3. While serving as editor of the Anchorage Daily News, Katherine Fanning significantly increased the newspaper's ______, marking it Alaska's ______ paper.
4. Commentators suggested that many students of the 1950s were ______ radical politics because they saw nothing in American life against which they should revolt.
A.apathetic to
B.susceptible to
C.implicated in
D.indifferent to
E.discreet about
F.prudent in
A B C D E F
AD
[解析] ●because说明前后同义重复。 ●空格与they saw nothing in American life against which they should revolt(他们生活在美国却没有见到能让他们反感的东西)同义重复。 ●apathetic to对……冷漠，susceptible to容易被……感染，implicated in涉及……，indifferent to对……冷漠，discreet about对……谨慎，prudent in在……方面谨慎。答案选AD。
5. Through his term, Governor Clayton was considered ______ and ______: he said little and did even less.
A.laconic
B.supercilious
C.loquacious
D.productive
E.energetic
F.ineffectual
A B C D E F
AF
[解析] ●冒号说明前后同义重复。 ●第一空与said little(说得少)同义重复。laconic话少的，supercilious高傲的，loquacious话多的。答案选A。 ●第二空与did even less(做得更少)同义重复。productive生产性的，energetic精力充沛的，ineffectual无效率的。答案选F。
6. The movie star's often infuriating behavior on the set had few lasting effects: he was so adept at ______ his colleagues' irritation with a joke that he easily restored their ______.
9. Anishinabe activist Winona LaDuke has worked to ______ many parcels of tribal land that, over decades, have been lost through sales or foreclosures.
12. Many animals are able to ______ the harmful effects of cold weather by means of feathers, fur, or blubber.
A.palliate
B.decry
C.mitigate
D.predict
E.simulate
F.imitate
A B C D E F
AC
[解析] ●by means of说明前后同义重复。 ●空格与feathers，fur, or blubber(羽毛、皮毛和脂肪)同义重复。 ●palliate减轻，decry谴责，mitigate减轻，predict预测，simulate模仿，imitate模仿。答案选AC。 ●注：这里simulate和imitate是干扰项，同表示“模仿”。
13. To students accustomed to using calculators, the textbook's suggestion that computations be made by hand was ______.
A.scholarly
B.prescient
C.erudite
D.unequivocal
E.anachronistic
F.outdated
A B C D E F
EF
[解析] ●computations be made by hand(手工计算)与accustomed to using calculators(习惯于使用计算器)反义重复，因此空格选择一个可以表示逻辑反义的词。 ●scholarly博学的，prescient预知的，erudite博学的，unequivocal明确的，anachronistic过时的，outdated过时的。答案选EF。
14. Many people mistakenly imagine that life in space is full of ______; in reality, an astronaut's day includes many tasks so ______ as to be boring.
15. Marine biologists consider sea otters ______ eaters because otters select only two or three kinds of prey out of thirty potential food sources.
A.irregular
B.discriminating
C.finicky
D.carnivorous
E.temperate
F.abstemious
A B C D E F
BC
[解析] ●because说明前后同义重复。 ●空格与select only two or three kinds of prey out of thirty potential food sources(在30种潜在的食物来源中只选择两三种食物)同义重复。 ●irregular不规则的，discriminating挑剔的，finicky挑剔的，carnivorous食肉动物的，temperate有节制的，abstemious有节制的。答案选BC。 ●注：这里temperate和abstemious是干扰项，同表示“有节制的”。
16. Patricia Roberts Harris is considered a ______, having been the first African American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet.
17. In an effort to ______ her writing, Lauren attempted to eliminate the ______ and make only points that were truly necessary.
A.disguise
B.streamline
C.complicate
D.usefulness
E.verbosity
F.terseness
A B C D E F
BE
[解析] ●逗号说明前后同义重复；and说明前后同义重复。 ●第一空与eliminate the ______(消除______)联动，同义重复；eliminate the ______ 与make only points that were truly necessary(仅讨论确有必要的论点)同义重复。 ●disguise伪装，streamline简化，complicate复杂化；usefulness有用，verbosity冗余，terseness简洁。答案选BE。
18. The foundation has been appropriately labeled ______ of the arts, as many painters and artists have received its financial support.
A.a connoisseur
B.a friend
C.a virtuoso
D.a patron
E.an executor
F.a beneficiary
A B C D E F
DF
[解析] ●as说明前后同义重复。 ●空格与received its financial support(收到来自它的经济支持)同义重复。 ●connoisseur专家，friend朋友，virtuoso专家，patron资助人，executor执行人，beneficiary资助人。答案选DF。 ●注：这里connoisseur和virtuoso是干扰项，同表示“专家”。
19. The senator never formally declared her opposition to the proposed legislation; instead, she engineered a series of ______ actions that ultimately ______ passage of the bill.
21. Though the work of celebrated artist Eugene Delacroix ______ accolades from both art critics and the public, he remain ______, someone shrouded in mystery.
A.distributed
B.garnered
C.excluded
D.a paradox
E.an enigma
F.a revelation
A B C D E F
BE
[解析] ●逗号说明前后同义重复。 ●celebrated(著名的)和accolades(赞扬)同义重复，因此第一空填入一个表示逻辑正方向的词；第二空与shrouded in mystery(包裹在迷雾中)同义重复。 ●distribute分发，garner获得，exclude排除；paradox矛盾，enigma谜团，revelation启示。答案选BE。
22. Gwendolyn Brooks was ______ writer: she wrote more than twenty books of poetry as well as numerous essays and reviews.
A.an eloquent
B.a productive
C.an idiosyncratic
D.a prolific
E.a fluent
F.a subversive
A B C D E F
BD
[解析] ●冒号说明前后同义重复。 ●空格与more than twenty(超过20本)和numerous(许多)同义重复。 ●eloquent流利的，productive多产的，idiosyncratic有个性的，prolific多产的，fluent表达流利的，subversive颠覆性的。答案选BD。
23. His book on the history of science is admittedly conventional, perhaps even ______; nevertheless it is ______ work that covers a formidable amount of ground.
25. The discoveries made by Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Barbara McClintock considered to be among the major ______ of twentieth-century biological science.
31. Identifying Lusia Capetillo only with the early labor union movement in Puerto Rico ______ the ______ nature of her career: she also worked in Florida, New York, and Cuba.
A.impugns
B.condones
C.disregards
D.contentious
E.cosmopolitan
F.innovative
A B C D E F
CE
[解析] ●冒号说明前后同义重复。 ●第二空与also worked in Florida，New York，and Cuba(也曾在Florida，New York以及Cuba工作过)同义重复。contentious引起争论的，cosmopolitan世界性的，innovative创新性的。答案选E。 ●only with the early labor union movement in Puerto Rico(仅仅包括早期在Puerto Rico的工人联合运动)与also worked in Florida，New York，and Cuba(也曾在Florida，New York以及Cuba工作过)反义重复，因此第一空填入一个表示逻辑反义的词。impugn指责，condone宽恕，disregard忽略。答案选C。
32. The singer displays her sensitivity to delicate shades of meaning and feeling in the recording: her performance is a model of ______.
A.craftiness
B.gradation
C.denotation
D.nuance
E.parody
F.artifice
A B C D E F
BD
[解析] ●冒号说明前后同义重复。 ●空格与sensitivity to delicate shades(对细微意境的敏感性)同义重复。 ●craftiness狡猾，gradation渐变，denotation表示，nuance细微差异，parody恶搞，artifice诡计。答案选BD。
33. More concerned with contributing to science than with earning public acclaim, nineteenth-century astronomer Caroline Herschel ______ the ______ she received for her achievements.
A.relished
B.resisted
C.demanded
D.recognition
E.seclusion
F.subordination
A B C D E F
BD
[解析] ●More...than...说明前后反义重复；逗号说明前后同义重复。 ●public acclaim(公众的称赞)与the ______ she received for her achievements同义重复。recognition赞许，seclusion隔离，subordination下属。答案选D。 ●第一空与concerned(关心)反义重复。relish欣赏，resist抵抗，demand要求。答案选B。
34. The art professor was never one to ______: she always stuck closely to the subject of every lecture.
A.carp
B.deviate
C.abbreviate
D.retaliate
E.digress
F.truncate
A B C D E F
BE
[解析] ●冒号说明前后同义重复；never取反。 ●空格与stuck closely to the subject of(紧扣……的主题)反义重复。 ●carp挑剔，deviate跑题，abbreviate缩写，retaliate报复，digress跑题，truncate缩短。答案选BE。 ●注：这里abbreviate和truncate是干扰项，同表示“缩写”。
35. A researcher who described a peaceful reunion between normally adversarial chimpanzees as a ______ was criticized for inferring human motives.
A.truce
B.competition
C.mischance
D.coincidence
E.mishap
F.armistice
A B C D E F
AF
[解析] ●as说明前后同义重复。 ●空格与peaceful reunion between normally adversarial chimpanzees(敌对的两只猩猩之间的和平)同义重复。 ●truce停战，competition对抗，mischance倒霉，coincidence凑巧，mishap倒霉，armistice停战。答案选AF。 ●注：这里mischance和mishap是干扰项，同表示“倒霉”。
36. Because insect communities serve as a sort of barometer, ______ conditions in their ______, an entomologist's analysis of the insect species in a handful of soil can reveal much about the ecosystem.
37. In stark contrast to the vague and often rambling comments of other students, Jessica's remarks were refreshingly ______.
A.ambiguous
B.verbose
C.perspicuous
D.convoluted
E.lucid
F.equivocal
A B C D E F
CE
[解析] ●In stark contrast to说明前后反义重复。 ●空格与vague and often rambling(不清晰且通常不连贯的)反义重复。 ●ambiguous不确定的，verbose冗长的，perspicuous清晰易懂的，convoluted复杂的，lucid清晰易懂的，equivocal不确定的。答案选CE。 ●注：这里ambiguous和equivocal是干扰项，同表示“不确定的”。
38. Nineteenth-century Plains Indians valued ______ quite highly and expected their elites to be the most giving of all.
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