1. The cause of the disease is fairly simple and has been understood for over a century; by contrast, its symptoms and effects are ___.
A straightforward B illuminating C severe D well researched E perplexing
2. Throughout the artist’s work there runs a thread of psychic darkness strong enough to unnerve the most jaded sensibility: even her drawings from the comparatively ___ months of her visit to Rome ___ violence secrecy, and despair.
A tranquil…emanate B morbid…convey C languid…eschew
D disturbed…express E felicitous…shun
3. Even among the staid, unemotional denominations of the 1830s and 1840s, the renewal of religious fervor and the necessity of competing with more ___ clerics inevitably led to a greater ___ ministerial showmanship.
A charismatic…cultivation of B reserved…attraction to C well-known…disdain for
D conservative…appeal for E empathetic…distrust of
解析：
1. E (由by contrast可推论出空格内容与simple相反，因而正确选项为E)
翻译：该疾病病因非常明了，一个多世纪以来一直为人们了解，而其症状和效应却令人困惑。
2. A (由冒号后内容对之前内容“在该艺术家的作品中弥漫着一丝心灵上的阴暗，足以让最为理性的人失控”起解释作用可推论空格1应为正评价，即对应于sensibility，从而可排除BCD(反义)，而E的选项1含义并不对应，因而正确选项为A)
翻译：在该艺术家的作品中弥漫着一丝心灵上的阴暗，足以让最为理性的人失控：即便在她到罗马旅游那段相对平静的日子中的画作也弥散着暴力，秘密与绝望。
3. A(可由renewal of religious fervor所在的并列结构推论出空格1应为正评价，因而排除BDE;而由主句内容“宗教热情的复萌以及与更为有魅力牧师的必然竞争不可避免地加剧了”可推论出空格2亦为正评价，因而排除C)
翻译：即便在1830和1840年代那些沉着而无感情的教派中，宗教热情的复萌以及与更为有魅力的牧师的必然竞争不可避免地加剧了对于执政中表演技巧的培养。
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