1. The Broadway musical business is apparently ---- innovation and experimentation: it ---- characters and story lines that have dominated the musical stage for years.
A. oblivious … avoidsB. eager for … seeks C. skilled in… employs
D.famous for … generates E.averse to … recycles
2. Some theories of why election results in democracies sometimes seem perverse rest on the idea that there is an intrinsic ---- in human behavior; in contrast, other explanations posits that people act logically, ---- their interests and behaving accordingly.
A. selfishness … assuming B. unpredictability … ignoring C. ratiocination … analyzing
D.impulsivity … thwarting E.irrationality … calculating
3. The book’s account of the governors’ term in office is too uniformly____ to be persuasive: it overlooks her many accomplishments and ---- her failures.
A. encomiastic …analyzes B. caustic … downplays C. harsh … exaggerates
D. naive … exposes E.rosy … enumerates
解析:
1、百老汇乐坛明显抵制创新和实验:它反复使用那些统治乐坛数年的人物和故事线。
[解析]:本题简单,没有任何难度。第一空扮演箭头的角色,以确定对创新innovation and experimentation持正评价还是负评价。冒号表示解释同义重复,characters and story lines that have dominated the musical stage for years.表示创新的取非,所以决定了两空一定是反义关系。BCD两空全是正评价,A全是负评价,能够表示两个空格一正一负的只有E啦。
2、一些关于“为什么民主选举有时候显得荒谬?”的理论依赖于“人的行为有固有的不合理性”这样的观点;相反,另一些解释却假定:人们做事合乎逻辑,同时也计算自己的利益。
[解析]:分号前面的主干是theories rest on idea,第一空格是修饰idea的,根据第二主干大法从修饰theories的地方找,of why election results in democracies sometimes seem perverse决定了第一空一定填负评价词,排除C。in contrast提示前后取非,后面说people act logically,前面当然要说人们做事不合逻辑啦,所以E选项很快出来。
3、这本书中关于这个办公室女主管任期的报告太过粗糙而没有说服力:该报告没有注意到她的许多成就,而是放大了她的不足之处。
[解析]:此题太简单。冒号后面的and表示同义重复,her many accomplishments与her failures.是反义,所以overlooks与第二空格应该是反义词。选项C很快出来。
