今天大全【Section47】，多练习就会发现自己的不足，并且要及时改正，相信大家都会取得进步的。想要获得完整版资料，请来网下载吧!
Section 47
1. The film was a ______: its elements were assembled more or less haphazardly from a dozen of different sources.
A. burlesque
B. satire
C. pastiche
D. chronicle
E. parody
2. While early biographies of Florence Nightingale tended to be quite______, Lytton Strachey's irreverent 1918 essay about her ushered in a new era, making it acceptable, even fashionable, to criticize her.
A. unsympathetic
B. sycophantic
C. unsentimental
D. censorious
E. pedantic
3. The(i) __________ to disseminate the vast scientific knowledge of our time to nonscientists shows real(ii) ________ the extent of achievements humanity is capable of, like allowing a great work of art to molder in a warehouse.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. failure D. pretentious regarding
B. plan E. sympathy toward
C. willingness F. indifference to
4. In a federally governed country, a regional government can function as a(i)______ for the entire nation—a setting in which new ideas under consideration for national implementation are (ii)__________ without having to involve the country as a whole.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. laboratory D. dispersed
B. catalyst E. undermined
C. standard F. tried
5. Although Professor Pearson’s colleagues often complained that he was(i)_____, his friends were quick to defend him from this charge of(ii)________.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. importunate D. inconstancy
B. garrulous E. dishonest
C. mercurial F. partiality
6. Early practitioners of the natural sciences developed methods to remove distortions caused by either the research environment or the researcher. Such methods, especially with respect to the researcher, were considered to(i)_____ those (ii)_______subjectivity whose unbridled expression was thought to(iii)______research.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank
A. restrain D. incursions of G. corrupt
B. reveal E. restrictions on H. justification
C. disguise F. acknowledgements of I .expedite
7. The Great Lakes wolf is a_____, stumping scientists as to whether it is a subspecies of the gray wolf or a distinct species.
A. prototype
B. riddle
C. paragon
D. model
E. legend
F. conundrum
8. His premiership, seemingly cast-iron a year ago, is now so vulnerable that even a good day at the office does no more than buy him a few weeks of ______from rebels within his own party.
A. controversy
B. reproach
C. respite
D. relief
E. blame
F. deference
9. Although its gray text blocks and black-and-white illustrations give it a sober mien, this onestop resource can take the place of a dozen less________ texts.
A. exhaustive
B. interesting
C. appealing
D. original
E. educational
F. comprehensive
10. In noting that critical and popular opinions about Li’s art coincided, Chuang ______ the existence of an exception to her general theory of art criticism, which posits that critics’ views do not intersect with those of the general public.
A. asserted
B. conceded
C. acknowledged
D. doubted
E. pondered
F. questioned