例题:Certain music lovers yearn for (i)____, but when it is achieved, there is something missing; perhaps they feel uncomfortable in a world where nothing discernible is (ii)____.
例题:Only with the discovery of an ozone hole over Antarctica in 1985 did chemical companies finally relinquish their opposition to a ban on chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs), which destroy ozone. The discovery suggested that strong political action to halt production of CFCs might be (i)______, and fortunately, the chemical industry no longer felt compelled to oppose such action: although companies had recently (ii)______ their research into CFC substitutes, studies they had initiated years earlier had produced (iii)______ results.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
A. imminent D. corroborated G. encouraging
迫在眉睫,势在必行 证实 喜人的
B. imprudent E. publicized H. inconclusive
冲动,不谨慎 公开 试探性的
C. premature F. curtailed I. unsurprising
幼稚,不成熟 减少 意料中的
答案:AFG
分类:解释性重复,转折
解析:本题的前半段与Practice Book 2011版Section 4的第1题几乎完全一样。第二句话是对第一句的解释,即发现臭氧空洞导致化工企业放弃对禁令的反对、不再生产氟利昂。故第一空所填词应当表明生产氟利昂必须被禁止,A选项是正确答案。后两空所在的句子根据冒号提示,解释了“化工企业无需反对禁令”,即意味着化工企业已经找到了氟利昂的替代品,所以第三空必然填入一个正面积极的词,只有G选项最为合适。第二空根据although提示的转折,F选项表示带有消极色彩的含义,为正确答案。
例题:In American Indian art, the supposed distinction between modern and traditional was fabricated by critics, and when artists have control over interpretation of their own work, the distinction appears, happily, to have been ______.