To the avid reader of E.O. Wilson, much of his most recent book Consilience:
The Unity of Knowledge will be (i)_____, as the book represents the
culmination of a life spent thinking about everything from the social lives
of ants to the social lives of people. Nonetheless, new thoughts have been
mixed in with the old to produce a book remarkable for its (ii)_____ and
ambition.
A. predictable D. purview
B. discounted E. overreaching
C. startling F. contigency
ANS: BE
这题想不懂答案为何是BE,第一空感觉要填正向的,选了C.
第二空感觉也是要填正向词,但不懂为何是E.
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