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1. If observations confirm the scientists' predictions, the theory is supported.
The word "supported" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) finished
(B) adjusted
(C) investigated
(D) upheld支援維護
2. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter.
The phrase "forward-looking" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) progressive
(B) popular
(C) thrifty
(D) well-established
3. Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary.
The word "rudimentary" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) growing
(B) undeveloped
(C) necessary
(D) uninteresting
4. Aside from perpetuating itself, the sole 唯一的purpose of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters is to "foster, assist and sustain an interest" in literature, music, and art.
The word "sole" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) only
(B) honorable
(C) common
(D) official
5. One award subsidizes a promising American writer's visit to Rome. There is even an award for a very good work of fiction that failed commercially-once won by the young John Updike for The Poorhouse Fair and, more recently, by Alice Walker for In Love and Trouble.
The word "subsidizes" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) assures
(B) finances
(C) schedules
(D) publishes
6. Committee membership rotates every year, so that new voices and opinions are constantly heard.
The word "rotates" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) alternates
(B) participates
(C) decides
(D) meets
7. One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores used in tool making: implements flaked with a clockwise motion (indicating a right-handed toolmaker) can be distinguished from hose flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation (indicating a left-handed toolmaker) .
The word "implements" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) tools
(B) designs
(C) examples
(D) pieces
8. Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues. Ancient humans are thought to have cut meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as do the present-day Inuit.
The word "clues" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) solutions
(B) details
(C) damage
(D) information
9. The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities. Such studies, as well as studies of tool use, indicate that right-or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo sapiens.
The word "hemispheres" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) differences
(B) sides
(C) activities
(D) studies
10. Plants are subject to attack and infection by a remarkable variety of symbiotic species and have evolved a diverse array of mechanisms designed to frustrate the potential colonists.
The phrase "subject to" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) susceptible to易受影響的
(B) classified by
(C) attractive to
(D) strengthened by
11. The external surfaces of plants, in addition to being covered by an epidermis and a waxy cuticle, often carry spiky hairs known as trichomes, which either prevent feeding by insects or may even puncture and kill insect larvae.刺穿
The word "puncture" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) pierce
(B) pinch
(C) surround
(D) cover
12. Orchids are unique in having the most highly developed of all blossoms, in which the usual male and female reproductive organs are fused in a single structure called the column.
The word "fused" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) combined
(B) hidden
(C) fertilized
(D) produced
13. To lure their pollinators from afar, orchids use appropriately intriguing shapes, colors, and scents. At least 50 different aromatic compounds have been analyzed in the orchid family, each blended to attract one, or at most a few, species of insects or birds.
The word "lure" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) attract正確answer
(B) recognize
(C) follow
(D) help
14. Once the right insect has been attracted, some orchids present all sorts of one-way obstacle courses to make sure it does not leave until pollen has been accurately placed or removed.
The word "placed" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) estimated
(B) measured
(C) deposited
(D) identified
15. By such ingenious adaptations to specific pollinators, orchids have avoided the hazards of rampant crossbreeding in the wild, assuring the survival of species as discrete identities. At the same time they have made themselves irresistible to collectors.
The word "discrete" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) complicated
(B) separate
(C) inoffensive
(D) functional
