2.Although not all the women in the group identified themselves as feminists,their lives______ their shared belief that men and women were equal and thatthe accomplishments, not the gender, of an individual mattered.
A. challenged
B. demonstrated
C. conflated
D. undermined
E. contradicted
5.Although the diverse local idioms of English in England are not as strong asthey once were, their ______ has been ______: television and radio are not thehomogenizing forces that they were once thought to be.
A.variety … diminished
B.importance … exaggerated
C.colorfulness … muted
D.meaning … misconstrued
E.resilience … underrated
不太理解引号后面的句子与前文的关系,故无法选择。
6. Some suggest that students whoare granted privileges receive them because their teachers wish to make thestudents______; more probably, causality flows in the opposite direction, inthat teachers are likely to grant privileges to diligent students.
A.excitable
B.independent
C. malleable
D.grateful
E. conscientious
从opposite来看,前后应该取反,后面是说老师给勤奋的学生特权,前面应该是说老师希望学生??这里就想不明白了。。