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1、B. incidentala mishapC. collaborativea designD. persistentan extensionE. systematican accident2. Nations that share a border are, by definition, _.A. alliedB. partisanC. contiguousD. pluralisticE. sovereign3. Much of this authors work, unfortunately, is _, with _ chapter often immediately following

2、a sublime one.A. mysticala superiorB. unevena mediocreC. predictablean eloquentD. enthrallinga vapidE. flippantan intelligible4. In young children, some brain cells have a _ that enables them to take over the functions of damagedor missing brain cells.A. fragilityB. reminiscenceC. perniciousnessD. w

3、himsicalityE. plasticity5. Less government spending is _ of this political party, a belief shared by most party members.A. an acronymB. a retractionC. a tenetD. a plightE. a prospectusSECTION 5The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related

4、passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on ihe basis of what is staled or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided. Questions 6-7 are based on the following passage.Duke Ellington considered himself the wor

5、lds greatest listener. In music, hearing is all. Judging by the two or three thousand pieces of music Ellington wrote, he could probably hear a flea scratching itself and put that rhythm into one of his compositions. For him the sounds of the world were the ingredients he mixed into appetizers, main

6、 courses, and desserts to satisfy the appetite of his worldwide audience. He wasnt averse to going out in a boat to catch the fish himself. He would raise the fowl himself. But when that musical meal appeared before you none of the drudgery showed. 6. The author most likely refers to the flea in lin

7、e 4 in order to（A） highlight Ellingtons prodigious memory（B） emphasize the quality of Ellingtons listening skills（C） indicate Ellingtons interest in different animal sounds（D） suggest that Ellingtons compositions were marked by rhythmic similarities（E） imply that Ellington could be overly concerned

8、about minutia7.In lines 5-11 （For him . . . drudgery showed）, the authors point is primarily developed through the use of（A） comparison and contrast（B） appeal to emotion（C） exaggeration（D） metaphor（E） humorQuestions 8-9 are based on the following passage.In the summer of 1911, the explorer Hiram Bin

9、gham III bushwhacked his way to a high ridge in the Andes of Peru and beheld a dreams-cape out of the past. There, set against looming peaks cloaked in snow and wreathed in clouds, was Machu Picchu, the famous lost city of the Incas. This expression, popularized by Bingham, served as a magical elixi

10、r for rundown imaginations. The words evoked the romanticism of exploration and archaeology at the time. But finding Machu Picchu was easier than solving the mystery of its place in the rich and powerful Inca empire. The imposing architecture attested to the skill and audacity of the Incas. But who

11、had lived at this isolated site and for what purpose? 8. The words magical elixir （line 7） primarily emphasize the（A） motivation for an expedition（B） captivating power of a phrase（C） inspiration behind a discovery（D） creative dimension of archaeology（E） complexity of an expression9. The mystery disc

12、ussed in lines 10-13 is most analogous to that encountered in which of the following situations?（A） Being unable to locate the source of materials used to construct an ancient palace（B） Being unable to reconcile archaeological evidence with mythical descriptions of an ancient city（C） Being unable to

13、 explain how ancient people constructed imposing monuments using only primitive technology（D）Being unable to understand the religious function of a chamber found inside an ancient temple （E）Being unable to discover any trace of a civilization repeatedly mentioned by ancient authorsQuestions 10-14 ar

14、e based on the following passage.This passage is from the preface to a 1997 book by a United States journalist detailing a disagreement between doctors and family members about a childs medical treatment at a hospital in California.Under my desk I keep a large carton of cassette tapes. Though they h

15、ave all been transcribed, I still like to listen to them from time to time,Some are quiet and easily understood. They are filled with the voices of American doctors, interrupted occasionally by the clink of a coffee cup or beep of a pager. The restmore than half of themare very noisy. They are fille