1. In the evening they met at the hotel, both content with their day, happy to eat a meal ______ together and dance a little afterwards.
A. manually
B. causally
C. leisurely
D. vigorously

2. In arguing against assertions that environmental catastrophe is imminent, her book does not ridicule all predictions of doom but rather claims that the risks of harm have in many cases been ______.
A. exaggerated
B. derided
C. ignored
D. scrutinized
  1.C
【句意】晚上他们在宾馆相聚，对各自的白天都满意的他们，高兴地去一起悠闲地吃晚饭，然后还跳了一会儿舞。
【解析】词义辨析——副词辨析题。manually“手动地”；causally“随便地；偶然地；临时地”；leisurely“悠闲地；从容地”；vigorously“精力旺盛地；活泼地”。由题干中关键词“eat a meal”的对应知C项“悠闲地”符合语境，由此知C项正确。

2.A
【句意】在驳斥环境灾难临近的断言时，她的书没有嘲笑所有关于灾难的预测，而是声称灾害危害的风险在许多情况下被夸大了。
【分析】动词辨析题。exaggerate“夸大；夸张”；deride“嘲笑；嘲弄”；ignore“忽视；不理睬”；scrutinize“详细检查；细看”。由句中关键词“her book does not ridicule all predictions of doom她的书没有嘲笑所有关于灾难的预测”、“but rather而是”以及“the risks of harm灾害危害的风险”的对应知“夸大”符合语境，故A项正确。