2010年03月17日
    考試類型：Critical Reading > Sentence Completions
    Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
    Barbara McClintock's systematic examination of corn demonstrated the transposition of genes, a finding that overturned entrenched beliefs and proved that ------- study may produce brilliant insights and ------- change.
    A. haphazard . . radical
    B. inherent . . controversial
    C. improvised . . startling
    D. methodical . . revolutionary
    E. derivative . . gradual
    正確答案:
    解析:D
    Only “methodical study” and “revolutionary change” match the ideas of “systematic examination” and “overturned entrenched beliefs.”