1、The newborn human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively --------- one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.
(A) adaptive
(B) selective
(C) inquisitive
(D) receptive
(E) intuitive
〖解答
从空格之后表示伴随状况的形容词短语"attentive to...”中可求得与其最接近贴切的近义词(D) receptive。此外,代入的正确选择须与另一形容词"passive"有关。
〖中译
新诞生的人类婴儿既不是个被动的人物,亦不是个主动的人物,而是那样一个可被称为以主动的方式显示出较强接受力的人物,实际上热切地注意着各种情景和声响。
D:同位语短语
2、The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an ---------- process closed to the uninitiated listeners, however enthusiastic.
(A) unreliable
(B) arcane
(C) arrogant
(D) elementary
(E) intuitive
〖解答
如果音乐欣赏正是过去分词短语中所描述的那样,是"closed to the uninitiated listeners"的话,那全然是因为这一过程已变成(B) arcane的缘故。
〖词汇
cant: 1.言不由衷之辞 2.黑话 3.行业术语,惯用套语
uninitiated: 1. 未被接纳入会的 2.缺乏某种特定知识和经验的
arcane: 神秘的,晦涩难解的
〖中译
唱片套上音乐家们妄自尊大的行话常常表明,真正的音乐欣赏实乃一种秘不可宣的过程,对尚未入门的听众全然封闭,不管他们是何等的热忱。
At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ---------- evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.
(A) addresses
(B) creates
(C) alters
(D) suppresses
(E) substitutes
〖解答
句末的现在分词短语"tailoring it to his needs"在复述空格所代表的那一特定的行为动作,it即指代evidence。空格只需从tailoring求取一同义词即可。答案为(C)。
〖词汇
tailor: 1.裁制 2.针对特定目的(或对象)作修改,使适应特定需要
address: 1.对…发表讲话,称呼 2.对付,处理
〖解答
在其讨论的某几处,当证据难于为其立论提供依据时,格雷夫斯事实上就对这些证据改弦易辙,将其改头换面以满足其需要。
B:过去分词短语