1. It is puzzling to observe that Jones’s novel has recently been criticized for its ________ structure, since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious ________ is its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework.
(A) attention to ... preoccupation
(B) speculation about ... characteristic
(C) parody of ... disparity
(D) violation of ... contradiction
(E) lack of ... flaw
2. Famous among job seekers for its ________, the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such ________ as low-interest home mortgages and company cars.
(A) magnanimity ... reparations
(B) inventiveness ... benefits
(C) largesse ... perquisites
(D) discernment ... prerogatives
(E) altruism ... credits
3. If duty is the natural ________ of one’s ________ the course of future events, then people who are powerful have duty placed on them whether they like it or not.
(A) correlate ... understanding of
(B) outgrowth ... control over
(C) determinant ... involvement in
(D) mitigant ... preoccupation with
(E) arbiter ... responsibility for
4. In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti sailed through Verdi’s "Celeste Aida", normally a tenor’s ________, with the casual enthusiasm of a folk singer performing one of his favorite ________.
(A) pitfall ... recitals
(B) glory ... chorales
(C) nightmare ... ballads
(D) delight ... chanteys
(E) routine ... composers
5. Cynics believe that people who ________ compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
(A) bask in
(B) give out
(C) despair of
(D) gloat over
(E) shrug off
6. Longdale and Stern discovered that mitochondria and chloroplasts ________ a long, identifiable sequence of DNA; such a coincidence could be ________ only by the transfer of DNA between the two systems.
(A) manufacture ... accomplished
(B) reveal ... repeated
(C) exhibit ... determined
(D) share ... explained
(E) maintain ... contradicted
7. The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to ________ federal regulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.
(A) protest
(B) institute
(C) deny
(D) encourage
(E) disregard
3. 名词 介词
物主结构
one 的指代对象 people who are powerful
understanding 理解
control over 控制
involvement in 卷入 置身其中
preoccupation with 置身其中
答案:B
responsibility for 对...负责
duty
outgrowth 长出 自然的结果
arbiter 仲裁者
上下文重复
4. demonstration = performance 表演
sailed through
同位语结构
with 伴随状态
不定冠词的物主结构
物主结构
his -> a folk singer
recital 独唱会
chorales 赞美诗
ballads 民谣 小调
答案:C
chantey 劳动号子
nightmare 恶梦
sail 航海 航行
through 穿行
sail through 在海洋里的穿行 穿越 轻松完成 轻松穿越
with
of 像什么一样
物主结构
找指代对象
5. 专有概念
1)性格专有概念
2)职业专有概念
评论家 批评,赞扬,评价
医生 挽救,治疗
3)两个专有概念有内在联系
cynics 犬儒主义者 把人们认为正常的认为不正常
把人们认为不正常的认为正常
shrug off 耸肩表示客气态度
答案:E
6. 指代结构
this; that; such
mitochondria 线粒体
chloroplasts 叶绿体
manufacture 制造
reveal 揭示
exhibit 展示
share 共享
答案:D
explained 解释
指代要有指代对象
