原ETS 官网题目

　　【13】It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)_________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to(ii)_________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the(iii)_________ , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.

　　【14】2006题目 Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (i)___________________, but the most (ii)___________________ of these paintings (iii)___________________ all doubts.

　　【15】2007题目 Having displayed his art collection in a vast modernist white space in (i)_______________ former warehouse, Mr. Saatchi has chosen for his new site its polar opposite, a riverside monument to civic pomposity that once housed the local government. There is nothing (ii)_______________ about the new location: the building’s design is bureaucratic baroque, (iii)_______________ style that is as declamatory as a task-force report and as self-regarding as a campaign speech.

PRACTICE BOOK 题目

　　【16】That the President manages the economy is an assumption (i)______________ the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are (ii)______________ the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are (iii)______________. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results.

　　【17】Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i)______________ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii)________________. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii)_______________ to some extent.

　　【18】To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i)_______________， (ii)________________place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii)_______________.