passion n [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL passion-, passio suffering, being acted upon, fr. L pati to suffer——more at patient] (13c) 1 often cap a: the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death b: an oratorio¹ based on a gospel narrative² of the Passion 2 obs: suffering 3: the state or capacity of being acted on by external agents or forces 4 a (1): emotion (2) pl: the emotions as distinguished³ from reason b: intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction c: an outbreak of anger 5 a: ardent⁵ affection: love b: a strong liking⁶ or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept c: sexual desire d: an object of desire or deep interest —— pas.sion.less adj

　　annihilate1 a: to cause to be of no effect: nullify b: to destroy the substance or force of 2: to regard as of no consequence 3: to cause to cease to exist; esp: kill 4 a: to destroy a considerable part of b: to vanquish⁷ completely: rout⁸ ~ vi, of a particle and its antiparticle: to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (as radiation or particles) —— an.ni.hi.la.tion n —— an.ni.hi.la.tor n —— an.ni.hi.la.to.ry adj

　　6【中文释义】建立观察时所需的分类目录的必然性往往会导致一个企图来作绝对的分类，而现实中往往只是渐变现象。

　　【解题分析】leads to 这个短语在No.7第一套section 1的第六题就出现过，与这一题的考法完全一致，continue,remain ,lead to都会产生同义词; become,trasition,change都会导致反义词。应该将discrete填到第一空格，答案为c。

　　【重点词条】discrete⁹ 1: constituting a separate entity¹⁰: individually distinct 2 a: consisting of distinct or unconnected elements: noncontinuous b: taking on or having a finite or countably¹¹ infinite number of values <~ probabilities> syn see distinct —— dis.crete.ly adv

　　digression ) 1: the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse¹² or other usu. organized literary work 2 archaic¹³: a going aside —— di.gres.sion.al adj —— di.gres.sion.ary adj

　　gradation 1 a: a series forming successive stages b: a step or place in an ordered scale 2: an advance by regular degrees 3: a gradual passing from one tint¹⁴ or shade to another 4: the act or process of grading 5: ablaut —— gra.da.tion.al adj —— gra.da.tion.al.ly adv

　　ambiguity¹⁵ 1 a: the quality or state of being ambiguous esp. in meaning b: an ambiguous word or expression 2: uncertainty¹⁶

　　7．【中文释义】在phaistos的Minoan 遗址所发现的独特的泥板通常被学者们举证为最早的印刷的例子，这些学者支持这泥板（第一块印刷品）的权利，尽管有很多同等的观点支持其它印刷的人工制品。

　　【解题分析】by的解题方法又一次出现，by 前要填学者的动作，而by后告诉这个动作"defened its claim to this status"。its指代的是clay disk, claim的意思是“特性”, this status 指上文的"as the earliest example", 故下句明确说明学者们defend即支持clay disk 具有这种特征。所以上句仍应为学者们认可支持这种看法。事实上despite之后说得更明确，转折之后支持other printing artifacts, 所以上文的学者当然是支持上文的clay disk为earliest example.正确答案为c。

　　【重点词条】adduce : to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis —— ad.duc.er n

　　concede 1: to grant as a right or privilege 2 a: to accept as true, valid¹⁷, or accurate b: to acknowledge grudgingly¹⁸ or hesitantly ~ vi: to make concession¹⁹: yield syn see grant —— con⁴.ced.ed.ly adv —— con.ced.er n

　　98年4月section 4

　　1．【中文释义】违反道德准则的惩罚比遵守道德准则的奖励更普遍，因此，遵守准则在社会中总是不被人注意。

　　【解题分析】分号句上句谈到了破坏和遵守道德准则两种行为，所以分号句下半句重复时，只有这两种可能性，可选b,d ,e；d 和e这两个选项都是讲破坏道德准则，所以应该遭受到惩罚，而第二个选项都未能表达出这个意思，b选项表达只遵守准则但却不受到表扬，也就是 unnoticed. 正确答案是b。

　　2【中文释义】同情心是对正义的一个巨大的关怀：我们往往同情那些遭受无辜苦难的人。

　　【解题分析】冒号后表示重复，pity即重复上文的compassion ,空格应该针对justise这个概念，故选e。

　　【重点词条】unwittingly 1: not knowing: unaware²⁰ 2: not intended: inadvertent —— un.wit.ting.ly adv vicariously 1 a: serving instead of someone or something else b: that has been delegated <~ authority> 2: performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another: substitutionary 3: experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation²¹ in the experience of another 4: occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one —— vi.car.i.ous.ly adv —— vi.car.i.ous.ness n