请教两道magoosh填空

aimar_07UID: 3455299

For all his ____________, Honore de Balzac betrayed a remarkable ____________ to the plight of 19th century women, populating his novels with characters sympathetic to women’s rights.
Blank (i)
affability
diffidence
boorishness
Blank (ii)
contemptuousness
sensitivity
obliviousness
我的逻辑是这样的，H的小说是同情妇女权益的，而这个思想betray了19世纪对妇女艰难处境的___，所以这空应该填obliviousness，忽视；第一个空就是affability。
答案正好相反，是boorishness和sensitivity
谢谢~

还有一个问题
To the senior manager, unsolicited opinions, even if the views expressed did not necessarily (i) ______________ his own views, were (ii)______________ ; thus, employees had learned to be (iii)______________ lest they no longer found themselves in his good graces.

Blank (i)
gel with
countermand
clash with
Blank (ii)
overt
nettlesome
welcome
Blank (iii)
reticent
sycophantic
elusive

我选的是clash with 、nettlesome、sycophantic
就是即使不冲突（not clash with）都不行，必须要拍马屁
而答案是clash with 、nettlesome、reticent；
再次感谢~

aimar_07UID: 3455299

又仔细看了几遍，结合题目讲解，第二题貌似线索在unsolicited opinions，不请自来的建议不行，得保持沉默。其实我还是觉得sycophantic也符合逻辑

IanCanUID: 3446519

For all = despite, 虽然 boorish，但是对妇女困难处境敏感 同情妇女权益

IanCanUID: 3446519

reticent 与 unsolicited 对应！必须有依据有对应
、

aimar_07UID: 3455299

多谢IanCan~
还有个问题，第一个题的betray怎么理解呢？

Queen_22983UID: 3478439

aimar_07 发表于 2014-2-15 23:33
多谢IanCan~
还有个问题，第一个题的betray怎么理解呢？

betray应该是表明的意思，感觉这个意思在GRE里比背叛考得多

aimar_07UID: 3455299

Queen_22983 发表于 2014-2-16 11:27
betray应该是表明的意思，感觉这个意思在GRE里比背叛考得多

多谢多谢~
刚在vocabulary.com查了下，betray确实有reveal unintentionally的含义。
如果理解成reveal unintentionally正好能和前面的For all his boorishness吻合。

malilongzaiUID: 3448243

第一题我一开始也是这么选的 原来如此