1. A common misconception is that linguists are concerned only with the origin and development of languages, but these topics, though they constitute an important part of linguistics, do not ___ the subject.
A. frame
B. transcend
C. convey
D. exhaust
E. illuminate
2. Far from being a ___ portrait of the writer, the biographer’s life of Christina Stead is ___ many undigested and discursive excerpts from Stead’s fiction and private papers.
A. multifaceted .. enriched by
B. valuable .. enhanced by
C. succinct.. .padded with
D. disputatious.. discredited by
E. compendious .. studded with
3. Traditional Navajo concepts of government are ___; decisions are arrived at through consensus rather than ___ by a single authority.
A. aristocratic.. prescribed
B. egalitarian.. dictated
C. democratic.. censured
D. patriarchal.. legislated
解析：
1、“語言學家只關注語言的起源和演化，而這些主題盡管構成了語言學的重要組成部分，卻沒有構建(整個)這門學科。”這是一個普遍的誤解。
解析：此題主干看轉折有點困難，不過ETS仁慈地加了一個though they constitute an important part of linguistics，將它取非即可。顯然an important part of linguistics與空格后的the subject構成了上下義詞的同義表達。本來應該取非的由于空格前出現了not而改為取constitute的同義詞，沒有比frame更同義的啦。 (如果不用邏輯做，肯定會有人選BDE)
2、遠不是該作者緊湊簡潔的描寫風格，這個傳記作家的《life of Christina Stead》一書充斥著許多來自于Stead的小說和私人文檔中未經整理的散漫的章節。
解析：Far from表示取非。關鍵是找到哪里和哪里取非。
第一空填形容詞，這個形容詞應該和undigested and discursive有關，如果填undigested and discursive的同義詞，則第2空填負評價完成Far from的邏輯取非;如果填undigested and discursive的反義詞，則第2空填正評價完成Far from的邏輯取非。本題只有CE第一空選項是undigested and discursive的反義詞。從2個方面看C是答案。(1)succinct有緊湊的含義，直接對應not discursive，(2)be padded with 是填充的意思，be studded with是點綴的意思，一般be studded with后面跟珠寶等美好的事物，而此處顯然是undigested and discursive excerpts不好的事物。
3、關于統治的傳統Navajo概念是平等主義的;通過意見一致達成決議而不是由獨裁來宣布。
解析：分號后面作者強調的是rather than前面的decisions are arrived at through consensus，它代表了分號后面的作者態度，所以第一空填進去以后要使分號前面與它同義，先選出BC，再由第2空語意輕松排除C啦。