28. rhapsodize:say something with great enthusiasm. 過份贊美
Trying to ------- about post-modern literature is not only ------- but also foolish, because it is a movement that encompasses many different styles and elements.
(A) brag … necessary
(B) generalize … difficult
(C) complain … important
(D) rhapsodize … fatuous
(E) learn … fair
29. scientific evidence <>description <>observation, 一定要區分好三者之間的區別
scientific evidence:通過統計數據來描述問題 (愛因斯坦說過,只有當一門科學融入數學才會得到發展);description:只是對其中某個樣本進行描述,即description,沒有統計支持;observation:是比description更窄的概念,它只是指description中能運用你的五官得到的信息。
30. tentative:實驗性的,文章當中一定表明這是驗證某個未成公理的結論所做的才是試驗。
31. travesty:滑稽化的作品(tra反+vest衣服,反穿衣服,滑稽化來表現某些意圖)
used in order to say that something is extremely bad and is not what it is claimed to be.
Their marriage was a complete travesty. (即他們不是在結婚,而是進入圍城之類的。。可怕)
parody =travesty=lampoon 拙劣的模仿性詩文
The hospital’s inept administration was so__ that the doctors working there considered the facility a__, debasing the entire medical profession.
(A) apathetic, victory
(B) exacting, spectacle
(C) astute, debacle
(D) negligent, travesty
(E) surreptitious, triumph
32. unsubstantiated=ungrounded=baseless
33. veiled:a veiled threat, warning, attack, reference etc is expressed so that its exact meaning is hidden or unclear,=hidden
(1)'I'm impressed,' said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only slightly hidden) sarcasm.
34. veiled criticism:hidden criticism
35. veiled distaste: hidden distaste
36. veiled malice: hidden malice
(二)信仰有關
1. altruism n.利他主義,不自私 <> egoism self-centered 利己主義
2. asceticism n.禁欲主義
3. celibacy n.獨身(主義)
4. chauvinism n.沙文主義,盲目愛國主義
5. cynicism n.憤世嫉俗,犬儒主義
6. eclecticism n.折衷主義
eclectic:including a mixture of many different things or people, especially so that you can use the best of all of them,所以在這里eclectic是褒義詞,千萬不要理解為貶義詞!
而mediocre,是個絕對的貶義詞,就等于awful,lacklustrous,shoddy
(1)New York designer Anna Sui creates eclectic clothes that represent an___ of playful, 1970’s funky styles fused with an edgy, urban sensibility.
(A) induction
(B) amalgam
(C) immersion
(D) occlusion
(E) estrangement
Amalgam(從形狀上看就是兩個am混合了alg)
(2)Jean Georges was famous for his----cuisine, which brought together ingredients from many cooking traditions—Thai, Chinese, French—and combined them in innovative ways.
(A) aesthetic
(B) clandestine
(C) homogeneous
(D) eclectic
(E) conventional
(3)Isabella’s____ style is best seen in her architecture, which combines elements of Byzantine Greek, Roman, and Gothic periods.
(A) reticent (B)eclectic (C)mystical (D) formulaic (E) eminent