22.advocate: denounce 拥护:反对
Denounce:to express strong disapproval of someone or something, especially in public公开谴责
The scientific organization___ the newspaper for prominently covering the predictions of psychic while__ to report on a major research conference.
(A) celebrated, failing
(B) promoted, refusing
(C) denounced, neglecting
(D) spurned, hastening
(E) honored, opting
23.affable: irascible 和蔼的:易怒的
24.affected: ingenuous/natural 做作的:自然的
25.affiliation: dissociation 加入,参加:分裂
26.aggravate: alleviate 恶化,加重:减轻,缓和
Whenever she felt tired after work, a brisk walk along the beach amid the__ sea air never failed to__ her fatigue and leave her re-energized.
(A) humid, hasten
(B) salty, exacerbate
(C) bracing, alleviate
(D) damp, reprove
(E) chilly, aggravate
brisk walk的作用是alleviate fatigue
27.aggregate: disperse 聚集:使分散
With evolution of wings, insects were able to___ to the far ecological corners, across deserts and bodies of water, to reach new food sources and inhabit a wider variety of promising environmental niches.
A. relate
B. disperse
C. transgress
D. revert
E. ascend
disperse:to cause to separate and go in different directions 驱散,分散,后面有一系列的地方,所以选disperse
28.aggressive: even-meaning 好斗的:性格温和的
29.Agitate/demagogue/instigate/sedition/provoke/convoke : soothe/conciliate/moderate
煽动:安慰
(1) The War of Independence provoked strong criticisms by many Americans of the institution of slavery, but produced little substantive action against it.
(2)More___ than her predecessor, Superintendent Reynolds would, many predicted, have a far less__ term of office.
(A) phlegmatic, apathetic
(B) conciliatory, confrontational
(C) empathetic, compassionate
(D) vigilant, reputable
(E) penurious, frugal
Conciliatory<>confrontational
30.alienate: reunite 疏远:再结合
31.allude: mention explicitly 暗示:明白地提及
Readers previously__ by the complexity and__ of Joyce’s Ulysses will find Gilbert’s study of the novel a helpful introduction.
(A) charmed, obscurity
(B) rejected, length
(C) inhibited, intelligibility
(D) daunted, allusiveness
(E) enlightened, transparency
allusive: characterized by indirect references
32.ally: adversary 联盟:敌手,对手
Nation that share a border are, by definition,____.
(A)allied (B)partisan (C) contiguous (D)pluralistic (E) sovereign