1. At first, I found her gravity rather intimdiating, 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
2. The Newborn human infants is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively ___one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.
A. Adaptive
B Slective
C. inquisitive
D Receptive
E Intuitive
1. 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
gravity here means seriousness.
the guy finds her gravity intimidating at first, and the key word here is BUT. It reverses his view totally. He later finds out that the laughter (the only word here that can serve as an opposite to gravity) is near the surface.
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A. Adaptive
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C. inquisitive
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E Intuitive
分析:空格填入形容词,描述“新出生的婴儿(newborn human infant)”的特点,句子中not…nor…but结构表示对比关系,因此空格和actively一起表达“既不被动也不主动”的含义,所以空格应该填一个偏被动含义的词。A适应的;B选择的;C好奇的;D接受的,愿意接受的;E直觉的。D选项为正确答案。