单选题
Soap operas and situation comedies, though given to distortion, are so derivative of contemporary culture that they are inestimable ______ the attitudes and values of our society in any particular decade.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】Soap operas and situation comedies are derivative of contemporary culture: they take their elements from that culture. Therefore, they serve as indices (signs or indications) of what is going on in that culture; they both point to and point up the social attitudes and values they portray.
Note that the soap operas and comedies here cannot be determinants of our society's attitudes and values: they derive from these attitudes and values; they do not determine them.
单选题
Perry's critics in the scientific world ______ that many of the observations he has made during more than a decade of research in Costa Rica have been reported as ______ in popular magazines rather than as carefully documented case studies in technical journals.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】The critics charge (make the accusation) that Perry has published only anecdotes of his observations and not detailed analyses. Note that critics would be unlikely to applaud the publication of rumors or apologize for Perry's publication of fabrications or lies. Thus, you can eliminate Choices C and E. Similarly, popular magazines would be unlikely to publish scientific hypotheses or examples of scholarship. You therefore can rule out Choices A and D as well.
单选题
GAUCHE:
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】The opposite of gauche (awkward; lacking in social grace or tact) is tactful.
Think of being embarrassed by "a gauche remark."
单选题
HAPLESS:
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】The opposite of hapless (unlucky) is fortunate. Think of "hapless unfortunates."
单选题
PROLIXITY:
【正确答案】
E
【答案解析】The opposite of prolixity (wordiness) is terse-ness or brevity.
Think of "long-winded prolixity."
单选题
CONTEMPORANEOUS : EVENTS ::
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】Events that are contemporaneous (occurring within the same time frame) exist in temporal reference to one another. Objects that are adjacent exist in spatial reference to one another.
(Defining Characteristic)
单选题
LIMERICK : POEM ::
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】A limerick is a kind of poem. A catch is a kind of song.
Note how simple the relationship of the original pair of words is. Analogy questions seldom are this easy. This should alert you to be on the lookout for something particularly deceptive among the answer choices. In this case, catch is used in an uncommon manner. (Class and Member)