36. Wearing the latest fashions was exclusively the _________ of the wealthy until the 1850's, when mass production, aggressive entrepreneurs, and the availability of the sewing machine made them _________ the middle class.
(A) aspiration...disagreeable to
(B) vexation...superfluous for
(C) bane...profitable to
(D) prerogative...accessible to
(E) obligation...popular with
no longer : 不再，与 “过去” 对立
37. Calculus, though still indispensable to science and technology, is no longer _______ ; it has an equal partner called discrete mathematics.
(A) pragmatic
(B) pertinent
(C) beneficial
(D) essential
(E) preeminent
now : 现在，与 “过去” 对立
38. Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving, ______ the incipient ______ among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.
(A) resolving...rumors
(B) forestalling...rift
(C) escalating...debates
(D) engendering...speculation
(E) obviating...consensus
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39. The idealized paintings of nature produced in the eighteenth century are evidence that the medieval _________ natural settings had been _______ and that the outdoors now could be enjoyed without trepidation.
(A) enthusiasm for...confronted
(B) concerns about...regained
(C) affection for...surmounted
(D) disinterest in...alleviated
(E) fear of...exorcised
反义转折特征词:
although, though, even though，but, despite, however, unlike， in spite of, nevertheless
while, whatever, nonetheless，regardless, without, none，as…as, even if, yet…
although : 虽然, 尽管，表转折关系
(A)(B)(C)(D)(H)
155.1 “The show must go on” is the oldest___of show business; every true performer live by that creed.
(A)euphemism (B)allegory (C)precusor (D)tenet (E)corroboration
155.3 ___by life’s ___, the last emperor of China worked as a lowly gardener in the palace over which he had once ruled.
(A)Forthfied….generosity (B)Deluded…coincidences
(C)Humbled…vicissitudes (D)Venerated…survivors
(H)Recognized…impostors
155.5 A___glance pays___attention to details.
(A)furtive…meticulous (B)cursory…little (C)cryptic…close (D)keen…scanty (H)fleeting…vigilant
156.6 A___person is one who will___something on the slinghtest of evidence.
(A)restive…forget (B)garrulous…criticize (C)maudlin…censure (D)phlegmatic…condemn (H)credulous…believe
156.7 A New World lizard, the basilisk, occasionally does something that seem to ___ physics: it tuns across the surface of water for distances of up to thirty feet.
(A)defy (B)quantify (C)assess (D)exemplify (H)corroborate
156.8 A born tleeer of tales, Olsen used her imoressive___skills to advantage in her story “I Stand Here Ironing.”
(A)domestic (B)metaphysical (C)narrative (D)diagnostic (H)argumentative
156.10 A diligent scholar, she devoted herself __to the completion of the book.
(A)assiduously (B)ingenuously (C)theoretically (D)voluminously (H)sporadically
157.13 A leading philosopher of our time, Ludwig Wittgenstein, laid down a __to which good historians __: “Of that of which nothing is known nothing can be said.”
(A)burden…protest (B)law…amend (C)rule…adhere (D)maxim…succumb (H)weapon…surrender
158.22 According to the Senator , it was not __for a plitician in search of votes to ___a mother on the beauty of her plain child; it was merely sound political common sense.
(A)kindness…ridicule (B)folly…intimidate (C)hypocrisy…compliment (D)sensitivity…evaluate (H)wisdom…reprimand
158.23 Achaeologists are involved in __ Mayan temples in Central America, uncovering the ols ruins in order to learn more about the civilization they represent.
(A)demolishing (B)incapacitating (C)excavating (D)woeshiping (H)asapting
29.5. Although ______, almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his novels and essays a strong ______ publicity and controversy.
(A) monotonous...reliance on
(B) conventional...interest in
(C) shy...aversion toward
(D) retiring...penchant for
(E) evasive...impatience with
re+ tire
[唯物] 引退, 退休
[唯心] 内向, 沉默寡言
WB* 2 : to withdraw especially for privacy *retired to her room*
个人性格的特征：
积极对消极(外向对内向)
严肃对幽默