8. Despite a tendency to be overtly _____, her poetry does not consist solely of pious sentiments: it often sparks the imagination and provides lively entertainment.
A. preachy
B. querulous
C. insincere
D. sanctimonious
E. plaintive
F. disingenuous
请教个问题:
5. When a new scientific model emerges, research studies (i)_____ that paradigm tend to dominate in the scientific literature: the process of selecting articles for publication is tilted towards positive results. But because the paradigm (ii)_____, the academic incentives shift in the opposite direction: research results are more considered worthy publication when they (iii)_____ what has become the established view.
第一空:A. tweaking B. affirming C. controverting
第二空:D. is initially articulatedE. has become entrenched F. is about to be attacked
第三空:G. bolster H. circumvent I. undermine
对应指代关系:
a new scientific model = that paradigm = the paradigm
the paradigm (ii)(has become entrenched)= what has become the established view
in the scientific literature= the process of selecting articles for publication= worthy publication
positive results= the academic incentives
research studies= research results= they
问题1: research studies,positive results,research results 怎么理解,是在说什么?
文体2: shift in the opposite direction,这是在反方向改变(即不变,仍未正方向)?还是改变到反方向?还是在反方向中作调整?
问题3:这个题目能请教下你的思路是什么吗?