E33.5
Despite an agreement between directorate and management to keep the print and electronic media ______ developments, the details of the negotiations were ______ all but a few journalists from the major metropolitan newspapers.
(A) ignorant of ...suppressed by
(B) involved in...leaded to
(C) apprised of...withheld from
(D) speculating about...denied to
(E) abreast of...disclosed to
E51.6
The labor union and the company's management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly _________, albeit still tentative, agreement on next year's contract.
(A) conclusive
(B) onerous
(C) hesitant
(D) reluctant
(E) swift
however : 然而
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E32.6
However ________ they might be, Roman arts were bound to have some favorite earlier arts whom they would ________.
(A) subservient...imitate
(B) independent ...inspire
(C) original...emulate
(D) creative...admire
(E) talented...neglect
40.6
Manipulating laboratory tissue cultures with hormones is one thing; using hormones to treat human beings, however, is contingent on whether hormones that _______ in the laboratory can affect _________ organisms, and in predictable ways.
(A) reproduce...unknown
(B) succeed...simple
(C) fail...cellular
(D) work...whole
(E) develop...similar
whereas : 尽管, 然而
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38.5.
An obvious style, easily identified by some superficial quirk, is properly _____ as a mere mannerism, whereas a complex and subtle style _____ reduction to a formula.
(A) cultivated...demands
(B) decried...resists
(C) prized...withstands
(D) identified ...consists of
(E) avoided...risks
58.1
In the eighteenth century, novelists and unsympathetic travelers portrayed the American West as a land of______ adversity, whereas promoters and idealists created ______ image of a land of infinite promise.
(A) unremitting...a compelling
(B) incredible...an underplayed
(C) dispiriting...an identical
(D) intriguing...a luxuriant
(E) lurid...a mundane
unlike : 和…不同
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Unlike a judge, who must act alone, a jury discusses a case and then reaches its decision as a group, thus minimizing the effect of ______ bias.
(A) unarticulated
(B) professional
(C) individual
(D) unexpected
(E) legal
E44.3
Unlike other creatures, who are shaped largely by their _________ environment, human beings are products of a culture accumulated over centuries, yet one that is constantly being _______ by massive infusions of new information from everywhere.
(A) limited...superseded
(B) surrounding...upheld
(C) immediate...transformed
(D) natural...mechanized
(E) harsh...unconfirmed
while : 虽然
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8.5.
While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ______ by their lively criticism.
(A) humiliated
(B) discomfited
(C) tantalized
(D) disgraced
(E) deluded
同一主体同一状态，所有转折都表示程度转折
disgreace :To bring shame or dishonor on
humiliate : to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : MORTIFY
discomfit: To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert.See Synonyms at embarrass
nonplus : : a state of bafflement or perplexity : QUANDARY To put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; bewilder.