GRE句子填空“13+1”解题技巧(2)b

时间：2007-09-13 07:07:29

（单词翻译:单击）

caustic1: 刻薄的，讥讽的

humiliate2: 使蒙耻，羞辱

discomfit3: 使困惑，使窘迫

delude4: 欺骗，哄骗

tantalize5: 惹弄，逗引

〖中译〗

尽管讲演者并没有被听众们格外刻薄的反应弄得彻底的狼狈不堪，但他依然明显是地被其尖锐的批评弄得十分窘迫。

例 V:

Though dealers6 insist that professional art dealers can make money in the art market, even an ---------- knowledge in not enough: the art world is so fickle7 that stock-market prices are ---------- by comparison.

(A) amateur's ... sensible

(B) expert's ... sensible

(C) investor’s ... booming

(D) insider's ... predictable

(E) artist's ... irrational8

〖解答〗

先处理空格Ⅰ：以Though引导的从句本应和even引导的主句构成对立关系，但由于后者为否定句(...is not enough)，按特殊解法的规则，所代入的词项应与中心线索构成同义，该中心线索无疑应定位在从句中同为形容词的professional一词，则求得(B) expert's和 (D)和insider's为俱佳，余皆排除。空格Ⅱ：在第三句中，将艺术品市场之价格与股票市场之价格作对比(by comparison)。既然前者为 so fickle，则后者的情形应是绝然相反，故正确答案为(D) predictable, 而非(B) erratic9(因为它与fickle为同义)。

〖词汇〗

erratic: 不规则的，古怪的

booming: 激增的，兴旺发达的

〖中译〗

尽管经纪商们坚持认为，专业的艺术经纪人的确能在艺术品市场赚钱，但是，即使具备一内部知情者的知识仍不充分：艺术品世界是如此之变幻莫测，以致于股票市场的价格比较而言就显得有规律可循了。


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1 caustic 9rGzb     
adj.刻薄的，腐蚀性的
参考例句：
  • He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.他张嘴开始进行刻薄的反击。
  • He enjoys making caustic remarks about other people.他喜欢挖苦别人。
2 humiliate odGzW     
v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace
参考例句：
  • What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
  • They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。
3 discomfit jlLz6     
v.使困惑，使尴尬
参考例句：
  • He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.部长对他计划的不理会将使他特别尴尬。
  • The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.反对派领导人常搞得他在国会中下不来台。
4 delude lmEzj     
vt.欺骗；哄骗
参考例句：
  • You won't delude him into believing it.你不能诱使他相信此事。
  • Don't delude yourself into believing that she will marry you.不要自欺，别以为她会嫁给你。
5 tantalize iGHyp     
vt.使干着急，逗弄
参考例句：
  • The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.那个男孩会到房间里拿狗食逗弄狗。
  • He tried to tantalize me by revealing that the Soviet Union was prepared to discuss a package deal.他想要逗弄我，于是就露出口风说，苏联愿意讨论一揽子交易。
6 dealers 95e592fc0f5dffc9b9616efd02201373     
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者
参考例句：
  • There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
  • The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
7 fickle Lg9zn     
adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的，不坚定的
参考例句：
  • Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。
  • The weather is so fickle in summer.夏日的天气如此多变。
8 irrational UaDzl     
adj.无理性的，失去理性的
参考例句：
  • After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
  • There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。
9 erratic ainzj     
adj.古怪的，反复无常的，不稳定的
参考例句：
  • The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
  • The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

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