填空模拟题

85. Even though Charlie was in apparently good health, the doctor prescried for him some ______ medication due to his familial history of high blood pressure.
A. presumptive
B. predictive
C. preliminary
D. premeditated
E. preventative

86. Though earlier anatomists had touched on the idea, Paul Broca was the first to ______ fully the modern notion that specific behaviors are controlled by particular areas of the human brain.
A. articulate
B. derogate
C. represent
D. refute
E. iterate

题意解析及中文释义

题意解析及中文释义：

85.
题意解析：
查利没病，但家里有遗传病史，那么开的药肯定是预防性的药，直接选E。
中文释义：
尽管查利表面上很健康，但是医生根据他的家庭高血压病史给他开了预防性的药剂。

86.
题意解析：
答案A和C之间有区别，上半句说以前有人接触到这样一个思想，就不能说保罗·布若卡是第一个描述这个概念。考查articulate的精辟含义，选择A。
中文释义：
尽管早期的解剖学家已经接触到这一思想，但是保罗·布若卡是第一个给这一现代概念全面下定义的人——人大脑的特殊部位控制人的特殊行为。