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1. Although Henry was not in general a sentimental man, occasionally he would feel a touch of ___ for the old days and would contemplate making a brief excursion to Boston to revisit his childhood friends.
exasperation
chagrin
nostalgia
lethargy
anxiety
sentimental的情景: 林黛玉型的
2. The consumer advocate claimed that while drug manufactures____ the supposed advantages of their propriety brands, generic versions of the same medications are often equally____.
(A) tout, efficacious
(B)research, innocuous
(C) market, prohibitive
(D)laud, counterproductive
(E) extract, prescriptive
tout: 俗话说,卖布的有”布拖”,卖袜子的有”袜拖”,我就是那”饭拖”
通过这道题,可以看到中美在tout(拖,套)这点上是没分歧的.
3. (1)The soap opera regularly dwells on the___ aspects of life; just last week two characters died.
morbid
presumptuous
exciting
expensive
(2) He is rather___, always eager to know everything about others.
A. morbid
B. curious
C. interested
D. presumptuous
第二题是个相当有意思的题目,很多同学可能都会选择morbid,这和中国人所说的”有病”可不是一个意思! morbid: with a strong and unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death. eg. a morbid fascination with instruments of torture
4. Many of today’s consumers are ------ expensive complicated machinery that they may not even need.
A. captivated by
B. jealous of
C. sullen about
D. misled by
5. The café attracts a__ clientele: a startlingly heterogeneous group of people collects there.
A. motley
B. callous
C. languid
D. mysterious
E. humane
6. Because Phillis Wheatley exposed the injustices of slavery in her poems, some of which were written as early as the 1760s, she is believed to be in the__ of American abolitionists.
vanguard
service
rear
favor
realm
以上两题牵涉到填空题做题原则,填空题讲解的时候会具体讲解.通过as early as,可以体会什么叫vanguard? 要称呼一个人为vanguard,那么时间是必要条件.
7. This latest biography of Malcolm X is a nuanced and sensitive picture of a very complex man,_____ analysis of his personality.
(A) an ineffectual
(B) a telling
(C) a ponderous
(D) a simplistic
(E) an overblown
8. This latest biography of Malcolm X is a nuanced and sensitive picture of a very complex man,_____ analysis of his personality.
(A) an ineffectual
(B) a telling
(C) a ponderous
(D) a simplistic
(E) an overblown
telling: showing the true character or nature of someone or something.
有些同学会选ponderous,还是没有理解到做填空题真谛,就是在给你的句子里找对应,你能找到ponderous(冗长乏味的)的对应吗?
9. Annoyed by the new employee’s excessively__ manner, the supervisor advised him that such fawning was inappropriate.
(A) obsequious
(B) mysterious
(C) lackadaisical
(D) argumentative
(E) aggressive
10. The maid, while ------ to the guests of the hotel, was rather ----- with her employers.
indifferent …curt
submissive …pleasant
obsequious …obstinate
reliable ….obedient
obsequious: very eager to please or agree with people who are powerful.
obstinate: determined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable.
