GRE·94-10考题—（1）
Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially
dangerous, the manufacturers, to the environmentalists dismay, ------
the use of these herbicides on lawns.
defy
defer
defend
assail
disparage
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答案：(C)
environmentalist: n.1.环境保护论者，人类生态学者 2.环境论者 3.环境艺术家
target: v.以…为攻击目标
herbicide: n.除莠剂，灭草剂
potentially: adv.潜在地，可能地
to somebody s dismay: prep.令人气馁（失望、绝望、幻灭，惊愕等）
defy: v.1.违抗，反抗，蔑视 2.经受得住 3.使成为不可能 4.挑，激
defer: v.1.推迟，拖延，使推迟 2.尊敬，服从，敬重（to）
assail: v.1.攻击，袭击 2.质问，责骂 3.着手解决，毅然对付
disparage: v.1.贬低，轻视 2.底毁，损害…的名声
虽然环保专家们将抨击的矛头指向某些除草剂，抨击某潜在的危险性，但是，令环保专家
们沮丧的是，制造商们却对这些除草剂在草坪上的使用大加辨护。
To believe that a culture s achievement can be measured by the -------
of its written material requires one to accept that a page of junk mail
is as ------- as a page of great literature.
nature.. readable
quality.. prevalent
timelessness.. understandable
applicability.. eloquent
volume.. valuable
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答案：(E)
junk mail: n.三级邮件，（成批大量发出的）邮寄广告宣传品
prevalent: a.流行的，盛行的，普遍的
timelessness: n.永恒，无时间性，永不改变，无始无终
eloquent: a.1.雄辩的，有说服力的 2.富于表情的，明白显示出的（of）
volume: n.1.份量，量，额 2.体积，容积，容量
若要人相信某一文化的成就可凭藉其书面材料的总量来衡量的话，这就需要我们接受这样
一种说法，即一页三级邮件的价值可与一页伟大的文学作品相提并论。
Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate the results
of Dr. Johnson s experiment, only the most ------- supporters of her
hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been
adequately -------
fastidious.. defined
partisan.. verified
vigilant.. publicized
enlightened.. researched
fervent.. undermined
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答案：(B)
given a.1.规定的，特定的 2.有癖好的，有倾向的（to） 3.已知的，假设的
replicate: v.复制，摹写
adequately: adv.1.适当地，胜任地 2.足够地 3.勉强够地，差强人意地
fastidious: a