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Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleague’s enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.
(A) fatuous
(B) precious
(C) sagacious
(D) meritorious
(E) ignoble
答案：A
解析：Choice (A) is correct. It makes sense that the senator, in light of his and his colleague’s shared history of non-cooperation, would consider the colleague’s assurances “fatuous,” or complacently foolish.
72
Despite their------- proportions, the murals of Diego Rivera give his Mexican compatriots the sense that their history is ------- and human in scale, not remote and larger than life.
(A) monumental . . accessible
(B) focused . . prolonged
(C) vast . . ancient
(D) realistic . . extraneous
(E) narrow . . overwhelming
答案：A
解析：The keys to this sentence are the word “Despite,” the words “human in scale,” and the words “not remote and larger than life.” The word filling the first blank has to be one that would relate closely to something that seems “larger than life.” The word filling the second blank has to fit with “human in scale.” If you focus on just one of the two blanks, you will be able to eliminate several choices before you even think about the other blank.
73
The CEO of the computer company, who had quit school at the age of 15, was a noted -------, having taught himself everything he needed to know about computers and business, in addition to working to gain proficiency in such subjects as international copyright law.
(A) pedant
(B) autodidact
(C) demagogue
(D) ambassador
(E) disputant
答案：B
解析：Choice (B) is correct. An “autodidact” is a person who is self-taught, as the CEO clearly is.
74
The architect wanted to ------- his own initial vision and design but recognized the importance of ------- requests from his client; in the end, he had to make several concessions.
(A) maintain . . accommodating
(B) develop . . submitting
(C) protect . . excluding
(D) refuse . . incorporating
(E) preserve . . disregarding
答案：A
解析：The word “but” along with the word “concessions,” which refers to yielding to something, suggests that there is some contrast in the first part of the sentence. An architect certainly might want to “maintain” his initial vision and design, but as a result of needing to accommodate, or consider and allow for, requests from the client, he might have to change them. It makes sense to suggest that the architect made concessions and accommodated the client’s requests even though he wanted to keep his initial vision and design unchanged.
75
A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.
(A) supplant
(B) dramatize
(C) finagle
(D) winnow
(E) overhaul
答案：D
解析：To "winnow" is to sort through and select the desirable part of something or to get rid of the unwanted or undesirable part. If the publishing agent goes through the submissions, "separating the good from the bad," then he or she can be said to be winnowing "promising material from a mass of submissions."
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Although it seems to have been a fixture of the square since the city’s origin, the produce market actually opened only ------- .
(A) enthusiastically
(B) recently
(C) frequently
(D) illegally
(E) graciously
答案：B
解析：The market “seems” to have been opened long ago, but the term “Although” indicates that it was not. The market must have opened “recently.”
77
The “double feature,” which featured two films for the price of one, became popular in the 1930s as a scheme to ------- former moviegoers who had begun to stay home since the ------- of the Depression at the beginning of the decade.
(A) lure . . advent
(B) discourage . . end
(C) dissuade . . dawn
(D) perplex . . onset
(E) instigate . . devastation
答案：A
解析：Choice (A) is correct. With money scarce, many people had stopped going to movies since the “advent,” or beginning, of the Depression in the 1930s. It is logical to assume that theater owners would come up with a scheme to “lure,” or entice, these people back into the theater with the promise of a good bargain—“two films for the price of one.”
78
Although the acreage involved in a national boundary dispute may seem insignificant, even the slightest ------- in a country’s alleged border appears ------- to that nation, a threat to its security.
(A) inconsistency . . felicitous
(B) variation . . trivial
(C) rigidity . . traumatic
(D) change . . favorable
(E) breach . . ominous
答案：E
解析：While “ominous” comes closest to conveying threat, “traumatic” makes some sense; only “breach,” however, fits logically in the first blank.
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The accident left Tom not so much incapacitated as -------: he was left weak, but the doctors gave him reason to expect -------.
(A) enfeebled . . progression
(B) inconvenienced . . deterioration
(C) frustrated . . enervation
(D) vindicated . . complication
(E) debilitated . . recovery
答案：E
解析：Choice (E) is correct. “Debilitated” refers to an often temporary loss of strength, less severe than becoming “incapacitated,” or deprived of strength or ability. Since the impairment is serious but temporary, doctors might very well encourage Tom to expect “recovery” after a period of convalescence.
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Understandably, it is the ------- among theater critics who become most incensed when producers insist on ------- celebrated classic plays.
(A) strategists . . discussing
(B) mediators . . staging
(C) conformists . . praising
(D) traditionalists . . recognizing
(E) purists . . reinterpreting
答案：E
解析：It is logical to conclude that critics who are “purists” would be devoted to traditional ways of staging classic plays, and would get angry when these plays are presented in new ways.