1. Paintings created in India during the Mughal dynasty were _____ in ambition but ornamental in presentation: in one direction they have an affinity with newspaper photographs, while in the other they have the intricacy of jewels.

A. metaphorical

B. documentary

C. aesthetic

D. sectarian

E. Baroque

解析：B

逻辑关系提示词：but，取反

填空对应：ornamental

词汇：metaphorical 比喻性的

  Documentary 纪实的

  Aesthetic 美学的

  Sectarian 宗派的

  Baroque 复杂的

2. It remains a mystery how Theobroma cacao, which scholars believe originated in lowland

Amazonia, was introduced to tropical Mesoamerica. It must have been a (i)_____ process: cacao

trees do not easily sprout from seed, need years to mature, and grow only in humid lowland forest. Moreover, in a tropical climate, cacao pods spoil quickly, rendering their transport from lowland Amazonia tropical Mesoamerica in a single journey by foot or canoe (ii)_____.

A. clandestine  D. unlikely

B. protracted  E. redundant

C. spontaneous  F. expeditious

解析：BD

逻辑关系提示词：“.”，取同

填空对应：need years to mature - blank i; spoil quickly - blank ii;

词汇：clandestine 秘密的

  Protracted 拖延的

  Spontaneous 自发的

  Unlikely 不可能的

  Redundant 多余的

  Expeditious 迅速的

3. To the avid reader of E.O. Wilson, much of his most recent book Consilience: The Unity of

Knowledge will be (i)_____, as the book represents the culmination of a life spent thinking about

everything from the social lives of ants to the social lives of people. Nonetheless, new thoughts

have been mixed in with the old to produce a book remarkable for its (ii)_____ and ambition.

A. predictable D. purview

B. discounted E. overreaching

C. startling F. contingency

解析：AD

逻辑关系提示词：“.”，取同

解释：根据二句可知，新书是新旧观点混合在一起的，包含了旧观点，因此选出一空A；二空与ambition并列，结合前面新旧都有的这种说法，可以选出purview 范围。

题源：经济学人GRAND old men, of whom E.O. Wilson is arguably one, write grand old books.“Consilience”, with its claim to be a map to a Theory of Everything, is certainly grand. To the avid Wilson reader, much of it will also be familiar, representing as it does the culmination of a life spent thinking about everything from the social lives of ants to the social lives of people. Nonetheless, the old thoughts have been mixed in with new to provide a book remarkable for its scope and ambition.

词汇：predictable 可预料的

  Discounted 打折的

  Startling 震惊的

  Purview 范围

  Overreaching 试图做力不能及的事

  Contingency 意外

4. Until the advent of film, commercial entertainment in England occurred only where concentrated urban populations provided audiences large enough to make it remunerative: theaters and music halls were (i)_____ in rural villages. But village cinemas quickly become (ii)_____, even though they were ramshackle affairs in comparison to the urban picture palaces.

A. spartan D. commonplace

B. unconceivable E. sophisticated

C. profitable F. unfashionable

解析：BD

逻辑关系提示词：“：”，取同；

填空对应：only urban ...large enough - blank iⅈ

词汇：spartan 简朴的

  Unconveivable 不可想象的

  Profitable 有利可图的

  Commonplace 普通的

  Sophisticated 复杂的

  Unfashionable 过时的

5. 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.

A. raillery D. madcap G. facetious

B. effusiveness E. lugubrious H. reserved

C. forbearance F. edifying I. beguiling

解析：CDH

逻辑关系提示词：“.”，取同

解释：隐含了过去和现在的时间对比，演员在这部剧中的特点是一三空，之前是二空，根据normally clownish和二句可以选出三个空。

词汇：raillery 逗趣

  Effusiveness 热情洋溢

  Forbearance 克制

  Madcap 鲁莽的人

  Lugubrious 悲哀的

  Edifying 启迪的

  Facetious 诙谐的

  Reserved  冷淡的

  Beguiling 欺骗的

6. Some climatologists dismiss as (i)_____ the debate among geophysicists over the role of carbon dioxide in global climate change across many millions of years. These climatologists say the evidence of a tie between carbon dioxide and planetary warming over the last few centuries is so (ii)_____ that any longer-term evidence against such a link must somehow be (iii)______.

A. unavoidable  D. unlikely G. tainted

B. irrelevant E. controversial H. accommodated

C. undecidable F. compelling I. reinforced

解析：BFG

逻辑关系提示词：“.”，取同

解释：一句中出现了dismiss，说明对争论整体是负面评价，一空可以选出B；看二三空，二三空联动取反，表达二氧化碳和全球变暖之间是有关系的，换言之，争论是没有意义的。

词汇：unavoidable 不可避免的

  Irrelevant 无关紧要的

  Undecidable 没有定论的

  Unlikely 不可能的

  Controversial 有争议的

  Compelling 令人信服的

  Tainted 污染

  Accommodate 适应；容纳

  Reinforce 加强

7. A priori mathematics, according to Galileo, does not _____ the need for observation, but

mathematics does allow us to deduce unobservable properties and thus to penetrate further into

the structure of nature than observation does.

A. address

B. acknowledge

C. obviate

D. diminish

E. displace

F. Appreciate

解析：CE

逻辑关系提示词：but，取反

解释：but句说数学允许我们对不能观察的特点进行推理，也就是说可以不进行观察；but前后句取反，要表达对观察的正向含义；前面有not取反，因此选出CE，

词汇：address 解决

  Acknowledge 承认

  Obviate 排除

  Diminish 减少

  Displace 替代

  Appreciate 欣赏

8. One of the peculiarities of humans is that we irrationally gravitate to the predictable and avoid

risk, whatever the reasons for this _____, it is hardly a sound basis for dealing with complex, long- term problems.

A. eccentricity

B. predilection

C. vacillation

D. proclivity

E. wavering

F. Cowardice

解析：BD

逻辑关系提示词：this，取同

填空对应：peculiarity

词汇：eccentricity 古怪

  Predilection - proclivity 偏向

  Vacillation - wavering 犹豫

  Cowardice 胆小

9. An abundance of nutrient-rich pollution in estuaries causes algae to _____, much as

houseplants grow better when their soil contains added fertilizer.

A. abound

B. proliferate

C. stagnate

D. coalesce

E. collect

F. Diversify

解析：AB

逻辑关系提示词：cause，取同；as，取同

填空对应：abundance of nutrient-rick/grow better

词汇：abound - proliferate 增值

  Stagnate 停滞

  Coalesce 合并

  Collect 收集

  Diversify 多样化

10. The stories of silent drama may often have been _____; yet, within those broad outlines, the

true artists among silent-film actors could express shadings that had no immediate analogue in

language.

A. implausible

B. incredible

C. conventional

D. elemental

E. rudimentary

F. Confusing

解析：DE

逻辑关系提示词：those，取同

填空对应：broad outlines

词汇：implausible - incredible难以置信的

  Conventional 传统的

  Elemental - rudimentary基础的

  Confusing 令人困惑的

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