1. Despite the fact that the amateur runner trained rigorously for six months before the race, he failed to ______ it: the course was so ________ that even professional runners struggled to finish.
(A) complete……..demanding
(B) win………manageable
(C) master…….short
(D) concede…….formidable
(E) underestimate…..unusual
2. In linking geographically disparate people, the Internet is arguably helping millions of spontaneous communities to bloom: communities defined by common interests rather than by the accident of ________.
(A) compatibility
(B) affluence
(C) reciprocity
(D) contemporaneousness
(E) proximity
3. It is as if Woodward could not bear to leave anything out; if he had _______ some of his material, the resulting increase in focus would have more than ________ any loss in comprehensiveness.
(A) elaborated…….justified
(B) condensed………exaggerated
(C) expanded………offset
(D) edited……..pointed up
(E) pruned……..compensated for
解析：
1、盡管該業余運動員在比賽前嚴酷訓練了6個月，但是他沒能完成它：訓練課程是如此地苛刻以至于甚至專業運動員都要努力拼搏才能完成。
A完成。。�？燎蟮�
B贏得。。。易管理的
C征服、精通。。。短小
D退讓。。。可怕的
E低估。。。不平常
由轉折和failed知道第一空填正評價ABC，由冒號解釋同義重復知道第二空負評價AC，仔細辨析一下出A。題感好的同學看最后的finish就知道第一空一定填finish的同義詞。
*2、將地理上不同位置的人們聯系在一起，互聯網有爭辯地幫助數百萬自然產生的社區繁榮起來：這些社區由共同的興趣決定而不是由偶然發生的一致性決定。
A一致性、適應性、兼容性
B影響
C互惠
D同時期
E接近
rather than提示對比，“the accident of____”=“not common interests”。
3、看起來Woodward不能容忍失去任何東西(患失);如果他刪除了材料中的一些東西，則焦點上內容的增加補償缺失內容綽綽有余。
A精心制作。。。證明
B濃縮。。�？浯�(干擾)
C擴展。。。彌補
D編輯、校訂。。。突出、強調
E刪除。。。補償
分號前說的是Woodward不能容忍失去anything，后面馬上冒號做了解釋。顯然some of his material同義重復前面的anything，則第一空填leave。。。out的同義詞BDE，第二空由語意more than推出BD不合適。