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1. Once so fluid, the political situation had, two years after the declaration of the Republic, _____ so much that further change seemed inconceivable.

A. revitalized

B. warmed

C. intensified

D. clotted

E. Destabilized

解析：D

逻辑关系提示词：once，取反；so ... that ...取同；

填空对应：further change seemed inconceivable 与空取同；fluid与空取反

解释：可以根据so ...that...利用that后的部分说没有进一步变化选出D；也可以利用时间对比，跟fluid取反选出D。

词汇：revitalize 使复活

  Warm 温暖

  Intensify  加强

  Clot 堵塞

  Destabilize 使失去稳定

2. Paul Robeson. Jr. wrote that his father was a flesh-and-blood artist whose accomplishments

made him susceptible to hagiographic treatment by potential biographers. Robeson’s

achievements were real, and there was no need for _____.

A. disclosure

B. hyperbole

C. retraction

D. muckraking

E. Reticence

解析：B

逻辑关系提示词：“.”取同；

填空对应：hagiograhpic treatment

词汇：disclosure 披露

  Hyperbole 夸张

  Retraction 撤回

  Muckraking 揭发丑闻

  Reticence 沉默寡言

3. The scientists who first proposed that Moon’s craters had resulted from impacts (i)_____:

almost all of these craters were circular, and yet most impactors in heliocentric orbit would have an oblique path and hence would be expected to form (ii)_____ craters.

A. devised a theory D. massive

B. misinterpreted a finding E. elongated

C. confronted difficulty F. shallow

解析：CE

逻辑关系提示词：“：”，取同；yet，取反

解释：冒号后句部分说craters基本是圆的，而impactors有一个倾斜的轨道，显然两者之间是不匹配的，因此一空可以选出C；二空是用来形容craters要如何改进的，应该与oblique对应，选出E。

词汇：devised a theory 发明一种理论

  Misinterpreted a finding 误解一个发现

  Confronted difficulty 面对困难

  Massive 大量的

  Elongated 延长的

  Shallow 浅的

4. When the United States government created the Post Office at the founding of the republic, it

didn’t invite rival postal firms to compete; in fact, it created a monopoly. That monopoly, however, was (i)_____ free expression because of policies Congress adopted, which (ii)_____ the circulation of newspapers irrespective of their viewpoint and spread postal service throughout the country.

A. conducive to D. subsidized

B. threatened by E. limited

C. dependent on F. trivialized

解析：AD

逻辑关系提示词：however，取反；

解释：一句说创造了垄断。垄断本应该是负面的，however取反后，应该说垄断的好处，选出AD。

词汇：conducive to有益的

  Threatened by 威胁

  Dependent on 依赖于

  Subsidized 补助

  Limited 限制

  Trivialized 使平凡

5. The cowbird can seem a rather comical creature with a slow, awkward walk and often upraised tail. Less (i)_____ is the cowbirds’ habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other birds. The

(ii)_____ nesters will usually accept the cowbird egg and raise the baby cowbird as their own.

Unfortunately, cowbird eggs hatch sooner than the eggs of other species and the young cowbirds

(iii)_____, using their size to their advantage in getting more food from the parents.

A. amusing D. feckless G. grow quickly

B. painful E. resistant H. leave the nest

C. galling F. unwitting I. share their food

解析：AFG

逻辑关系提示词：less，取反；“，”，取同

解释：一空与comical对应取反；二空结合语义和选项，选出unwitting，不知情的鸟会接受cowbird的蛋并把他们的孩子养大；三空与后面的their size to their advantage对应取同，选出G。

词汇：amusing 有趣的

  Painful 痛苦的

  Galling 令人生气的

  Feckless 无效的

  Resistant 抵抗的

  Unwitting 不知情的

  Grow quickly 长得快

  Leave the nest 离开窝

  Share their food 分享食物

6. The scientist (i)_____ that the now familiar term “global warming” is (ii)_____, arguing that the atmospheric buildup of long-lived greenhouse gases is setting in motion centuries of shifts in climate patterns, coastlines, water resources, and ecosystems—hardly (iii)_____ one would describe with a gentle word like “warming”.

A. denied D. an exaggeration G. a transformation

B. complained E. a cliché H. an enigma

C. doubted F. a misnomer I. a signal

解析：BFG

逻辑关系提示词：“，”，取同；hardly，取反；

解释：arguing一句说大气的变化是很复杂的，暗含着不仅仅是warming的含义，因此可以选出BFG。

词汇：denied 否认

  Complained  抱怨

  Doubted 怀疑

  An exaggeration 夸大

  A cliche 陈词滥调

  A Misnomer 用词不当

  A transformation 转化

  An enigma 迷

  A signal 信号

7. Nature-loving pilgrims from the eastern United States altered the country’s attitude toward California’s sequoia groves, transforming those stands of great trees from scientific curiosities to places of _____.

A. recreation

B. mystery

C. veneration

D. solitude

E. reverence

F. Acclamation

解析：CE

逻辑关系提示词：transform from... to ...，取反

填空对应：curiosities

词汇：recreation 娱乐

  Mystery 神秘

  Veneration - reverence 尊敬

  Solitude 孤独

  Acclamation 欢呼

8. Established scientists recognize that peer review of manuscripts submitted to scientific journals is critical to science, but this recognition _____ a certain ambivalence in them, since reviewing takes time away from their research.

A. obviates

B. mitigates

C. engenders

D. tempers

E. induces

F. Exacerbates

解析：CE

逻辑关系提示词：but，取反；since，取同

填空对应：critical - ___ ambivalence 对应取反；___ ambivalence- takes time away 对应取同

词汇：obviate 排除

  Mitigate - temper缓解

  Engender - induce 产生

  Exacerbate 恶化

9. Despite ______ leaving their old jobs behind, workers were eager to move because there were to be no layoffs under the union contract at the new location.

A. jubilation over

B. indifference to

C. misgivings about

D. outrage over

E. trepidation over

F. enthusiasm for

解析：CE

逻辑关系提示词：despite，取反

填空对应：eager

词汇：jubilation over 喜欢

  Indifference to 冷漠

  Misgivings about - trepidation over 犹豫

  Outrage over愤怒

  Enthusiasm for 热情

10. After the Turkish Republic was established, traditional hamams (bathhouses) seemed to many Turks to be outmoded, but thanks to tourism, hamams have experienced a _____, becoming important cultural sites for foreign and Turkish visitors alike.

A. proliferation

B. retrenchment

C. transformation

D. revival

E. slump

F. Renaissance

解析：DF

逻辑关系提示词：but，取反

填空对应：outmoded

词汇：proliferation 增值

  Retrenchment 节省

  Transformation 转化

  Revival - renaissance 复兴

  Slump 暴跌

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