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【讲解】
1. Noting the murder victim’s flaccid musculature and pearlike figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some ___ occupation.
(A) treacherous
(B) prestigious
(C) ill-paying
(D) illegitimate
(E) sedentary
选E
翻译：注意到这起谋杀案的死者肌肉松弛身材臃肿，她推测死者可能从事某种需要久坐的工作。
noting 经常被视为一个引导因果关系的指示词
treacherous 背信弃义的
prestigious 有名望的，受人尊敬的
illegitimate 违法的，私生的，不合逻辑的
2. Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiment she let a number of ___ results slip by.
(A) inaccurate
(B) verifiable
(C) redundant
(D) salient
(E) anomalous
选E
翻译：通常来说实验首先要找出与其他结果明显矛盾的数据，但这次她漏过了一些明显偏离常态的结果。
verifiable 可核实的
redundant 多余的，冗余的
salient 主要的，显著的，(角等)凸出的
anomalous 不明确的，模棱两可的
3. Gould claimed no ___ knowledge of linguistics, but only a hobbyist’s interest in language.
(A) manifest
(B) plausible
(C) technical
(D) rudimentary
(E) insignificant
选C
翻译：古尔德说他没有什么专业的语言学知识，爱好而已。
这题我没什么好说的，对比关系明显，不要把 Gould 看成 Could 就好，否则会堕入理解的无底深渊(不要问我从哪里来)。
manifest 明显的
plausible 貌似合理的，能说会道的，花言巧语的
rudimentary 基本的，初步发展的，未成熟的
4. 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) facts
(B) controls
(C) hunches
(D) deductions
(E) calculations
选C
翻译：大众认为科学进步靠的是某些清醒客观的品质，然而科学经常充满了误差，百折不挠，因祸得福。
deduction 推演，结论，扣除
5. Early critics of Emily Dickinson’s poetry mistook for simplemindedness the surface of artlessness that in fact she constructed with such ___ .
(A) astonishment
(B) craft
(C) cunning
(D) innocence
(E) allusion
(F) vexation
选BC
翻译：早期的评论家们误因艾米莉·迪金森的诗歌表面朴实无华，以为她头脑简单，其实这种朴实是苦心经营，刻意营造的。
astonishment 惊愕，奇迹
craft 技巧，诡计，手艺
cunning 欺诈，狡猾
allusion 暗指，引用典故
vexation 烦恼
6. By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king ___ the consideration that customarily protects monarchs.
(A) merited
(B) forfeited
(C) debased
(D) concealed
(E) relinquished
(F) extended
选BE
翻译：退位后，前国王放弃了传统上保护君主的想法。
divest 脱去(衣物)，卸下、解除(权力，权利，责任等)
divest oneself of something 使自己摆脱(情感，思想等)
merit 值得，应获得
forfeit 丧失，失去，被没收
debase 降低(某物的)质量、地位或价值
conceal 隐藏，掩盖或隐瞒某事物 / 某人
relinquish 放弃
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7. While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may ___ it.
(A) exacerbate
(B) neutralize
(C) aggravate
(D) eradicate
(E) ameliorate
(F) relieve
选AC
翻译：呵护的父母可以弥补成长中的不幸，冷淡或反复无常的父母则使之加重。
while引导对比关系的典型例题
neutralize 中和，使中立、中性
8. Wearing the latest fashions was exclusively the ___ of the wealthy until the 1850’s, whenmass production, aggressive entrepreneurs, and the availability of the sewing machine made them ___ the middle class.
选CF
翻译：1850年代以前，衣着紧跟流行还只是富人的特权，大规模生产，进取的企业家以及缝纫机的普及使中产阶级也能加入这个行列。
出现具体的时间概念，往往以为着这个时间点前后的状态构成对比关系。
aspiration 雄心，抱负
vexation 烦恼
disaggreeable 不合意的，别扭的，讨厌的，脾气暴躁的
superfuous 多余的
9. Although some of her fellow scientists ___ the unorthodox laboratory methodology that others found innovative, unanimous praise greeted her experimental results: at once pioneering and ___ .
选AD
翻译：尽管一些同事诋毁她的非传统实验方法，另一些同事则认为有所创新，对实验结果大家倒是众口一词地称赞：既有开创性又无可置疑。
at once 1 立即、马上;2 both，at the same time
10. Even though political editorializing was not ___ under the new regime, journalists still experienced ___ , though perceptible , governmental pressure to limit dissent.
选CE
翻译：，但记者们还是感受到政府限制不同意见的压力，这种压力虽然可以察觉，却也谨慎。
commend 称赞，(把某物)托付(给某人，to)
discreet 言行谨慎的，不显眼的
overt 公开的