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1、Critical Reading Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best

fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Exotics and indigenous weeds include some of the most ------- species: their

visual impact often eclipses that of nearby plants.

(A) lethal

(B) diffuse

(C) varied

(D) striking

(E) resilient

正确答案：D

Explanation

A “striking,” or showy, weed could indeed be said to “eclipse,” or

overshadow, other plants that have more typical appearances.

2、　Critical Reading Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best

fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Demographers and anthropologists have corrected the notion that European

explorers in North America entered a ------- territory by showing that the land

in some areas was already as densely ------- as parts of Europe.

(A) fertile . . settled

(B) colossal . . wooded

(C) desolate . . populated

(D) valuable . . exploited

(E) hostile . . concentrated

正确答案：C

Explanation

Only “desolate...populated” presents the contrast required by the sentence.

The words “corrected the notion” signal that the first word in the correct

answer must contrast with the second word because that second word corrects the

mistaken notion.