1、The newborn human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively --------- one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.
(A) adaptive
(B) selective
(C) inquisitive
(D) receptive
(E) intuitive
〖解答〗
從空格之后表示伴隨狀況的形容詞短語"attentive to...”中可求得與其接近貼切的近義詞(D) receptive。此外，代入的正確選擇須與另一形容詞"passive"有關(guān)。
〖中譯〗
新誕生的人類嬰兒既不是個被動的人物，亦不是個主動的人物，而是那樣一個可被稱為以主動的方式顯示出較強接受力的人物，實際上熱切地注意著各種情景和聲響。
D:同位語短語
2、The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an ---------- process closed to the uninitiated listeners, however enthusiastic.
(A) unreliable
(B) arcane
(C) arrogant
(D) elementary
(E) intuitive
〖解答〗
如果音樂欣賞正是過去分詞短語中所描述的那樣，是"closed to the uninitiated listeners"的話，那全然是因為這一過程已變成(B) arcane的緣故。
〖詞匯〗
cant: 1.言不由衷之辭 2.黑話 3.行業(yè)術(shù)語，慣用套語
uninitiated: 1. 未被接納入會的 2.缺乏某種特定知識和經(jīng)驗的
arcane: 神秘的，晦澀難解的
〖中譯〗
唱片套上音樂家們妄自尊大的行話常常表明，真正的音樂欣賞實乃一種秘不可宣的過程，對尚未入門的聽眾全然封閉，不管他們是何等的熱忱。
At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ---------- evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.
(A) addresses
(B) creates
(C) alters
(D) suppresses
(E) substitutes
〖解答〗
句末的現(xiàn)在分詞短語"tailoring it to his needs"在復述空格所代表的那一特定的行為動作，it即指代evidence?？崭裰恍鑿膖ailoring求取一同義詞即可。答案為(C)。
〖詞匯〗
tailor: 1.裁制 2.針對特定目的(或?qū)ο?作修改，使適應特定需要
address: 1.對…發(fā)表講話，稱呼 2.對付，處理
〖解答〗
在其討論的某幾處，當證據(jù)難于為其立論提供依據(jù)時，格雷夫斯事實上就對這些證據(jù)改弦易轍，將其改頭換面以滿足其需要。
B：過去分詞短語