2. The immersion of young people of the Hmong American communities into mainstream society and politics has caused a -------- of leadership roles, with the traditional preeminence of the elders increasingly------- by new ideas.
A. disappearance.......buoyed
B. shifting........challenged
C. vanishing........manifested
D. transformation........detailed
E. stagnation........curtailed
解析:此题从第二空突破比较简单,传统的老年位高权重会被新思想怎么样,所以第二空一定是负向的“挑战”之类的词,再看第一空shifting转变很合适,故答案为B。
翻译:年轻人融入主流社会及政坛导致了领导角色的转变,传统的老年人位高权重的情况将被新思潮挑战。
3. Seymour worked with--------, almost crushing thoroughness: every step of the complex project was carried out with unremitting-------.
A. exhaustive........exactitude
B. impromptu.......documentation
C. astounding.......simulation
D. profound......evasion
E. informal.......perfectionism
解析:第一空解释,线索词为后面的thoroughness,故从第一空就能看出为A。Exhaustive为详尽的。因为详尽,所以第二空选精确。
翻译:Seymour工作很细致详尽,详尽到了把一件事情掰开了揉碎了(crushing)分析:一项复杂项目的每一步都执行的精确无误。
4. In 1972, a leading American university offered two courses in Black studies; in 1985 it offered 21 such courses, a change exemplifying the -------of minority studies since 1970s.
A. rarity
B. convergence
C. incredulity
D. prognostication
E. proliferation
解析:此题exemplify证明前后同义,前面的两个数据的变化2到21说明了答案应该为:E。
翻译:1972年美国顶尖大学提供两个黑人研究的课程;1985年课程扩大到了21个,这个变化说明了少数群体的研究自从70年代增长了。
5. Some feminist theorists believe that patriarchy is -------- reality rather than a permanent state.
A. a transitory
B. a perpetual
C. an immutable
D. an idealistic
E. an intemperate
解析:对比关系,rather than 前后要选反义词,故空格应选permanent的反义词,答案为A。
翻译:一些女权主义理论家认为,男性掌权是一个短暂的事实而不是一个永远的状态。
6. Although a few biologist have ------ some mind flaws in this method of classifying specimens, it nevertheless an -------- procedure to follow.
A. spurned.......untenable
B. expunged.......infallible
C. lamented.......efficacious
D. rectified........indubitable
E. accentuated.......erroneous
解析:转折关系题,第一空选动词,宾语为mind flaws(思维错误)所以动词应该是负向这个错误,后面转折,不管怎样这个方法是个什么样的步骤,应该是个正向形容词,所以B,C,D 都可以选,但B,D两个词的意思是“准确无误的,完全没有错的”跟前面flaw矛盾,故答案为C。
翻译:尽管少数生物学家痛惜这种物种分类方法中的思维错误,但不管怎样它的步骤是有效的。