63.avarice: generosity 贪财的:慷慨的

　　Avaricious/miserly/stingy/voracious/greedy/ravenous 贪婪的，吝啬的

　　magnanimous/bountiful/generous/open-handed 慷慨的

　　voracious 贪吃的

　　(1)The bearded dragon lizard is a voracious eater, so___ that it will consume as many insects as possible.

　　(A)abstemious (B)cannibalistic (C)slovenly

　　(D)insatiable (E) progenitor

　　(2)Though a hummingbird weighs less than one ounce, all species of hummingbirds are__ eaters, maintaining very high body temperatures and__ many times their weight in food each day.

　　(A) voracious, consuming

　　(B) fastidious, discarding

　　(C) hasty, locating

　　(D) prolific, producing

　　(E) delicate, storing

　　(3)In contrast to their widespread image as__ carnivores, many species of piranha are vegetarian.

　　(A) nomadic

　　(B) lugubrious

　　(C) voracious

　　(D) covetous

　　(E) exotic

　　64.aversion: court /inclined厌恶:对女性献殷勤

　　65.avid: indifferent 热切的◇冷淡的，漠然的

　　(1)He was ------ success, painting not for the sake of fame or monetary reward, but for the sheer love of art.

　　A. indifferent to B. destined for C. avid for

　　D. jaded by E. enamored of

　　(2)Usually cool and collected, the coach grew ----- when he saw his best player needlessly injured in the illegal play.

　　indifferent

　　furious

　　realistic

　　impatient

　　(3)Famous in her time and then forgotten, the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Judith Leyster was___ obscurity when, in 1993, the Worcester Art Museum organized the first retrospective exhibition of her work.

　　A. resigned to (逆来顺受的)

　　B. rewarded with

　　C. rescued from

　　D. indifferent to

　　E. worth of

　　resigned：showing utter resignation or hopelessness

　　66.balm: irritant/piquant 温和的:刺激的

　　67.Banal/hackneyed/cliché/trite<> arresting/compelling/attractive original陈腐的:吸引人的

　　It is ironic that the____ insights of the great thinkers are voiced so often that they have become mere____.

　　(A) original---clichés

　　(B) banal---beliefs

　　(C) dubious---habits

　　(D) philosophical---questions

　　(E) abstract---ideas

　　68.bankruptcy: solvency 破产:有偿还能力的

　　Although it stayed in business for several months, the company was actually__ and met its financial obligations only by engaging in__ activities.

　　(A) insolvent, fraudulent

　　(B) prudent, speculative

　　(C) autonomous, subordinate

　　(D) bankrupt, charitable

　　(E) stable, manipulative

　　69.baroque: austere 结构复杂的:简朴的

　　Lavish/sumptuous: austere 奢侈的：简朴的

　　(1)Although frugal by nature, on this special occasion he refused to__, but instead feasted his guests__.

　　(A) splurge, munificently

　　(B) conserve, intangibly

　　(C) conserve, lavishly

　　(D) temporize, austerely

　　(E) cooperate, exorbitantly

　　(2)The stoic former general led his civilian life as had his military life, with simplicity and___.

　　(A) benevolent (B)informal (C) austere (D) aggressive (E) succinct

　　70.barren: prolific 不育的:大量繁殖的

　　Prolific(pro向前+lif生命，向前产生生命)多产的

　　Having published more than three hundred books in less than fifty years, science fiction writer Issac Asimov may well be the most____ author of our day.

　　(A) fastidious

　　(B) insecure

　　(C) outmoded

　　(D) prolific

　　(E) indigenous