【10】4 I’ve long anticipated this retrospective of the artist’s work, hoping it would make
(i)_________ judgments about him possible, but greater familiarity with his paintings highlights their inherent (ii)_________ and actually makes one’s assessment(iii)_________ .
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| A modish | D gloom | G similarly equivocal |
| B settled | E ambiguity | H less sanguine |
| C detached | F delicacy | I more cynical |
【11】5 Higher energy prices would have many(i)_________ effects on society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more(ii)_________ in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not(iii)_________ at current prices.
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| A pernicious | D aggressive | G unstable |
| B counterintuitive | E predictable | H adaptable |
| C salubrious | F sparing | I viable |
【12】6 But they pay little attention to the opposite and more treacherous failing: false certainty, refusing to confess their mistakes and implicitly claiming(i)_________ ,thereby embarrassing the nation and undermining the Constitution, which established various mechanisms of self-correction on the premise that even the wisest men are sometimes wrong and need, precisely when they find it most(ii)_________ , the benefit of(iii)_________ process.
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| A infallibility | D discomfiting | G an adaptable |
| B immunity | E expedient | H a remedial |
| C impartiality | F imminent | I an injudicious |
原ETS 官网题目
【13】It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)_________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to(ii)_________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the(iii)_________ , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.
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| A overshadowed | D enhance | G plausibility of our hypotheses |
| B invalidated | E obscure | H certainty of our entitlement |
| C illuminated | F underscore | I superficiality of our theories |
【14】2006题目 Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (i)___________________, but the most (ii)___________________ of these paintings (iii)___________________ all doubts.
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| A partiality | D problematic | G exculpate |
| B credulity | E successful | H assuage |
| C ambivalence | F disparaged | I whet |
【15】2007题目 Having displayed his art collection in a vast modernist white space in (i)_______________ former warehouse, Mr. Saatchi has chosen for his new site its polar opposite, a riverside monument to civic pomposity that once housed the local government. There is nothing (ii)_______________ about the new location: the building’s design is bureaucratic baroque, (iii)_______________ style that is as declamatory as a task-force report and as self-regarding as a campaign speech.
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| A a decadent | D atavistic | G an ascetic |
| B a claustrophobic | E spare | H a grandiose |
| C an uNPRepossessing | F pretentious | I an understated |
PRACTICE BOOK 题目
【16】That the President manages the economy is an assumption (i)______________ the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are (ii)______________ the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are (iii)______________. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results.
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| A peripheral to | D justifiably personified in | G usually long-lasting |
| B central to | E erroneously attributed to | H regrettably unnoticeable |
| C at odds with | F occasionally associated with | I largely uNPRedictable |
【17】Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i)______________ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii)________________. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii)_______________ to some extent.
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| A controlled | D abrasive | G compromised |
| B appreciated | E intelligible | H eliminated |
| C employed | F ubiquitous | I considered |
【18】To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i)_______________， (ii)________________place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii)_______________.
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| A impenetrable | D a makeshift | G resource |
| B inconsiderable | E an uNPRopitious | H impediment |
| C uncultivated | F an unremarkable | I passage |