GRE填空真題及解析：
The reclusive clergyman may have lived and died in melancholy, but this doesn’t seem to have (i)______ his genius in any way. On the contrary, we find ourselves wondering whether his genius wasn’t (ii)______ in some mysterious way by his mood.
解析
The reclusive clergyman may have lived and died in melancholy是負(fù)評(píng)價(jià)，后面轉(zhuǎn)折說明這個(gè)負(fù)評(píng)價(jià)沒有阻礙他的genius，所以第一空選B選項(xiàng)，第二空根據(jù)on the contrary得知要選正評(píng)價(jià)，注意whether wasn’t就是whether的意思，所以第二空選D選項(xiàng)。
hamper阻礙，serve幫助。
翻譯：
這個(gè)封閉的牧師既生活又死于憂郁，但這似乎并沒有阻礙他的才賦。相反的，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)我們往往會(huì)對(duì)他的天賦究竟是不是被他的這種情緒幫助了產(chǎn)生疑惑。