填空求问

轻薄的假象UID: 3264386

The senator's remark that she is ambivalent about running for a second term is___ given the extremely ___fund-raising activities of her campaign committee.

A. disingenuous  reluctant
B.futile   clandestine
C.sincere  visible
D.persuasive   apathetic
E.straightforward energetic



答案选的是D，但我觉得选B完全说得通啊，这小子暗地里偷偷募集竞选资金，所以听她表面上的声明是没有用的。求解释啊~~
还有每次类似这种题，我都觉得没法找对应，只有带回去看意思对不对，这样特别费时，而且句子一旦晦涩就特别没有头绪，求问各位前辈有没有什么好的方法。

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fu|tile /fj'uːtaɪl, AM -təl/
[ADJ] oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
= pointless

futile用在这里明显不合适。
找准句子的主体，逻辑关系，然后去找同义词和反义词，或者正评价或负评价即可。
如本题，根据前后句意，属于同义重复题。
一种是，The senator's remark 如实，那么后面就是 running for a second term 的转述。
另一种是，The senator's remark 不如实，那么后面就是 不running for a second term 的转述。
回去看看陈圣元老师的书吧，而且可以告诉你，句子越晦涩，题目越简单，句子越清晰，题目越难，ETS会在句子难度和词语辨析难度之间找到平衡的。