1. The corporation expects only - increases in sales
next year despite a yearlong effort to revive its retailing1
business.
A. unquestionable
B. sequential
C. modest
D. exaggerated
E. groundless
答案:
revive: v.1.苏醒,复苏 2.复原,恢复生机 3.复兴,重新时尚
retailing: n.零售业
unquestionable: a.无可置疑的,无可争议的
sequential: a.1.相继连续的,按顺序的 2.作为结果而产生的,随之而来的
modest: a.不太大(或多)的,不过分的,适度的
exaggerated: a.夸张的,言过其实的
groundless: a.无依据的,无理由的,无基础的
尽管这个公司一年多以来致力于振兴其零售业务,但它只期望在来年中有一个适度的销售
增长。
2. No computer system is immune to a virus, a particularly
malicious2 program that is designed to - and elec-
tronically - the disks on which data are stored.
A. prepare improve
B. restore disable
C. infect damage
D. preserve secure
E. invade repair
答案:
be immune to: v.1.免除的,豁免的 2.可预防的,不受影响的 3.对有免疫力的
virus: n.病毒
malicious: a.恶毒的,蓄意谋害的
disable: v.使丧失能力,使伤残
infect: v.侵染,感染,腐蚀
没任何计算机系统能免受病毒的影响;所谓病毒,指的是一种用心极为歹毒的程序,旨
在侵染并通过电子的方法给储存有数据的磁盘带来损害。
3. Recent research indicates that a system of particles
which has apparently3 decayed to randomness4 from
state can be returned to that state; thus the system
exhibits a kind of memory of its condition.
A. an equilibrium5 lesser6
B. an ordered earlier
C. an unusual settled
D. a chaotic7 last
E. a higher present
答案:
decay: v.(放射性物质等)衰减,衰变
randomness: n.胡乱,任意,无定规,随机性
exhibit: v.展示,显示
equilibrium: n.1.平衡,均衡 2.(心情的)平静
lesser: a.较小的,更少的,次要的
ordered: a.1.有条理的,整齐的 2.〔数〕有次序的
chaotic: a.紊(杂)乱的,混沌的
近期的研究表明,某一系统的粒子,当它明显地自一种井然有序的状况衰变为无序状况之
后,依旧能被恢复至那种状况;如此,该系统便展示出一种对其早期情况的记忆。
4. A number of writers who once greatly the
literary critic have recently recanted, substituting
for their former criticism.
A. lauded censure9
B. influenced analysis
C. simulated ambivalence10
D. disparaged approbation12
E. honored adulation
答案:
recant: v.(正式并公开地)撤销,舍弃,认错
laud8: v.赞美,称赞
censure: n.指谪,责备,公开谴责
simulate: v.1.假装,冒充 2.模仿,模拟
ambivalence: n.1.矛盾情绪(或态度) 2.摇摆,举棋不定
disparage11: v.1.贬低,轻视 2.诋毁
approbation: n.1.批(核)准,认同 2.赞成,认可
adulation: n.过分称赞,诌媚,奉承
很多作家过去曾尽心竭力地诋毁过某位文学评论家,近期他们已摒弃原先的做法,对先前
的批评代诸以褒奖之辞。
5. She writes across generational lines, making the past
so that our belief that the present is the true
locus13 of experience is undermined.*
A. complex
B. distant
C. vivid
D. mysterious
E. mundane14
答案:
locus: n.地址,所在地,中心
undermine: v.1.在下挖 2.侵蚀的基础 3.暗中破坏,渐渐损害(或削弱)
vivid: a.1.鲜明的,生气勃勃的 2.形象的,逼真的,栩栩如生的
mundane: a.1.尘世的,世俗的 2.单调的,平凡的
她的创作跨越了代与代之间的界限,将过去描绘得这样形象生动,以致于大家的信念
即目前才是真的的经验之中心倍遭削弱。
6. Inpidual freedom of thought should be more
absolutely than inpidual freedom of action, given that
the latter, though also desirable, must be - the
limits imposed by the rights and freedom of others.*
A. protected subject to
B. assessed measured by
C. valued superior to
D. exercised indifferent to
E. curtailed conscious of
答案:
given that: conj.由于,以作为首要条件条件,只须
desirable: a.合意的,值得拥有些,可取的
be subject to: v.受支配,倾向于,易于同意
exercise: v.1.履行,实行 2.行使,发挥
indifferent: a.1.不有兴趣的,冷淡的,淡漠的 2.不偏不倚的,中立的 3.无关紧要的
curtail15: v.截短,削减
个人的思想自由比诸于个人的行动自由应遭到愈加绝对的保护,由于尽管后者亦甚为可取,但它需要受制于别人的权利和自由所施加带来的限制。