题目
1. The cognitive flexibility of successful fictional detectives is often _____ by their cultural ambivalence: detectives' intellectual acumen, it seems, exists indirect proportion to their uneasy place in society.
A. spurned
B. spaded
C. spurred
D. matched
E. emaciated
答案：C
解析：这道题的意思是说成功的侦探非常灵活，这是他们的文化矛盾所____：他们的社会地位越是动荡，他们就越发敏锐。(a)唾弃(b)铲除(c)激励(d)匹配(e)消瘦。我们通过后半句可以知道，是社会地位的动荡使得侦探日益敏锐和灵活，对应选项C中：spurred。
2. Professor Redfield describes in his recent book publishing as dark as it is deep, even as one hidebound industry, indeed, it is facing a profound change in its product model, but is so (i) _____ its past as to be(ii) _____ opportunities offered by technological change.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. indebted in D. unable to seize
B. encumbered by E. capable of seeking
C. irrelevant with F. definite to circumvent
答案：BD
解析：这道题是说Redfield教授在书里描述说，呆板的产业正在面临产品模型的巨大改变，但是它们太过(i)_____过去，以至于(ii)_____科技改变带来的机会。
空白(i) 空白(ii)
A负债的 D.不能抓住
B.被阻碍 E.可以寻找
C.无关 F.明确避免
可以看出i为B，ii为D，答案符合逻辑。
3. People accustomed to thinking that the human lifespan (i) _____ the outer bounds of animal longevity tend to dismiss tales of musket balls being found in the shells of living turtles. Samantha Romney，however，argues that while such stories may be (ii) _____, some turtles do indeed exhibit a phenomenon known as “negligible (iii) _____,” showing no signs of aging even as they pass the two-century mark.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
A. belies D. apocryphal G. rejuvenation
B. demarcates E. authentic H. superannuation
C. antedates F. heresy I. senescence
答案：CDI
解析：这道题是说有些人认为人类寿命(i) _____动物寿命的极限，通常不会理会乌龟壳上发现子弹的故事。然而Samantha Romney认为，这些故事可能(ii) ______，但是一些乌龟确实呈现了一种现象叫做“可以忽略的(iii) _____”，即使经过两个世纪也没有变老的迹象。
A.掩饰 D.虚构的但却能说明真相的 G.返老回童
B.划定 E.真实的 H.退休
C.先于 F.异端邪说 I.衰老
可以看出i为C，ii为D，iii为I，答案符合逻辑。
4. To any observer, ancient or _____, the night sky appears as a hemisphere resting on the horizon.
A. antiquated
B. perceptive
C. modern
D. astute
E. contemporary
F. archaic
答案：CE
解析：
这道题是说对于古代_____的任何观察者来说，夜空就像是地平线上的一半地球。
A.过时的 B.知觉的 C.现代的 D.机敏的 E.同时代的 F.古代的
这里的“任何”说明要包括古代和现代，所以选择C.E.
5. Anthropologists contend that the ancient Mesopotamians switched from grain production to barley after excessive irrigation and salt accumulation made the soil _____ grains.
A. in different to
B. in hospitable to
C. unsuitable for
D. acrimonious to
E. benignant to
F. inured to
答案：BC
解析：
A.B.C.D.E.F.土壤是没有情感的，排除A.D.E. 这里是说土壤不合适谷物生长，所以选择B.C.
6. Researchers interested in the nature versus nurture debate use identical twins who were separated at birth to explore which personality characteristics are _____ and which arise through experience.
A. intractable
B. nascent
C. erudite
D. innate
E. predilection
F. inborn
答案：DF
解析：
这道题是说研究人员会研究从出生就分开的双胞胎，看看那些性格特点是_____，那些性格特征是后天的。
A.棘手的 B.新生的 C.博学的 D.与生俱来的 E.偏好 F.天生的
这里要和“后天的”形成反义词，所以选择D.F.
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