Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with
collectors in the eighteenth century, when ______ was valued much more highly
than it is today.
(A) scent
(B) beauty
(C) elegance
(D) color
(E) variety
翻譯：帶有濃烈香味的白花，比如梔子花，在18世紀成為收藏者的最愛，因為在那時候，香味比在今天被賦予了更高的價值。
(A)香味，芬芳
(B)美麗
(C)優(yōu)雅、優(yōu)美
(D)顏色
(E)種類，多樣化
At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of
her, I found that ______ was very near the surface.
(A) seriousness
(B) confidence
(C) laughter
(D) poise
(E) determination
翻譯：一開始，我發(fā)現(xiàn)她的嚴肅非常有威懾力，但是當我對她了解更多時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)她身上總是洋溢著笑聲/ 我發(fā)現(xiàn)幽默的她才是真是的她。
(A)嚴肅，莊重
(B)信心
(C)笑聲
(D)平衡
(E)決心
The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and drive
us to ______ accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.
(A) insular
(B) investigative
(C) synoptic
(D) subjective
(E) sensational
翻譯：來自大眾媒體的純粹的數(shù)據(jù)堆砌似乎超過了我們的承受能力，并驅(qū)使我們得到概括性的報道從而了解新聞中最容易的，好理解的那部分新聞。
A孤立的，超然的
B調(diào)查的
C概要的，從同一觀點看待的
D主觀的
E使人感動的
During the opera’s most famous aria, the tempo chosen by the orchestra’s
conductor seemed ______, without necessary relation to what had gone before.
(A) tedious
(B) melodious
(C) capricious
(D) compelling
(E) cautious
翻譯：在這部歌劇最有名的詠嘆調(diào)中，樂隊指揮所選擇的節(jié)奏似乎變化無常，和已經(jīng)演奏過的部分沒有必然的關(guān)系。
(A)乏味冗長的
(B)旋律優(yōu)美的
(C)反復多變的，反復無常的
(D)引人注目的
(E)謹慎小心的
Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater ______their efforts to
build a progressive party than the______of the progressives already elected to
the legislature.
(A) support for...advocacy
(B) threat to...promise
(C) benefit from...success
(D) obstacle to...resistance
(E) praise for...reputation
翻譯：具有諷刺意味的是，這個政黨的領(lǐng)導人在建立一個激進黨的努力中，的障礙來自于那些早就選入了立法機構(gòu)的激進分子的抵抗。
A支持……提倡，擁護
B威脅……承諾
C受益于……成功
D障礙……阻礙
E贊揚……尊敬
No longer______by the belief that the world around us was expressly
designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual______for that lost
certainty in astrology and in mysticism.
(A) satisfied...reasons
(B) sustained...substitutes
(C) reassured...justifications
(D) hampered...equivalents
(E) restricted...parallels
翻譯：人們不再被這樣的一種信仰所支撐，即我們周圍的世界是明確地為人類所設(shè)計的，而是試圖尋找一種理性的替代品，因為這種信仰在占星學和玄學中失去了確定性。
A滿意……原因
B支持……替代品
C使恢復信心，使安心……理由，辯護
D妨礙……等價
E限制……相似物，平行
Just as astrology was for centuries______faith, countering the strength of
established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of______ the
professional sciences.
(A) an individual...rebellion by
(B) an accepted...antagonism toward
(C) an underground...defiance against
(D) a heretical...support for
(E) an unknown...concern about
翻譯：正如占星術(shù)幾個世紀以來都是反對正統(tǒng)力量的(地下的，秘密的)信仰一樣，他們反對國教(established
church)力量，今天信奉占星術(shù)是一種反抗專業(yè)科學的行為。
A單獨的……謀反，不服從
B被接受的……對抗
C地下的，秘密的……挑釁，挑戰(zhàn)
D異端的……支持
E未知的……考慮
