Even though formidable winters are the norm in the Dakotas,many people were unprepared for the ------- of the blizzard of 1888. inevitability ferocity importance probability mildness 答案：(B) formidable: a.可怕的，令个畏惧的 norm: n.标准，规范 blizzard: n.暴风雨，大风雪 inevitability: n.无可规避，注定发生 ferocity: n.凶恶，凶猛，残忍，猛烈，强烈 尽管可怕的冬季在达科化州司空见惯，但人们对1888年那场暴风雪的凶猛程度却始料不及
As the first streamlined car, the Airflow represented a ------- in automotive development, and although its sales were -------, it had an immense influence on automobile design. milestone.. disappointing breakthrough.. significant regression.. unimportant misjudgment.. calculable revolution.. tolerable 答案：(A) streamline: v.1、使成为流线型 2、使现代化，使合理化 精简（机构），提高效率 automotive: a.1、汽车的确良 2、自动推进的 milestone: n.1、里程碑（标） 2、（喻）里程碑，（历史的）重大事件 breakthrough: n.1、《军》突围，突破性 2、（物价的）暴涨，（价值的）骤增 3、（科技的）重大成就，突破性进展 regression: n.后退，倒退，退化 作为第一辆流线型汽车，Airflow代表着洫发展过程中的一座里程碑。尽管其销售令人失望但它对汽车的设计却产生了巨大的影响。
While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may ------ it. exacerbate neutralize eradicate ameliorate relieve 答案：(A) nurture: v.养育，培育，教养 compensate for: v.弥补，补偿，抵消 adversity: n.1、厄运，逆境，困境 2、痛苦，不幸，灾难 exacerbate: v.1、使加深（剧），使恶化 2、激怒，使苦恼 neutralize: v.使成为无效，抵消，使中立化 eradicate: v.根除，杜绝 ameliorate: v.改善，使变好 relieve: v.减轻，缓解，舒缓 虽然善于培养子女的父母能对厄运与不幸有所补偿，但冷漠和言行不一的父母则有可能使之加剧恶化
The architects of New York s early skyscrapers, hinting here at a twelfth-century cathedral, there at a fifteenth- century palace, sought to legitimize the city s social strivings by ----- a history the city did not truly -----. revealing.. deserve displaying.. desire evoking.. possess preserving.. experience flouting.. believe 答案：(C) skyscaper: n.摩天大楼 hint(at): v.暗示，示意 cathedral: n.大教堂 legitimize: v.1、使合法 2、证明...为有理（或正当） social strivings: n.社会追求 evoke: v.唤起，使人联想起 flout: v.藐视，蔑视，嘲讽 纽约的早期摩天大楼的建筑师们，这儿暗示某座十二世纪的大教堂，那儿暗示一处十五世纪的宫殿，竭力通过使人隐约联想起某种这座城市并不真正拥有的历史，试图使该城市的社会奋斗得以显得顺理成章
Actual events in the history of life on Earth are accidental in that any outcome embodies just one ----- among millions. yet each outcome can be ----- interpreted. coincidence.. randomly relationship.. predictably fact.. readily happening.. uniquely possibility.. rationally 答案：(E)