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28. rhapsodize：say something with great enthusiasm. 过份赞美
Trying to ------- about post-modern literature is not only ------- but also foolish, because it is a movement that encompasses many different styles and elements.
(A) brag … necessary
(B) generalize … difficult
(C) complain … important
(D) rhapsodize … fatuous
(E) learn … fair
29. scientific evidence <>description <>observation, 一定要区分好三者之间的区别
scientific evidence：通过统计数据来描述问题 (爱因斯坦说过，只有当一门科学融入数学才会得到发展);description：只是对其中某个样本进行描述，即description，没有统计支持;observation：是比description更窄的概念，它只是指description中能运用你的五官得到的信息。
30. tentative：实验性的，文章当中一定表明这是验证某个未成公理的结论所做的才是试验。
31. travesty：滑稽化的作品(tra反+vest衣服，反穿衣服，滑稽化来表现某些意图)
used in order to say that something is extremely bad and is not what it is claimed to be.
Their marriage was a complete travesty. (即他们不是在结婚，而是进入围城之类的。。可怕)
parody =travesty=lampoon 拙劣的模仿性诗文
The hospital’s inept administration was so__ that the doctors working there considered the facility a__, debasing the entire medical profession.
(A) apathetic, victory
(B) exacting, spectacle
(C) astute, debacle
(D) negligent, travesty
(E) surreptitious, triumph
32. unsubstantiated=ungrounded=baseless
33. veiled：a veiled threat, warning, attack, reference etc is expressed so that its exact meaning is hidden or unclear，=hidden
(1)'I'm impressed,' said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only slightly hidden) sarcasm.
34. veiled criticism：hidden criticism
35. veiled distaste: hidden distaste
36. veiled malice: hidden malice
(二)信仰有关
1. altruism n.利他主义，不自私 <> egoism self-centered 利己主义
2. asceticism n.禁欲主义
3. celibacy n.独身(主义)
4. chauvinism n.沙文主义，盲目爱国主义
5. cynicism n.愤世嫉俗，犬儒主义
6. eclecticism n.折衷主义
eclectic：including a mixture of many different things or people, especially so that you can use the best of all of them，所以在这里eclectic是褒义词，千万不要理解为贬义词!
而mediocre，是个绝对的贬义词，就等于awful，lacklustrous，shoddy
(1)New York designer Anna Sui creates eclectic clothes that represent an___ of playful, 1970’s funky styles fused with an edgy, urban sensibility.
(A) induction
(B) amalgam
(C) immersion
(D) occlusion
(E) estrangement
Amalgam(从形状上看就是两个am混合了alg)
(2)Jean Georges was famous for his----cuisine, which brought together ingredients from many cooking traditions—Thai, Chinese, French—and combined them in innovative ways.
(A) aesthetic
(B) clandestine
(C) homogeneous
(D) eclectic
(E) conventional
(3)Isabella’s____ style is best seen in her architecture, which combines elements of Byzantine Greek, Roman, and Gothic periods.
(A) reticent (B)eclectic (C)mystical (D) formulaic (E) eminent
