1
The ------- of Queen Elizabeth I impressed her contemporaries: she seemed to know what dignitaries and foreign leaders were thinking.
(A) symbiosis
(B) malevolence
(C) punctiliousness
(D) consternation
(E) perspicacity
答案: E
解释：
Keep in mind that the words after the colon will explain or exemplify the first part of the sentence. This means that the missing term describes someone who “seemed to know what dignitaries and foreign leaders were thinking.” Such a person is said to have great “perspicacity,” or perception.
2
His ------- prior experience notwithstanding, David was judged by the hiring manager to be ------- the job.
(A) illustrious . . entitled to
(B) limited . . qualified for
(C) applicable . . assured of
(D) useful . . overqualified for
(E) irrelevant . . perplexed by
答案: B
解释：Choice (B) is correct. It makes sense to say that despite his “limited”—but apparently applicable—experience, the hiring manager feels that David is “qualified for” the job, or competent to undertake it.
3
Joe Louis was ------- fighter: he inspired fear in many of his opponents.
(A) a serene
(B) an impetuous
(C) an insipid
(D) a malleable
(E) a redoubtable
答案：E
解析：The colon introduces an explanation, an illustration, or a restatement of the first part of the sentence. “Redoubtable” is the best choice because it accurately describes someone who “inspires fear” in others.
4
Troy was ------- when he wasn’t elected class president: his spirits were so low that there was nothing we could say or do to cheer him up.
(A) unctuous
(B) disconsolate
(C) ebullient
(D) inscrutable
(E) tenacious
答案：B
解析：To be “disconsolate” is to be cheerless and dejected, or cast down in spirits. The sentence indicates that Troy’s spirits were very low — so low, in fact, that nobody could do anything to bring him cheer. It makes sense, then, to describe Troy as disconsolate, or cheerless and dejected, after losing the election.
5
Refuting the claim that the surest way to reduce anger is to express it, the author asserts that ------- anger can actually increase its ------- .
(A) denying . . impact
(B) understanding . . importance
(C) overcoming . . likelihood
(D) venting . . intensity
(E) voicing . . benefits
答案：D
Since the author denies that expressing anger is a way to lessen it, the author probably believes that expressing anger increases it. The only choice that fits is “venting . . intensity.”
6
Allison had only ------- knowledge of the recent legislation; although she had glanced at a summary, she had not ------- the details of the new law's many provisions.
(A) superficial . . examined
(B) subjective . . studied
(C) sketchy . . vacated
(D) questionable . . endorsed
(E) cursory . . opposed
答案：A
解析：The sentence indicates that Allison had “glanced at a summary” but had not done something concerning the details of the law. If Allison had taken only a quick look at a summary of the legislation, she certainly would not have “examined,” or looked closely at, the details of the law. As a result, her knowledge of the legislation would be “superficial,” or shallow, rather than deep and thorough.
7
His inclination to succumb to flattery made him ------- to the ------- of people who wished to take advantage of him.
(A) immune . . predilection
(B) prejudicial . . intentions
(C) susceptible . . cajolery
(D) resistant . . blandishments
(E) amenable . . rejection
答案：C
解析：The man in the sentence is “susceptible” to flattery. Because of this “inclination,” he is an easy target for people who use “cajolery” (flattery) to get what they want.
8
The “double feature,” which featured two films for the price of one, became popular in the 1930s as a scheme to ------- former moviegoers who had begun to stay home since the ------- of the Depression at the beginning of the decade.
(A) lure . . advent
(B) discourage . . end
(C) dissuade . . dawn
(D) perplex . . onset
(E) instigate . . devastation
答案：A
解析：Choice (A) is correct. With money scarce, many people had stopped going to movies since the “advent,” or beginning, of the Depression in the 1930s. It is logical to assume that theater owners would come up with a scheme to “lure,” or entice, these people back into the theater with the promise of a good bargain—“two films for the price of one.”
9
Hoping to ------ the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------ to both labor and management.
(A) enforce..useful
(B) end..divisive
(C) overcome..unattractive
(D) extend..satisfactory
(E) resolve..acceptable
答案：E
解析：One way to answer a sentence completion question with two words missing is to focus first on just one of the two blanks. If one of the words in an answer choice is logically wrong, then you can eliminate the entire choice from consideration.
Look at the first blank in the example above. Would it make sense to say that "negotiators" who have "proposed a compromise" were hoping to enforce or extend the "dispute"? No, so neither (A) nor (D) can be the correct answer.
Now you can focus on the second blank. Would the "negotiators" have proposed a compromise that they believed would be divisive or unattractive to "both labor and management"? No, so (B) and (C) can be eliminated, and only choice (E) remains.
Always check your answer by reading the entire sentence with your choice filled in. Does it make sense to say "Hoping to resolve the dispute, the negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be acceptable to both labor and management"? Yes.
10
Demographers and anthropologists have corrected the notion that European explorers in North America entered a ------- territory by showing that the land in some areas was already as densely ------- as parts of Europe.
A. fertile . . settled
B. colossal . . wooded
C. desolate . . populated
D. valuable . . exploited
E. hostile . . concentrated
答案：C
解析：Only “desolate...populated” presents the contrast required by the sentence. The words “corrected the notion” signal that the first word in the correct answer must contrast with the second word because that second word corrects the mistaken notion.