在整个
4， It is (i) ______ that so many portrait paintings hang in art museums, since the subject matter seems to dictate a status closer to pictures in the family photograph album than to high art. But perhaps it is the artistic skill with which the portraits are painted that (ii) ______ their presence in art museums.
Blank(i) A, surprising 令人惊讶的
B, understandable 可以理解的
C, irrelevant 不相关的，不重要的
Blank(ii) D, challenged 挑战
E, justifies 证明…正确
F, changes 改变
(i) 题型： 同义因果 since + 反义直接对比 more…than 思路：1，题目逻辑结构 closer to A than to B 相当于 A=-B
2，空格(i)要表达出这种对比，所以空格(i)=选项 A
(ii) 题型：反义转折 but
思路：1，Not 空格(i)= 空格(ii) = Not surprising
2，可以让”their presence in art museums”达到 Not surprising 状态的选项只有 E
5，In stark contrast to his later (i) ______ , Simpson was largely (ii) ______ politics during his college years, despite the fact that the campus he attended was rife with political activity.
Blank(I) A, activism 行动主义,激进行动
B, apathy 冷漠
C, affability 和蔼
Blank(ii) D, devoted to 致力于
E, indifferent to 对…冷漠
F, shaped by 被塑造
(i) 题型：反义直接对比 in contrast to，时间对比 later 思路：1，题目逻辑结构 In contrast to A，B，despite C
2，-A=B=-C 相当于 C= Not B= A
3，C= rife with political activity, 所以 A=空格(i)= C= 选项 A
(ii) 题型：反义转折 but 思路：1，题目逻辑结构 In contrast to A，B，despite C
2，-A=B=-C 相当于 C= Not B= A
3，C= rife with political activity, 所以 B=空格(ii)= -C= 选项 E
6，As my eyesight began to ______ , I spent a lot of time writing about it — both poem and “eye journals” — describing what I saw as I looked out through damaged eyes.
A, deteriorate 恶化
B, sharpen 变锋利
C, improve 改善
D, decline 下降
E, recover 恢复 F, adjust 调整
题型：同义因果
思路：1，题目逻辑结构 As A, B 相当于 A=B
2，空格=eyesight 的性质
3，B 部分的 damaged eyes 说明了 eyesight 的性质是“damaged”,于是选项 A 和 D 是答案。