E58.5 Those who fear the influence of media deliberately________ its persuasive power, hoping that they might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social change from being widely disseminated.
(A) suspect
(B) underplay
(C) excuse
(D) laud
(E) promote
like : 像…
：表比喻解释
本体 喻体
E72.5 Amid the collapsing or out-of-control mechanical devices, the belching volcano had a disturbingly______ quality, like a character who has stumbled onstage by mistake.
(A) derelict (B) overwrought
(C) obdurate (D) ephemeral
(E) anomalous
E18.6 It is strange how words shape our thoughts and trap us at the bottom of deeply ______ canyons of thinking, their imprisoning sides carved out by the ______ of past usage.
(A) notched...mountains (B) rooted...flood
(C) incised...river (D) ridged...ocean
(E) cleaved...eruptions
同义并列特征词：
分号，从句 ：E30.2#
and, also, or
分号; 引导并列关系
: 类似同义解释
16.5. Longdale and Stern discovered that mitochondria and chloroplasts ______ a long, identifiable sequence of DNA; such a coincidence could be ______ only by the transfer of DNA between the two systems.
(A) maintain...contradicted
(B) reveal...repeated
(C) exhibit...determined
(D) share...explained
(E) manufacture...accomplished
17.7. Not all the indicators necessary to convey the effect of depth in a picture work simultaneously; the picture’s illusion of ______ three-dimensional appearance must therefore result from the viewer’s integration of various indicators perceived ______.
(A) schematic...passively
(B) uniform...successively
(C) temporary...comprehensively
(D) expressive...sympathetically
(E) imitative...coincidentally
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E49.2 This poetry is not _________; it is more likely to appeal to an international audience than is poetry with strictly regional themes.
(A) provincial (B) democratic
(C) technical (D) complex
(E) familiar
75.6 The essence of belief is the establishment of ______; different beliefs are distinguishable by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
(A) allegiances (B) practice (C) trust (D) commitments (E) love
E37.6 The trick for Peterson was to _______ his son an illusory orderliness; only alone at night, when the boy was asleep, could Peterson _______ the chaos he kept hidden from his son.
(A) explore with...demonstrate (B) conjure for...acknowledge
(C) conceal from...dispel (D) demystify for...escape
(E) endure with...abandon
同义递进特征词：
not only…but also
even, indeed
continue, remain, retain
as…as, and, when
not…but, while, 独立主格结构
not only A but also B
: 不仅仅A…而且B…
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26.2. The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ______ methodology into question.
(A) specious...original
(B) predictable...contemporary
(C) inconclusive...traditional
(D) intriguing...projected
(E) provocative...prevailing
E43.1 By idiosyncratically refusing to dismiss an insubordinate member of his staff, the manager not only _________ established policy, but he also _________ his heretofore good chances for promotion.
(A) delimited...restricted (B) recognized...protected
(C) contravened...jeopardized (D) reiterated...computed
(E) instituted...bettered
E50.4 He was regarded by his followers, as something of _________, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _________ adherence to formal details.
(A) an acolyte...maniaca (B) an authority...sporadic
(C) a tyrant...reluctant (D) a fraud...conscientious
(E) a martinet...rigidl
even : 甚至
: 表递进关系