(OG Text Completion Sample Questions 2) Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i) ______ as an artist increased, the more (ii) ______ his life became. BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) (A) temperance (D) tumultuous (B) notoriety (E) providential (C) eminence (F) dispassionate KEY: CD 1. 关键字：冒号 2. 确定blank1中应该填入一个名词，表示C作为一名艺术家在某一方面的成绩，blank2中应该填入一个形容词，表示C的生活的变化形式； 3. 发现句子中有冒号，可以推断句子前后两部分是一种解释说明的关系，即句子前后两部分意思一致，前半句说C对于成功的把握很差，而且倾向于暴力；则后半句也应该是同样的意思； 4. 在后半句中，as an artist increased应该对应的是“成功”的意思，从blank1中选出“eminence”，而his life became，对应的是其倾向于暴力的部分，从blank2中选出“tumultuous”。 5. 词语解释： [1]. (A) temperance：（抑制、温和）moderation in action, thought, or feeling : RESTRAINT [2]. (B) notoriety：（臭名昭著）the quality or state of being widely and unfavorably known [3]. (C) eminence：（声名显赫）one that is eminent, prominent, or lofty [4]. (D) tumultuous：（暴力的）marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval [5]. (E) providential：（神意的）of, relating to, or determined by (OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q7, Easy) The judge’s standing in the legal community, though shaken by phony allegations of wrongdoing, emerged, at long last, _______. (A) unqualified (B) undiminished (C) undecided (D) undamaged (E) unresolved (F) unprincipled KEY: BD
1. 关键字：though，转折关系，反义
2. 空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来形容法官判决的效力问题；though引导的插
入语可以提出来，表示与句子实际要表示相反的意思，而在though引导的句中，表现的意思是法官的观点被“shaken”了，发生了动摇，因而在空格中应该填入一个“不动摇”意思的词语。 3. 词语解释：
[1]. (A) unqualified：（没有资格的）not having requisite qualifications
[2]. (B) undiminished：（没有减少的）not made one half step less than perfect or minor
[3]. (C) undecided：（未决定的）not free from doubt or wavering
[4]. (D) undamaged：（不受损的）not suffer from loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation
[5]. (E) unresolved：（未解决的）not deal with successfully
[6]. (F) unprincipled：（无原则的）not exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q8, Easy)
Modern agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity of major food crops, yet despite heavy use of pesticides, ______ losses to diseases and pests are sustained each year. (A) incongruous (B) reasonable (C) significant (D) considerable (E) equitable (F) fortuitous KEY: CD
1. 关键字：yet、despite，表转折，反义
2. 前半句说杀虫剂功效显著，而后半句由yet与despite引导，表示与前半句相反
的意思，那么应该是说杀虫剂的功效其实并不显著，尽管用了很多杀虫剂，最后的损失依旧“不小”，故选取(C)(D)选项。 3. 词语解释：
[1]. (A) incongruous：（不连续的、不一致的）lacking congruity
[2]. (B) reasonable：（合理的）being in accordance with reason
[3]. (C) significant：（可观的）of a noticeably or measurably large amount [4]. (D) considerable：（可观的）large in extent or degree [5]. (E) equitable：（平等的）having or exhibiting equity [6]. (F) fortuitous：（偶然的）occurring by chance
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q1, Medium)
It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be _______. (A) predictable (B) unexpected (C) admirable (D) explicit (E) confusing KEY: B
1. 关键字：分号表复指、on the other hand表反义
2. 前半句话与后半句话由分号连接，应该表示同义，由于前半句中存在no，后半
句中存在on the other hand进行取反，偶数个否定词不改变词语之间的方向逻辑，故对应单词之间应该是同义关系。
3. 前半句对于社会中所拥有的行为准则的存在的评价是no surprise；而后文中同
样是对于社会行为准则进行描述，故对应词语在no surprise上，通过on the other hand取反以后，应该填入surprise的同义词。 4. 词汇解释：
[1]. (A) predictable：（可以预计的）to declare or indicate in advance [2]. (B) unexpected：（预料之外的）not expected
[3]. (C) admirable：（值得赞扬的）deserving the highest esteem
[4]. (D) explicit：（详尽的）fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity
[5]. (E) confusing：（令人迷惑的）to make embarrassed
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q2, Medium)
Like Béla Bartók, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composer’s acumen to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked (i) _______ the task. This was clear in her agonizing
over how far to try to represent the minute details of a performance in a written text, and this (ii) ______ makes her work a landmark in ethnomusicology. BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) (A) reverence for (D) fastidiousness (B) detachment from (E) didacticism (C) curiosity about (F) iconoclasm KEY: AD 1. 关键词：not only … but also变体表递进关系；“，+and”结构等同于分号。 2. 先看blank(i)所在的第一句话，blank(i)中应该填入一个名词，用来描述RC这个人对于民乐的一种态度，而RC这个人对于民乐的态度是依据“not only … but also…”这个结构的变体，即“not only … also …”来连接的，因而在这两句中对于RC这个人对民乐的态度应该是程度不同的近义词，而且在also一句中的程度大于not only中的相关词语的程度。由于在前半句中给出的是acumen，即“敏锐、敏感”，是对于民乐的一种正态度，因而后面应该也填入一个正态度，即答案应该从A、C中选择。 3. 看第二句话中有“This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details”，说明RC这个人对于民乐的态度是可以从她对于细节的把握来看出来的，因而其对待民乐应该是一种重视的态度，故选择A选项。 4. 接下来，在第二句中，由于“，+and”结构可以视作分号来看待，因而前后两个半句应该是复指关系，前半句说RC努力体现民乐的细节，用到了agonizing一词，即“不懈努力”之意，因而后半句也应该体现出她这种“努力”的意思，故选择D选项。 5. 词语解释： [1]. (A) reverence for：（尊敬）honor or respect felt or shown : DEFERENCE [2]. (B) detachment from：（分离）the action or process of detaching : SEPARATION [3]. (C) curiosity about：（喜好）interest leading to inquiry [4]. (D) fastidiousness：（近乎苛求的态度）reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude [5]. (E) didacticism：（说教主义）intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment [6]. (F) iconoclasm：（反传统主义）the doctrine, practice, or attitude of a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions (OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q3, Medium) Political advertising may well be the most (i) ______ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)______, yet their campaign
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