or conviction c: an outbreak of anger 5 a: ardent affection: love b: a strong liking 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 vanquish completely: rout ~ 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】discrete 1: constituting a separate entity: individually distinct 2 a: consisting of distinct or unconnected elements: noncontinuous b: taking on or having a finite or countably infinite number of values <~ probabilities> syn see distinct —— dis.crete.ly adv
digression ) 1: the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usu. organized literary work 2 archaic: 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 tint or shade to another 4: the act or process of grading 5: ablaut —— gra.da.tion.al adj —— gra.da.tion.al.ly adv
ambiguity 1 a: the quality or state of being ambiguous esp. in meaning b: an ambiguous word or expression 2: uncertainty
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。
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