题目

1. Gladys took a ____ approach to problem solving, so when the committee needed ideas on how to create more low-cost public transportation, she suggested they study what worked well in other cities with similar needs.

A. Benign

B. Pragmatic

C. Compliant

D. Rarefied

E. Dogmatic

答案：B

解析：此题关键是她建议他们研究其他同类城市。说明她采取的方法是比较务实的。

2. Researchers in University of Maryland discover that many people subconsciously think that in assessment of others competence and warmth are (i) ____: when they feel someone is highly capable, they will assert that he or she must have a tendency to be (ii) ____.

Blank (i) Blank (ii)

A. clearly interconnected D. passive

B. inversely related E. nonchalant

C. physically paralyzed F. unfeeling

答案：BE

解析：

题目是说研究人员发现许多人潜意识认为评估他人时，能力和热心程度是(i)______，当他们认为一些人是很有能力的，他们断言这些人可能会(ii)______。

可以看出i为B，ii为E，答案符合逻辑。

A显然是相互联系的 B.成反比 C.肢体瘫痪 D.消极的 E.漠不关心的 F.没有同情心的

3. His new role gives the normally clownish actor a chance to impress audiences with his (i) ___. He is among the most uninhibited comic performers around, but here he buttons his lip and stares straight ahead. Perhaps without quite knowing it, the audience waits for a wink, a hint that some of the (ii) ___ spirit that animated his previous movies might be lurking inside the (iii) ___ manner he presents in this film.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)

A. Raillery D. Madcap G. Facetious

B. Effusiveness E. Lugubrious H. Reserved

C. Forbearance F. Edifying I. Beguiling

答案：CDH

解析：这个小丑演员的新角色给了他一次向观众展示他自制节制的一面。他的喜剧表演最为大胆豪放，而这次他紧闭双唇，直视前方。不知情的观众也许还在等待一个眨眼，一点提示，以为类似他以前电影中的喜剧桥段可能潜伏在他现在这个节制缄默的角色之下.

4. Although his original mission was a failure, Russian botanist Michael Friedrich Adams achieved an unexpected ____ when he found, by chance, the carcass of a woolly mammoth.

A. conclusion

B. upheaval

C. triumph

D. bombshell

E. success

F. venture

答案：CE

解析：此题关键在于前半句的although…failure, 和unexpected. 说明后面是成功。

5. Although most land snails are ____, the giant African snail is a notable exception; it can be 15 inches long and weigh 2 pounds.

A. gargantuan

B. juvenile

C. functional

D. diminutive

E. responsive

F. minuscule

答案：D F

解析：从句型来看，空格处该填的词是后半句意思的反义词。即giant的反义词。

6. While it is always clear that the author’s message is heartfelt, it is mostly buried by shortcomings of style, organization, and production, although the book does become more ____ toward the end.

A. Sincere

B. intelligible

C. orthodox

D. readable

E. frank

F. voluble

答案：B D