第二天模考题.pdf

Section 3 1. To criticize a disaster film for being ________ is a bit silly, since people do not go to disaster movies to see an honest portrayed of reality. A. expensive B. harrowing C. derivative D. convoluted E. implausible 2. Though many avant-garde writers ________ traditional distinctions among literary categories, combining elements of biography and fiction, prose and poetry, this fusion of forms has been slow to catch on with publishers. A. flout B. presuppose C. exploit D. imitate E. illuminate 3. Despite the abundance and importance of maize, its biological origin has been a long-running mystery. The bright yellow, mouth-watering treat does not grow in the wild anywhere on the planet, so its (i)________ is not at all (ii)________. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. utility D. helpful B. popularity E. important C. ancestry F. obvious 4. If newspaper consumers are concerned about more than (i)________ and prefer to read news that is consistent with their beliefs, then (ii)________ is not a journalistic flaw, but, rather, a cultivated feature. In a competitive news market, producers can use slant to differentiate their products and stave off price competition. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. politics D. bias B. accuracy E. sensationalism C. expense F. inconsistency 5. China’s rapidly growing population is the main threat facing large carnivores in the People’s Republic. Increasingly, policies aimed at limiting population growth have been (i)________: nevertheless, the country’s vast size and the isolation of many its regions mean that human populations in areas where large carnivores sti