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1. According to the newspaper critic, the performances at the talent contest last night ___from acceptable to excellent.
(A) varied
(B) receded
(C) swept
(D) averaged
(E) declined
翻译:报纸这样评价昨晚的选秀,有的表演差强人意,有的则相当优秀。
选A
vary 变化,呈现差异;
recede 倒退,后倾,变得模糊、消退,回撤;
sweep 扫除,彻底搜寻(以清除),轻拂,席卷,掠过。
非要说它比四级题难,可能只因五选一,单纯考搭配。
2. If those large publishers that respond solely to popular literary trends continue to dominate the publishing market, the initial publication of new writers will depend on the writers’ willingness to ___ popular tastes.
(A) struggle against
(B) cater to
(C) admire
(D) flout
(E) elude
翻译:只要那些仅回应文学流行趋势的大出版商仍然统治出版界,则新晋作家唯有迎合大众口味以换取出版机会。
选B
cater 为…提供饮食及服务、娱乐等,迎合…的需要;
flout 公然藐视(某人或某物);
elude 回避,(用计谋或智慧)逃避,(使人)无法记起、不能理解。
3. Their ___ of loyalties is first to oneself, next to kin, then to fellow tribe members, andfinally to compatriots.
(A) merging
(B) hierarchy
(C) definition
(D) judgment
(E) cognizance
翻译:他们首先忠于自己,其次是亲戚,然后是同族,最后是同胞。
选B
merge 合并,(~ into something)逐渐消失或变成(另一事物);
hierarchy 等级制度,等次。
纯良题。
4. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not followthat the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, ___.
(A) arbitrary
(B) superfluous
(C) interesting
(D) flexible
(E) constant
翻译:尽管词语的涵义不可避免地变迁,但并不意味着词典编纂者因此无法固定拼写。
选E
follow 在句中偶尔也可以引导因果关系。
follow 导致…的后果;
render 使…处于某种状态;
in a great measure 在很大程度上;
arbitrary 任性主观的,专横霸道、独断专行的;
superfluous 过剩的,不必要的;
flexible 柔韧的(易弯曲),灵活变通的,随机应变的,随遇而安的;
constant 持续的,恒常的,始终如一的,坚定的。
5. While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of theaudience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ___ by their lively criticism.
(A) humiliated
(B) discomfited
(C) deluded
(D) disgraced
(E) embarrassed
(F) tantalized
翻译:部分观众发出异常尖刻的批评,尽管演讲者没有完全慌乱,人们仍然看得出这些猛烈的批评带来的窘迫。
选BE
while 和 nonetheless 一起引导的让步关系。
nonplus 使迷惑,使不知所措, to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do(MWC);
lively 生动的,活跃的,猛烈狂暴的;
humiliate 羞辱,使丧失尊严;
discomfit 使窘迫;
delude 欺骗,哄骗;
disgrace 给…丢脸,使…受辱;
embarrass 使窘迫,使局促不安;
tantalize 挑逗,勾引。
分页:
6. Though one cannot say that Michelangelo was impractical designer, he was, of allnonprofessional architects known, the most ___ in that he was the least constrained by tradition or precedent.
(A) pragmatic
(B) adventurous
(C) innovative
(D) empirical
(E) skilled
(F) learned
翻译:尽管没人认为米开朗基罗的设计不切实际,但正如所有非专业设计师所知,他最富于冒险精神 / 善于创新,因为他从不被传统或先例束缚。
选BC
pragmatic 务实的,实用主义的;
empirical (知识等)以观察或实验为根据的(非理论的);
skilled 技能熟练的,有经验的;
learned 博学的,学术的,学者的。
(圣母怜子)
米开朗琪罗 [Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti)]
(1475.3.6,佛罗伦萨共和国 卡普雷塞~1564.2.18,教皇国 罗马)
意大利雕塑家、画家、建筑师和诗人。曾在佛罗伦萨短期随吉兰达约当学徒,后来开始为梅迪契(罗伦佐)制作第一座雕像,后来又作了好几个。1492年梅迪契死后,他前往波洛尼亚,后至罗马。他制作了《巴克斯》(1496~1497),建立起声誉。进而接受《圣母怜子》的订件(现藏圣彼得大教堂),这是他早年的杰作,作品证明他有能力利用一块大理石雕出2个分立的人形。他的《大卫》(1501~1504,受佛罗伦萨大教堂委托)至今仍被视为文艺复兴时期理想中完美人类的最高典范。另外,他还制作了几座私人委托的圣母像,还有赢得举世赞赏的惟一的架上绘画《圣家族》。受到野心勃勃的雕塑计划(他不是总能完成)的吸引,他不情愿地接下西斯廷礼拜堂的天花板绘画工作(1508~1512)。第一个场景描述诺亚方舟的故事,相当稳健而规模小。但随着工作进行,他信心渐增,而较后来完成的场景显示出大胆而繁复的心思。他在佛罗伦萨梅迪契礼拜堂(亦由他设计)的陵墓人像(1519~1533)属他最有成就的创作。他最后30年都致力于西斯廷礼拜堂《最后的审判》湿壁画,以及写诗(留下300多首十四行诗和牧歌)和建筑方面的工作。他受托完成圣彼得大教堂,这座教堂从1506年始建,1514年后没有什么进展。虽然米开朗琪罗死时教堂尚未完工,其外部却要归功于他而非其他任何建筑师。如今,他被视为地位最崇高的艺术家之一。
(大英袖珍百科)
7. What is most important to the monkeys in the sanctuary is that they are a group; this is sobecause primates are inveterately ___ and build their lives around each other.
(A) independent
(B) stable
(C) curious
(D) social
(E) proprietary
(F) gregarious
翻译:对于保护区的猴子来说,最重要的是它们来自同一个群体;因为灵长动物一直群居,有着根深蒂固的社会性。
选DF
proprietary 独家制造或销售的,专利的,私有的,所有权的;
gregarious 群居的,爱交际的。
本题讲群居动物的社会性,让我想起以前读过两首海桑的诗,海桑诗写得真挚朴实,很动人。
8. Though ___ to some degree, telling a small lie sometimes enables one to avoid ___another’s feelings.
翻译:虽然觉得有点后悔,但撒个小谎有时可以避免伤害他人。
选CF
mollify 使…息怒,抚慰。
纯良题。
9. Carruthers’ latest literary criticism ___ her reputation for trenchant commentary; despit its intriguing title and the fulsome praise on its dust jacket, it is nothing more than a collection of ___ .
翻译:C最近的文学评论一改往日的犀利风格,除了抓人眼球的标题和封套上的溢美之词,只剩陈词滥调。
选AF
fulsome 过分而虚伪的;
dust jacket 书的封套;
nothing more than 仅仅,只不过;
belie 使人产生错误或不合实际的想法,不足以证明,未能实现,与…相矛盾或对立;
advance 推进,促进,提高;
aphorism 格言,警句;
platitude 陈词滥调。
10. The Gibsons were little given to ___ in any form; not one of them was afraid of ___ , ofbeing and seeming unlike their neighbors.