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.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
(A) partiality (D) problematic (G) exculpate
(B) credulity (E) successful (H) assuage
(C) ambivalence (F) disparaged (I) whet
(一) 选取第一空所在部分：
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) ______
“Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century …”部分连续使用best与eminent来说Murray的作品在近几年来都是很好的。
而后面，插入成分使用although连接，因而其中表达的意思是与前面所跟的句子相反的意思，即Murray的作品有“不好”的地方。
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空：
[1]. partiality： a special taste or liking(偏爱，褒义词，相反选项)
[2]. credulity： readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence(轻信，无关选项)
[3]. ambivalence：(既好又坏，好坏兼有，“好、坏”的广义反义词)simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
(二) 选取第二、三空所在部分：
… often regarded with (i) ______, but the most (ii) ______ of these paintings (iii) ______ all doubts.
“but”连接的句子与“… often regarded with (i) ______”的句子表示相反的意思，由前述知，blank(i)中应该填入Murray的作品“不好”，那么but连接的句子即应该说Murray的作品“好”。而“好”的作品能够“消除”人们对于她的种种顾虑。
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空：
[1]. problematic： posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide(有问题的，负评价，相反选项)
[2]. successful：(成功的，正评价，“好”)
[3]. disparaged： to lower in rank or reputation : DEGRADE(贬低，负评价，相反选项)
[4]. exculpate： to clear from alleged fault or guilt(开脱，与“罪行”结合，而不是“顾虑”不符合语法契合的要求)
[5]. assuage： to put an end to by satisfying : APPEASE, QUENCH(缓解)
[6]. whet： to make keen or more acute : EXCITE, STIMULATE(激起，相反选项)
(三) 理解句意，看是否逻辑与语义契合：
穆雷在近25年内的名声显赫，而近些年的作品是她这么些年来最好的。尽管公众对她的评价经常有矛盾之处，但是穆雷的绝大多数成功的作品可以打消人们对她的疑虑。
