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【讲解】
1. Because no comprehensive ___ exist regarding personal reading practices, we do not know, for example, the greatest number of books read in an individual lifetime.
(A) records
(B) instincts
(C) accounts
(D) remedies
(E) proposals
翻译:由于没有关于个人阅读的全面记录,我们不知道,比如说个人一生最多能读多少种图书。
选A
糟糕题目。
在本题的另一个 6 选 2 版本中,accounts 也成了正确选项。
account 记述,报告,理由,账户,客户,存款
instinct 本能,冲动,天赋
remedy 药物,补救办法
proposal 建议,提案,求婚
2. He was widely regarded as a ___ man because he revealed daily his distrust of human nature and human motives.
(A) disrespectful
(B) cynical
(C) confused
(D) misinformed
(E) fanatical
翻译:人们大多认为他是一个犬儒主义者,因为他平日总是表现出对人性与动机的怀疑。
选B
本题可以被认为是一道刻板的单词题,因为韦氏大学词典对 cynical 的一种解释就是 contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives,完美地符合题干。
只有一点需要注意,cynical 不宜翻译成 “愤世嫉俗” ,准确地说,中文本来并没有一个现成的词对应 cynical 或者 cynic,最好还是直接翻译成 “犬儒主义(者)”。详细的解释请听上面的语音讲解。
disrespectful 无礼的,轻慢的
confused 迷惑的,混乱的
misinformed 被误导的
fanatical 狂热的
3. From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion — that of the ___ of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit.
(A) promotion
(B) exploration
(C) surveying
(D) conservation
(E) enclosure
翻译:海洋全人类公有的概念从一开始就遭遇反对观点的挑战,,应该把海洋分划给各国。
选E
freedom 自由,免于、独立于…的控制或影响
promotion 提升(职位等),促进
exploration 探测
survey 全面研究,仔细观察,勘测,意见调查(比如通过问卷或电话)
conservation 保护,保存
enclosure 圈地(并占有),包围
4. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable ___ through a complex network of producers and consumers.
(A) commodities
(B) dividends
(C) communications
(D) nutrients
(E) artifacts
翻译:生态学像经济学一样,关注有价商品在一个由生产者和消费者组成的复杂网络内的流动。
选A
dividend 股息,红利, 彩金
nutrient 营养品,滋养物质
artifact 人造物
5. Despite the fact that the two council members belonged to different political parties, they___ the issue of how to finance the town debt.
(A) complicated
(B) avoided
(C) attested to
(D) reported on
(E) agreed on
(F) consent to
翻译:尽管两位议员分属不同政党,但关于如何偿还本镇的债务,他们看法一致。
选EF
council 议会,委员会
attest 作为或提供某事物的明证;作为某事物的见证,声称某事物属实或是真的
consent 赞同,允许
finance 为(计划等)提供资金
6. Hydrogen is the ___ element of the universe in that it provides the building blocksfrom which the other elements are produced.
(A) steadiest
(B) expendable
(C) lightest
(D) final
(E) fundamental
(F) essential
翻译:氢原子是宇宙物质的基础,因为其他原子都是以它为基本元素组合而成的。
选EF
in that 因果关系
building block 建筑用的煤渣砖;积木玩具中用于组合的基本小件;事物的基本组成部分
steady 稳固的
expendable 可消耗的,可牺牲的,不值得保存的,不必要的
7. Paradoxically, Robinson’s excessive denials of the worth of early works of science fiction suggest that she has become quite ___ them.
(A) enchanted by
(B) enamored of
(C) skeptical of
(D) encouraged by
(E) offended by
(F) reflective about
翻译:R 对早期科幻小说价值的过度否定,恰好说明她已经对其相当着迷,真是个悖论。
选AB
enchant 使…极度喜悦、着迷
enamor 使爱上,使被迷住
8. Even though in today‘s Soviet Union the ___ the Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank-and-file clergy still have little ___ to practice their religion.
翻译:即使当今苏联穆斯林教的领袖已经拥有一定的权力,普通教徒和基层教士仍然缺乏宗教活动的自由。
选BF
dissident
traditionalist 传统主义者
obligation 义务,契约,束缚
inclination 倾斜(面或角度),倾向,意愿,趋势
latitude 纬度(地区),(行动或意见等的)自由
9. Liberty is not easy, but far better to be an ___ fox, hungry and threatened on its hill, than a___ canary, safe and secure in its cage.
翻译:自由不易,但宁做无拘无束的狐狸,饥饿警觉地立于小丘,也好过肥胖的黄雀,安全无虞却陷于牢笼。
选CD
这题逻辑很清晰(转折包含对比),但对应关系稍多,需要一点耐心,对色盲色弱的同学稍微担心。
imperious 傲慢专横的,飞扬跋扈的,紧急迫切的
lethargic 昏睡的,无精打采的
10. In failing to see that the justices pronouncement merely ___ previous decisionsrather than actually establishing a precedent, the novice law clerk ___ the scope of the justices judgment.
Blank (i)