstanding，对后面的moderate取反，因此选E。
翻译：尽管William Perkins的说话风格是(非常激烈的)，在他的党派中，他还是被看做温和的面孔。
填空部分：
1. Glass, by definition, is _____ in its structure: its atoms lack order and are arranged in every which ways.
A. friable
B. refractive
C. malleable
D. amorphous
E. amalgamated
2. Within the culture as a whole, natural science has been so successful that the word scientific is used in (i) ______ manner; it is often assumed that to call something “scientific” is to imply that its reliability has been (ii) ______ by research whose results cannot reasonably be (iii)______.
(i)
A. an ironic
B. a literal
C. an honorific
(ii)
D. maligned
E. challenged
F. established
(iii)
G. exaggerated
H. anticipated
I. disputed
3. William Perkins, his _____ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been seen as the moderate fare of his political party.
A. fiery
B. genteel
C. bumbling
D. unremarkable
E. affable
F. impassioned
