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ough Mount Saint Helens has been more during the last 4,500 years than any others volcano in the coterminous United States, its long dormancy before its recent eruption its violent nature.
(A) Awe-inspiring
(B) Explosive
(C) Gaseous
(D) Confirmed
(E) Suggested
(F) Belied
Answer: B F
Coterminous共邊界的。
Awe-inspiring令人畏懼的(與狂暴無必然聯繫)，explosive爆炸性的，gaseous氣體的，confirm確信，suggest説明，belie掩蓋。
Belie: 證明…為假;與…相反;掩蓋;揭示。(揭示與掩蓋為反義同根)
翻譯：儘管在過去的4500年中，SH火山比其它與美國共邊界的火山更加易於爆發，但在它最近噴發之前的長期的休眠狀態掩蓋了他狂暴的屬性。
Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current of Smiths valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the of present-day economics.
(A) Disregard
(B) Presumptuousness
(C) Relevance
(D) Outgrowths
(E) Precursors
(F) Vestiges
Answer: C E
時間關係題目，特徵是題目矛盾對比不明確，解決方案是比權重、比位置高下、比大小。先判斷第2空，根據時間邏輯，AD的貢獻是當前經濟學的先驅。
Disregard漠視，presumptuousness放肆、傲慢，relevance相關性，outgrowths結果，precursors前驅，vestiges後果、遺蹟。
More A than B：更多的是A，而不僅僅是B(強調A>B，而不是強調A否定B)
翻譯：AS的國富論至今仍然值得一讀，更多的是為了欣賞它與當前經濟學的相關性，而不僅僅是把它看成當前經濟學的先驅。
spoke of superfluous and matters with exactly the same degree of intensity, as though for him serious issues mattered neither more nor less than did .
(A) Vital
(B) Humdrum
(C) Redundant
(D) Essentials
(E) Outcomes
(F) Trivialities
Answer: A F
Exactly the same degree of和neither more nor less than表示前後內容等價。
第1句的matters有兩個屬性，superfluous和第1空，第2句的matters也有兩個屬性，serious和第2空，互為對應即可。所以，第1空與serious同義，第2空與superfluous同義。
As though就像。superfluous多餘的，累贅的(瑣碎的)。
As though = as if，好像、彷彿。
Vital至關重要的，humdrum單調的，redundant宂餘的，essentials基本的，outcomes成果，trivialities瑣碎。
翻譯：J用完全相同的力度談到了瑣碎和至關重要的.話題，就像對他來説嚴肅的話題和瑣碎的話題沒什麼區別一樣。
rienced and proficient, Susan is a good, trumpeter, her music is often more satisfying than Carol’s brilliant but playing.
(A) Mediocre
(B) Amateur
(C) Reliable
(D) Inimitable
(E) Influential
(F) Erratic
Answer: C F
第1空與experienced and proficient同義，填正評價詞彙。第2空與第1空反義，填負評價詞彙。
Mediocre平凡的，amateur業餘的，reliable讓人信賴的，inimitable無法效仿的，influential有影響的，erratic不穩定的。
翻譯：S經驗豐富而且水平很高，是一個優秀並且讓人放心的小號手，她的音樂通常比C響亮但卻飄忽不定的演奏更令人滿意。
by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a solution to the company’s financial woes.
(A) fair
(B) temporary
(C) genuine
(D) realistic
(E) provisional
(F) complete
Answer: B E
Fair公平的，temporary臨時的，realistic現實的，provisional臨時的，complete完全的。
ough Johnson great enthusiasm for his employees project, in reality his interest in the project was so as to be almost non-existent.
(A) Generated
(B) Demanded
(C) Feigned
(D) Preemptive
(E) Redundant
(F) Perfunctory
Answer: C F
Generated造成，demanded命令，feigned偽裝，preemptive搶佔、佔先，redundant宂餘，perfunctory做事不認真、敷衍了事。
翻譯：儘管J在他的員工項目上偽裝出巨大的熱情，而實際上，在這個項目上，他的興趣是如此敷衍了事，以至於幾乎不存在。
“impostor syndrome” often afflicts those who fear that true self-disclosure will lower them in others esteem; rightly handled, however, may actually ones standing.
(A) Affection
(B) Candor
(C) Willfulness
(D) Enhance
(E) Efface
(F) Jeopardize
Answer: B D
Impostor騙子。Disclosure揭露。
Affection影響、愛，candor坦誠，willfulness故意，enhance提升，efface消除，jeopardize危害。
翻譯：騙子綜合症總折磨那些擔心真正的自我曝光會降低別人對他們尊重程度的人，但如果恰當處理的話，坦誠事實反而會增強一個人的地位。
