His father served as（）to the entire Garcia clan, dispensing money and advice to those who needed it, and the family, in turn, revered him.

单项选择题Several surgeons cautioned against（）the new procedure,（）that patients had been kept in the dark too long about its possible catastrophic consequences.

A．eschewing ； pondering
B．adopting ； complaining
C．publicizing ； adding
D．revising；advocating
E．administering ； forgetting

单项选择题Jack Kerouac was neither a demon nor a saint but a（）, notably gentle, deeply conflicted and finally self-destructive person whose dream from childhood was to be a writer.

A．muse
B．martyr
C．cadge
D．fallible
E．ascetic