例 Ⅳ：
The state is a network of exchanged benefits and beliefs, --------- between rulers and citizens based on those laws and procedures that are --------- to the maintenance of community.
(A) a compromise ... inimical
(B) an interdependence. .. subsidiary
(C) a counterpoint ... incidental
(D) an equivalence ... prerequisite
(E) a reciprocity ... conducive
〖解答〗
空格Ⅰ需代入一名词，与此前的"a network of exchanged benefits"在语法上构成同位语，以突出强调“互惠互利”这一概念。(E) reciprocity最好地体现了这一概念。(A) compromise 和(B) interdependence尽管尚能达意，但针对性不强。当然，在空格Ⅱ处，(A)(B)前后不通，(E) "be conducive to"(有利于…)为正确。
〖词汇〗
inimical: 1.敌意的 2.有害的，不利的
subsidiary: 附属的，次要的，补贴的
counterpoint: 对位法，对比法
incidental: 伴随的，次要的，偶发的
equivalence: 相等
prerequisite: 先决条件的，必要的
〖中译〗
国家是一个互惠和互信的结构，是统治者与公民之间的一种互利关系，以那些有利于维持一个社会的法律和程序为其基础。
E:介词结构
例 Ⅴ：
An investigation that is ---------- can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
(A) timely
(B) unguided
(C) consistent
(D) uncomplicated
(E) subjective
〖解答〗
在以but连接的两个句子中分别两次涉及“研究”(investigation search)这一概念。从search后面的介词结构in a definite direction可求取其反义词(B) unguided。
〖中译〗
一种漫无目的，无的放矢式的研究偶尔能揭示出新的事实，甚至是引人瞩目的事实;但是，普遍而言，此类事实的出现是有着明确方向的探索带来的结果。
例 Ⅵ：
The Gibsons were little given to ---------- in any form; not one of them was afraid of ----------, of being and seeming unlike their neighbors.
(A) humility ... absurdity
(B) excellence ... mediocrity
(C) anger ... confrontation
(D) conformism ... singularity
(E) ostentation ... eccentricity