【解题分析】冒号后表示重复解释，后文的together等词汇显然是一再提示蜜蜂的群居性格。

　　【重点词条】insular 1 a: of, relating to, or constituting an island b: dwelling or situated on an island <~ residents> 2: characteristic of an isolated people; esp: being, having, or reflecting a narrow provincial viewpoint 3: of or relating to an island of cells or tissue —— in.su.lar.ism n —— in.su.lar.i.ty n —— in.su.lar.ly adv

　　social 1: involving allies or confederates 2 a: marked by or passed in pleasant companionship with one's friends or associates b: sociable c: of, relating to, or designed for sociability 3: of or relating to human society, the interaction of the individual and the group, or the welfare of human beings as members of society <~ institutions> 4 a: tending to form cooperative and interdependent relationships with others of one's kind: gregarious b: living and breeding in more or less organized communities <~ insects> c of a plant: tending to grow in groups or masses so as to form a pure stand 5 a: of, relating to, or based on rank or status in a particular society b: of, relating to, or characteristic of the upper classes c: formal 2social n (1870): sociable

　　3.【正确答案】A

　　【中文释义】 乔以完全相同的力度谈及肤浅琐碎和生死攸关的事件，好象对他而言严重的问题和琐碎的问题没有什么区别。

　　【解题分析】请注意这一句的比较结构。上句用to the same degree 来表示同级比较，下句用mattered neither more or less than 来表示同级比较，所以就表现出了两套比较结构这种基本题型。此时比较双方不应发生变化，故第一个空格应填下文出现过的serious issues，第二个空格应填上文的superfluous。

　　【重点词条】 superficiality 1: the quality or state of being superficial 2: something superficial

　　humdrum monotonous, dull —— humdrum n

　　4.【正确答案】B

　　【中文释义】戴维斯的社会学研究的价值被地毫无顾忌地挑选材料的做法破坏了，他之所以这样做是为了证实自己的观点，同时忽略那些指向别的结论的事实。

　　【解题分析】while的前后为对比关系，通常我们又会主动地在while前后找反义词，这样就可以将不明确的对比关系进一步深化为对立面转折关系，此句的 while前后出现了一组反义词，his own claims和other possible conclusions。所以解题思路顿时就明快了，while 之前是use了那些支持his own claims 的材料，那么while之后就应该不使用那些支持other possible conclusions 的材料，所以第二个空格应与use反义，可得答案B。

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