请教大家几个填空，答案不能说服我 谢谢
5. Although the passage of years has softened the
initially hostile reaction to his poetry, even now only
a few independent observers ------- his works.
(A) praise
(B) revile
(C) scrutinize
(D)criticize
(E) neglect
答案A
我觉得是D
5. Some paleontologists debate whether the diversity of species has ------- since the Cambrian period, or
whether imperfections in the fossil record only suggest greater diversity today, while in actuality
there has been either-------- or decreased diversity.
(A) changed.. escalation
(B) increased. stasis
(C) expanded.. discontinuity
(D) declined.. reduction
(E) improved.. deviation
答案B
我觉得是A作者: dandeliontt 时间: 2011-8-3 01:47:31
本帖最后由 dandeliontt 于 2011-8-3 09:35 编辑
Although the passage of years has softened the
initially hostile reaction to his poetry, even now only
a few independent observers ------- his works.
(A) praise
(B) revile
(C) scrutinize
(D)criticize
(E) neglect
although 暗示前后句反义关系
那么前句说的是hostile 被soften
那么后句就是hostile没有被soften
a few加了一层否定关系，所以应该是praise。
这句话的意思是，尽管他的攻击性被减弱了，但是还是很难发现对他的表扬。
要是没有这个a few， 你选的答案就对了。
个人意见仅供参考。作者: fainty_wanderer 时间: 2011-8-3 01:48:56
本帖最后由 fainty_wanderer 于 2011-8-3 02:13 编辑
第一题：
原文表示：尽管the passage of years已经把原来对他的诗作的hostile reaction软化了很多。由于让步关系的存在（Although），言下之意就是：但其实人们的reaction还是相当hostile。翻译一下，就得到正确答案：还是只有很少的人称赞他的作品。D选项也太……
第二题：
逻辑上判断：第一个whether与第二个whether之间用or连接，表达相近意思，它们与之后的there has句被while in actuality分隔，意味着右面一句表达的是大致相反的意思，所以基本上就是【正正反】的关系。A选项没有考虑两个whether之间【意思相近】的关系，只关注了前后的对比。
Some paleontologists debate whether the diversity of species has ------- since the Cambrian period, or
whether imperfections in the fossil record only suggest greater diversity today, while in actuality
there has been either-------- or decreased diversity.
A） changed.. escalation) o5 R# Y. h) \4 o# v+ M0 u5 R6 T
B) increased. stasis. X) r# N2 K7 l
C) expanded.. discontinuity
D) declined.. reduction
E) improved.. deviation