填空模拟题

409. Doctors initially feared that antibiotics would have ______ effect, destroying healthy tissue as well as harmful bacteria.
A. a deleterious
B. a minuscule
C. a salutary
D. an antiquated
E. an immediate

410. Native American potters often ______ the shortcuts offered by modern technology (such as the use of commercial clay, pigments, or kiln firing), instead ______ the traditional methods of their ancestors.
A. laud, resuscitating
B. flout, relinquishing
C. circumvent, renouncing
D. propound, cleaving to
E. eschew, adhering to

题意解析及中文释义

题意解析及中文释义：

409.
题意解析：
由分隔可知，能够破坏健康组织，显然是负面作用，选择A。
中文释义：
医生一开始担心抗生素起有害作用，除了破坏有害的细菌还破坏健康的组织。

410.
题意解析：
文中提到两种方法：一种新方法，一种传统方法，由instead可知，两者只能选其一，所以两个空格选择一组反义词，选择E。
中文释义：
本土的陶工常常避免使用现代方法（比如使用低劣的黏土、颜料和用窑烘焙）提供的捷径，而是坚持使用他们祖先留下的传统方法。