96年十月section 4
1.
盡管銷售自從去年開始一直持續增長，使人遺憾的是，增長速度放慢了。
capitulate 1 archaic1: parley2, negotiate 2 a: to surrender often after negotiation3 of terms b: to cease resisting: acquiesce4 syn see yield
retaliate5 : to repay in kind ~ vi: to return like for like; esp: to get revenge. retaliate usu. implies a paying back of injury in exact kind, often vengefully reciprocate6 implies a mutual7 or equivalent exchange or a paying back of what one has received .
2.
盡管創作有新意并且獨特的詩和戲劇的思維與創建和講解科學創造的思維毫無疑問地類似，但
是這他們的創造者之間卻有顯著的差異。
非常巧妙的比較結構，請注意短語a discernible difference between它表明的是差級比較，而上半句有是同樣的比較雙方，依據兩套比較結構的出題規律：比較雙方不變，比較結果肯定改變可以得出結論，上半句的比較結果應為沒difference, d的analogous吻合。ETS愈加傾向于用隱含的比較結構（beyond, different, compared with）和同級比較來出題, 請記住這幾個短語。參照：94年2月section2 7th , 94年4月section1 5th, 95年十月 section6 2nd.
peripheral9 1: of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery10 or surface part 2: of, relating to, or being part of the peripheral nervous system ~ nerves 3: of, relating to, or being the outer part of the field of vision 4: auxiliary11, supplementary12 ~ equipment; also: of or relating to computer peripherals pe.riph.er.al.ly adv 2peripheral n : a device connected to a computer to provide communication or auxiliary functions
contiguous 1: being in actual contact: touching15 along a boundary or at a point 2 of angles: adjacent 2 3: next or near in time or sequence 4: touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence ~ row houses syn see adjacent con13.tig.u.ous.ly adv con.tig.u.ous.ness n
analogous 1: showing an analogy or a likeness16 that permits one to draw an analogy 2: being or related to as an analogue17 syn see similar anal.o.gous.ly adv anal.o.gous.ness n
inconsistent a: not compatible with another fact or claim ~ statements b: containing incompatible18 elements c: incoherent or illogical in thought or actions: changeable d: not satisfiable by the same set of values for the unknowns ~ equations ~ inequalities in.con.sis.tent.ly adv
3.
讓人失望的是，這個最新版的文獻目錄辜負了它長期的大全的聲譽，由于它遺漏了一些有關最
新出版物的條目。
又是一道目前的動作證明了過去的某聲譽為假的老題，類似的題目出目前科學家身上（No.8 section3 3rd）, 出目前文學評論家身上（93年十月section5 7th）, 目前又到了文獻目錄學身上。我非常同情ETS, 他已經非常難玩出什么新花樣了。本題中第二空格是傷害過去聲譽的動作，a和e侯選，又需要時間對比前后反義詞，e正確。
imprecise not precise: inexact, vague im.pre.cise.ly adv im.pre.cise.ness n im.pre.ci.sion n
relevance19 1 a: relation to the matter at hand b: practical and esp. social applicability: pertinence20 2: the ability to retrieve21 material that satisfies the needs of the user
timeliness 1time.ly adv 1 archaic: early, soon 2: in time: opportunely23 2timely adj time.li.er ; -est 1: coming early or at the right time: opportune22 2: appropriate or adapted to the times or the occasion time.li.ness n
meticulousness24 : marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details syn see careful me.tic.u.los.i.ty n me.tic.u.lous.ly adv me.tic.u.lous.ness n
exhaustiveness : testing all possibilities or considering all elements: thorough ex.haus.tive.ly adv ex.haus.tive.ness n ex.haus.tiv.i.ty n
4.
盡管辛普森善于于以做戲來表現自然而富有創造力，但在這騙術得背后，他對問題的解決方法