1.
For some,the power of omens and signs is easily to dismiss as (i) belief,
based on (ii) evidence,that the future can be foretold by specific,
unrelated events. For others,though, those same omens and signs are clear
and reliable markers of (iii) events.
(i)a dogmatic/an irrational/a heretical
(ii)empirical/substantiated/circumstatial
(iii)incipient/hypothetical/erroneous
Ans: irrational/substantiated/incipient
這想問的是For others這邊應該與前面對立，
但我看不出來哪邊對立耶＞＜？
2.
It is ironic that Mary Shelley's focus on Victor's passivity render the reader
incapable of sympathizing with the protagonist,much as Dostoyevsky's depiction
of the darkest places in the human psyche once caused his empathy for his
charactors to be ___.
rescinded/commiserated/occluded/disregarded/lambasted
Ans: disregarded
這題也看不太懂，much as是讓步嗎？
謝謝:)