1.Although Mount Saint Helens has been more during the last 4,500 years than any others volcano in the coterminous United States, its long dormancy before its recent eruption its violent nature.
(A) Awe-inspiring
(B) Explosive
(C) Gaseous
(D) Confirmed
(E) Suggested
(F) Belied
Answer: B F
Coterminous共边界的。
Awe-inspiring令人畏惧的(与狂暴无必然联系)，explosive爆炸性的，gaseous气体的，confirm确信，suggest说明，belie掩盖。
Belie: 证明…为假;与…相反;掩盖;揭示。(揭示与掩盖为反义同根)
翻译：尽管在过去的4500年中，SH火山比其它与美国共边界的火山更加易于爆发，但在它最近喷发之前的长期的休眠状态掩盖了他狂暴的属性。
2.Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current of Smiths valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the of present-day economics.
(A) Disregard
(B) Presumptuousness
(C) Relevance
(D) Outgrowths
(E) Precursors
(F) Vestiges
Answer: C E
时间关系题目，特征是题目矛盾对比不明确，解决方案是比权重、比位置高下、比大小。先判断第2空，根据时间逻辑，AD的贡献是当前经济学的先驱。
Disregard漠视，presumptuousness放肆、傲慢，relevance相关性，outgrowths结果，precursors前驱，vestiges后果、遗迹。
More A than B：更多的是A，而不仅仅是B(强调A>B，而不是强调A否定B)
翻译：AS的国富论至今仍然值得一读，更多的是为了欣赏它与当前经济学的相关性，而不仅仅是把它看成当前经济学的先驱。
3.Joe spoke of superfluous and matters with exactly the same degree of intensity, as though for him serious issues mattered neither more nor less than did .
(A) Vital
(B) Humdrum
(C) Redundant
(D) Essentials
(E) Outcomes
(F) Trivialities
Answer: A F
Exactly the same degree of和neither more nor less than表示前后内容等价。
第1句的matters有两个属性，superfluous和第1空，第2句的matters也有两个属性，serious和第2空，互为对应即可。所以，第1空与serious同义，第2空与superfluous同义。
As though就像。superfluous多余的，累赘的(琐碎的)。
As though = as if，好像、仿佛。
Vital至关重要的，humdrum单调的，redundant冗余的，essentials基本的，outcomes成果，trivialities琐碎。
翻译：J用完全相同的力度谈到了琐碎和至关重要的话题，就像对他来说严肃的话题和琐碎的话题没什么区别一样。
4.Experienced and proficient, Susan is a good, trumpeter, her music is often more satisfying than Carol’s brilliant but playing.
(A) Mediocre
(B) Amateur
(C) Reliable
(D) Inimitable
(E) Influential
(F) Erratic
Answer: C F
第1空与experienced and proficient同义，填正评价词汇。第2空与第1空反义，填负评价词汇。
Mediocre平凡的，amateur业余的，reliable让人信赖的，inimitable无法效仿的，influential有影响的，erratic不稳定的。
翻译：S经验丰富而且水平很高，是一个优秀并且让人放心的小号手，她的音乐通常比C响亮但却飘忽不定的演奏更令人满意。
5.Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a solution to the company’s financial woes.
(A) fair
(B) temporary
(C) genuine
(D) realistic
(E) provisional
(F) complete
Answer: B E
Fair公平的，temporary临时的，realistic现实的，provisional临时的，complete完全的。
翻译：投资者们只有忽略掉几十年的管理不善和低效率的情况下才能得出这样的结论，一批新的大量资金的注入会成为解决公司财政危机的解决方案而不是一个临时的措施。
6.Our young people, whose sensitivities have not yet become , have a purer and more immediate response than we do to our environment.
(A) Native
(B) Keen
(C) Sophisticated
(D) Calloused
(E) Objective
(F) Perceptive
Answer: B D
第1空与immediate response同义，第2空与第1空反义。
Native本地的，keen锋利的，sophisticated老练的，calloused麻木的，objective客观的，perceptive感知的、敏锐的。
翻译：我们的年轻一代，其敏锐的感受力还尚未变得麻木迟钝，与我们相比，对我们的环境具有一种更为纯洁和更为直接的反应。
7.Experienced employers recognize that business students who can different points of view are ultimately more effective as managers than are the brilliant and original students who dogmatically to their own formulations.
(A) Assimilate
(B) Discredit
(C) Impose
(D) Revert
(E) Adhere
(F) Relinquish
Answer: A E
第1空与dogmatically to their formulation反义，第2空填正评价词汇。
Assimilate消化吸收、使同化，discredit怀疑、羞辱，impose强加于，revert恢复、重新考虑，adhere坚持，relinquish放弃、移交。
翻译：有经验的雇主认识到那些能吸收不同观点的商学院的学生作管理人员时比那些聪明而有独创性但却教条地坚持自己观点的学生更有效果。
8.Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until very recently, been regarded merely as fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers.
(A) a controversial
(B) a statistical
(C) an analytical
(D) an explicit
(E) an unimpeachable
Answer: B
只有bibliographer才会对18世纪小说加以分类、整理、统计，一般人绝不会出于兴趣而去全面统计19世纪小说，因而只有bibliographer所知晓的知识，选statistical。
Controversial争论的，statistical统计的，analytical分析的，explicit清楚明确的、成熟的，unimpeachable无可指责的。
翻译：更多的18世纪小说是女性而不是男性写的，但是这种优势直到最近都仅仅被看成是一个统计数据，一种只被文献目录学家所知道的密不外传的知识。
9.Carruthers’ latest literary criticism her reputation for trenchant commentary; despite its intriguing title and the fulsome praise on its dust jacket, it is nothing more than a collection of .
(A) belies
(B) advances
(C) reinforces
(D) judgments
(E) aphorisms
(F) platitudes
Answer: A F
Nothing more than仅仅。
belie错误的描述(揭示)、证明…为假、掩饰、与…对立，矛盾，advance促进，reinforce加强，judgment判断，aphorism格言警句，platitude陈词滥调。
翻译：C的最新的文学评论辜负了她具有深刻批评能力的声誉;除了吸引人的标题和防尘封皮上的过誉之词之外，这本书只不过是一个陈词滥调的文集而已。
10.Species with relatively _____ metabolic rates, including hibernator, generally live longer than those whose metabolic rates are more rapid.
(A) prolific
(B) sedentary
(C) sluggish
(D) measured
(E) restive
Answer: C
Prolific多产的，sedentary固定不动的，sluggish懒惰的，measured精确慎重的，restive急躁难管束的。
翻译：新陈代谢速度相对比较慢的物种，包括有冬眠习性的动物，通常会比那些代谢速度较快的物种长寿。
