托福閱讀詞匯題目考點(diǎn)解析（四）

In the long term, photography's impact on the visual arts was far from simple. Because the medium was so prolific, in the sense that it was possible to produce a multitude of images very cheaply, it was soon treated as the poor relation of fine art, rather than its destined successor. Even those artists who were most dependent on photography became reluctant to admit that they made use of it, in case this compromised their professional standing.
　　The word "reluctant" in the passage is closest in meaning to
　　O unable
　　O embarrassed
　　O unlikely
　　O unwilling
　　解析：在不認(rèn)識(shí)單詞的基礎(chǔ)上，最實(shí)用的做題方法應(yīng)當(dāng)非“上下文判斷法”莫屬。因?yàn)樵诖蠖鄶?shù)情況下，根據(jù)詞綴，近義詞或者舉例法做題的幾率是相對(duì)比較少的，最終只能是依賴“上下文”來進(jìn)行判斷。本題當(dāng)中是說“即使那些特別依賴攝影技術(shù)的藝術(shù)家會(huì)______ 承認(rèn)他們使用了攝影技術(shù)，以免這個(gè)會(huì)連累他們的專業(yè)視角。”這句話當(dāng)中的“in case this compromised their professional standing.”決定了答案應(yīng)當(dāng)是第四個(gè)。