1. Although ________, almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong ________ publicity and controversy.
(A) conventional ... interest in
(B) monotonous ... reliance on
(C) shy ... aversion toward
(D) retiring ... penchant for
(E) evasive ... impatience with
2. Our new tools of systems analysis, powerful though they may be, lead to ________ theories, especially, and predictably, in economics and political science, where productive approaches have long been highly ________.
(A) pragmatic ... speculative
(B) inelegant ... efficacious
(C) explanatory ... intuitional
(D) wrongheaded ... convergent
(E) simplistic ... elusive
3. Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so ________ as to be almost ________, there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.
(A) spontaneous ... amusing
(B) contrived ... believable
(C) clumsy ... ludicrous
(D) stylized ... distressing
(E) sporadic ... premeditated
4. Changes of fashion and public taste are often ________ and resistant to analysis, and yet they are among the most ________ gauges of the state of the public’s collective consciousness.
(A) transparent ... useful
(B) ephemeral ... sensitive
(C) faddish ... underutilized
(D) arbitrary ... problematic
(E) permanent ... reliable
5. In spite of the ________ nature of Scotland’s terrain, its main roads are surprisingly free from severe ________.
(A) rocky ... weather
(B) mountainous ... grades
(C) uncharted ... flooding
(D) unpredictable ... damage
(E) landlocked ... slipperiness
6. Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of ________ can boost sales of video clips very nicely.
(A) self-deprecation
(B) congeniality
(C) cynicism
(D) embarrassment
(E) self-doubt
7. While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ________ by their lively criticism.
(A) humiliated
(B) discomfited
(C) deluded
(D) disgraced
(E) tantalized
转折之中有并列
1.conventional 传统的
monotonous 单调的
shy 害羞的
retiring 害羞的 沉默寡言的
evasive 逃避的
名词 介词
aversion toward 反感公开 反感争论
penchat for 倾向
impatience with 不耐心
答案:D
1. 转折
1. pragmatic
1. inelegant
1. explanatory 解释性的
1. wrongheaded 固执的
1. simplistic 过分简单化的
especially, and predictably
特别是,并且可以预期是
省略了“导致不好理论的角度”
where
不良情况
efficacious 有效的
convergent 集中的 大量的
elusive 难以捉摸的 难懂的
答案:E
3.句首although引导的主从转折
so as to be almost引导的因果递进
.spontaneous 自发的 自然 amusing 好笑的
contrived 矫揉造作的 believable 令人相信的
clumsy 笨拙的 ludicrous 荒谬可笑的
答案:C
4. and yet 转折关系
sensitive 敏感的
underultilized 没有被充分利用
答案:B
转折之中有否定
5. rocky 多礁石的 weather 天气
mountainous 多山的 grades 斜坡 坡度
答案:B
6. few
although
video clips
同义词
self-deprecation 自我贬低
congeniality 情投意合
cynicism 犬儒主义
embarrassment 窘迫
self-doubt 自我怀疑
答案:A
7. 转折关系
同义词
visibly 显而易见 = completely 完全地
by 手段
nonplussed的同义词
humiliated 使羞辱
discomfited 狼狈不堪
deluded 欺骗
disgraced 使丢脸 使羞辱
nonetheless 虽然如此, 但是 肯定词
