多选题
Questions 12-16 Directions: Each of the following
sentences or groups of sentences contains one, two, or three blanks. These
blanks signify that a word or set of words has been left out. Below each
sentence are columns of words or sets of words. For each blank, pick the oneword
or set of words from the corresponding column that best completes the
text.
填空题
By ______ strict rules of hygiene in mater nity wards, Ignaz
Semmelweis saved many women from dying of childbed fever, a fate that many
expectant mothers feared.
Ａ. challenging
Ｂ. instituting
Ｃ. intimating
Ｄ. invalidating
Ｅ. sanitizing
填空题
The earth is a planet bathed in light; it is therefore {{U}}
(i) {{/U}}that many of the living organisms that have evolved on the earth
have {{U}} (ii) {{/U}}the biologically advantageous capacity to trap
light energy.
Blank (i)
Ａ. anomalous
Ｂ. unsurprising
Ｃ. problematic
Blank (ii)
Ｄ. encapsulated
Ｅ. divested
Ｆ. developed
填空题
To contrast the demeanor of Austen's clergyman brothers James and
Henry with that of Mr. Collins, the much-abused figure of fun in Pride and
Prejudice, is instructive, for where the Austen brothers were properly {{U}}
(i) {{/U}}to their social superiors and benevolent to their dependents, the
odious Mr. Collins was invariably {{U}} (ii) {{/U}}to his betters,
fawning in particular on his patron, Lady Catherine de Burgh.
Blank (i)
Ａ. deferential
Ｂ. disingenuous
Ｃ. demonstrative
Blank (ii)
Ｄ. responsible
Ｅ. sycophantic
Ｆ. sardonic
填空题
The reclassification of the solar system that demoted Pluto to a
"dwarf planet" did not go {{U}} (i) {{/U}}, for several hundred
indignant astronomers petitioned the International Astronomical Union to
{{U}} (ii) {{/U}}its decision.
Blank (i)
Ａ. astray
Ｂ. uncontested
Ｃ. unrewarded
Blank (ii)
Ｄ. reconsider
Ｅ. initiate
Ｆ. promulgate
填空题
Relatively few politicians willingly {{U}} (i) {{/U}}center
stage, although a touch of {{U}} (ii) {{/U}}on their parts now and again
might well increase their popularity with the voting public.