Jansen’s writing strikes many as (i) ______________ : for one who is capable of enduing even the most recondite topics with a(n) (ii) ______________ tone, his prose becomes (iii) ______________ in the informal correspondences he had with his contemporaries.
for one who is capable of enduring even the most recondite topics with a(n) (ii) ______________ tone, 此处 第二空填recondite的反义,深奥的主题一般是很“困难,不轻松”的,那么就应该填“困难不轻松”的反义,即breezy,轻松愉快的。
his prose becomes (iii) ______________ in the informal correspondences he had with his contemporaries.
第二空确定了是breezy, 那么第三空是第二空的反义,只有curiously stilted合适,即让人惊奇的僵硬。注意的是前一句的for暗含了对比的意思,中文可以理解为,对于一个本应怎样怎样的人来说,他却表现为怎样怎样。