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填空练习：单选
1. Their
_____ of loyalties is first to oneself, next to
kin, then to fellow
tribemembers, and
finally to compatriots.
(A) merging
(B) hierarchy
(C) definition
(D) judgment
(E) cognizance
2. The eradication of pollution is not
merely a matter of _____, though
themajestic beauty of nature is indeed
an important consideration.
(A)
economics
(B) legislation
(C) cleanliness
(D)
aesthetics
(E) restoration
3. Despite the______of many of their
colleagues, some scholars have
begunto
emphasize pop culture as a key for______the myths,
hopes, and
fears ofcontemporary
society.
A discernment D entangling
B skepticism E reinstating
C
quixotism F deciphering
4. Broadway
audiences have become inured to______ and
so______to
bepleasedas to make their
ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of
thequality of theproduction before
them.
A cleverness D desperate
B histrionics E unlikely
C
mediocrity F disinclined
5. Although he
attempted repeatedly to______her of her conviction
of
hisinsincerity, he was not
successful; she remained______in her
judgment.
A remind D
unfeigned
B convince E indulgent
C disabuse F adamant
6.
Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases
legal rules do
notspecify a definite
outcome. These scholars believe that such (i)___
resultsfrom the (ii)___of language: the
boundaries of the application of a
term
areoften unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that
the system of legal
rules byand large
rests on clear core meanings that do determine
definite
outcomesfor most cases.
Contrary to this view, an earlier group of legal
philosophers,called “realists,” argued
that (iii)___ pervades every part of
the law.
A definition D
circumstantiality G uncertainty
B
indeterminacy E vagueness H speculation
C homogeneousness F nuance I
enforceness
7. Most of
Watteau
’
s nineteenth-century
admirers simply ignored the
(i)___background of the works they
found so lyrical and charming. Those
whotook the (ii)___ historical facts
into consideration did so only in
orderto(iii)___ the widely held
deterministic view that the content and
style of
anartist
’
s work were
absolutely dictated by heredity and
environment.
A grim D
inconvenient G refute
B obsolescent E
compatible H exaggerate
C ludicrous F
longstanding I review
8. This poetry is
not _____; it is more likely to appeal to an
internationalaudience than is poetry
with strictly regional themes.
(A)
familiar
(B) democratic
(C)
technical
(D) complex
(E)
provincial
(F) localized
9.
Contrary to the popular conception that it is
powered by
consciousobjectivity,
science often operates through error, happy
accidents,
______ andpersistence in
spite of mistakes.
(A) facts
(B) controls
(C) hunches
(D) deductions
(E)
calculations
10. Before about 1960,
virtually all accounts of evolution assumed
mostadaptation to be a product of
selection at the level of populations;
recent studiesof evolution, however,
have found no ______ this pervasive
view of selection.
(A)
departures from
(B) basis for
(C) bias toward
(D)
precursors of
(E) criticism of
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1. The corporation expects only
_____increases in sales next year
despiteayearlong effort to retrieve its
retailing business.
(A) unquestionable
(B) sequential
(C) modest
(D) exaggerated
(E)
groundless
2. Thomas Paine, whose
political writing was often flamboyant, was in
privatelife a surprisingly _____man: he
lived in rented rooms, ate little,
and
wore drabclothes.
(A) simple
(B) controversial
(C) sordid
(D) comfortable
(E)
discourteous
3. Exposure to low-
intensity gamma radiation slows the rate of growth
of
thespoilage microorganisms in food
in much the same way that the low
heat
used inpasteurization _____ the spoilage action of
themicroorganisms in milk.
(A) precludes
(B) initiates
(C) inhibits
(D) isolates
(E) purifies