填空模拟题

53. It was out of ______ that Professor Green, the author of several highly respected books in his field, described himself to his colleagues as ______ .
A. embarrassment, a paragon
B. magnanimity, an avenger
C. insolence, a pedant
D. egotism, an apprentice
E. modesty, a dilettante

54. Historian Carlo Botta often contradicted himself, as when he first championed and then ______ the idealism of the French Revolution.
A. invoked
B. investigated
C. conceive
D. conveted
E. denounced

题意解析及中文释义

题意解析及中文释义：

53.
题意解析：
be out of意为出于什么原因，表示一种因果关系，故两空填入同义词表示重复即可，选择E。
中文释义：
出于谦虚，格林教授——在他所研究领域里出版过几本很受尊重的书的作者——在同事面前把自己描述成业余爱好者。

54.
题意解析：
由于其经常自相矛盾，故一开始拥护（champion）， 那么后来就是拥护的反面——指责谴责，选择E。
中文释义：
历史学家卡罗·博塔常常自相矛盾，一开始他支持法国革命的理想，过后又公开指责它。