1. Since it is now ________ to build the complex central processing unit of a computer on a single silicon chip using photolithography and chemical etching, it seems plausible that other miniature structures might be fabricated in ________ ways.
(A) unprecedented.. undiscovered
(B) difficult.. related
(C) permitted.. unique
(D) mandatory.. congruent
(E) routine.. similar
解析: 前后两句是因果关系,前面说把CPU烧录在一个硅片上时怎么样的,所以小型的(miniature)的结构也可以怎么制造。这道题没有什么好的办法,带入检验发现E最合适。
D选项mandatory表示强制的,动词是mandate(一个男人的约会,你必须来)。这让我想起了一个听力老师上课的笑话,一个听力段子在讲(dating techniques),一群听不懂的人愣是没听出来有什么约会技巧,其实这是测年法。
答案:E
2. Given the evidence of Egyptian and Babylonian ________ later Greek civilization, it would be incorrect to view the work of Greek scientists as an entirely independent creation.
(A) disdain for
(B) imitation of
(C) ambivalence about
(D) deference to
(E) influence on
解析:注意概念的对应。 Egyptian and Babylonian是一个概念,Greek civilization = Greek scientists。后面说把他们看成独立是不对的,说明E&B对Greek的东西有影响呗,所以选择E。
这里面deference表示的是的是尊敬的意思,英文解释为polite submission and respect。
注意这里面用了it would be incorrect,这是一种非常客气和正式的语气,所以大家在写作中也要这样使用。
答案:E
3. Laws do not ensure social order since laws can always be ________ , which makes them ________ unless the authorities have the will and the power to detect and punish wrongdoing.
(A) contested.. provisional
(B) circumvented.. antiquated
(C) repealed.. vulnerable
(D) violated.. ineffective
(E) modified.. unstable
解析:前面因果关系解释因为law总被怎么样所以不能保证秩序,因此应该是一个破坏的意思;后面是被破坏后的结果,所以选择D选项。
注意A选项中的provisional表示暂时的,和temporary是同义词。诸如此类的暂时的词还有makeshift, stopgap。
答案:D
4. Since she believed him to be both candid and trustworthy, she refused to consider the the possibility that his statement had been ________ .
(A) irrelevant
(B) facetious
(C) mistaken
(D) critical
(E) insincere
解析: 选择一个单词跟candid 和 trustworthy相反,因此选E选项。
注意facetious这个词表示嘻皮笑脸的,贫嘴的,英文解释为:Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor。
答案:E
5. Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater ________ their efforts to build a progressive party than the ________ of the progressives already elected to the legislature.
(A) support for.. advocacy
(B) threat to.. promise
(C) benefit from.. success
(D) obstacle to.. resistance
(E) praise for.. reputation
解析:第一个词体现出这句话中应该有一些矛盾,第二我们需要注意这两个空格应该填一对儿同义词,因为这句话采用了比较级表示最高级的方式no + 比较级 + than + something。因此如果我们重新排列一下这句话就应该是: the ___ of the progressives already elected to the legislature is the greatest ____ their efforts to build a progressive the party leaders encountered. 因此两个空格填同义词。
同义词ACD都可以,但是只有D选项体现出了讽刺“ironically”。建立progressive的最大的阻碍竟然来自于一个progressive。
答案:D
6. It is strange how words shape our thoughts and trap us at the bottom of deeply ________ canyons of thinking, their imprisoning sides carved out by the ________ of past usage.
(A) cleaved.. eruptions
(B) rooted.. flood
(C) incised.. river
(D) ridged.. ocean
(E) notched.. mountains
解析:这句话写的特别的飘渺。语言形成了我们的思维,又把我们深深的现在思想的峡谷中。这个峡谷石油什么样的东西carve而成。所以前面的峡谷应该体现出被雕刻了,有这个意思的词可以是cleave, incise, nothc,在注意是峡谷,因此我们选择C选项,有river的存在。
这句话什么意思呢?也就是说语言会影响我们的思维,语言既让我们思考,又禁锢我们的思维。而那些禁锢我们的(impisoning sides)就是语言过往的使用(past usage)。比方说,你总会觉得美丽的女人和俊俏的男人是一对,因为我们的语言从来都赞美“郎才女貌”,却没有赞美“美女与野兽”的。因为接受了这样一个词汇,就给了你一个刻板的印象,两个漂亮的人在一起才是真爱,美女嫁给了丑男,则一定是图钱。
答案: C
7. That his intransigence in making decisions ________ no open disagreement from any quarter was well known; thus, clever subordinates learned the art of ________ their opinions in casual remarks.
(A) elicited.. quashing
(B) engendered.. recasting
(C) brooked.. intimating
(D) embodied.. instigating
(E) forbore.. emending
解析:分号前后由thus连接,因此前后是因果关系。前面说他的一个事情是众所周知的,注意that引导了主语从句。他在做决定时的intransigence(不妥协)对公开反对怎么样,一个不妥协的人,别人反对他也是无济于事的呗。因此聪明的手下学会了把他们的意见怎么样在随意的谈话中表现出来的艺术。既然他不允许公开的(open)反对,那就默默的反对,暗自反对呗?所以综合比较C选项是合适的。
brook这个词曾经和tolerate考过六选二。intimate这里表示暗示的意思,(to let somebody know what you think or mean in an indirect way)。注意B选项engender表示产生,要跟endanger(濒临危险)区分开。
quash 这个单词表示废除, 镇压,平息的意思。那你认识squash,squelch,quench这几个长得很像的词吗?
答案:C