The repudiation of Puritanism in seventeenth-century England expressed itself not only in retaliatory laws to ---------- Puritans, but also in a general attitude of ---------- for Puritans.
(A) restrict ... contempt
(B) regulate ... regard
(C) benefit ... affection
(D) repress ... respect
(E) evade ... hatred
〖解答〗
解本題有多處線索。首先,句首已陳述“對清教主義的擯棄”,然后又在空格Ⅰ之前提及“懲罰報復(fù)性的法律”(retaliatory laws),兩處空格且又以并列性質(zhì)的"not only...but also..."連接,每一空格后涉及的對象均為清教徒,故代入兩處空格的無疑應(yīng)均為貶義詞。以這一條件衡量,唯(A) 項為正確。(B)項的兩個詞匯分別為中性與褒義詞,(C)項均為褒義詞,(D) 項為貶義和褒義詞的混雜,(E)項evade不妥(報復(fù)性的法律不是用以“躲避”的),hatred尚可。
〖中譯〗
在十七世紀的英國,對清教主義的擯棄不單體現(xiàn)于一些報復(fù)性的法律,旨在限制清教徒,而且亦體現(xiàn)于一種普遍的態(tài)度,對清教徒橫加鄙視,嗤之以鼻。