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1、044. If at such a spreading contact the two platessupport continents, a rift is formed that willgradually widen and become flooded by the sea.The Atlantic Ocean formed like this as theAmerican and Afro-European plates move inopposite directions.The word support is closest in meaning towhich of follo
2、wing?(A) separate(B) create(C) reduce(D) hold125. And there were factories in occupations such as metalwork where individual contractors presided over what were essentially handicraft proprietorships that coexisted within a single building.The words presided over in line 20 are closest in meaning to
3、(A) managed(B) led to(C) worked in(D) produced137. For example, sometimes the shape or veining in a piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, not only the ultimate form, but even the subject matter.The word dictates is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) reads aloud(B) determi
4、nes(C) includes(D) records179. Their light was already halfway here before the Earth even formed. The light from the nearby Virgo galaxy set out when reptiles still dominated the animal world.The word dominated is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) threatened(B) replaced(C) were developing
5、 in(D) were prevalent in200. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process.The word customarily is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) naturally(B) necessari
6、ly(C) usually(D) certainly209. Unimprovised, completely structured jazz does exist, but the ability of the best jazz musicians to create music of great cohesion and beauty during a performance has been a hallmark of the music and its major source of inspiration and change.The word cohesion is closes
7、t in meaning to which of following?(A) sorrow(B) fame(C) unity(D) vibration244. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems.The word jolting is closest in meaning to which of follow
8、ing?(A) predicted(B) shocking(C) unknown(D) illuminating255. In spite of Hunts inviting facade, the living space was awkwardly arranged. Those who could afford them were quite content to reunion in the more sumptuous, single-family homes, leaving the Stuyvesant to young married couples and bachelors
9、.The word inviting is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) open(B) encouraging(C) attractive(D) asking274. Some colonial urban portraitist, such as John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, and Charles Willson Peale, consorted with affluent patrons.The word consorted is closest in meaning to whi
10、ch of following?(A) made decisions(B) studied(C) agreed(D) associated278. Moreover, in addition to its being a transportation pathway equipped with a mammoth physical plant of tracks signals, crossings, bridges, and junctions, plus telegraph and telephone lines the railroad nurtured factory complexe
11、s, coat piles, warehouses, and generating stations, forming along its right-of-way what has aptly been called the metropolitan corridor of the American landscape.The word aptly is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) appropriately(B) virtually(C) consistently(D) incessantly310. Throughout th
12、e colonial period there was a marked shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in the frontier areas.The word marked is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) underlined(B) graded(C) prolonged(D) distinctsucceeding generations of poets and readers.The word succee
13、ding is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) inheriting(B) prospering(C) diverse(D) later349. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangement, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in
14、 a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.The word provisioning is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) supplying(B) preparing(C) building(D) expanding381. The simple of these is the carbon dioxide from the respiration of an ant cl
15、uster, a chemical that acts pheromone to promote aggregation.The word cluster is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) organ(B) activity(C) group(D) cycle422. After the 1870s, a number of important authors began to reject the romanticism that had prevailed immediately following the Civil War of 1861-1865 and turned instead to realism.The word prevailed is closest in meaning to which of following?(A) dominated(B) transformed(C) entered(D) generalized
