(A) critics
(B) counterparts (C) disciples (D) admires (E) publishers
even though : 即使 : 表转折关系
11.3. Even though in today?s Ukraine the ______ the Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank-and-file clergy still have little ______ to practice their religion.
(A) traditionalists among...incentive (B) dissidents within...obligation (C) adversaries of...inclination (D) leaders of...latitude
(E) practitioners among...opportunity clerk clergy
英文换字法
元音字母的替换规律 辅音字母的替换规律
元音字母的替换规律 a,e,i,o,u,y
inquire enquire
inquiry enquity
辅音字母的替换规律 :发音相近
b,p,f,v,ph c,g,k,qu
s,t,d
tibet wolf wolves
photo foto optic optik kit kitten kitty cat cs
辅音字母的替换规律:拼写混淆
m,n,u,v,y,j,g f,t ann enn ev fin tin
despite : 尽管 : 表转折关系
E33.5
Despite an agreement between directorate and management to keep the print and electronic media ______ developments, the details of the negotiations were ______ all but a few journalists from the major metropolitan newspapers.
(A) ignorant of ...suppressed by (B) involved in...leaded to (C) apprised of...withheld from (D) speculating about...denied to (E) abreast of...disclosed to
E51.6
The labor union and the company's management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly _________, albeit still tentative, agreement on next year's contract.
(A) conclusive (B) onerous (C) hesitant (D) reluctant (E) swift
however : 然而 : 表转折关系 E32.6
However ________ they might be, Roman arts were bound to have some favorite earlier arts whom they would ________.
(A) subservient...imitate (B) independent ...inspire (C) original...emulate (D) creative...admire (E) talented...neglect 40.6
Manipulating laboratory tissue cultures with hormones is one thing; using hormones to treat human beings, however, is contingent on whether hormones that _______ in the laboratory can affect _________ organisms, and in predictable ways.
(A) reproduce...unknown (B) succeed...simple (C) fail...cellular (D) work...whole (E) develop...similar
whereas : 尽管, 然而 : 表转折关系 38.5.
An obvious style, easily identified by some superficial quirk, is properly _____ as a mere
mannerism, whereas a complex and subtle style _____ reduction to a formula.
(A) cultivated...demands (B) decried...resists (C) prized...withstands (D) identified ...consists of (E) avoided...risks 58.1
In the eighteenth century, novelists and unsympathetic travelers portrayed the American West as a land of______ adversity, whereas promoters and idealists created ______ image of a land of infinite promise.
(A) unremitting...a compelling (B) incredible...an underplayed (C) dispiriting...an identical (D) intriguing...a luxuriant (E) lurid...a mundane
unlike : 和?不同 : 表转折关系
Unlike a judge, who must act alone, a jury discusses a case and then reaches its decision as a group, thus minimizing the effect of ______ bias.
(A) unarticulated (B) professional (C) individual (D) unexpected (E) legal E44.3
Unlike other creatures, who are shaped largely by their _________ environment, human beings are products of a culture accumulated over centuries, yet one that is constantly being _______ by massive infusions of new information from everywhere.
(A) limited...superseded (B) surrounding...upheld (C) immediate...transformed (D) natural...mechanized (E) harsh...unconfirmed
while : 虽然
: 在句首表转折关系 在句中表递进关系
8.5.
While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ______ by their lively criticism.
(A) humiliated (B) discomfited (C) tantalized (D) disgraced (E) deluded
同一主体同一状态，所有转折都表示程度转折
disgreace :To bring shame or dishonor on
humiliate : to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : MORTIFY
discomfit: To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert.See Synonyms at embarrass
nonplus : : a state of bafflement or perplexity : QUANDARY To put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; bewilder.
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可以参考里面的美国传统双 39.7
The sea was not an ________the ________of the windmill; on the contrary, while the concept of the new invention passed quickly from seaport to seaport, it made little headway inland.