This woman is known for her scientific discoveries and the progress _8_ from them. Of courseher scientific discoveries are _9_ and usefull.It is also important to understand the kind ofwoman that she was.She was stubborn, and she hated to lose, but it was her goal to usescience to help the world in whatever way possible. Her stubbornness led to persistence and_10_. These qualities promoted the use of her brilliance. The love and support of her familytaught Marie to never question the possibilities that stood before her.

　　A) trivial B) convinced C) possibilities D) merely

　　E) reassured F) impressive G) opportunity H) dispensable

　　I) derived J) adaptabilities K) eventually L) defense

　　M) confused N) determination O) essential

　　解題思路

　　1.[K]空格位于助動詞would與系動詞become之間，故應填入副詞。本句與上一句是順接關系，上一句說女孩們想要從事高等教育工作，本句說她們成為教授，填入eventually“最終”符合語義邏輯。

　　2.[O]此處需填入修飾reference(參考作用)的名詞、形容詞或分詞。上文說到學生喜歡居里夫人，故該詞應表積極意義。Essential“重要的，必不可少的”符合語義邏輯，指她的課程對學生職業生涯的參考作用是重要的。

　　3.[E]根據空格前后的didn’t dazzle(不忽悠)和attracted(吸引)，可知此處應填入意義上并列的謂語動詞，表積極含義。reassured“使放心，使消除疑慮”符合句意邏輯。

　　4.[C]此處應填入與ignorance并列的名詞，說明居里夫人感受到我們的無知與……。與ignorance(無知)相對應的是possibilities“各種可能性;潛能”。

　　5.[L]此處應填人名詞，作hear的賓語。defense of dissertation指“論文答辯”，故選defense。

　　6.[B]此處需填入謂語動詞，賓語是the dean,與后文“院長為女生開設微積分課程”有關。前面提到瑪麗的愿望是讓學生受益(her desire to be useful to us),因此convinced“說服”符合句意邏輯。

　　7.[G]空格前的every表明此處應填人可數名詞單數形式,作provide的賓語。空格前的tooth and nail是一個很生動的比喻，表示“拼命"，句意為瑪麗想讓這些女孩子擁有在學術界能取得成功的工具,并竭盡全力爭取為她們提供每一個……。opportunity“機會”符合此處的語義邏輯。

　　8.[I]此處需填入形容詞或動詞分詞，與介詞from搭配，作progress的后置定語,derived可與from搭配，意為“派生出，導出”，用在這些說明進步“源于"瑪麗的科學發現。

　　9.[F]此處應填人與useful并列的形容詞，作句子表語，上一句說瑪麗的發現舉世聞名，此句是對她的科學發現的評價，故選impressive“令人印象深刻的”。

　　10.[N]此處需填入與persistence(堅持)并列的名詞，說明stubbornness (固執)所產生的積極影響。故空格處應填入與persistence —樣表積極含義的詞。persistence and determination是個常用的表達，意為“堅韌和果斷”。

　　Archaeologists have long thought that stone ships served as graves for one or severalindividuals, and have even been viewed as death ships _1_ to take the dead to living eternally.However, a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows adifferent picture. It suggests Bronze Age stone monuments in the form of ships were built bysailors as a symbol of their practices at sea.

　　The study indicates that the stone ships and the activities that took place there point to peoplewho were _2_ focused on practices at sea.Details found within the stone structures show theywere built to _3_ real ships. The stone ships offer up _4_ about the ship-building techniques ofthe time and about the ships that sailed on the Baltic Sea during the Bronze Age.

　　“These consist of areas that resemble hill forts and are located near easily _5_ points in thelandscape—that is, near well-known waterways leading inland,” Wehlin, head of the team,said. “While these areas have previously been thought to be much younger, recent age _6_have dated them to the Bronze Age.”

　　Archaeologists have believed that bronze was _7_ to Scandinavia from the south, and recentanalyses have helped confirm this _8_. However, the people who distributed the bronze objectsare _9_ addressed in these thoughts.

　　“One reason why the meeting places of the Bronze Age are not discussed very often is that wehaven’t been able to find them,” Wehlin said. “This is in _10_ contrast to the trading places ofthe Viking Age, which have been easy to locate as they left behind such rich archaeologicalmaterial.”

　　A) majorly B) represent C) evacuate D) rarely

　　E) determinations F) clues G) anticipated H) inquiries

　　I) intended J) approximately K) accessible L) notion

　　M) inevitable N) immense O) imported

　　解題思路

　　1.[l]空格與to take the dead... eternally—起作death ship的后置定語，說明其作用是“讓逝者得到永生”。intended符合句意，與served as在語義上呼應，指出石船一度被視為死亡之船，旨在讓逝者得到永生。

　　2.[A] were focused on...為動詞詞組，故空格應為修飾動詞的副詞。上一段末尾提及石船遺跡是人們在海上活動的象征，據此可以推斷此處描述的人“主要”在海上生活或工作，詞庫中majorly符合上下文語境。

　　3.[B]空格在不定式標記to之后，應為動詞原形。上一段末句提到石船遺跡形狀像船，是水手在海上活動的象征，據此可推斷石船“象征”現實中的船，故選represent。

　　4.[F]空格在動詞詞組offer up之后，應為名詞，作offer up的賓語。此處說明“石船”和“那個時代的造船技術”之間的關系,clues符合句意，表明石船提供了那個時代的造船技術的相關線索。

　　5.[K]空格在副詞和名詞之間，應為修飾名詞的形容詞或分詞。本句破折號后的內容是對名詞points的補充說明，根據well-known waterways leading inland可推斷這些地方容易接近，詞庫中accessible與破折號后的內容相呼應，故為本題答案。

　　6.[E]空格所在句子由兩個分句組成，前一個分句指出人們原先認為那些地區存在的年代并不久遠(muchyounger),而后一分句指出可以追溯到青銅器時代。空格前的age不能和動詞date搭配，可見age不是主語，空格處應填入名詞，故選用determinations —詞，age determinations表示“年代測定”。

　　7.[O] to…和from…表示方向的移動，可見空格應為動詞的過去分詞，與was —起構成句子的謂語。動詞庫中imported符合以上要求，該句意為“考古學家一直認為青銅是從南方輸入到斯堪的納維亞地區的”

　　8.[L] this提水此處說填入名詞單數形式，上一句提到考古舉家的某一看法，再結合句中的confirm“證實”，推斷填入的名詞含有“觀點，看法”之類的意思,notion符合語義。

　　9.[D]空格所在句的轉折詞however提示上下文語義存在轉折，即這些觀點更多提及青銅器的傳播地域，卻很少提及流傳青銅物件的人們，rarely符合上下義語義。

　　10.[N]空格在介詞和名詞之間，可見成為修飾名詞的定語。北歐海盜時代(the Viking Age)有豐富的考古資料,而青器時代很多東西都沒法找到，這兩個年代區別很大，故選用immense一詞，in immense contrast意為“有巨大的差別”。