20. Because the report contained much more information than the reviewwes needs to see, the author was asked to submit a ______ instead
(A) critique
(B) soliloquy
(C) treatise
(D) prerequisite
(E) compendium
not A, but B: 不是A, 而是B. 引导对立比较
21. Artificial light________ the respiratory activity of some microorganisms in the winter but not in the summer, in part because in the summer their respiration is already at its peak and thus cannot be ________
(A) enhances...increased
(B) inhibits...quickened
(C) reflects...expanded
(D) elevates...measured
(E) stimulates...lessened
22. In response to the follies of today’s parliaments, the councillor does not _________ inflamed indignation, but rather _________ the detachment and smooth aphoristic prose of an eighteenth-century wit.
(A) resort to...spurns
(B) rely on...avoids
(C) suppress...clings to
(D) express...affects
(E) display...rails at
23. Personnel experts say that attractive benefits alone will not always keep ______ executives from changing jobs for better long-range opportunities, but they think the enticements may deter many executives from accepting ______ offers from other companies.
(A) dedicated...advantageous
(B) ambitious...routine
(C) unqualified...inferior
(D) experienced...superior
(E) discontented...preferable
contrary : 相反的
24. Contrary to the popular conception that it is powered by conscious objectivity, science often operates through error, happy accidents, ______ and persistence in spite of mistakes.
(A) calculations
(B) controls
(C) hunches
(D) deductions
(E) facts
科学类题目的考点特征: 公正对偏见;独立对依靠;定对变化;杂对简单;同对差异
科技类题目的考点特征: 增加对减少
25. Contrary to the antiquated idea that the eighteenth century was a _________ island of elegant assurance, evidence reveals that life for most people was filled with uncertainty and insecurity.
(A) sprawling
(B) declining
(C) tranquil
(D) recognized
(E) clannish
in contrast to : 相比较
26. In contrast to the substantial muscular activity required for inhalation, exhalation is usually a ______ process.
(A) conscious
(B) passive
(C) relax
(D) complex
(E) slow
27. The boy’s ______ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.
(A) artless
(B) blithe
(C) phlegmatic
(D) introverted
(E) mercurial
反义转折之时间对比
时间对比是反义对立的子集;间相反, 产生对立，即否定过去，来否定现在
时间对比特征词:
before, once, previous，urrent, now, until ，nitially, recently, early，ormerly, pristine, first
after, yesterday, begin，tart, origin, often，sually, heretofore, hitherto，o longer, as long as
before : 之前，与recent，later对立
28. Often the difficulties of growing up in the public eye cause child prodigies to ________ the world of achievement before reaching adulthood: happily, they sometimes later return to competition and succeed brilliantly.
(A) demur
(B) conquer
(C) retire from
(D) antagonize
(E) ridicule
29. Before adapting to changes in new concept, many prefer to ______, to ______ the universally agreed-on principles that have been upheld for centuries.
(A) revert ...ignore
(B) resist ...defend
(C) ponder ...subvert
(D) vacillate ...publicize
(E) invert ...protect
Revert、invert
例：1011 0110
0110 1101 revert
0100 1001 invert
recent : 现在，与before, often, early, previous, pristine对立
30. A number of critics who once greatly _________ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting _________ for their former criticism.
(A) honored...adulation
(B) influenced...analysis
(C) simulated...ambivalence
(D) disparaged...approbation
(E) lauded...censure
批评家类题目的特征：1、表扬对批评;2、支持对反
31. Belying his earlier reputation for ______ as a negotiator, Charles had recently assumed a more ______ stance for which many of his erstwhile critics praised him.
(A) incompetence...combative
(B) impropriety...intolerant
(C) inflexibility...unreasonable
(D) success...authoritative
(E) intransigence...conciliatory
early : 早期的，与recent对立
32. My brothers often found others laughable, but I learned quite early to be ____________ while people were present, laughing only later at what was funny and mocking what to us seemed______.
(A) superficial...deplorable
(B) impatient...unfortunate
(C) facetious...enviable
(D) wistful...extraordinary
(E) polite...bizarre
previous : 早先的，与recent对立
33. The harmonious accommodation reached by the warring factions exemplifies the axiom that ______ is possible among people of goodwill, even when they have previously held quite ______ perspectives.
(A) coexistence...fixed
(B) tension...congenial
(C) agreement...unequivocal
(D) compromise...antagonistic
(E) candor...indistinguishable
initially : 起初，与once同义, 与after对立
34. Although the passage of years has softened the initially hostile reaction to his poetry, even now only a few independent observers _________ his works.
(A) neglect
(B) revile
(C) scrutinize
(D) criticize
(E) praise
until : 直到…才, 除非，与 “过去” 对立
35. A code of ethics governing the behavior of physicians during epidemics did not exist until 1846 when it was _________ by the American Medical Association.
(A) rescinded
(B) promulgated
(C) presupposed
(D) depreciated
(E) implied