1. Clearly refuting skeptics, researchers have ________ not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what theory ________ it should do.
(A) doubted.. warranted
(B) estimated.. accepted
(C) demonstrated.. predicted
(D) assumed.. deduced
(E) supposed.. asserted
解析：clearly refuting skeptics 是researchers 發(fā)出的動作，所以后面對于這個gravitational radiation的存在表示肯定，不僅而且還要求有遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，不僅存在，理論還能很好的說明它。所以選擇C選項。
注意warrant這個單詞表示officially affirm or guarantee, 表示保證的意思;也可以表示justify or necessitate (a course of action),表示的是使.....顯得必要。
單詞gravitation表示引力，來自于動詞gravitate, 表示傾向于的意思。 例如：My husband is vegetarian, but the children aren't, so they can have anything they want in moderation, though my eldest daughter gravitates towards vegetarianism.
答案：C
2. Sponsors of the bill were ________ because there was no opposition to it within the legislature until after the measure had been signed into law.
(A) unreliable
(B) well-intentioned
(C) persistent
(D) relieved
(E) detained
解析：這里面一定要區(qū)分A until B，和not A until B。A until B，說明A在B之前發(fā)生。not A until B 說明B在A之前發(fā)生，切記這個順序。
因此這句話說在這個measure寫入法律之前沒有反對，就說明這個measure成功的寫入了法律。那么支持這個measure(bill也表示法案)的人就應(yīng)該是一個正向的詞匯，所以選擇D選項，表示釋懷。
這道題目要跟section 13 -2 進(jìn)行橫向比較，徹底掌握until的用法。
答案：D
3. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her ________ search for her daughter.
(A) extended
(B) agitated
(C) comprehensive
(D) motiveless
(E) heartless
解析：這道題目是簡單的paradoxical找反義的題目，選擇與tranquil和serene相反的單詞，于是選擇B選項，表示焦慮的。
表示焦慮的單詞
agitated = discomposed, disturbed, perturbed, unglued, unhinged, upset,
考試中與焦慮相反的一面還可以說鎮(zhèn)定，表示一個人很calm的單詞，還可以說：
composed = collected, peaceful, placid, undisturbed, unperturbed, coolheaded.
答案：B
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) terrorized.. contention
(B) ravaged.. secret
(C) disabled.. quarantine
(D) corrupted.. quiescence
(E) decimated.. abeyance
解析：第二個空格應(yīng)該是，只有在沒有之后才能又重復(fù)出現(xiàn)，因此DE合適。第一個空格前面有so，說明第一個空格的動詞在前面出現(xiàn)過。因此選一個kill的同義詞，因此選擇decimate。
decimate - kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of;
這道題目里面的單詞都比較重要。
ravage - cause severe and extensive damage to
quiescence - in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy.
答案：E
5. Although ________ , almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong ________ publicity and controversy.
(A) conventional.. interest in
(B) monotonous.. reliance on
(C) shy.. aversion toward
(D) retiring.. penchant for
(E) evasive.. impatience with
解析：第一個空格填入一個self-effacing較弱的詞匯，而前后需要有矛盾，所以前后應(yīng)該形成相反，前面說的是不好意思，后面就應(yīng)該說喜歡暴露在公眾場合，符合選項的只有D選項了。
penchant 表示傾向、喜好，之前我們總結(jié)過一組傾向喜好的詞匯，自己復(fù)習(xí)一下吧。
shy, retiring, evasive 都可以理解為同義詞。注意retiring并不是退休的意思，他的英文解釋就是shy
and reserved.
寫作的時候，注意要學(xué)會用遞進(jìn)來進(jìn)行預(yù)期的加強(qiáng)，比方說一個almost就是一個很好的方式。
答案： D
6. Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of ________ can boost sales of video clips very nicely.
(A) self-deprecation
(B) congeniality
(C) cynicism
(D) embarrassment
(E) self-doubt
解析：又是一個前后轉(zhuǎn)折，空格的信息在前面應(yīng)該提到過，需要填入一種自嘲(laugh at themselves)的感覺，所以只有A選項合適。
注意B選項congenial表示隨和的，這個單詞大家經(jīng)常跟congential區(qū)分不開。
boost這個單詞要學(xué)會使用，表示提升、放大、加快等等，還要跟boast區(qū)分開。
答案： A
7. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look ________ ; they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the ________ of natural beauty and human glory.
(A) beautiful.. immutability
(B) cheerful.. transitoriness
(C) colorful.. abstractness
(D) luxuriant.. simplicity
(E) conventional.. wildness
解析：這道題就是傳說中著名的agreeable melancholy，表示令人愉悅的憂傷。注意后面第二個空格這件事情要導(dǎo)致(resulting from)令人愉悅的憂傷，所以已經(jīng)有了agreeable的部分(natural beauty and human glory)，所以我們填入一個負(fù)向的詞匯。而前面說的是這個東西不是為了看起來怎么樣，就應(yīng)該不是看起來的那樣，因此應(yīng)該填入一個正向的詞匯。因此選擇B選項。
表示短暫的詞匯，transitory, transient, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, evanescent, 這些單詞都是老生常談了。
答案：B