1、选项A系harmless的同义词,故显然为正确答案。翻译:从生态系统外引入并在该系统中稳定存续的物种有时被警示性地称之为“入侵物种”,不过许多此类物种实际上在新的生存环境中是无害的。2 Far from being _ the corporate world because of cutbacks, serious researchers are playing a growing role in innovation at many firms.对比,反义重复far from提示句中前后两部分的对比。主句内容为研究者扮演了日益重要的角色,则far from之后的内容与之取反,表达“不重要”之
2、意。即可知只有C项符合此推断:“被逐出企业界”表示研究者完全不起任何作用。远非由于数量日益减少而被排挤在企业界之外,优秀的科学家在许多公司中都扮演着越发重要的角色。3 The brief survey, published under the title The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us, is surprisingly (i)_. Indeed it makes several longer treatments of the effects of lost biodiversity seem (ii)_.转折
3、,递进在忽略斜体字内容的情况下,surprisingly提示句子中存在句意的取反,第一空选择和brief构成反义的选项,只有C项符合要求。第二句开头的indeed 提示两句话存在递进关系,可以按照同义重复处理,第二句话应该更进一步强调survey的内容丰富。由于本篇报告内容非常丰富,其他报告就应该显得差一些。就感情色彩而言D和F都符合要求,但F选项在含义上不符合整段话的主题,故选择D项。这篇以大自然的杰作:生物多样性如何维系你我为题出版的概要性调查报告,其实际上内容非常丰富。事实上它甚至使得关于生物多样性丧失的影响的若干篇幅更长的调查报告显得多余了。4. The government has
4、no choice but to (i)_ the incessant demands for land reform, and yet any governmental action that initiated land reform without requisite attention to agrarian reform would (ii)_ the overall goal of economic modernization.语义重复,逻辑推理and yet提示前后两个句子的反义重复。第二句中提到land reform存在一个先决条件即agrarian reform,withou
5、t则提示政府忽略这个先决条件,故其结果必然受到不利影响,第二空则考虑填一个表示负面色彩的词,选项F是唯一正确的答案。再根据两句话的转折,第二句话表示initiated land reform产生了不利后果,第一句话中政府也对land reform做了一个动作,则第一空所填内容是initiated的同义词,表示政府着手进行土地改革,B选项正确。政府别无选择,只能开始着手处理无休止的关于土地改革的要求,然而任何启动土地改革却无视其先决条件-处理农业改革诉求的政府行为都将对经济现代化整体目标产生不利影响。5 Certain music lovers yearn for (i)_, but when
6、it is achieved, there is something missing; perhaps they feel uncomfortable in a world where nothing discernible is (ii)_.Blank (i)Blank (ii)A. novelty新生事物D. wrong错误的B. beauty美丽E. visionary虚构的C. flawlessness完美无缺F. changed改变了的解释性重复分号提示前后两句为同义重复。前句提示一些音乐爱好者渴望某种状态实现,然而一旦实现又觉得不快。后句解释了此种状态。something miss
7、ing对应着feel uncomfortable,则第一空所填内容正是“nothing discernible is.”,即“没有什么是第二空”=“第一空”。两空填一对反义词。C选项和D选项是唯一可能的答案组合。一些音乐爱好者热切地盼望着音乐的完美无缺,然而一旦达成目的,他们又觉得若有所失;也许他们在一个无法辨识出任何错误的世界中会感到焦躁不安。6 Putting a cash value on the ecological services provided by naturesuch as the water filtration “service” provided by a fores
8、ted watershedhas, historically, been a (i)_ process. Early attempts at such valuation resulted in impressive but (ii)_ figures that were seized on by environmental advocates and then, when these figures were later (iii)_, they were used by opponents to tar the whole idea.Blank (iii)A. dispassionate平
9、心静气的D. redundant过剩的G. ignored被忽略B. problematic成问题的E. unsound不成立的H. discredited被驳斥C. straightforward直截了当的F. understated轻描淡写的I. confirmed被确证转折,手段-目的第一空没有直接线索,但可以根据but提示的转折判断第二空填负面评价的词,则E选项是唯一正确的答案。第一句话可看做陈述观点,第二句话是对第一句的解释,故第一空也填与unsound类似的词,选B项。第三空表示一个不合理的数据被反对者作为论据,那么这个数据必然对反对者有利而对观点的支持者不利,则H选项是正确答案。
10、G选项虽然感情色彩正确,但被忽略、遗忘的数据是不可能用来作论据的,故不选。用货币价值衡量自然提供的生态功用例如森林覆盖的分水岭提供的过滤“服务” 就历史的角度来看,总是成疑问的。早先的此类尝试得出了环境保护主义者认可的、动人但完全不成立的数据,后来当这些数据遭到驳斥后,它们又被反对者用来抵制这种观点本身。7 Only with the discovery of an ozone hole over Antarctica in 1985 did chemical companies finally relinquish their opposition to a ban on chloroflu
11、orocarbons(CFCs), which destroy ozone. The discovery suggested that strong political action to halt production of CFCs might be (i)_, and fortunately, the chemical industry no longer felt compelled to oppose such action: although companies had recently (ii)_ their research into CFC substitutes, stud
12、ies they had initiated years earlier had produced (iii)_ results.A. imminent迫在眉睫,势在必行A. corroborated证实G. encouraging喜人的B. imprudent冲动,不谨慎B. publicized公开H. inconclusive试探性的C. premature幼稚,不成熟C. curtailed减少I. unsurprising意料中的解释性重复,转折本题的前半段与Practice Book 2011版Section 4的第1题几乎完全一样。第二句话是对第一句的解释,即发现臭氧空洞导致化工
13、企业放弃对禁令的反对、不再生产氟利昂。故第一空所填词应当表明生产氟利昂必须被禁止,A选项是正确答案。后两空所在的句子根据冒号提示,解释了“化工企业无需反对禁令”,即意味着化工企业已经找到了氟利昂的替代品,所以第三空必然填入一个正面积极的词,只有G选项最为合适。第二空根据although提示的转折,F选项表示带有消极色彩的含义,为正确答案。只有当1985年南极洲上空发现了臭氧空洞后化工企业才最终放弃了它们对生产氟利昂的禁令的反对意见,这种物质能够破坏臭氧层。这一发现意味着用强力的政治手段阻止氟利昂的生产已经势在必行,而且幸运的是化工企业已经不再需要反对这些举措:尽管它们最近减少了对氟利昂替代品的
14、研究,但始于多年前的研究已经得出了喜人的结果。8 The incipient (i)_ regarding taxes could affect trade between the two countries much more than the (ii)_ banana imports, which has been going on for years. Unfortunately, the trade regulators seem to be ignoring both disagreements.A. row争端D. profitable dealing in有利可图的交易B. ac
15、cord协定E. predicament regarding关于的困局C. investigation调查F. festering dispute over对的激烈争端直接重复both disagreements是上文中出现过的概念,即前一句话中必然出现了两种争端或不合。more than表示两个事物的对比,则第一句话中提到了两个概念,这两个概念就必须是下文中的“两种争端”。故第一空和第二空均需填入和争端有关的词,A和F正确。新出现的关于税的争端将会比持续多年的有关香蕉进口的激烈争论对两国间的贸易产生更大影响。不幸的是,主管者看起来同时忽略了上述两方面的争议。15 In American In
16、dian art, the supposed distinction between modern and traditional was fabricated by critics, and when artists have control over interpretation of their own work, the distinction appears, happily, to have been _.A. eliminated 消灭B. reinforced 增强C. put to rest 消除D. intensified 增强E. recognized 承认F. esta
17、blished 建立when提示了近似的因果,则前后两个分句的句意为同意重复。前半句称评论家捏造了一种界限,则这种界限并不存在。故后半句艺术家解释自己作品时,这种界限同样不存在。选项AC正确。在美国印第安艺术中,假定存在的现代和传统的界限不过是评论家捏造的结果。而令人高兴的是,艺术家在解释他们自己的作品时,这种界限看起来消失了。16 Notwithstanding their _ regarding other issues, township residents have consistently passed the board of educations annual budget.A.
18、 accordB. indecisionC. consensusD. disagreementE. divergenceF. enthusiasm转折notwithstanding提示转折,则从句表达了“意见一致”的反义。选项DE正确。尽管在其他问题上存在分歧,本镇的居民还是一致通过了教育委员会的年度预算案。17 Some of the companys supporters charged that the negative report had been motivated by a broader political assault on the company that was des
19、igned to help market rivals who would like to see the company _.A. reined inB. bolsteredC. indemnifiedD. propped upE. manacledF. lionized手段-目的对应前半句和解题没有必然关系,只要找到“竞争对手”的解题线索即可。竞争对手当然希望这家公司受到负面影响。则只有A和E两选项合乎要求。B和D两项虽然也是同义词,但在感情色彩上不符合要求。一些公司的支持者指责称该负面报告是被针对公司的广泛的政治抨击所推动,其目的在于帮助那些乐于看到本公司受到制约的竞争对手。18 Ske
20、ptics contend that any scheme for charging visitors to Web sites that rewards the vendor adequately would require steep prices, _ the kind of frequent, casual use of Web sites that surfers now take for granted.A. bridlingB. excitingC. forbiddingD. inhibitingE. provokingF. reversing伴随状语提示的语法重复空格所填内容为
21、现在分词,引导伴随状语,和主句同义重复。skeptics表明这些人对句中的收费计划持反对态度,“高昂费用”作为同义重复,则意味着对网民起到打击、削弱的作用,故A和D两选项为正确答案。C选项感情色彩正确但意味过重。B和E是一对同义词但不符合句意。持怀疑态度者认为对于登录充分奖励销售商的网站的网民征收费用的任何计划都将需要高额费用,从而限制了网民习以为常的对网络的日常使用。19 It seems obvious that Miles Davis _ the Juilliard School, which resulted in his decision to drop out, was based
22、 on the schools training of musicians for a kind of music that he did not want to play.A. disaffection withB. dislocation ofC. disentanglement fromD. subversion ofE. displacement ofF. estrangement from因果resulted in提示MD的退学和他的态度之间存在因果关联,而且后文的based on进一步说明他对学校的负面态度。因此选项所填内容必须与负面态度有关。故A和F是正确答案。选项D虽然也是负面态度,但没有其他选项与之对应。B和C也是同义词,但不符合句意。Miles Davis对Juilliard School的不满最终导致他的退学,这种不满情绪显然是他不愿演奏该学校训练体系中所用的乐曲所致。
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