The teacher’s directions regarding how to write our research paper were very (i) ______ and vague, so when she returned the papers and had graded them all extremely harshly, the class was (ii) ______ that she hadn’t given us a better understanding of her expectations.

A、
A
B、
B
C、
C
D、
D
E、
E
F、
F

【正确答案】 C、D

【答案解析】

Blank（i）处的词与“vague”是并列关系，应该与其意思相近，而meticulous的意思是“一丝不苟的，小心翼翼的”，因此，应该选indefinite（不确定的，模糊的）；后半句表明，学生因老师“graded them all extremely harshly”而感觉受到了不公正对待，agitated焦虑的，焦躁不安的；fortuitous偶然的，意外的；indignant则指“angered at something unjust or wrong”，愤愤不平的，最符合句意，因此Blank（ii）处选择D项。