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9．Extant 现存的 extent 程度
（1）to some extent 在某种程度上来说 to an extreme extent 极端一点的说
（2）Because of the extent to which a college degree is accepted by employers as a proof of competence in a given field, college graduates are not only more likely to receive more job offers, they can also command higher salaries than applicants who lack college diplomas.
正因为大学学位被雇主看成是在某一领域内能力很高的证明，那些大学毕业生不仅比缺乏大学文凭的人拥有更多的求职机会，而且还可以要求更高的薪水。
（3）The study’s warning that monkey populations were declining in Guatemala and Mexico was__ by new evidence that nearby populations along the Belize River were__.
(A) corroborated, prospering
(B) confirmed, extant
(C) belied, dwindling
(D) diminished, debilitated
(E) tempered, thriving
这道题主考逻辑，这部分是填空老师的责任，请看一下B为什么不对？
10．Facet 小平面 Facetious轻浮的
11．Swindle 欺骗 dwindle 减少
（1）The dishonest employee----- his company, absconding with more than two thousand dollars’ worth of supplies.
(A) relieved
(B) reported
(C) swindled
(D) demoted
（abscond 潜逃）
（2）The number of black hawks has__ because the encroachments of humans on their territory have caused them to___ their customary breeding places.
(A) multiplied, endure
(B) extrapolated, alter
(C) increased, locate
(D) diminished, accept
(E) dwindled, shun
还有没有记住shun这个单词的意思？没记住的话赶快复习第一讲的内容！
12. sober 清醒的 somber 忧郁的
Here Coltrane played the soprano saxophone, an instrument seldom used by jazz musicians. Musically, the results were astounding. With the soprano's piping sound, ideas that had sounded dark and brooding acquired a feeling of giddy fantasy.
Question：The author implies that which of the following would have been an effect of Coltrane's having chosen to play the tenor rather than the soprano saxophone on My Favorite Things?
(A) The tone of the recording would have been more somber.
(B) The influence of bebop on the recording would have been more obvious
(C) The music on the recording would have sounded less raucous and physical
(D) His influence on rock music might have been less pervasive.
(E) The style of the recording would have been indistinguishable from that on Kind of Blue.
Brooding: 阴郁的
