一、问答题
1.Theymadeitperfectintheirownsightbyputtingacompletelyimpossiblepenthouse,paintedastaringyellow,ontopit.
正确答案：(Intheirownwords,thebuildingwasmadeperfectbyaddingapenthouseontopofitandpaintinginbrightyellow,
butactuallythispenthousewasintolerablyuglywhichonlyshowedthebuilder’sbadtaste.)
2.Itreducedthewholeaspirationofmantoamacabreanddepressingjoke.
正确答案：(Thisdreadfulscenemadeallhumanambitionstomakeprogressandimprovementappearashorrible,sadjoke.)
3.Theslightestmentionofthedecadebringsnostalgicrecollectionstothemiddle-agedpeople.
正确答案：(Assoonasthe1920sismentioned,middle-agedpeoplebegintorecollectitwithbitter-sweetlonging.)
4.Workisalsohisliberatorfromnature,hiscreatoras ……此处隐藏9991个字…… >B.brigade
C.racket
D.packet
77.Theystilllookthin,evenwhentheyhavethemost______foodtoeat.
A.nudging
B.impoverishing
C.nourishing√
D.bickering
78.Shewasbrightand_______inpersuadingothersintoacceptingherideas.
A.anomalous
B.sloppy
C.shiftless
D.articulate√
79.Boredomisa_______inthatitmayleadpeopletofrustrationandeventocrimewhenpeoplefindnothingmeaningfultodo.
A.menace√
B.apathy
C.myopic
D.booze
80.Tobuytop-brandgoodsisjusttosatisfyandflattersomepeoplewhoare________.Inmyopinion,itissheervanitythatworks.
A.scrounging
B.frivolous√
C.grim
D.inept
