havoc 1: wide and general destruction: devastation 2: great confusion and disorder 2havoc vt hav.ocked ; hav.ock.ing (1577): to lay waste: destroy

　　3． 【中文释义】尽管有人认为征收高速公路使用者的过路费会消除加收公路维护税的必要，但维护一个巨大的公路网所需的巨额费用必须依赖公路维护税这样的公众税。

　　【解题分析】下句的these general taxes即照应上句的public taxes, 上句为消除对public taxes的需求, 所以下句转折后应为必然需求these general taxes.

　　【重点词条】circumvent 1 a: to hem in b: to make a circuit around 2: to manage to get around esp. by ingenuity or stratagem —— cir.cum.ven.tion n

　　phenomenal : relating to or being a phenomenon: as a: known through the senses rather than through thought or intuition b: concerned with phenomena rather than with h ypotheses c: extraordinary, remarkable syn see material —— phe.nom.e.nal.ly adv

　　necessitate 1: to make necessary: require 2: force, compel —— ne.ces.si.ta.tion n

　　ameliorate to make better or more tolerable ~ vi: to grow better syn see improve —— ame.lio.ra.tion n —— ame.lio.ra.tive adj —— ame.lio.ra.tor n —— ame.lio.ra.to.ry adj

　　4．【中文释义】尽管他们并不是直接的复制品，古典时期的新艺术很明显地是在更古老的罗马模式的精神下创造出来的，因此保存了很多古老风格的特征。

　　【解题分析】第三行的and为小连接，可直接推理得c.

　　【重点词条】impression 6 a: the first coat of color in painting b: a coat of paint for ornament or preservation 7: an imitation or representation of salient features in an artistic or theatrical medium; esp: an imitation in caricature of a noted personality as a form of theatrical entertainment

　　accentuate : accent, emphasize; also: intensify <~s the feeling of despair> ——

　　depict 1: to represent by or as if by a picture 2: describe 1 —— de.pic.ter n —— de.pic.tion

　　improvise 1: to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously 2: to make, invent, or arrange offhand 3: to fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand ~ vi: to improvise something

　　5．【中文释义】尽管他们的观点越来越对立，但这个小组知道他们必须达成一致意见，以便颁发奖励。

　　【解题分析】in spite of, far from, not like都意味着对立面反义词的出现

　　【重点词条】incisiveness impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) —— in.ci.sive.ly adv —— in.ci.sive.ness n

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