appealing 1: marked by earnest entreaty: imploring 2: having appeal

exuberant 1: extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent 2 a: joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic b: unrestrained or elaborate esp. in style: flamboyant <~ architecture> 3: produced in extreme abundance: plentiful syn see profuse —— ex.u.ber.ant.ly adv

5. 【中文释义】

代谢速度相对比较慢的物种，包括有冬眠习性的动物，通常会比那些代谢速度更快的物种长寿。

【解题分析】

显然是一套比较结构的题目。比较双方应互相对比，with relatively 加空格这一段和whose metabolic rates are more rapid对比。和rapid对比的是c的sluggish.

【重点词条】

prolific 1: producing young or fruit esp. freely: fruitful 2 archaic: causing abundant growth, generation, or reproduction 3: marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity syn see fertile —— pro.lif.i.ca.cy n —— pro.lif.i.cal.ly adv —— pro.lif.ic.ness n

sedentary1: not migratory: settled <~ birds> 2: doing or requiring much sitting 3: permanently attached <~ barnacles>

sluggish 1: averse to activity or exertion: indolent; also: torpid 2: slow to respond (as to stimulation or treatment) 3 a: markedly slow in movement, flow, or growth b: economically inactive or slow —— sl ug.gish.ly adv —— slug.gish.ness n

measured 1: marked by due proportion 2 a: marked by rhythm: regularly recurrent b: metrical 3: deliberate, calculated —— mea.sured.ly adv

restive 1: stubbornly resisting control: balky 2: marked by impatience: fidgety syn see contrary —— res.tive.ly adv —— res.tive.ness n

6.【中文释义】

与他早期的毫不妥协的谈判者的声誉截然相反，摩根现在采取了一种更利于和解的态度，他的

早期的批评者们因此而赞扬他。

【解题分析】

earlier reputation与后文的recently显然在提示时间对比。并且同时又是一个空对空的题型（虽然知道两个空格之间的逻辑关系，但是由于两个均为空格，无法一步推断答案，但这种情况下通常句中会在第二空格后有进一步的提示），在第二个空格后有限定，由这两点可以知道两空格为反义词，并且后面的空格为褒义，前面为贬义，满足这两个条件的为a.

【重点词条】

conciliatory 1: to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts 2: to make compatible: reconcile 3: appease ~ vi: to become friendly or agreeable syn see pacify —— con.cil.i.a.tion n —— con.cil.i.a.tive adj —— con.cil.i.a.tor n —— con.cil.ia.to.ry adj

impropriety 1: an improper or indecorous act or remark; esp: an unacceptable use of a word or of language 2: the quality or state of being improper

7. 【中文释义】

尽管爱尔兰口头文学在十六世纪后继续兴旺，但一个类似的流传却没有在视图艺术领域发生：

所以我们现在是通过（他们的）语言文字而不是用视觉图象来认识爱尔兰文化。

【解题分析】

冒号表示重复，该句的冒号后出现的words即重复前文的literature, 而pictorial imagines显然是重复visual arts. 所以冒号后肯定了words，对应的前文应肯定literature, 那么由冒号后否定了pictorial images可以推断出前文应否定visual arts, 第二空格可选的表否定的词只有absent.

【重点词条】

tradition 1: an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom) 2: the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction 3: cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutions 4: characteristic manner, method, or style —— tra.di.tion.al adj —— tra.di.tion.al.ly adv —— tra.di.tion.less adj

lively 1 obs: living 2: briskly alert and energetic: vigorous, animated <~ children racing for home> 3: active, intense 4: brilliant, fresh 5: imparting spirit or vivacity: stimulating 6: quick to rebound: resilient 7: responding readily to the helm 8: full of life, movement, or incident <~ streets at carnival time> —— live.li.ly adv —— live.li.ness n —— lively adv

comparable 1: capable of or suitable for comparison 2: similar, like —— com.pa.ra.ble.ness n —— com.pa.ra.bly adv

absent 1: not present or attending: missing 2: not existing: lacking 3: inattentive, preoccupied —— ab.sent.ly adv 2ab.sent vt (15c): to keep (oneself) away 3ab.sent prep (1945): in the absence of: without