1. There seems to be no ________ the reading public’s thirst for books about the 1960’s: indeed, the normal level of interest has ______ recently be cause of a spate of popular television documentaries.
A. quenching … moderated
B. whetting … mushroomed
C. curtailing … warned
D. ignoring … transformed
E. slaking … increased
2.Despite a tendency to be overtly _______, the poetry of the Middle Ages often sparks the imagination and provides lively entertainment, as well as pious sentiments.
A. diverting
B. emotional
C. didactic
D. romantic
E. whimsical
3. One of the first ______ of reduced burning in Amazon rain forests was the chestnut industry: smoke tends to drive out the insect that, by pollinating chestnut tree, allow chestnuts to develop.
A. reformers
B. discoveries
C. casualties
D. critics
E. beneficiaries
解析:
1、第一空無法輕松判斷,第二空是現在完成時并且出現了recently(重要的時間對比特征詞,最近發生的動作一定是與以前相反),前面無論是否出現about the 1960’s也應該知道一般現在時There seems to be表示一般慣常狀態,現在完成時+ recently表示最近發生的動作,是對過去或者一般狀態的改變,所以“no+第一空”應該與第二空相反(題感好的同學應該能夠馬上覺察到the reading public’s thirst與the normal level of interest是同義重復,尤其是thirst 與interest很明顯),以前thirst沒有什么和現在interest有什么,正好與時間相反一致,兩空填同義詞即可,只有C。注意 moderate不表示quenching熄滅。
注意時間相反題型的特點:1、時間相反一切相反。2、總是后者否定前者。3、現在否定過去,將來否定現在,更遠的將來否定較近的將來。參考譯文:看起來20世紀60年代閱讀人群對書籍的渴望并沒有減少;事實上,興趣的正常標準只是最近下降了,因為人們渴望通俗的電視文獻片。
2、簡單的轉折題?崭裼蓅parks the imagination and provides lively entertainment取反決定,要想不幻想不生動不娛樂,只有C(didactic說教的)啦。
參考譯文:盡管趨勢是明顯地說教,但是中世紀的詩歌經常激發(人們)想象力和提供以生動的樂趣以及虔誠的感情。
3、冒號表示同義重復,后面顯然對煙是負評價,所以前面說減少燃燒也就是減少煙顯然是好的情況,所以空格填正評價詞,一眼看出E最合適。閱讀中注意一般不去看in后面的東西,否則你很可能會粗略讀后把“在亞馬遜雨林中減少焚燒”理解成“減少燃燒亞馬遜雨林”。
參考譯文:在亞馬遜雨林中減少焚燒的直接受益者之一是栗子工業:煙會驅除昆蟲,而昆蟲卻通過給栗子樹授粉而使栗子得以生長發育。