8 The incipient (i)______ regarding taxes could affect trade between the two countries much more than the (ii)______ banana imports, which has been going on for years. Unfortunately, the trade regulators seem to be ignoring both disagreements.
Blank (i)
A. row 争端
B. accord 协定
C. investigation 调查
Blank (ii)
D. profitable dealing in 有利可图的交易
E. predicament regarding 关于……的困局
F. festering dispute over 对……的激烈争端
答案：AF
分类：直接重复
解析：both disagreements是上文中出现过的概念，即前一句话中必然出现了两种争端或不合。more than表示两个事物的对比，则第一句话中提到了两个概念，这两个概念就必须是下文中的“两种争端”。故第一空和第二空均需填入和争端有关的词，A和F正确。
翻译：新出现的关于税的争端将会比持续多年的有关香蕉进口的激烈争论对两国间的贸易产生更大影响。不幸的是，主管者看起来同时忽略了上述两方面的争议。
15 In American Indian art, the supposed distinction between modern and traditional was fabricated by critics, and when artists have control over interpretation of their own work, the distinction appears, happily, to have been ______.
A. eliminated 消灭
B. reinforced 增强
C. put to rest 消除
D. intensified 增强
E. recognized 承认
F. established 建立
答案：AC
分类：直接重复
解析：when提示了近似的因果，则前后两个分句的句意为同意重复。前半句称评论家捏造了一种界限，则这种界限并不存在。故后半句艺术家解释自己作品时，这种界限同样不存在。选项AC正确。happily也提示了这种感情色彩。
翻译：在美国印第安艺术中，假定存在的现代和传统的界限不过是评论家捏造的结果。而令人高兴的是，艺术家在解释他们自己的作品时，这种界限看起来消失了。
16 Notwithstanding their ______ regarding other issues, township residents have consistently passed the board of education’s annual budget.
A. accord
B. indecision
C. consensus
D. disagreement
E. divergence
F. enthusiasm
答案：DE
分类：转折
解析：notwithstanding提示转折，则从句表达了“意见一致”的反义。选项DE正确。
翻译：尽管在其他问题上存在分歧，本镇的居民还是一致通过了教育委员会的年度预算案。
17 Some of the company’s supporters charged that the negative report had been motivated by a broader political assault on the company that was designed to help market rivals who would like to see the company ______.
A. reined in
B. bolstered
C. indemnified
D. propped up
E. manacled
F. lionized
答案：AE
分类：手段-目的对应
解析：前半句和解题没有必然关系，只要找到“竞争对手”的解题线索即可。竞争对手当然希望这家公司受到负面影响。则只有A和E两选项合乎要求。B和D两项虽然也是同义词，但在感情色彩上不符合要求。
翻译：一些公司的支持者指责称该负面报告是被针对公司的广泛的政治抨击所推动，其目的在于帮助那些乐于看到本公司受到制约的竞争对手。
18 Skeptics contend that any scheme for charging visitors to Web sites that rewards the vendor adequately would require steep prices, ______ the kind of frequent, casual use of Web sites that surfers now take for granted.
A. bridling
B. exciting
C. forbidding
D. inhibiting
E. provoking
F. reversing
答案：AD
分类：伴随状语提示的语法重复
解析：空格所填内容为现在分词，引导伴随状语，和主句同义重复。skeptics表明这些人对句中的收费计划持反对态度，“高昂代价”进一步提示，若分词作状语表示同义重复，则意味着对网民起到打击、削弱的作用，故A和D两选项为正确答案。C选项感情色彩正确但与A、D两项含义有差异。B和E是一对同义词但不符合句意。
翻译：持怀疑态度者认为对于访问那些适度奖励卖家的网站的网民征收费用的任何计划都将付出高昂代价，限制网民习以为常的对网络的日常使用。
