例3. (OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q20)
Wills argues that certain malarial parasites are especially (i) ______ because they have more recently entered humans than other species and therefore have had (ii) ______ time to evolve toward (iii) ______. Yet there is no reliable evidence that the most harmful Plasmodium species has been in humans for a shorter time than less harmful species.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
(A) populous (D) ample (G) virulence
(B) malignant (E) insufficient (H) benignity
(C) threatened (F) adequate (I) variability
KEY: BEH
(一) 首先看blank2,they have more recentlyentered humans than other species and thereforehave had (ii) ______timeto evolve
1. Therefore表示對上文的承接,因為they最近才進入人體,因而在人體中的演變時間較短。
2. 選擇與自主判讀已知的詞匯填空:
[1]. ample:(富饒的)generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
[2]. insufficient:(不足的)not sufficient : INADEQUATE; especially : lacking adequate power, capacity, or competence
[3]. adequate:(充足的)sufficient for a specific requirement
(二) Yetthere is no reliable evidencethat the most harmfulPlasmodium specieshas been in humans for a shorter timethan less harmfulspecies.
(三) Wills argues that certain malarial parasitesare especially (i) ______becausethey have more recentlyentered humans thanother speciesand thereforehave had (ii) ______timeto evolve toward (iii) ______. Yetthere is no reliable evidencethat the most harmfulPlasmodium specieshas been in humans for a shorter timethan less harmfulspecies.