Since one of Professor Roche’s oft-repeated adages was that familiarity leads to (i)________, his students were quite surprised to find him so (ii)_______ Return of the Native, a novel he had taught for over 30 years.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】- 方程等号：since表示因果，同义重复。surprise表示和正常情况相反，反义重复。一次取同，一次取反，最终为反义重复。 - 强词和对应：句中的familiarity与a novel he had taught for over 30 years同义重复。句中没有强词，所以空格(i)和空格(ii)为强词，而且因为surprise取反，在选项中找一组反义词。代入选项，love爱…enthusiastic over热情，同向，排除；contempt蔑视…disdainful of蔑视，同向，排除：knowledge知识…conversant with熟悉，同向，排除；boredom厌倦…excited by兴奋，反向，代入句意合适，正确；admiration钦佩…confused by困惑，反向，但是代入句意不符，排除。所以答案选D。