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Even among the staid, unemotional denominations of the 1830s and 1840s,

the renewal of religious fervor and the necessity of competing with more ___

clerics inevitably led to a greater ___ ministerial showmanship.

A charismatic…cultivation of
B reserved…attraction to
C well-known…disdain for
D conservative…appeal for
E empathetic…distrust of

step1 文法結構

Even among the staid, unemotional denominations of the 1830s and 1840s,

the renewal of religious fervor and the necessity of competing with more ___

clerics inevitably led to a greater ___ ministerial showmanship.

簡單的來看，就是

among引導的介係詞子句, SVO.

主詞s 為 the renewal 與 the necessity

動詞v 為 lead

補語o 為 to a greater ...

step2 大概的意思

我們看到denomination時，要注意它有需多種意思，

像是被提名人，或貨幣的面額，還有宗教派別(religious group)，

由後文的religious知道：denomination應該是指religious group。

staid你看不懂沒有關係，看它後面的unemotional，就可以知道大概的意思：

If you say that someone or something is staid, you mean that they are serious, dull, and rather old-fashioned.

showmanship從字面上就可以猜出大概的意思：應該與show off等等之類的有關連。

Showmanship is a person's skill at performing or presenting things in an entertaining and dramatic way.

即使是在1830~1840時代，在古板保守的宗教派別之中，

革新的宗教熱情和與更多_adj_神職人員競爭，

無可避免的，導向了 a greater _verb prep.__ ministerial showmanship.

Even among the staid, unemotional denominations of the 1830s and 1840s,

the renewal of religious fervor and the necessity of competing with more ___

clerics inevitably led to a greater ___ ministerial showmanship.

step3 作基本的分析

hint 1: even 代表有轉折語氣，(你可以想像even子句與主要子句間有個however)

          也就是說，even領導的子句""，其結果會跟預期的不一樣;

          religious group保守, 不過 革新等等的卻不保守

hint 2 : showmanship

           可以預期到跟表演有關，or說很多話。

step4 帶入選項看看

Even among the staid, unemotional denominations of the 1830s and 1840s,

the renewal of religious fervor and the necessity of competing with more ___

clerics inevitably led to a greater ___ ministerial showmanship.

A) charismatic…cultivation of
B) reserved…attraction to
C) well-known…disdain for
D) conservative…appeal for
E) empathetic…distrust of

這題很簡單，不用每個都帶入

B) reserved
D) conservative

我們要得是不保守，是故刪掉

E) empathetic

言不及義，但我們保留，若出現更好得選項時，再把它丟掉。

只剩

A) charismatic…cultivation of

C) well-known…disdain for

由showmanship就知道要選A了，因為領袖氣質正好與showmanship相關。

若不放心，我們再比較第二格

A)

led to a greater cultivation of ministerial showmanship.

C)

led to a greater disdain for ministerial showmanship.

"disdain for xxx"

是瞧不起的xxx的意思

很顯然意思不通順。

Step 5  decision

我選(A)