simplicity and _________, has _________ into great variety.
(A) equilibrium...modulated (B) homogeneity...differentiated (C) contrast...metamorphosed (D) proportion...accelerated (E) intelligibility...developed
E36.7 The fortresslike facade of the Museum of Cartoon Art seems calculated to remind visitors that the comic strip is an art form that has often been_______by critics.
(A) overwhelmed (B) assailed (C) unnoticed (D) exhilarated (E) charmed
E44.4 The belief that science destroys the arts appears to be supported by historical evidence that the arts have _______only when the sciences have been _________. (A) floundered...constrained (B) flourished...neglected (C) matured...unconcerned (D) succeeded...developed (E) declined...attacked
E46.2 No computer system is immune to a virus, a particularly malicious program that is designed to _________and electronically ____________ the disks on which data are stored. (A) invade...repair (B) restore...disable (C) infect...damage (D) preserve...secure (E) prepare...improve
E50.1 Exposure to low-intensity gamma radiation slows the rate of growth of the spoilage microorganisms in food in much the same way that the low heat used in pasteurization _________ the spoilage action of the microorganisms in milk. (A) purifies (B) initiates (C) inhibits (D) isolates (E) precludes
E52.3 The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _________ that permits very little_________. (A) text...clarity
(B) work...tradition (C) genre...deviation
(D) oration...grandiloquence (E) achievement...rigidity
address =ad + dress address a issue that ...
E58.5 Those who fear the influence of media deliberately________ its persuasive power, hoping that they might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social change from being widely disseminated. (A) suspect (B) underplay (C) excuse (D) laud (E) promote
like : 像? ：表比喻解释
本体 喻体
E72.5 Amid the collapsing or out-of-control mechanical devices, the belching volcano had a disturbingly______ quality, like a character who has stumbled onstage by mistake. (A) derelict (B) overwrought (C) obdurate (D) ephemeral (E) anomalous
E18.6 It is strange how words shape our thoughts and trap us at the bottom of deeply ______ canyons of thinking, their imprisoning sides carved out by the ______ of past usage. (A) notched...mountains (B) rooted...flood (C) incised...river (D) ridged...ocean (E) cleaved...eruptions
同义并列特征词： 分号，从句 ：E30.2# and, also, or
分号; 引导并列关系
: 类似同义解释
16.5. Longdale and Stern discovered that mitochondria and chloroplasts ______ a long, identifiable sequence of DNA; such a coincidence could be ______ only by the transfer of DNA between the two systems.
(A) maintain...contradicted (B) reveal...repeated (C) exhibit...determined (D) share...explained
(E) manufacture...accomplished
17.7. Not all the indicators necessary to convey the effect of depth in a picture work simultaneously; the picture?s illusion of ______ three-dimensional appearance must therefore result from the viewer?s integration of various indicators perceived ______. (A) schematic...passively (B) uniform...successively
(C) temporary...comprehensively (D) expressive...sympathetically (E) imitative...coincidentally
cess cede ceed grad gress
E49.2 This poetry is not _________; it is more likely to appeal to an international audience than is poetry with strictly regional themes. (A) provincial (B) democratic (C) technical (D) complex (E) familiar
75.6 The essence of belief is the establishment of ______; different beliefs are distinguishable by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
(A) allegiances (B) practice (C) trust (D) commitments (E) love
E37.6 The trick for Peterson was to _______ his son an illusory orderliness; only alone at night, when the boy was asleep, could Peterson _______ the chaos he kept hidden from his son.
(A) explore with...demonstrate (B) conjure for...acknowledge
(C) conceal from...dispel (D) demystify for...escape (E) endure with...abandon
同义递进特征词： not only…but also even, indeed
continue, remain, retain as…as, and, when
not?but, while, 独立主格结构
not only A but also B : 不仅仅A?而且B? 表递进关系
26.2. The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ______ methodology into question.
(A) specious...original
(B) predictable...contemporary (C) inconclusive...traditional (D) intriguing...projected (E) provocative...prevailing
E43.1 By idiosyncratically refusing to dismiss an insubordinate member of his staff, the manager not only _________ established policy, but he also _________ his heretofore good chances for promotion.
(A) delimited...restricted (B) recognized...protected (C) contravened...jeopardized (D) reiterated...computed (E) instituted...bettered
E50.4 He was regarded by his followers, as something of _________, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _________ adherence to formal details. (A) an acolyte...maniaca (B) an authority...sporadic (C) a tyrant...reluctant (D) a fraud...conscientious (E) a martinet...rigidl
even : 甚至 : 表递进关系
35.7 Though dealers insist that professional art dealers can make money in the art market, even an ________ knowledge is not enough: the art world is so fickle that stock-market prices are ________ by comparison.
(A) artist?s...irrational (B) expert?s...erratic
(C) investor?s...booming (D) insider?s...predictable (E) amateur?s...sensible
E52.6 If efficacious new medicines have side effects that are commonly observed and ____, such medicines are too often considered _____, even when laboratory tests suggest caution. (A) complicated...useful (B) unpredictable...reliable (C) frequent...outdated (D) salutary...experimental (E) unremarkable...safe
E57.3 Many of her followers remain ______ to her, and even those who have rejected her leadership are unconvinced of the ______ of replacing her during the current turmoil. (A) sympathetic...disadvantage (B) friendly...harm (C) loyal...wisdom (D) cool...usefulness (E) opposed...urgency
E57.7 The failure of many psychotherapists to ______ the results of pioneering research could be due in part to the specialized nature of such findings: even ______ findings may not be useful.
(A) affirm...controversial (B) envision...accessible (C) utilize...momentous (D) reproduce...duplicated (E) understand...baffling
E65.3 Students of the Great Crash of 1907 have never understood why even the most informed observers did not recognize and heed the ______ economic danger signals that in ______ seem so apparent.
(A) prior...retrospect (B) early...conclusion (C) direct...application (D) future...potential (E) obvious...combination
and : 并且 : 表递进关系
1.4. Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so ______ Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared after nearly two decades in ______ in the Western Hemisphere.
(A) corrupted...quiescence (B) ravaged...secret
(C) disabled...quarantine (D) terrorized...contention