再来一道ETS verbal练习册的题目！

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出处：official  GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions
题目编号：mixed practice sets/practice set 2/5
the lizards snapped up insects that are so___ that other potential predators avoid them. Among the lizards' prey were some beetles that they initially ____because the insects were spraying their hot, irritant defense chemical at the time. Yet even these produced no apparent ill effects, since the lizards, having eaten, proceeded on their way ___ enough.
a. rare                       d. sought                  g.erratically
b. nutritious                e. rejected                h. laboriously
c. noxious                   f. resembled              i. nonchalantly

答案：C E I
我这里的问题在于第三个空。第一句话的意思lizards 对于predators是不利的，所以选“noxious.”第二句话说的意思lizard的一些猎物一开始因为spraying their hot， irritant defense chemical，所以lizards也是回避的，所以就选rejected。第三句话的紧接着第二句话。Lizards会吃没有ill effects的猎物。但是我的思路是“yet even”表示lizards即使吃这些没有毒素的猎物仍然是有些磕磕绊绊的。所以最后一个空选了“laboriously.” 但是ETS给出的解释完全忽略了“yet even”: Finally, the author states that eating the beetles apparently did not harm the lizards; the “since” of the last sentence introduces the evidence on which this observation is based. Thus Blank (iii) must be filled by a word that suggests the lizards were unharmed. “Erratic” or “laborious” postmeal locomotion might indicate otherwise; therefore the correct answer for Blank (iii) is “nonchalantly.”

关于这点我不太同意，不知道大家怎么看的？多谢～

吴彤昀TonyUID: 3498016

楼主是句子意思理解错了。第三空是说即使吞了那些有毒的beetles，lizard还是没什么事，所以是I

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吴彤昀Tony 发表于 2014-8-20 07:48
楼主是句子意思理解错了。第三空是说即使吞了那些有毒的beetles，lizard还是没什么事，所以是I

恩，理解了～的确是句子意思理解错了～多谢多谢了～