GRE填空真题及答案解析：hamper

　　The reclusive clergyman may have lived and died in melancholy, but this doesn’t seem to have (i)______ his genius in any way. On the contrary, we find ourselves wondering whether his genius wasn’t (ii)______ in some mysterious way by his mood.

　　解析

　　The reclusive clergyman may have lived and died in melancholy是负评价，后面转折说明这个负评价没有阻碍他的genius，所以第一空选B选项，第二空根据on the contrary得知要选正评价，注意whether wasn’t就是whether的意思，所以第二空选D选项。

　　hamper阻碍，serve帮助。

　　翻译：这个封闭的牧师既生活又死于忧郁，但这似乎并没有阻碍他的才赋。相反的，我们发现我们往往会对他的天赋究竟是不是被他的这种情绪帮助了产生疑惑。