1.【中文释义】因为商界变得清醒意识到他们的广告必须着眼于消费者日常关心之物,所以他们的商业广告将会有更多的现实主义的特征。
【解题分析】as引导一个简单的因果关系 ,第二空格应与上文的everyday concerns相关,同义或反义取决于第一个空格,但在五个选项中, everyday concerns的同义词或反义词只出现一个b的realism, 故直接选b即可。
【重点词条】allay 1: to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity: alleviate 2: to make quiet: calm ~ vi, obs: to diminish in strength: subside syn see relieve
address 1 archaic a: direct, aim b: to direct to go: send 2 a: to direct the efforts or attention of (oneself) b: to deal with: treat 3 archaic: to make ready; esp: dress 4 a: to communicate directly <~es his thanks to his host> b: to speak or write directly to; esp: to deliver a formal speech to 5 a: to mark directions for delivery on <~ a letter> b: to consign to the care of another (as an agent or factor) 6: to greet by a prescribed form 7: to adjust the club preparatory to hitting (a golf ball) 8: to identify (as a peripheral or memory location) by an address or a name for information transfer ~ vi, obs: to direct one's speech or attentions —— ad.dress.er n 2ad.dress n (1539) 1: dutiful and courteous attention esp. in courtship——usu. used in pl. 2 a: readiness and capability for dealing (as with a person or problem) skillfully and smoothly: adroitness b obs: a making ready; also: a state of preparedness 3 a: manner of bearing oneself b: manner of speaking or singing: delivery 4: a formal communication; esp: a prepared speech delivered to a special audience or on a special occasion 5 a: a place where a person or organization may be communicated with b: directions for delivery on the outside of an object (as a letter or package) c: the designation of place of delivery placed between the heading and salutation on a business letter 6: a preparatory position of the player and club in golf 7: a location (as in the memory of a computer) where particular information is stored; also: the digits that identify such a location syn see tact
2.【中文释义】因为这个律师的方法被查明是很无耻的,所以纪律委员会废除了他的特权。
【重点词条】unscrupulous not scrupulous: unprincipled —— un.scru.pu.lous.ly adv —— un.scru.pu.lous.ness n
revoke 1: to annul by recalling or taking back: rescind <~ a will> 2: to bring or call back ~ vi: to fail to follow suit when able in a card game in violation of the rules —— re.vok.er n 2revoke n (1709): an act or instance of revoking in a card game
reprehensible : worthy of or deserving reprehension: culpable —— rep.re.hen.si.bil.i.ty n —— rep.re.hen.si.ble.ness n —— rep.re.hen.si.bly adv
augment 1: to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense 2: to add an augment to 3: supplement <~ed her scholarship by working nights> ~ vi: to become augmented syn see increase —— aug.ment.er or aug.men.tor n 2aug.ment n (ca. 1771): a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time esp. in Greek and Sanskrit verbs
3.【中文释义】如此具有智慧和成就的人居然会如此贪婪并且缺乏正直感,以至于他们不惜违反法律,以它们的声誉为赌注来进一步推进他们自己最终成就。
【解题分析】nonetheless表转折,所以第一空格应填贬义,第二空格褒义,再由so——that 结构,可得答案e。
【重点词条】devious 1: out-of-the-way, remote 2 a: wandering, roundabout b: moving without a fixed course: errant <~ breezes> 3 a: deviating from a right, accepted, or common course b: not straightforward: cunning; also: deceptive —— de.vi.ous.ly adv —— de.vi.ous.ness n
integrity 1: firm adherence to a code of esp. moral or artistic values: incorruptibility 2: an unimpaired condition: soundness 3: the quality or state of being complete or undivided: completeness
4.【中文释义】一些科学家发表文章来揭示全球变暖的真相,断然指出并没有充分的科学论据支持这个理论 由于温室气体的增加,地球正在变暖。
【解题分析】第二空格填副词,可以不予考虑,直接由这一段文字知学者们认为温室效应并无根据,这一段分隔就是对前文的重复,可选出a.b.d,而b.d第二个副词又不对,故选a。