1. Psychology has slowly evolved into an______scientific discipline that now functions autonomously with the same privileges and responsibilities as other sciences.

　　(A) independent

　　(B) unusual

　　(C) outmoded

　　(D) uncontrolled

　　(E) inactive

　　分析：按照解释模式，定语从句对scientific discipline的解释等价于scientific discipline的前置定语修饰内容，因此空格应该表达“独立起作用(functions autonomously)”的含义。A独立的;B不常见的;C过时的;D缺乏控制的;E不活动的。选项A正确。

　　翻译：心理学已经慢慢地成为一门独立的学科，它有独立的功能，并拥有和其他科学一样的地位和职责。

　　2. Hydrogen is the ______element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.

　　(A) steadiest

　　(B) expendable

　　(C) lightest

　　(D) final

　　(E) fundamental

　　3. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as______to increasingly expensive conventional housing.

　　(A) reaction

　　(B) an addition

　　(C) an introduction

　　(D) an alternative

　　(E) a challenge

　　4. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her______search for her daughter.

　　(A) extended

　　(B) agitated

　　(C) frantic

　　(D) comprehensive

　　(E) motiveless

　　翻译：当我们想到女神Demeter安静详和的主要形象时，她激动地寻找自己女儿就成了关于她的神话中矛盾的方面。

　　5. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural___ doing so.

　　(A) aptitude for

　　(B) repugnance to

　　(C) interest in

　　(D) aversion of

　　(E) ignorance of

　　6. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was______by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.

　　(A) banal

　　(B) heretical

　　(C) unproven

　　(D) complex

　　(E) unorthodox

　　翻译：这个社会学家指出她的新理论其实和普遍接受的社会学原理并不矛盾，以此来回应人们认为她的理论是异端邪说的指责。

　　7. Although Johnson’s and Smith’s initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm______after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.

　　(A) revived

　　(B) emerged

　　(C) intensified

　　(D) flagged

　　(E) persisted

　　8. It is to the novelist’s credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any______or playful supernatural tricks.

　　(A) elucidation

　　(B) discrimination

　　(C) artlessness

　　(D) authenticity

　　(E) whimsy

　　9. The significance of the Magna Carta lies not in its______provisions, but in its broader impact: it made the king subject to the law.

　　(A) revolutionary

　　(B) specific

　　(C) implicit

　　(D) controversial

　　(E) particular

　　分析：空格填入一个形容词，修饰“条款(provisions)”，not...but...表达前后对比关系，空格填和“更广泛的(broader)”含义相对的词。A革命的;B明确的，特有的，具体的;C暗含的;D矛盾的;E有限的。B为正确答案(E是指数量上的有限，不是指在能力或者范围上的限制)。

　　翻译：大宪章的意义不是在于它特定的条款，而是其更广泛的影响：它让国王也受到法律的约束。

　　10. The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an______process closed to the uninitiated listener, however enthusiastic.

　　(A) unreliable

　　(B) arcane

　　(C) arrogant

　　(D) elementary

　　(E) intuitive

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