Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __64__ TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our __66__ to work together before everything goes to hell.
 

　　Granted, some amount of delusion(错觉)is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quake or the __74__ itself. More often it is ourselves.
 

　　So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast?In New Orleans,the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls.They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina,more or less.That’s not __77__,we can now say with confidence.But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle(忙碌).
 

　　Meanwhile,New Orleans offcials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled.The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out.However,state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken.The __81__ with neighboring communities are on going and difficult.

　　(本篇为07.6真题)

　　__ 62 A) To B) By C) On D) For
 

　　__ 63 A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident
 

　　__ 64 A) visual B) vivid C) live D) lively
 

　　__ 65 A) little B) less C) more D) much
 

　　__ 66 A) reluctance B) rejection C) denial D) decline
 

　　__ 67 A) natural B) world C) social D) human
 

　　__ 68 A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving
 

　　__ 69 A) review B) reminder C) concept D) prospect
 

　　__ 70 A) preparing B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing
 

　　__ 71 A) never B) ever C) then D) before
 

　　__ 72 A) up B) down C) over D) out
 

　　__ 73 A) merely B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally
 

　　__ 74 A) surge B) spur C) surf D) splash
 

　　__ 75 A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred
 

　　__ 76 A) which B) where C) what D) when
 

　　__ 77 A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final
 

　　__ 78 A) but B) as C) that D) those
 

　　__ 79 A) exile B) evacuate C) dismiss D) displace
 

　　__ 80 A) ride B) trail C) path D) track
 

　　__ 81 A) conventions B) notifications C) communications D) negotiations
 

　　答案：
　　B   62.
　　介词辨析。通过对前句的分析理解，知道人性的本质-只有在遭受了痛苦之后才会重视痛苦，于是后句紧跟的连词应该是表示解释说明，而to为至于，on为在...上面，for为因果连词，只有by可以表示通过。
 

　　A   63.
　　词义辨析。考生初看本题以为考察的是obvious, apparent, evident的词义辨析，三个词都表示明显的意思，但是根据文章的意思，此处应该是表示记忆犹新的意思，因此只有一个fresh表示的是新鲜。
 

　　C   64. 　
　    词义辨析。本题考察更多的是常识性的问题。Live这个单词除了有生活的意思之外，还有现场直播的意思。而剩余的混淆项完全是在误导学生，visual为视觉的，vivid为生动活泼的，lively为活泼的意思。
 

　　D   65.　
    　词义辨析。在比较级前面添加副词，只能用副词原级，不能再用比较级。B和C显然错误。根据文章的感情色彩，文章表示的是贬义，在嘲笑人们喜欢做马后炮的事情，因此用much不用little.
 

　　A   66.
　　词义辨析。Reluctance不情愿，rejection拒绝 denial否定 decline 拒绝。本题一看也仿佛是辨析BCD三个表示否定的词义。但是通过分析这个复杂句我们看到了前面的一个关键词willful blindness. 这个词组近年来在欧美属于流行词汇，频繁的出现在各大媒体中。他的英文解释是Willful blindness is a term used in law to describe a situation in which an individual seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally putting himself in a position where he will be unaware of facts.中文解释简单来说就是"装傻"。而复杂句可以翻译成，因为人们都在装傻事情变得更糟糕，除非真的死到临头了，否则人们都会尽最大可能不合作。而这里用reluctance，正好和前面的willful成反义词对应。
 

　　D   67.
词义辨析。与其说这个是考察词义辨析，不如说是在超越大学生的理解能力考察一个固定搭配human condition.看到这个搭配，学生的瞬间逻辑推理是人为因素，但是实际该词组表示人的生存条件的意思。
 

　　C   68. 　
　    词义辨析。Revising修订，refining提炼，rebuilding重建，retrieving重新得到。地震之后要干什么呢？当然就是重建了。因此这种题目关键是看句子前面的连词and.
 

　　A   69. 　
　    词义辨析。Review回顾，reminder提醒，暗示，concept概念，prospect希望。句子开头一个强转折BUT，表示后面要说的和前面的内容是相反的意思。同时，后面有一个history，通过这个单词就知道前面用review。
 

　　C   70. 　
　    固定搭配。 protect sb. from sth 保护某人免受某事。Prepare准备，protest抗议，prevail流行，成功。
 

　　B   71.
　　词义辨析。对于我们所面临的灾难，我们比以前知道的更多。本句中did是用助动词取代实意动词know。因此这里的连词只能用ever表示以前，而before做副词时一定放在句末或后跟名词。
 

　　D   72. 　
    　固定搭配。Turn out that/ turn out to be sth 证明。Turn up出现，turn down拒绝，turn over营业额/反复考虑
 

　　B   73. 　
　    词义辨析。本题涉及两组词，一个是merely和rarely，merely表示仅仅，只不过的意思，rarely表示极少，罕有的意思。而incidentally和accidentally均表示巧合。关键在于区分merely和rarely就可以得出答案。
 

　　A   74.
　　词义辨析。本题实际考察的单词是形近且意思相差很远的一些单词。Surge表示汹涌澎湃，做动词有急速上升的意思spur刺激，穿刺 surf海浪，做动词有冲浪的意思 splash溅。这种考察方法很常见但是对同学做题来说很容易。
 

　　C   75

　　B   76.　
　where引导的从句作介词to的宾语
 

　　A   77.

　　C   78.　

　    B   79. 　

    　A   80.

　　D   81.

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