1. When people are happy, they tend to give ________ interpretations of events they witness: the eye of the beholder is ________ by the emotions of the beholder.
(A) charitable ... colored
(B) elaborate ... disquieted
(C) conscientious ... deceived
(D) vague ... sharpened
(E) coherent ... confused
2. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when ________ was valued much more highly than it is today.
(A) scent
(B) beauty
(C) elegance
(D) color
(E) variety
3. In eighth-century Japan, people who ________ wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of ________ fields.
(A) conserved ... forested
(B) reclaimed ... arable
(C) cultivated ... domestic
(D) irrigated ... accessible
(E) located ... desirable
4. Walpole’s art collection was huge and fascinating, and his novel The Castle of Otranto was never out of print; none of this mattered to the Victorians, who ________ him as, at best, ________.
(A) dismissed ... insignificant
(B) judged ... worthwhile
(C) revered ... talented
(D) reviled ... meager
(E) taunted ... dangerous
5. Considering how long she had yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously ________.
(A) meditative
(B) tepid
(C) categorical
(D) unoriginal
(E) insightful
6. Noting the murder victim’s flaccid musculature and pearlike figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some ________ occupation.
(A) treacherous
(B) prestigious
(C) ill-paying
(D) illegitimate
(E) sedentary
7. Noting that few employees showed any ________ for complying with the corporation’s new safety regulations, Peterson was forced to conclude that acceptance of the regulations would be ________, at best.
(A) aptitude ... unavoidable
(B) regard ... indeterminate
(C) respect ... negotiable
(D) patience ... imminent
(E) enthusiasm ... grudging
1. charitable 宽厚仁慈的 高兴的
答案:A
elaborate 精心制作的
conscientious 小心在意的
vague 模糊的
coherent 一致的 表示所修饰的对象之间内部是否和谐一致
1. 反性逻辑动作
colored 扭曲歪曲
when 放句首表示原因
2. when
scent 芳香
white ?
heave 修饰的重点是 perfumed
scent 可专指芳香的气味
答案:A
3. 好的行为
conserved 保存
reclaimed 开垦
cultivated 种植培养
irrigated 灌溉
located 找到
答案:B
arable 可耕的, 适于耕种的
domestic 家庭的 国内的 范围广
who 引导的从句
4. ;重复
如果分号前三四行文字无空格 这段文字可不读
consequently 因此
therefore 因此
thus 因此
matter = be important to
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