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【13】It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)_________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to(ii)_________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the(iii)_________ , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.
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A overshadowed | D enhance | G plausibility of our hypotheses |
B invalidated | E obscure | H certainty of our entitlement |
C illuminated | F underscore | I superficiality of our theories |
【14】2006题目 Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (i)___________________, but the most (ii)___________________ of these paintings (iii)___________________ all doubts.
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A partiality | D problematic | G exculpate |
B credulity | E successful | H assuage |
C ambivalence | F disparaged | I whet |
【15】2007题目 Having displayed his art collection in a vast modernist white space in (i)_______________ former warehouse, Mr. Saatchi has chosen for his new site its polar opposite, a riverside monument to civic pomposity that once housed the local government. There is nothing (ii)_______________ about the new location: the building’s design is bureaucratic baroque, (iii)_______________ style that is as declamatory as a task-force report and as self-regarding as a campaign speech.
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A a decadent | D atavistic | G an ascetic |
B a claustrophobic | E spare | H a grandiose |
C an unprepossessing | F pretentious | I an understated |