2024年3月15日发(作者：顿香卉)

1. Some fans feel that sports events are ______ only when the competitors are of equal ability,

making the outcome of the game ______.

A. successful…assured

B. boring…questionable

C. dull…foreseen

D. interesting…predictable

E. exciting…uncertain

2. Alfred Schnittke's musical compositions are ______: phrases are clipped, broken into sections,

and split apart by long rests.

A. garnished

B. improvisational

C. fragmented

D. cautious

E. uniform

3. The consumer advocate claimed that while drug manufacturers ______ the supposed

advantages of their proprietary brands, generic versions of the same medications are often

equally ______.

A. tout…efficacious

B. research…innocuous

C. market…prohibitive

D. laud…counterproductive

E. extract…prescriptive

4. Latoya's _____ is shown by her ability to be ______: she can see her own faults more clearly

than anyone else can.

A. perceptiveness…self-centered

B. objectivity…restrictive

C. cynicism…self-destructive

D. open-mindedness…complacent

E. insightfulness…self-critical

5. The bearded dragon lizard is a voracious eater, so ______ that it will consume as many insects

as possible.

A. abstemious

B. cannibalistic

C. slovenly

D. insatiable

E. unpalatable

6. Because drummer Tony Williams paved the way for later jazz-fusion musicians, he is

considered a ______ of that style.

A. connoisseur

B. revivalist

C. beneficiary

D. disparager

E. progenitor

7. The politician's speech to the crowd was composed of nothing but ______, a bitter railing

against the party's opponents.

A. digressions

B. diatribes

C. platitudes

D. machinations

E. acclamations

8. Favoring economy of expression in writing, the professor urged students toward a ______

rather than an ______ prose style.

A. spare…ornate

B. terse…opinionated

C. personal…academic

D. baroque…embellished

E. repetitive…intricate

SECTION 7

The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair

of related passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer

the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory

material that may be provided.

Questions 9-12 are based on the following passages.

Passage 1

Food has always been considered one of the most salient markers of cultural traditions. When I

was a small child, food was the only thing that helped identify my family as Filipino American. We

ate pansit lug-lug (a noodle dish) and my father put pads (salty fish sauce) on everything.

However, even this connection lessened as I grew older. As my parents became more

acculturated, we ate less typically Filipino food. When I was twelve, my mother took cooking

classes and learned to make French and Italian dishes. When I was in high school, we ate chicken

marsala and shrimp fra diablo more often than Filipino dishes like pansit lug-lug.

Passage 2

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin—who in 1825 confidently announced, "Tell me what you eat, and I

will tell you who you are"—would have no trouble describing cultural identities of the United

States. Our food reveals us as tolerant adventurers who do not feel constrained by tradition. We

"play with our food" far more readily than we preserve the culinary rules of our varied ancestors.

Americans have no single national cuisine. What unites American eaters culturally is how we eat,

not what we eat. As eaters, Americans mingle the culinary traditions of many regions and

cultures. We are multiethnic eaters.

2024年3月15日发(作者：顿香卉)

1. Some fans feel that sports events are ______ only when the competitors are of equal ability,

making the outcome of the game ______.

A. successful…assured

B. boring…questionable

C. dull…foreseen

D. interesting…predictable

E. exciting…uncertain

2. Alfred Schnittke's musical compositions are ______: phrases are clipped, broken into sections,

and split apart by long rests.

A. garnished

B. improvisational

C. fragmented

D. cautious

E. uniform

3. The consumer advocate claimed that while drug manufacturers ______ the supposed

advantages of their proprietary brands, generic versions of the same medications are often

equally ______.

A. tout…efficacious

B. research…innocuous

C. market…prohibitive

D. laud…counterproductive

E. extract…prescriptive

4. Latoya's _____ is shown by her ability to be ______: she can see her own faults more clearly

than anyone else can.

A. perceptiveness…self-centered

B. objectivity…restrictive

C. cynicism…self-destructive

D. open-mindedness…complacent

E. insightfulness…self-critical

5. The bearded dragon lizard is a voracious eater, so ______ that it will consume as many insects

as possible.

A. abstemious

B. cannibalistic

C. slovenly

D. insatiable

E. unpalatable

6. Because drummer Tony Williams paved the way for later jazz-fusion musicians, he is

considered a ______ of that style.

A. connoisseur

B. revivalist

C. beneficiary

D. disparager

E. progenitor

7. The politician's speech to the crowd was composed of nothing but ______, a bitter railing

against the party's opponents.

A. digressions

B. diatribes

C. platitudes

D. machinations

E. acclamations

8. Favoring economy of expression in writing, the professor urged students toward a ______

rather than an ______ prose style.

A. spare…ornate

B. terse…opinionated

C. personal…academic

D. baroque…embellished

E. repetitive…intricate

SECTION 7

The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair

of related passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer

the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory

material that may be provided.

Questions 9-12 are based on the following passages.

Passage 1

Food has always been considered one of the most salient markers of cultural traditions. When I

was a small child, food was the only thing that helped identify my family as Filipino American. We

ate pansit lug-lug (a noodle dish) and my father put pads (salty fish sauce) on everything.

However, even this connection lessened as I grew older. As my parents became more

acculturated, we ate less typically Filipino food. When I was twelve, my mother took cooking

classes and learned to make French and Italian dishes. When I was in high school, we ate chicken

marsala and shrimp fra diablo more often than Filipino dishes like pansit lug-lug.

Passage 2

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin—who in 1825 confidently announced, "Tell me what you eat, and I

will tell you who you are"—would have no trouble describing cultural identities of the United

States. Our food reveals us as tolerant adventurers who do not feel constrained by tradition. We

"play with our food" far more readily than we preserve the culinary rules of our varied ancestors.

Americans have no single national cuisine. What unites American eaters culturally is how we eat,

not what we eat. As eaters, Americans mingle the culinary traditions of many regions and

cultures. We are multiethnic eaters.