【正文】 ther_________ treatment of her subject in the opening pages. A. pelling … intriguing B. accessible … recondite C. hidebound … reactionary D. insightful … innovative E. dispassionate … evenhanded 4. The meeting on environmental issues produced ________ discussion but no mitment on a plan of action: the many uncertainties surrounding global climatic change and the huge cost of efforts to limit it made the policymakers ____ A. little … voluble B. heated … contentious C. cordial … quarrelsome D. frustrating … affable E. interminable … businesslike 5. Art that endures often makes an initially disturbing impact: the profound experience that such art seeks to provoke necessarily engenders a certain ___A. familiarity B. ennui C. upheaval D. intimacy E. tranquility 6. The history of film reflects the _____ inherent in the medium itself: film bines still photographs to represent continuous motion and, while seeming to present life itself, can also offer impossible and dreamlike unrealities. A. trivialities B. biases C. constraints D. paradoxes E. liabilities 7. The ______ with which the politician peppers her speeches are so memorable that many people think of her as being far more _______ than she in fact is.A. superlatives … egalitarian B. pejoratives … optimistic C. examples … soporific D. diatribes … censorious E. malapropisms … straightforward 類比 8. ANTISEPTIC : DISINFECT:: A. solvent : preserve B. emollient : soften C. tonic : inoculate D. antidote: poison E. palliative: sensitize 9. DOSE : MEDICINE :: A. beverage : drink B. medal : award C. tremor : earthquake D. ration : food E. temp: music 10. DITCH : CANYON :: A. landslide : erosion B. boulder : granite C. weed : vegetation D. burrow : cavern E. moon : planet 11. AVERSION : DISINCLINATION :: A. assurance : doubt B. adulation : admiration C. evaluation : preference D. denunciation : avowal E. slander : insincerity 12. AIRTIGHT : LEAK :: A. sporadic : continuity B. incorporeal : importance C. ancient : relevance D. arcane : solution E. invalid : certainty 13. SPURN : CONTEMPT :: A. condone : mercy B. apologize : regret C. vacillate : impression D. balk : obstruction E. endorse : familiarity 14. TEACHER : CLASSROOM :: A. bather : beach B. resident : neighborhood C. traveler : station D. child : playground E. chef : kitchen 15. RESCISSION : LEGISLATION :: A. authorization : retrenchment B. recantation : testimony C. attainment : goal D. cessation : process E. acquittal : innocence : MORTALITY A. electorate : abstention B. workforce : attrition C. traffic : gridlock D. membership : absenteeism E. taxation : expenditure 反義詞 28. DISSIPATE A. pile up B. sort out C. illuminate D. hasten E. include 29. TRANSIENT A. distant B. helpful C. actual D. violet E. everlasting 30. EXTRANEOUS A. indeterminate B. modified C. accurate D. concealed E. essential 31. SEEMLY A. banal B. deceitful C. indecorous D. eclectic E. ineffectual 32. VIRULENT A. intermittent B. courteous C. defeated D. confident E. salubrious 33. TORRID A. gloomy B. inert C. icy D. opaque E. smooth 34. FORMIDABLE A. enticing B. invigorating C. ambivalent D. affectionate E. negligent 35. DISCURSIVE A. polite B. succinct C. florid D. candid E. impassioned 36. EXECRATION A. misrepresentation B. engrossment C. requisition D. approbation E. allegiance 37. VICISSITUDINOUS A. charitable B. immutable C. imitative D. extrinsic E. endearing 38. TENDENTIOUS A. unmon B. uncooperative C. unpretentious D. unimportant E. unbiased 短文章 lateeighteenthcentury political economists regarded the specialization of labor as a positive development, resulting in increasingly refined products and services. However, to their contemporaries in philosophy and the arts, this development suggested society’s disintegration into conflicting interests. The political economists acknowledged that diverse occupations represented peting perspectives on society, since what one knew was a function of what one did, but they viewed specialization as a source of social unity. Individuals who produced only one product or service must depend on others for most of the ir needs。 this, specialization was the basis of social cohesion. The mon good depended upon everyone’s dependency guaranteed the unity and therefore the health of society. A fundamental problem with this concept recognized even then, was that specialization seemed to preclude anyone’s being able to demonstrate that the society was unified. If everyone’s knowledge of society was tied to specialized occupational interests, who was in a position to monitor society’s overall functioning?2003年3G筆試題目類比1. ADVENTURESOME : CAUTION :: A. tendentious : bias B. convivial : congeniality C. timorous : fear D. magnanimous : generosity E. gluttonous : restraint 2. TAIL : APPENDAGE A. rib : skeleton B. iris : cornea C. knuckle: finger D. molar : tooth E. lobe : ear 3. HAVEN : DANGER A nirvana : suffering B. sinecure: experience C sanctuary : immunity D limbo : uncertainty E arcadia : quiet4. MASONRY: BRICKLAYER A seminary : theologian B jurisprudence : criminal C pedagogy : student D medicine : doctor E conservatory : musician 5. NOURISH : FOOD A. warn : safety B. dehydrate : water C. waft : air D. circulate : blood E. finance : money 6. HASTE : PLODDER A. deception : dupe B. courtesy : boor C. disillusionment : malcontent D. forbearance : suspect E. reluctance : skeptic 7. VINDICATE: BLAME A. disabuse : misapprehension B. decry: aspersion C. acquiesce : regret D. expose : malfeasance E. investigate : suspicion 8. OBSTACLE : IMPEDE A. prediction : convince B. blandishment : cajole C. embellishment : praise D. deficiency : pensate E. pliment : exaggerate 9. MARVEL : QUOTIDIAN A. deny : malicious B. exploit : utilitarian C. defuse : controversial D. rev