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