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an neglected to neutralize, by some gesture of radeship, the resentment his peers were bound to feel because of his the high and mighty.(A) quixotic ... intrigue with(B) enigmatic ... familiarity with(C) propitiatory ... involvement with(D) salutary ... questioning of(E) unfeigned ... sympathy for解答空格Ⅰ:by some...gesture(通過某種…的姿態(tài))標(biāo)志著手段,to neutralize the resentment(去消解憤怒)則表示目的。(D)incriminating用以描述主語escaping vapor是極不合情理的,(E) 項亦毫無針對性可言。唯(A)項可符合上述條件。盡管作為原因的空格Ⅰ和作為結(jié)果的空格Ⅱ很難從題目本身推斷出應(yīng)代入詞匯的特定語義,但至少有三點是明確的。最后,切記在無連接詞的情況下兩個句子間凡出現(xiàn)冒號或分號這兩種標(biāo)點符號時,這亦為因果關(guān)系(參見前述“標(biāo)點符號的啟示”)。第四,除了能辯認(rèn)出包含上述詞匯的明顯的因果關(guān)系外,還應(yīng)能辯認(rèn)出某些不直接的和隱含的因果關(guān)系。其次,按因果律高度統(tǒng)一的原則,可從已知的原因推知結(jié)果,或從已知的結(jié)果推出原因,在諸多情況下,原因即為結(jié)果,結(jié)果即為原因,兩者為同義互補的關(guān)系。首先,在原因(cause)和結(jié)果(effect)之間,應(yīng)存在一種內(nèi)在的必然的邏輯關(guān)系。凡是包含because, since, for, if, thus, hence, so that, so...that..., so...as to..., therefore, consequently, as a result, accordingly, i