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18.acumen: unable to discern 敏锐:不能辨别
Because Jenkins neither_____ nor defends either management of the striking workers, both sides admires his journalistic___.
(A) criticize---acumen
(B) attacks---neutrality
(C) confronts---aptitude
(D) dismisses---flair
(E) promotes---integrity
Acumen：shrewd 精明的
19.adept: bungling /inept熟练的:笨拙的
(1)I am not an adept aesthetician, and I could not presume to analyze Martha’s sense of design or approach toward design.
(2)Predictably, detail-oriented workers are___ keeping track of the myriad particulars of a situation.
(A) remiss in
(B) adept at
(C) humorous about
(D) hesitant about
(E) contemptuous of
detail-oriented workers的这种人的特点就是adept at doing sth。
20.adroit: ungainly 灵活的:笨拙的
astute/ambidextrous/swift/alacrity <> cumbersome/ponderous/awkward/gauche
(1) Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such___ strategies that only the most___ player can master them.
(A) Byzantine, adroit
(B) nefarious, conscientious
(C) devious, lackadaisical
(D) onerous, slipshod
(E) predictable, compulsive
21.adulate: reproach/scorn/disdain/vilify 阿谀:指责/蔑视/鄙视/诽谤
(1)The media seldom give those who seek careers in the public eye any__ of the life-changing effects of the overwhelming__ that often accompanies fame.
(A)intimation, adulation
(B)euphemism, aplomb
(C)rhetoric, acme
(D)stasis, euthanasia
(E)mote, abandon
(2)When such -------remarks are circulated, we can only blame and despise those who produce them.
(A) adulatory (B) chance
(C) rhetorical (D) redundant
(E) reprehensible
blame and despise是reprehensible remarks才值得的，而adulatory remarks却不会。
(3)Surrounded by a retinue of sycophants who invariably___ her singing, Callas wearied of the constant adulation and longed for honest criticism.
A. orchestrated
B. thwarted
C. assailed
D. extolled
E. reciprocated
adulation，flatter，obsequious，sycophant(马屁精)，blandish，toady(读音，头低，谄媚者的姿态)
