1. Although ancient tools were ____ preserved , enough have survived to allow us to demonstrate an occasionally interrupted but generally ____ progress through prehistory.
partially ... noticeable
superficially ... necessary
unwittingly ... documented
rarely ... continual
needlessly ... incessant
2. In the machinelike world of classical physics , the human intellect appears ____ , since the mechanical nature of classical physics does not ____ creative reasoning , the very ability that had made the formulation of classical principles possible.
anomalous ... allow for
abstract ... speak to
anachronistic ... deny
enduring ... value
contradictory ... exclude
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even , indeed ... , not only ... but also ...
3. 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 martinet ... rigid
an authority ... sporadic
a tyrant ... reluctant
a fraud ... conscientious
an acolyte ... maniacal
4. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed , we almost have a natural ____ doing so.
aptitude for
repugnance to
interest in
ignorance of
reaction after
5. In the seventeenth century , direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as ____ , even as a sign of madness.
adventurous
frivolous
willful
impermissible
irrational
6. Despite assorted effusions to the contrary , there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism , and , quite possibly , there may be something of a ____ between them.
generality
fusion
congruity
dichotomy
reciprocity
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1.A 對比關係
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unlike , while , whereas , in contrast , on the contrary , far from , on the other hand , rather than , instead of , not ... but , more ... than;
paradoxically , ironically , puzzling , surprisingly , unexpectedly , curiously;
shift from ... to ... , oscillate between ... and ... , decay from ... to ... , reconcile ... with ... , replace ... with ... , distinguish from ... to ... , oscillate between ... and ...;
not so much ... as ...
either ... or ...
1. In failing to see that the justice's pronouncement merely ____ previous decisions rather than actually establishing a precedent , the novice law clerk ____ the scope of the justice's judgment.
qualified(引用) ... overemphasized
注：precious decisions 和 precedent 同義 , 空格與establishing反義
2. It is puzzling to observe that Jones's novel has recently been criticized for its ____ structure , since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious ____ is its relentlessly rigid , indeed schematic , framework.
lack of ... flaw
3. During the 1960's assessments of the family shifted remarkably , from general endorsement of it as a worthwhile , stable institution to widespread ____ it as an oppressive and bankrupt one whose ____ was both imminent and welcome.
flight from ... restitution
fascination with ... corruption
rejection of ... vogue
censure of ... dissolution
relinquishment of ... ascent
4. Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual , historians of the 1960's portrayed him as ____ thinker , eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.
an adventurous
a doctrinaire
an eclectic
a judicious
a cynical
注：a skeptical but enlightened intellectual 結構：表示intellectual同時具有skeptical和enlightened的性質。並且強調後者 , 所以上題的空格應該與enlightened反義。
如果出現兩個用but連接的形容詞修飾一個名詞的情況 , 這兩個形容詞應該：轉折 , 不是對立的反義 , 通常爲褒貶轉折關係。
5. The sale of Alaska was not so much an American coup as a matter of ____ for an imperial Russia that was short of cash and unable to ____ its own continental coastline.
expediency ... defend
6. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading , more to appreciate the current ____ of Smith's valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the ____ of present-day economics.
disregard ... outgrowths
reaffirmation ... concerns
relevance ... precursors
acceptance ... byproducts
importance ... vestiges
注：上文的 the current ____ 應該與下文的 the ____ 反義。
7. Considering how long she had yearned to see Italy , her first reaction was curiously ____ .
meditative
tepid
categorical
unoriginal
insightful
8. No one is ____ about Stephens; he inspires either uncritical adulation or profound ____ in those who work for him.
neutral ... antipathy
infuriated ... aversion
worried ... anxiety
enthusiastic ... veneration
apprehensive ... consternation
注：反義。第二個空格應該與adulation反義。
9. The wonder of De Quincey is that although opium dominated his life , it never ____ him; indeed , he turned its use to ____ when he published the story of its influence in the London Magazine.
overcame ... altruism
intimidated ... triumph
distressed ... pleasure
conquered ... gain
released ... necessity
注：turn to是表示對立面的轉折 , 和shift from ... to ... 和oscillate between ... and ... 相同。
10. Wearing the latest fashions was exclusively the ____ of the wealthy until the 1850's , when mass production , aggressive entrepreneurs , and the availability of the sewing machine made them ____ the middle class.
aspiration ... disagreeable to
vexation ... superfluous for
bane ... profitable to
prerogative ... accessible to
obligation ... popular with
11. Although a few delegates gave the opposition's suggestions a ____ response , most greeted the statement of a counterposition with ____ .
favorable ... approval
dispirited ... reluctance
surly ... resentment
halfhearted ... composure
vitriolic ... civility
12. 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.
harsh ... unconfirmed
surrounding ... upheld
immediate ... transformed
natural ... mechanized
limited. superseded
13. The ____ costumes of Renaissance Italy , with their gold and silver embroidery and figured brocades , were the antithesis of Spanish ____ , with its dark muted colors , plain short capes , and high collars edged with small ruffs.
striking ... obliqueness
extravagant ... profligacy
austere ... informality
unpretentious ... asceticism
sumptuous ... sobriety
14. Although scientists claim that the seemingly ____ language of their reports is more precise than the figurative language of fiction , the language of science , like all language , is inherently ____ .
ornamental ... subtle
unidimensional ... unintelligible
symbolic ... complex
literal ... allusive
subjective ... metaphorical
15. 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.
extended
agitated
comprehensive
motiveless
heartless
16. Since 1813 reaction to Jane Austen's novels has oscillated between ____ and condescension; but in general later writers have esteemed her works more highly than did most of her literary ____
dismissal ... admirers
adoration ... contemporaries
disapproval ... readers
indifference ... followers
approbation ... precursors
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correspondingly , in much the same way , similarly , just as ... .so
1. Scholars' sense of the uniqueness of the central concept of "the state" at the time when political science became an academic field quite naturally led to striving for a correspondingly ____ mode of study.
thorough
distinctive
dependable
scientific
dynamic
2. 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.
precludes
initiates
inhibits
isolates
purifies
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