1. Aptly enough, this work so imbued with the notion of changing times and styles has been constantly _____ over the years, thereby reflecting its own mutability.
(A) appreciated
(B) emulated
(C) altered
(D) criticized
(E) reprinted
2. The natural balance between prey and predator has been increasingly______, most frequently by human intervention.
(A) celebrated
(B) predicted
(C) observed
(D) disturbed
(E) questioned
3. There is perhaps some truth in that waggish old definition of a scholar—a siren that calls attention to a fog without doing anything to______it.
(A) describe
(B) cause
(C) analyze
(D) dispel
(E) dissipate
4. Foucault’s rejection of the concept of continuity in Western thought, though radical, was not unique; he had _____ in the United States who, without knowledge of his work, developed parallel ideas.
(A) critics
(B) counterparts
(C) equivalents
(D) disciples
(E) readers
5. Calculus, though still indispensable to science and technology, is no longer _____; it has an equal partner called discrete mathematics.
(A) preeminent
(B) pertinent
(C) beneficial
(D) essential
(E) pragmatic
6. While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may _____it.
(A) exacerbate
(B) neutralize
(C) aggravate
(D) eradicate
(E) ameliorate
7. Although the passage of years has softened the initially hostile reaction to his poetry, even now only a few independent observers _____ his works.
(A) praise
(B) revile
(C) neglect
(D) scrutinize
(E) criticize
解析：
passage: n.(时间的)消逝,推移
soften: v.1.使变软,使软化,使缓和 2.使变暗,使变轻,使变淡 3.减轻,削弱
hostile: a.1.敌方的 2.怀敌意的,不友善的,不利的
revile: v.辱骂,痛斥
scrutinize: v.详细检查(观察),细看
翻译：尽管多年的岁月流逝已减缓了最初人们对他诗歌充满敌意的反应,但即使在目前,只有为数不多的独立观察家赞誉他的作品.
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