Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when ______ was valued much more highly than it is today.
(A) scent
(B) beauty
(C) elegance
(D) color
(E) variety
翻译：带有浓烈香味的白花，比如栀子花，在18世纪成为收藏者的最爱，因为在那时候，香味比在今天被赋予了更高的价值。
(A)香味，芬芳
(B)美丽
(C)优雅、优美
(D)颜色
(E)种类，多样化
At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that ______ was very near the surface.
(A) seriousness
(B) confidence
(C) laughter
(D) poise
(E) determination
翻译：一开始，我发现她的严肃非常有威慑力，但是当我对她了解更多时，我发现她身上总是洋溢着笑声/ 我发现幽默的她才是真是的她。
(A)严肃，庄重
(B)信心
(C)笑声
(D)平衡
(E)决心
The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and drive us to ______ accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.
(A) insular
(B) investigative
(C) synoptic
(D) subjective
(E) sensational
翻译：来自大众媒体的纯粹的数据堆砌似乎超过了我们的承受能力，并驱使我们得到概括性的报道从而了解新闻中最容易的，好理解的那部分新闻。
A孤立的，超然的
B调查的
C概要的，从同一观点看待的
D主观的
E使人感动的
During the opera’s most famous aria, the tempo chosen by the orchestra’s conductor seemed ______, without necessary relation to what had gone before.
(A) tedious
(B) melodious
(C) capricious
(D) compelling
(E) cautious
翻译：在这部歌剧最有名的咏叹调中，乐队指挥所选择的节奏似乎变化无常，和已经演奏过的部分没有必然的关系。
(A)乏味冗长的
(B)旋律优美的
(C)反复多变的，反复无常的
(D)引人注目的
(E)谨慎小心的
Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater ______their efforts to build a progressive party than the______of the progressives already elected to the legislature.
(A) support for...advocacy
(B) threat to...promise
(C) benefit from...success
(D) obstacle to...resistance
(E) praise for...reputation
翻译：具有讽刺意味的是，这个政党的领导人在建立一个激进党的努力中，最大的障碍来自于那些早就选入了立法机构的激进分子的抵抗。
A支持……提倡，拥护
B威胁……承诺
C受益于……成功
D障碍……阻碍
E赞扬……尊敬
No longer______by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual______for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.
(A) satisfied...reasons
(B) sustained...substitutes
(C) reassured...justifications
(D) hampered...equivalents
(E) restricted...parallels
翻译：人们不再被这样的一种信仰所支撑，即我们周围的世界是明确地为人类所设计的，而是试图寻找一种理性的替代品，因为这种信仰在占星学和玄学中失去了确定性。
A满意……原因
B支持……替代品
C使恢复信心，使安心……理由，辩护
D妨碍……等价
E限制……相似物，平行
Just as astrology was for centuries______faith, countering the strength of established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of______ the professional sciences.
(A) an individual...rebellion by
(B) an accepted...antagonism toward
(C) an underground...defiance against
(D) a heretical...support for
(E) an unknown...concern about
翻译：正如占星术几个世纪以来都是反对正统力量的(地下的，秘密的)信仰一样，他们反对国教(established church)力量，今天信奉占星术是一种反抗专业科学的行为。
A单独的……谋反，不服从
B被接受的……对抗
C地下的，秘密的……挑衅，挑战
D异端的……支持
E未知的……考虑
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