一：解释关系
信号：冒号 “：” ，伴随动词ing, 定语从句
1. Dangerously high winds______ attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.
(A) thwarted
(B) forfeited
(C) implemented
(D) discharged
(E) redoubled
delaying 拖延伴随从句解释 (A)thwart 阻止
二：并列递进关系
并列递进信号词 : or and “,”
1. Soon after the first vistors arrived, increasing numbers of the residents of the remote island thought it possible that the outside world, instead of being______ , could be_____ andworth exploring.
(A) insular….. unlimited
(B) friendly….wicked
(C) amiable… cooperative
(D) threatening….fascinating
(E) forbidden… harmful
and 前后同意 worth exploring 和 fascinating 同感情色彩
三：转折对比关系
常规信号: though/ but/ although/ since/ whereas /nevertheless/however/while/on the contrary
非常规信号：surprisingly/ seemingly/actually/ sadly/contrast
21. The speaker announced that her primary focus would be on board global concerns rather than on _____issues.
(A) contemporary
(B) substantive
(C) disputatious
(D) pervasive
(E) parochial
rather than 表转折 board global 和 parochial 反义
四：主体与对象关系(什么样的人做什么样的事)
好东西产生好影响坏东西产生坏影响 好人做好事 坏人做坏事 坏人做好事使人惊讶 好人做坏事使人惊讶
1. Cito Gaston, one of the least _____ baseball mangers, surprised reporters by weeping openly after his team won the play-offs.
(A) somber
(B) demonstrative
(C) insufferable
(D) bountiful
(E) wistful
使人惊讶(surprised)必有转折 weeping的反义= least demonstrative表示最不爱显露感情
五：因果关系 (because, so…..that, such…..that, since, as a result, result in, )
1. Because of the____ effects of the hot springs, tourists suffering from various ailments flocked to the village’s thermal pools.
(A) succulent
(B) redolent
(C) cerebral
(D) mandatory
(E) therapeutic
because跟原因,第二个分句表结果
六：目的与行动 关系 (to 不定式)
1. To reflect the _____ of that nation’s spoken languages, its writers often make use of a mixture of dialects.
(A) articulation
(B) intonation
(C) spontaneity
(D) profundity
(E) heterogeneity
to后面跟结果第二个分句跟行动有什么样的目的就有什么样的行动
七：上下分句的关系 (我喜欢上你了， 你被我看上了)
1. The beauty of Mount Mckinley is usually cloaked: clouds ____ the summit nine days out of ten.
(A) release
(B) elevate
(C) entangle
(D) shroud
(E) attain
上下分句的重复被动不变主动 be cloaked变主动的shroud
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