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1. Blake’s reputation for weakness is _____: almost all who have worked with him say he is a disciplined, intellectually formidable, and very tough politician.
A. specious
B. pervasive
C. irreversible
D. trivial
E. ambivalent
参考答案:A
题目解析:A:B前后构成同义解释关系,后面说Blake讲原则,令人敬畏,所以前面部分填入表示weakness是“不存在”类别词汇。
2. Retrofitted with stabilizing devices, some of which _____ its aesthetics, the bridge has been reopened, no longer prone to excessive swaying but not quite the breathtaking structure it originally was.
A. impair
B. resist
C. improve
D. enhance
E. restore
F. compromise
参考答案:A F
题目解析:这座桥用了一些稳固装置进行翻新以后,其中一些(some of which)【破坏】了它的美观,这个桥重新开放以后,不再会倾向于(prone to)像以前那样过分的摇晃了,但是也没了原本会令人惊讶叹服的外观结构。所以根据最后no longer... but not 判断桥更稳固但是牺牲了美观,因此前面应该是负评价,答案为AF损坏。resist 对抗,抵制;improve 提高,改进; enhance 提高,增加; restore 修复。
3. Mr. Hirsch says he will aim to preserve the foundation’s support of _____ thinkers, individuals who are going against the trends in a field or an acknowledged set of opinions.
A. iconoclastic
B. integrative
C. doctrinaire
D. heterodox
E. dogmatic
F. synthesizing
参考答案:A D
题目解析:应当选择的词汇是表达反对意见,跟后面的against相呼应的词汇。首先这个句子个结构简单,所以要找到里面的对等部分,要么是同义要么是反义,这句里没有强烈反义词汇,所以基本直接断定同义。再看句...