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重复关系推理题（含五种小题型 142/152ps）

一．同义 / 近义关系题 (63/152ps)

1. The_____of Maria Irene Fornes' play Mud — a realistic room perched on a dirt

pile — challenges conventional interpretations of stage scenery.

(A) appeal (B) plot (C) mood

(D) setting (E) rehearsal

2. More valuable and comprehensive than may previously proposed theory of the phenomenon, Salazar's research has_____the basis for all subsequent_____in her field.

(A) undermined. advancements

(B) prepared..debacles

(C) provided ..investigations

(D) dissolved. experiments

(E) reinforced ..misconceptions

3. Dangerously high winds______attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on

schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.

(A) thwarted (B) forfeited (C) implemented

(D) discharged (E) redoubled

4. The guest speaker on Oprah Winfrey's talk show offended the audience by

first______them and then refusing to moderate these _____ remarks.

(A) flattering .. commendable

(B) haranguing.. intemperate

(C) praising.. radical

(D) enraging. conciliatory

(E) accommodating .. indulgent

5. By the end of the long, arduous hike, Chris was walking 'with a _____ gait, limping

slowly back to the campsite.

(A) halting (B) robust (C) constant

(D) prompt (E) facile

6. Her dislike of _____ made her regard people who tried to win her approval through

praise as_____.

(A) autocrats., dictators

(B) defiance,, toadies

(C) tyrants., connoisseurs

(D) adulation., superiors

(E) flattery .. sycophants

7. To reflect the______of that nation's spoken languages, its writers often make

use of a mixture of dialects.

(A) articulation (B) intonation (C) spontaneity

(D) profundity (E) heterogeneity

8. She apologized profusely, only to discover that her self-serving excuses failed

to have a _____ effect.

(A) reprehensible (B) palliative (C) depreciatory

(D) litigious (E) compendious

9. That critic's writing is so obscure and dense that upon first reading, one finds

its _____ hard to penetrate.

(A) brevity (B) rigidity (C) floridity

(D) harmony (E) opacity

10. Because the pandas had already been weakened by disease and drought, a harsh

winter would have had______consequences for them.

(A) preventive (B) regressive (C) catastrophic

(D) unforeseen (E) moderate

11. Maggie is a procrastinator, naturally inclined to______and to ______ discussions.

(A) meddle., scoff at

(B) temporize., prolong

(C) misbehave., disrupt

(D) sneer., terminate

(E) withdraw., intrude in

12. Just as glass windows offer buildings both light and insulation, certain

atmospheric gases ____ incoming sunlight and _____heat radiated from the ground, preventing warmth from escaping.

(A) conduct.. release

(B) deflect.. transmit

(C) admit.. contain

(D) absorb. dispense

(E) resist., trap

13. The speaker, praised for her style yet ridiculed for her vacuity, often moved

naive listeners with______ alone and led them to believe that her speech had ______.

(A) reason.. dalliance

(B) infelicity. conviction

(C) rhetoric .. substance

(D) pragmatism. futility

(E) boorishness .. integrity

14. Hayley Mills's films have been called ______ , although most of them are not

so sentimental as to deserve that description.

(A) treacly (B) cursory (C) prosaic

(D) meticulous (E) consecrated

15. Predictably, detail-oriented workers are ....... keeping track of the myriad particulars of a situation,