1. Although Henry was not in general a sentimental man, occasionally he would feel a touch of ___ for the old days and would contemplate making a brief excursion to Boston to revisit his childhood friends.

　　exasperation

　　chagrin

　　nostalgia

　　lethargy

　　anxiety

　　sentimental的情景: 林黛玉型的

　　2. The consumer advocate claimed that while drug manufactures____ the supposed advantages of their propriety brands, generic versions of the same medications are often equally____.

　　(A) tout, efficacious

　　(B)research, innocuous

　　(C) market, prohibitive

　　(D)laud, counterproductive

　　(E) extract, prescriptive

　　tout: 俗话说,卖布的有”布拖”,卖袜子的有”袜拖”,我就是那”饭拖”

　　通过这道题,可以看到中美在tout(拖,套)这点上是没分歧的.

　　3. (1)The soap opera regularly dwells on the___ aspects of life; just last week two characters died.

　　morbid

　　presumptuous

　　exciting

　　expensive

　　(2) He is rather___, always eager to know everything about others.

　　A. morbid

　　B. curious

　　C. interested

　　D. presumptuous

　　第二题是个相当有意思的题目,很多同学可能都会选择morbid,这和中国人所说的”有病”可不是一个意思! morbid: with a strong and unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death. eg. a morbid fascination with instruments of torture

　　4. Many of today’s consumers are ------ expensive complicated machinery that they may not even need.

　　A. captivated by

　　B. jealous of

　　C. sullen about

　　D. misled by

　　5. The café attracts a__ clientele: a startlingly heterogeneous group of people collects there.

　　A. motley

　　B. callous

　　C. languid

　　D. mysterious

　　E. humane

　　6. Because Phillis Wheatley exposed the injustices of slavery in her poems, some of which were written as early as the 1760s, she is believed to be in the__ of American abolitionists.

　　vanguard

　　service

　　rear

　　favor

　　realm

　　以上两题牵涉到填空题做题原则,填空题讲解的时候会具体讲解.通过as early as,可以体会什么叫vanguard? 要称呼一个人为vanguard,那么时间是必要条件.

　　7. This latest biography of Malcolm X is a nuanced and sensitive picture of a very complex man,_____ analysis of his personality.

　　(A) an ineffectual

　　(B) a telling

　　(C) a ponderous

　　(D) a simplistic

　　(E) an overblown

　　8. This latest biography of Malcolm X is a nuanced and sensitive picture of a very complex man,_____ analysis of his personality.

　　(A) an ineffectual

　　(B) a telling

　　(C) a ponderous

　　(D) a simplistic

　　(E) an overblown

　　telling: showing the true character or nature of someone or something.

　　有些同学会选ponderous,还是没有理解到做填空题真谛,就是在给你的句子里找对应,你能找到ponderous(冗长乏味的)的对应吗?

　　9. Annoyed by the new employee’s excessively__ manner, the supervisor advised him that such fawning was inappropriate.

　　(A) obsequious

　　(B) mysterious

　　(C) lackadaisical

　　(D) argumentative

　　(E) aggressive

　　10. The maid, while ------ to the guests of the hotel, was rather ----- with her employers.

　　indifferent …curt

　　submissive …pleasant

　　obsequious …obstinate

　　reliable ….obedient

　　obsequious: very eager to please or agree with people who are powerful.

　　obstinate: determined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable.

　　11. The scientific community was___ when a living specimen of the coelacanth, long thought to be_____ was discovered by deep-sea fisherman.

　　(A) perplexed--- common

　　(B) overjoyed---dangerous

　　(C) unconcerned---local

　　(D) astounded--- extinct

　　(E) dismayed--- alive

　　12. Because he was annoyed by even the smallest grammatical error, Mr. Jones reviewed all the students’ papers-------- before grading them.

　　A. inefficiently

　　B. meticulously

　　C. crudely

　　D. helplessly

　　13. Crows are extremely ------: their cries easily drown out the songs of neighboring birds.

　　A. fickle

　　B. swarthy

　　C. raucous

　　D. cordial

　　E. versatile

　　14. Following the decree banning___ acts, suspected___ could be forcibly detained without the filling of formal charges.

　　rebellious, conformists

　　apolitical, loyalists

　　seditious, insurrectionists

　　subversive, nonpartisans

　　supportive, opponents

　　15. The five-person team of adventurers almost ------- after ten grueling days in stormy weather.

　　struggled

　　perished

　　paused

　　lapsed

　　16. While the ambassador was not_____ about the path that his country was taking, he did not believe that its economic politics would cause a significant amount of_____.

　　(A) excited---bliss (B) sanguine---distress (C)impartial---neutrality

　　(D) despondent---despair (E) agitated---upheaval

　　sanguine: confidently optimistic and cheerful 乐观的

　　17. Despite the markings that ranked the trail as moderately difficult, the hikers found the trek to be challenging as the path was__; it meandered ceaselessly around the riverbank for miles.

　　panoramic

　　precipitous

　　serpentine

　　circumscribed

　　retrograde

　　meander serpentine 蜿蜒的,都很形象

　　18. A discerning publishing agent can___ promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.

　　supplant

　　dramatize

　　finagle

　　winnow

　　overhaul

　　winnow: select desirable parts from a group or list.

　　19. Oren missed the play’s overarching significance, focusing instead on details so minor that they would best be described as -----.

　　A. pragmatic B. indelible C. moribund D. picayune E. impervious

　　moribund: no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end