转折，即使不填答案也应知道上句主句的意思为；他该承担责任，所以分号下半句重复这个意思，表示他有责任，可选d或者e, 而d的第一个单词不正确，故选择e.
【重点词条】 berate to scold or condemn vehemently and at length syn see scold accuse 1: to charge with a fault or offense: blame 2: to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process ~ vi: to bring an accusation —— ac.cus.er n —— ac.cus.ing.ly adv
4.【中文释义】这种占绝对主导地位的将对细节事实的强烈兴趣与对抽象概括的同样的专注结合的做法是我们当今社会的特点；在过去，这种结合最多只是零星地出现，并且显得是偶然出现的。
【解题分析】简化句结构即为：union is a hallmark of our present society; in the past, this union appeared sporadically. 一个常见的时间对比型。句子最为复杂的部分为union 后的介词短语，但这个介词短语的分隔纯属 ETS设置的陷阱，根本不需要理会。
【重点词条】devotion 1 a: religious fervor: piety b: an act of prayer or private worship——usu. used in pl. c: a religious exercise or practice other than the regular corporate worship of a congregation 2 a: the act of devoting b: the fact or state of being ardently dedicated and loyal (as to an idea or person) 3 obs: the object of one's devotion syn see fidelity
hallmark 1 a: an official mark stamped on gold and silver articles in England to attest their purity b: a mark or device placed or stamped on an article of trade to indicate origin, purity, or genuineness 2: a distinguishing characteristic, trait, or feature 2hallmark vt (1773): to stamp with a hallmark
cy.clic or cy.cli.cal adj (1794) 1 a: of, relating to, or being a cycle b: moving in cycles <~ time> c: of, relating to, or being a chemical compound containing a ring of atoms 2 cyclic: being a mathematical group that has an element such that every element of the group can be expressed as one of its powers —— cy.cli.cal.ly also cy.clic.ly adv
5【中文释义】一个世纪以前医生的话是必然会招致怀疑的，它几乎被看成是亵渎神灵的。
【解题分析】冒号表示重复和解释，既然医生的话被认为是亵渎神灵，当然就会遭到怀疑。
【重点词条】inebirable incontrovertible
6【中文释义】如此多的美国现代小说是自传体的，并且又有如此多的自传体作品小说化了，以至于文体之间有时看上去很大程度上是可以互换的。
【解题分析】整句是一个so——that 的因果结构，原因句中频繁出现小说和自传，并且是两者的相互表达，所以结果句中选c答案是显而易见的。
【重点词条】interchangeable : capable of being interchanged; esp
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