The Gibsons were little given to ---------- in any form; not one of them was afraid of ----------, of being and seeming unlike their neighbors.
(A) humility ... absurdity
(B) excellence ... mediocrity
(C) anger ... confrontation
(D) conformism ... singularity
(E) ostentation ... eccentricity
〖解答〗
空格Ⅱ后面以of引导的介词结构无疑与该空格前的of结构属同一性质，作补充陈述。从"unlike their neighbours"可获取一“与众不同，标新立异”的概念代入空格Ⅱ，则求得(D) singularity和(E) eccentricity为正确。既然第二句陈述"Gibson一家谁都不怕与众不同"，这即意味着每人都敢于或愿意表现得与众不同。据此可推知，Gibson一家所不喜欢的是“与众相同”。正确答案为(D)。
