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The Gibsons were little given to ---------- in any form; not one of them was afraid of ----------, of being and seeming unlike their neighbors.
(A) humility ... absurdity
(B) excellence ... mediocrity
(C) anger ... confrontation
(D) conformism ... singularity
(E) ostentation ... eccentricity
正确答案:D
解析:
空格Ⅱ后面以of引导的介词结构无疑与该空格前的of结构属同一性质,作补充陈述。从"unlike their neighbours"可获取一“与众不同,标新立异”的概念代入空格Ⅱ,则求得(D) singularity和(E) eccentricity为正确。既然第二句陈述"Gibson一家谁都不怕与众不同",这即意味着每人都敢于或愿意表现得与众不同。据此可推知,Gibson一家所不喜欢的是“与众相同”。正确答案为(D)。
〖词汇〗
be given to: 习惯于…, 喜欢
absurdity: 荒谬
confrontation: 1.正视 2. 冲突,对抗
ostentation: 炫耀,夸示
〖中译〗
吉布森一家不喜欢任何形式的墨守成规;他们当中无人惧怕标新立异,要显得与其邻居大异其趣。
F:动词不定式结构