下面是小编带来的2016年9月4日
1. His _____ speaking style notwithstanding, William Perkins has long been seen as the moderate face of his political party.
A. genteel
B. mundane
C .affable
D .captivating
E .vehement
答案:E
解析:通过notwithstanding,对后面的moderate取反,因此选E。
翻译:尽管William Perkins的说话风格是(非常激烈的),在他的党派中,他还是被看做温和的面孔。
这个题在我们的冲分班讲义,是另一个版本,换汤不换药:
William Perkins,his _____ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been seen as the moderate face of his political party.
A. fiery
B .genteel
C .bumbling
D .unremarkable
E .affable
F .impassioned
答案:AF
解析:同上。
2. Not all paleontologists agree that connections between the continents were (i)_____ just after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Some hold the view that North America, Asia, and South America had (ii)_____ immediately following the dinosaur extinction, pointing to (iii)_____ between ancient kinds of mammals that existed on all three continents at this time in support of their argument.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
A. significant | D. lasting differences | G. similarities |
B. permanent | E. extensive contacts | H. intermediaries |
C. limited | F. trivial likeness | I. hostilities |
答案:CEG
解析:通过分析题目,发现空格(ii)和空格(iii)需要一起做,即“两空联动”,并且通过pointing out可以断定,两空方向相同。两个空格的备选项中,可以构成同方向的只有EG,(“有联系”和“相似性”),有同学会认为D和I也是同方向,但是放进去检验,发现陆地之间的“不同”和动物之间的“敌对性”,是没有必然联系的。因此确定后面两个空格为EG。如此,后面的意思就完整了,表达的意思是“陆地之间是有联系的,因为在这些大陆上的不同的动物有一些相似性”。由此推断第一句话表达同样的意思,即“有联系”。因为第一句话前面有not all否定,因此空格处选C,有限的。
翻译:关于“恐龙灭绝之后,不同陆地之间的联系是局限性的”这一观点,并不是所有的古生物学家都认同。一些人认为,北美、亚洲、南美在恐龙灭绝后立刻出现了广泛的联系。他们指出,这一时期三个陆地上存在的远古哺乳动物之间是有一些相似性的,以此来支持他们的论断。
3. The stories of silent drama may often have been _____; yet, within those basic outlines, the true artists among silent-film actors could express emotional shadings that had no immediate analogue in language.
A .implausible
B .incredible
C .conventional
D .elemental
E .rudimentary
F .confusing
答案:DE
解析:从做题技巧来讲,这个题很简单,即根据第二句话中的those basic outline,前一句话的story同意替换为outline,因此空格处只需要填和basic相同的词即可,选择DE. 从逻辑上分析,句中yet提示句中存在反义逻辑,前后内容取反。后面转折的部分说表演默剧的艺术家had no immediate analogue in language,推断前面应该是有analogue的情况,选择DE.
4. Though it may seem as if more than a century of _____ has made the electrical grid an all-encompassing web connecting the whole of the continent, many vast and beautiful areas remain without power.
A. refinement
B. expansion
C .ubiquity
D .augmentation
E .omnipresence
F .isolation
答案:BD
解析:关键词though, all-encompassing以及后面的remain without power,体现逻辑链完整,因此空格处只要填不改变方向的词即可。看答案发现有两对近义词,一对是BD,一对是CE.并且方向都对。而CE不选的原因是,空格前面的a century of,提示空格处需要一个表示过程的词,而CE表示的是结果,因此不能选。再者说,如果选择CE,表示普遍存在,和后半句中的remain without power 就自相矛盾了。
5. Progressive and reactionary populist movements are not necessarily _____: each may, and usually does, possess features of the other.
A .dichotomous
B .untenable
C .unsustainable
D .contradictory
E .subversive
F .efficacious
答案:AD
解析:两句话之间是冒号连接,提示前后同义重复。后面讲这些movements彼此会具有彼此的特征,即相互联系的。因此前面表示相互联系即可。空格处填“没有联系”这类的词即可。根据推断,选择答案为AD,意思为“对立的”。