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1990年4月国内 Section1 Page:001 ———————————————————————— ———————————————————————— 1 Even though formidable winters are the norm in the Dakotas, many people were unprepared for the ____ of the blizzard of 1888. (A）inevitability (B) ferocity (C) importance (D) probability (E) 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 evitable = avoidable 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 2 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. (A) milestone.. disappointing (B) breakthrough.. significant (C) regression.. unimportant (D) misjudgment.. calculable (E) 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 2、（物价）暴涨 3、（科技的）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。 3 While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may ____ it. (A) exacerbate (B) neutralize (C) eradicate (D) ameliorate (E) 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 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 4 The architects of New Yorks early skyscrapers, hinting here at a twelfth-century cathedral, there at a fifteenth-century palace, sought to legitimize the citys social strivings by ____ a history the city did not truly ____. (A) revealing.. deserve (B) displaying.. desire (C) evoking.. possess (D) preserving.. experience (E) flouting.. believe ———————————————————————— 答案：(C) 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） soci