复习课堂讲授内容，分析并解决以下题目，将每一步的分析过程及最终答案上传至网络：
1. Even though formidable winters are the norm in the Dakotas, many people
were unprepared for the _ of the blizzard of 1888.
A. inevitability
B. ferocity
C. importance
D. fierceness
E. probability
F. mildness
2. Since 1813 reaction to Jane Austen’s has oscillated between (i) and
condescension; but in general later writers have esteemed her works more
highly than did most of her literary (ii)_.
Blank (i)
A adoration
B indifference
C dismissal
Blank (ii)
D contemporaries
E followers
F precursors
3. In sharp contrast to the intense (i)_ of the young republic, with its
utopian faith in democracy and hopes for eternal human progress, recent
developments suggest a mood of almost unrelieved (ii)_.
Blank (i)
A. idealism
B. individualism
C. assertiveness
Blank (ii)
D. ambition
E. cynicism
F. egalitarianism
4. Managers who think that strong environmental performance will (i)_
their company’s financial performance often (ii)_ claims that systems
designed to help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By
contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be (iii) to
financial success may view an environmental management system as
extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a
manager’s commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than
the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance.
Blank (i)
A. eclipse
B. bolster
C. degrade
Blank (ii)
D. uncritically accept
E. appropriately acknowledge
F. hotly dispute
Blank (iii)
G. complementary
H. intrinsic
I. peripheral