signal her reservations about the accuracy of psychohistorians’ claims for their work
draw attention to a contradiction in the psychohistorians’ method
emphasize the major difference between the traditional historians’ method and that of psychohistorians
disassociate her opinion of the psychohistorians’ claims from her opinion of their method
第1题：
The word“arbiters”(line 7,paragraph 4)most probably refers to those
A. who work as coordinators.
B. who function as judges.
C. who supervise transactions.
D. who determine the price.
第2题：
In the part succeeding the third paragraph, the author will most probably _____.
［A］ draw an analogy between golf and short story
［B］ elaborate the “effect” of short story
［C］ show other examples similar to golf games
［D］ show impact of golf games on short story
本题考查考生对文章写作结构的理解。第三段论述了短篇小说与高尔夫比赛相似的特点。该段引用了现代流派的第一位理论家埃德加·爱伦·坡的观点阐明短篇小说的效果是为了创造一种效果。因此，可推知文章接下来应该对这一效果进行详细论述，告诉读者这种效果到底指的是什么，怎样达到。［B］项正确。文章前半部分的论述都是为了引出短篇小说这个话题，所以点题之后，无需再对高尔夫这个引子进行叙述。由此排除其他项。
第3题：
The word “thaw”(Line 3, Paragraph 4) most probably means _____ .
［A］ aggravation of tension
［B］ improvement in relation
［C］ intensification in attacks
［D］ ending of coordination
本题考查词义的理解。第四段开始讲到矛盾的爆发。第三句but转折指出，...there were the first signs of a thaw，下文又以塞莱拉公司创始人认为对抗不好的讲话和一次癌症会议上双方的互相称赞为例，对该句话进行论证。可见他们的关系是改善了，所以［B］项正确。单词thaw意为“解冻”，与［B］项一致。其他项均是说不好的方面，与文意不符。
第4题：
In the third paragraph, the author is trying ______.
A) to be critical of custom
B) to say that anthropology is more important than psychology
C) to strengthen the role custom plays in experience and belief
D) to draw our attention to the importance of custom
第5题：
The expression “tip service” (Line 4, Paragraph 3) most probably means
A advisory.
B compensation.
C interaction.
D reminder.
第6题：
The word “bummer” (Line 5. paragraph 5) most probably means something ________.
[A] religious
[B] unpleasant
[C] entertaining
[D] commercial
第7题：
The word “binge” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means _____.
［A］ eat excessively
［B］ refuse to eat
［C］ fail to digest
［D］ enjoy a good appetite
本题考查词义。该词语上文suffer from bulimia暗示它是一种疾病，下文对该词作出了进一步解释：三十分钟内吃掉两三天的饭量。因此［A］项正确。
第8题：
The word "relative" in paragraph 3 most probably means______.
A. similar
B. related
C. different
D. independent
49．答案为B 只有B最接近原意“相关的”。A为“相似的”；C为“不同的”；D为“独立的”。
第9题：
The author most probably is a ______.
A) teacher
B) psychologist
C) philosopher
D) doctor Text 2
第10题：
The word "accentuate" (Line 5, Para.3) most probably means "______".
A．relieve
B．accelerate
C．worsen
D．improve