In stark contrast to hislater (i) _______, Simpson was largely (ii) ______ politics during his college years, despite the fact that thecampus he attended was rife with political activity.
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BLANK (i) |
BLANK (ii) |
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(A) activism |
(D) devoted to |
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(B) apathy |
(E) indifferent to |
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(C) affability |
(F) shaped by |
KEY:AE
1.关键字：“in contrast to”，“despite”，时间对比
2.Blank1中应该填入一个名词，表示Simpson对于政治的一种态度，blank2中应该填入一个动词词组，表示Simpson在求学时对于政治的做法；
3.前半句中有in contrast to，表现的是Simpson在大学期间与其之后对于政治态度的描述，因而根据时间对比，blank1与blank2中应该体现的是一种完全相反的态度；
4.根据后半句的despite，Simpson应该与其所在的大学中氛围相反，他所在的大学“was rife with politicalactivity”，大家都热衷与政治活动，而他则应该是“不热衷于政治运动”，即可以推出blank2中的词语，而同理，根据刚才的推断，blank1中应该是“Simpson现在对于政治运动很热衷”的态度了。
5.词语解释：
[1].(A) activism：（实践主义）adoctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially insupport of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue
[2].(B) apathy：（冷淡）lack of interest or concern
[3].(C) affability：（和蔼可亲）being pleasant and at ease in talkingto others
[4].(D) devoted to：（为……奉献）to give over or direct (as time,money, or effort) to a cause, enterprise, or activity
[5].(E) indifferent to：（对……冷淡）lackof interest or concern
[6].(F) shaped by：（被塑造成……）FORM, CREATE especially : to give aparticular form or shape to外语学习网
(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q6, Easy)
As my eyesight began to _______, I spent a lot of time writing about it – both poemsand “eye journals” – describing what I saw as I looked out through damaged eyes.
(A) deteriorate
(B) sharpen
(C) improve
(D) decline
(E) recover
(F) adjust
KEY:AD
1.关键字：“as”，随着……，同义关系
2.看到as结构以后，找寻其所描述事情的同义关系的结构即可；as结构中所涉及到的是作者的eyesight的问题，后面句子中eyes是eyesight的同义转述，因而形容eyes的词语即形容eyesight的词语，因而选择(A)、(D)选项。
3.词语解释：
[1].(A) deteriorate：（受损）to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition
[2].(B) sharpen：（锋利）to make sharp or sharper
[3].(C) improve：（提高）to enhance in value orquality
[4].(D) decline：（退化）to tend toward an inferior state or weaker
[5].(E) recover：（恢复）to bring back to normalposition or condition
[6].(F) adjust：（改善）to bring to a moresatisfactory state
