advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans. BLANK (i) (A) polemical (B) effective (C) deceptive KEY: CE 1. 关键字:冒号解释说明,yet表示转折 2. Blank(i)中应该填入一个形容词,用来表示political advertising的属性,但就这一句话来说无法确定应该填入什么词语,发现有冒号存于句中,因而political advertising是什么样的广告可以通过后面的解释说明的语句来读出。 3. Blank(ii)中应该填入一个形容词,用来描述参选人的特性。在冒号后面的句子中,由于yet的存在,表明两句话应该是反义关系。后半句话说广告将参选人的不同点隐藏起来而使之展现一样的形态,因此前半句话中说参选人的部分应该是他们具有“不同”的特性。而在这里,广告的作用也体现出来了,即“掩盖”,因此blank(i)中应该填人一种“假冒”色彩的词语进去。 4. 词语解释: [1]. (A) polemical:(引起争论的)of, relating to, or being a polemic : CONTROVERSIAL [2]. (B) effective:(有效的)producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect [3]. (C) deceptive:(具有欺骗性的)tending or having power to deceive : MISLEADING [4]. (D) interchangeable:(可互换的,潜台词是“相同的”)capable of being interchanged [5]. (E) dissimilar:(不同的)UNLIKE [6]. (F) vocal:(声音相关的)relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice (OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q6, Medium) Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the object of ______ analyses by his contemporaries. (A) exacting (B) copious (C) respectful (D) acerbic (E) scathing BLANK (ii) (D) interchangeable (E) dissimilar (F) vocal (F) meticulous KEY: AF
1. 关键词:likewise表示同义
2. 空格中应该填人一个形容词,表示Chase作品所受到的来自于其同时代人们给
予的研究是什么样子的。
3. Likewise表示“正如……一样”,因而,前后两句话是同义关系,没有否定词,
因而对应词语之间是同义词关系,Chase对于别人作品的态度即是别人对待他作品的态度。 4. 词语解释:
[1]. (A) exacting:(苛求的)tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands [2]. (B) copious:(丰富的)yielding something abundantly
[3]. (C) respectful:(令人尊敬的)marked by or showing respect or deference [4]. (D) acerbic:(酸腐的)acid in temper, mood, or tone [5]. (E) scathing:(严厉的)bitterly severe
[6]. (F) meticulous:(严苛的)marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q7, Medium)
Her ______ should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need. (A) stinginess (B) diffidence (C) frugality (D) illiberality (E) intolerance (F) thrift KEY: CF
1. 关键词:be confused with表示否定,分号表示复指
2. 空格中应该填入一个名词,表示“她”所具有的一种特质。而这种特质往往会被
confused with miserliness,这里be confused with与not两个表示否定的结构同时存在,因而对应词语应该是同义关系。而本题中miserliness表示“不大方、吝啬之意”,选项中有两组都可以表示“不大方”的同义词,因此应该选什么,要看后半句说了什么。
3. 后半句与前半句通过分号连接,因而是复指关系,后半句说“她”实际上并不是
一个吝啬之人,而是非常热心帮助别人的人,在后半句中对于这个“她”是一个正评价,因此在前半句中对于“她”的描述也应该通过复指关系前后一致的特点,选取一组相对正的评价填进去。 4. 词语解释:
[1]. (A) stinginess:(吝啬)not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending(贬义词)
[2]. (B) diffidence:(没自信)the quality or state of being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
[3]. (C) frugality:(节俭)characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources
[4]. (D) illiberality:(吝啬)not generous : STINGY(贬义词) [5]. (E) intolerance:(缺乏容忍)the quality or state of being intolerant [6]. (F) thrift:(节约)careful management especially of money
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q8, Medium)
A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence
structure mirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more _______ the ideas. (A) complicated (B) engaged (C) essential (D) fanciful (E) inconsequential (F) involved KEY: AF
1. 关键字:冒号解释说明
2. 前半句说句子结构mirrors思想,这里mirror不仅表示“反映”之意,还表示更深
层次的“相同”的感觉。因而后半句用冒号对前文进行解释说明时也应该反映出这种“一致”的感觉。因而用来修饰结构的词语就可以直接迁移至修饰ideas即可。 3. 词语解释:
[1]. (A) complicated:复杂的(consisting of parts intricately combined) [2]. (B) engaged:忙碌的(involved in activity)
[3]. (C) essential:必要的(of, relating to, or constituting essence)
[4]. (D) fanciful:奇怪的(marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience)
[5]. (E) inconsequential:不重要的(of no significance)
[6]. (F) involved:复杂的(marked by extreme and often needless or excessive complexity)
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q1, Hard)
For some time now, ______ has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that everybody has an angle is considered wisdom. (A) rationality (B) flexibility (C) diffidence (D) disinterestedness (E) insincerity KEY: D
1. 关键字:冒号解释说明、not取反、that引导定语从句解释说明
2. 空格中应该填入一个名词,表示一种不被人们广泛接受的思想与态度,后面冒
号解释说明,所描述的是被认为是智慧、即广泛存在的思想与态度是什么,因而选取对应词语的反义词就是空格中应该填入的词语。
3. 这里cynical conviction中的conviction是“信念、信仰”的意思。由于犬儒主义涉
及到的内容很多,因而我们看看是犬儒主义的什么部分被人们所广泛接受。其被接受的是everybody has an angle这样一个情况,即人与人之间存在着偏向与争端。因此选取“不相争、不偏向”作为空格中应该填入的词语即可。 4. 词汇解释:
[1]. (A) rationality:理性(the quality or state of being rational) [2]. (B) flexibility:弹性、灵活性(capable of being flexed)
[3]. (C) diffidence:缺乏自信(the quality or state of being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence)
[4]. (D) disinterestedness:公正无私(the quality or state of being objective or impartial)
[5]. (E) insincerity:不真诚(not sincere)
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q2, Hard)
Human nature and long distances have made exceeding the speed limit a (i) ______ in the state, so the legislators surprised no one when, acceding to public demand, they (ii) ______ increased penalties for speeding.
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