两道填空题求解释

iceyniex

Whales are harmless during their peaceful migrations through the earth’s seas, yet men, who ___ __superior need, savagely hunted them.
A.     assumes
B.      perpetuate
C.      retains
D.     assimilates
E.      manifests
Key； A
In some countries, there is a common misconception that the ____ are ____. However, this is clearly contradicted by Frederick Barbarossa’s time. In his day, the ____ were credited with most of the work, yet progress was not impeded in least.
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esurient                      insolent                    patricians
philanthropic                  indolent                   paeans
impoverished                  indigent                   plebeians


Key impoverished       indolent            plebeians

HerringtonD

1. A .... 在吐槽11区科研目的捕鲸吧...assume 有假装的意思

zhangwenyi1121

这两题我也都错了－ －
感觉词很偏 中文理解太模糊了 求解too