[GRE] 填空经典1290题 错题（四）

1. A new television documentary focuses on of the prime minister`s defining contradiction, portraying her as a woman who cultivated an image of _____, but who liked to live grandly.

A irascibility

B abstemiousness

C contentiousness

D insouciance

E surreptitiousness

来源：Section 29&30 Medium 

【答案】B

【解析】portraying分词结构解释说明contradiction，因此后文体现取反关系，but前后体现取反对象，空格要和后面的 who liked to live grandly 取反，所以正确答案选 B 选项。abstemiousness 节制。

【句子翻译】一个新的纪录片聚焦于首相的矛盾定义，把她描绘成一个生活节制却又活得高贵的女人。

【选项释义】

A. irascibility易怒

B. abstemiousness节制

C. contentiousness争论

D. insouciance无忧无虑

E. surreptitiousness误传

2. His premiership, seemingly cast-iron year ago, is now so vulnerable that even a good day at the office does no more than buy him a few weeks of _____ f