2010年03月11日
考試類型: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.
Ms. Fergusson’s main criticism of the artist’s rendering of the ancient mammal’s physical appearance is that, unsupported by even a ------- of fossil evidence, the image is bound to be ------- .
A. modicum . . speculative
B. particle . . supplemented
C. perusal . . substantiated
D. fabrication . . obsolete
E. recapitulation . . exhausted
正確答案:
解析:A
A “modicum” is a small amount. Since the artist did not have even a small amount of evidence, the image must have been “speculative”.
考試類型: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.
Ms. Fergusson’s main criticism of the artist’s rendering of the ancient mammal’s physical appearance is that, unsupported by even a ------- of fossil evidence, the image is bound to be ------- .
A. modicum . . speculative
B. particle . . supplemented
C. perusal . . substantiated
D. fabrication . . obsolete
E. recapitulation . . exhausted
正確答案:
解析:A
A “modicum” is a small amount. Since the artist did not have even a small amount of evidence, the image must have been “speculative”.