vengeance1 : punishment inflicted2 in retaliation3 for an injury or offense4: retribution with a vengeance 1: with great force or vehemence5 2: to an extreme or excessive degree
temperance 1: moderation in action, thought, or feeling: restraint 2 a: habitual7 moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions b: moderation in or abstinence from the use of intoxicating8 drink
havoc9 1: wide and general destruction: devastation10 2: great confusion and disorder11 2havoc vt hav.ocked ; hav.ock.ing : to lay waste: destroy
3. 尽管有人觉得征收高速公路用户的过路费会消除加收公路维护税的必要,但维护一个巨大的公路网所需的巨额成本需要依靠公路维护税如此的公众税。
下句的these general taxes即照应上句的public taxes, 上句为消除对public taxes的需要, 所以下句转折后应为势必需要these general taxes.
circumvent13 1 a: to hem6 in b: to make a circuit around 2: to manage to get around esp. by ingenuity14 or stratagem15 cir12.cum.ven.tion n
phenomenal : relating to or being a phenomenon: as a: known through the senses rather than through thought or intuition b: concerned with phenomena16 rather than with h ypotheses c: extraordinary, remarkable17 syn see material phe.nom.e.nal.ly adv
necessitate18 1: to make necessary: require 2: force, compel ne.ces.si.ta.tion n
ameliorate to make better or more tolerable ~ vi: to grow better syn see improve ame.lio.ra.tion n ame.lio.ra.tive adj ame.lio.ra.tor n ame.lio.ra.to.ry adj
4.尽管他们并非直接的复制品,古典时期的新艺术非常明显地是在更古老的罗马模式的精神下创造出来的,因此保存了不少古老风格的特点。
第三行的and为小连接,可直接推理得c.
impression 6 a: the first coat of color in painting b: a coat of paint for ornament19 or preservation20 7: an imitation or representation of salient features in an artistic21 or theatrical22 medium; esp: an imitation in caricature of a noted23 personality as a form of theatrical entertainment
accentuate24 : accent, emphasize; also: intensify25 ~s the feeling of despair
depict26 1: to represent by or as if by a picture 2: describe 1 de.pic.ter n de.pic.tion
improvise27 1: to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously28 2: to make, invent, or arrange offhand29 3: to fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand ~ vi: to improvise something
5.尽管他们的看法愈加对立,但这个小组了解他们需要达成一致建议,以便颁发奖励。
in spite of, far from, not like都意味着对立面反义词的出现
incisiveness30 impressively direct and decisive in.ci.sive.ly adv in.ci.sive.ness n
6.通过强迫大家向时钟的权威屈从,系统时间保存法强加给了大家的社会
某种形式的专制 。
force 和impose同义,答案应和authority同义,d 正确。
anarchy31 1 a: absence of government b: a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority c: a uTOPian society of inpiduals who enjoy complete freedom without government 2 a: absence or denial of any authority or established order b: absence of order: disorder 3: anarchism
permanence : the quality or state of being permanent: durability32
provincialism 1: a dialectal or local word, phrase, or idiom 2: the quality or state of being provincial33
autonomy 1: the quality or state of being self-governing; esp: the right of self-government 2: self-directing freedom and esp. moral independence 3: a self-governing state
7.大家关于街头犯罪的高度详细明晰的词语与大家对集体犯罪的少量的词语构成了强烈的对比,这个事实和公众对集体犯罪程度的常见无知相一致。
contrasts sharply提示两空格应为反义词,a,e为近义词, b,c不构成反义词。可得答案d. 或由unwareness of the extent of corporate34 crime 可知:公众对corporate crime 的词语量同样是极少的。
corporate 1 a: formed into an association and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an inpidual: incorporated b: of or relating to a corporation 2: of, relating to, or formed into a unified35 body of inpiduals 3: corporative 2 cor.po.rate.ly adv