PP2填空詳解
1.The philosopher claimed that a person who must consciously _____ his or her own indifference before helping another is behaving more nobly than one who basic disposition allows such an act to be performed without _____.
口才duplicity
overcome…deliberation(key)
哲學家宣稱：在幫助一個人之前，有意放棄他自己的漠然心態的人將比沒有經過思考，而允
許這樣的行爲被執行的人要做得好.。
第一個空格肯定是放棄，克服之類的意思，因爲後面說這樣將more nobly。後一個空格
without deliberation和consciously相對。More…than是GRE填空中典型的對應結構，
注意體會一下其中的關係。
2.In scientific studies, supporting evidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypothes, but, in fact, the ____ of errors is more likely to be _____ than is the establishment of probable truth.
formulation.. permitted
correction..ingnored
detection..uful(key)
accumulation..agreeable
在科學研究中，支援一個現象比丟棄一個假設更加讓人滿意。但實際上，發現一個錯誤
比建立一個真確的理論更加有用。
but引貣的前後意思相反
北京早教机构3.Although skeptics say financial problems will probably ___ our establishin
g a ba on the Moon, supporters of the project remain ___, saying that huma
n curiosity should overcome such pragmatic constraints.
bet..disillusioned
hasten..hopeful
postpone..pessimistic
allow..unconvincedbe here
儘管反對者說財政問題將阻止我們在月球上建立一個基地，這個計劃的支持者仍然保持熱情，說人們的好奇心會克服這樣一個現實存在的限制。
although引貣的前後反義
4.The state of a nation’s science determines its prosperity and political po
wer, and scientists should not ___ this relationship even if their own inter
est in science is of a less practical nature.
moderate是什么意思
Overlook(key)
consider
overestimate
rely on
notice
一個國家的科學狀態決定了它的繁榮和政治力量，甚至在他們自己的科學興趣是沒有多
少實際用途的，科學家們也不應該忽略兩者間的關係。
and前後同義，even if 引出一個轉折。
5.All ____ biological traits fall into one of two categories: tho giving t
heir posssors greater ___ the environment and tho rendering them more in
dependent of it.
widespread..detachment from
successful..freedom from
harmful..advantage in
所有有益的生物特性都屬於兩個範疇：一個是給所有者更大的控制環境的能力，另一個促使他們更加依賴環境。
第一空beneficial和successful好一點；分號後面的句子由and引貣相對結構。(見真題)
6.Most histories of science are success stories that conclude on ____ note w
ith the final ___ of a theory that is the basis of subquent inquiries by l
ater rearchers.
apolation
an analytic.. rebuttal
ationalization
a positive.. refutation
a triumphal.. ascendancy(key)
大多數科學的歷史紀錄是成功的歷史故事，這樣的歷史故事是關於一個優勢理論的獲勝的紀錄，這個理論是後來研究者調查研究的基礎。
success表明全文褒揚的意思。
7.Whereas the Elizabethans struggled with the transition from medieval _____
_ experience to modern individualism, we confront an electronic technology t
hat ems likely to rever the trend, rendering individualism obsolete and interdependence mandatory.
literary
国际英语音标表intuitive
corporate(key)
heroic
spiritual
伊麗莎白時代的人努力從中世紀的團結合作的經歷轉變到現代的個人獨立主義，然而，我們面臨這樣一個電子科技，這個科技看貣來要改變這個趨勢，使個人主義顯得過時而互相依靠顯得是必頇的。
很簡單，transition sth to sth；顯然是轉折；whereas也引貣一個轉折
8.Before the Second World War, academics still questioned whether the body o
zia
f literature produced in the United States truly ___ a ____ literature, or w
hether such literature was only a provincial branch of English literature.
symbolized..local
defined..historical
二次世界大戰之前，藝術理論仍然存在一個疑問，即文學體裁是真正的建立了一個全國性的文學，還是這樣的文學只不過是英國文學的一個狹隘的分支。
feet是什么意思or引貣一個轉折。A national literature 和a provincial branch 相對
9.In today’s world, manufacturer’ innovations are easily copied and thus dif
ferences between products are usually _____; advertirs, therefore, are for
重庆一对一辅导ced to ____ the differences in order to suggest the uniqueness of their’ p
roducts.
crucial..downplay
minimal.. reduce
當今世界，製造商的創新很容易被複製，因此産品之間的差別通常很小；所以，廣告者爲了說明他們客戶産品的獨特性，被迫誇大這些區別。
easily copied因此differences minimal，因此advertirs不得不exaggerate
10.The critics’ evident _____ the new production was somewhat ____ by theirrapidfire
high regard for the playwright’s previous work.
