[外语类试卷]GRE（VERBAL）模拟试卷27及答案与解析.doc

1、GRE（ VERBAL）模拟试卷 27及答案与解析 SECTION 1 Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a wh

2、ole. 1 Who would have expected that such_young soul as Arthur, his observations mute, his manner perpetually self-effacing, might have fought so readily against the whims of his superiors? （ A） a magnanimous （ B） a perspicacious （ C） a vehement （ D） a reticent （ E） an intractable 2 If we fight a war

3、 and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the_we used to accomplish them, which will be _the warfare of Genghis Khan, who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia. （ A） reasons oblivious to （ B） methods compared to （ C） passions contrast

4、ed with （ D） weapons incommensurate with （ E） politics minor to 3 A_for peril is a virtual prerequisite for any adventurer foolhardy enough to attempt Kilimanjaro; those of_disposition are well-advised, given the recent tragedy, to avoid the endeavor. （ A） disregard an intrepid （ B） reticence coward

5、ly （ C） consideration a resourceful （ D） yen acraven （ E） passion a heroic 4 Although_fellow in the public eye, Maxwell has a proclivity toward expressions of_inner nature that escaped the eyes of even his most critical biographers. （ A） a loutish a reckless （ B） a courtly a churlish （ C） an enchant

6、ing a placid （ D） an unremitting a polemical （ E） an honest sentimental 5 We can scarcely afford to neglect airport security in light of the recent terrorist actions, but as a reliable contingent of critics has pointed out, the cost of actually implementing these measures remains a_expense. （ A） fea

7、sible （ B） prohibitive （ C） suitable （ D） negligible （ E） mandatory 6 The root systems of certain plant families, such as that of tulips and crabgrass, _underground, so that nutrients may be shared along_network. （ A） burrow a cavernous （ B） tangle a deciduous （ C） cozen a photosynthetic （ D） fuse a

8、 subterranean （ E） abscond a perennial 7 Modern bodies are especially_to cancer, no doubt because the technology which we have labored to develop, by a cruel irony, produces waste that_their proper functioning. （ A） relevant complicates （ B） invulnerable hinders （ C） insidious isolates （ D） prone in

9、hibits （ E） attractive damages SECTION 2 Directions: In each of the following questions, a related pair of words or phrases is followed by five lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. 8 FLAWS : FO

10、IBLES : （ A） feasts : meals （ B） contracts : approvals （ C） mind : intoxication （ D） details : minutiae （ E） conclusions: models 9 EXTRAVAGANCE : EXPENDITURE: （ A） falsification : restatement （ B） fawning: compliance （ C） persuasion: allurement （ D） bombast: misidentification （ E） prejudice : discer

11、nment 10 CONCESSION : PLACATE: （ A） preservation : exhaust （ B） analgesic : deaden （ C） eulogy : delude （ D） conviction : sue （ E） appellation : address 11 BLEMISHED: PERFECTION: （ A） apathetic : emotion （ B） stigmatized : stain （ C） cherished : heirloom （ D） callow : immaturity （ E） tainted : relia

12、bility 12 SUPPLENESS: LIMBER: （ A） congruity : fickle （ B） maintenance : sustainable （ C） normality : offbeat （ D） flimsiness : spindly （ E） vigor :jaded 13 EULOGY : COMMEND: （ A） panacea : flatter （ B） caricature : exaggerate （ C） ode : evaluate （ D） lore: blemish （ E） dissertation : refute 14 COPP

13、ER : METAL : （ A） shale : gasoline （ B） iceberg : mountain （ C） coal : mine （ D） segment: whole （ E） feldspar : stone 15 COMBUSTION: HEAT: （ A） camera : picture （ B） snake : fang （ C） car : exhaust （ D） photosynthesis : oxygen （ E） exhalation : toxin 16 GOBBLE : EAGERLY : （ A） mince : effortlessly （

14、 B） speak : clearly （ C） blink : hastily （ D） nibble : gently （ E） lecture : boringly SECTION 3 Directions: Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following a passage on the basi

15、s of what is stated or implied in the passage. 16 Feminist critics have often pondered whether a postmodern language may be articulated that obviates the essentialist arrogance of much modernist and some feminist discourse and does not reduce feminism to silences or a purely Line negative and reacti

16、onary stance. This ideal may be actualized in a discourse that (5) recognizes itself as historically situated, as motivated by values and, thus, political interests, and as a human practice without transcendent justification. The author Dorothy Allison meets these criteria by focusing on women who h

17、ave been marginalized by totalizing forces and ideas, while simultaneously reminding the reader, through the wide range of women that she portrays and (10) their culpability in her protagonists predicaments, that unlike pure and transcendent heroes, women are real characters and morally complex. All

18、ison insists that humans are burdened with the responsibility of fashioning their own stories, quotidian as they may be, and while these will never offer the solace of transcendent justification, the constant negotiation between the word and the (15) world avoids reticence on the one hand and the pu

19、rely negative on the other. 17 It can be inferred from the passage that the author views the transcendent justification through literature as a concept that （ A） derives from a negative stance toward feminism （ B） predates the birth of postmodernism as a literary movement （ C） encourages writers to

20、tell humdrum stories （ D） limits the construction of morally complex characters （ E） contributes to the politicization and historical orientation of texts 18 The passage suggests which of the following about Dorothy Allisons work? . Non-feminist writers have been less successful in producing histori

21、cally situated narratives. . Allisons fiction successfully negotiates between essentialist arrogance and a reactionary response. . Allison is more interested in her female antagonists than male protagonists, as characters. （ A） only （ B） only （ C） and only （ D） and only （ E） , , and 19 The author me

22、ntions womens “culpability in her protagonists predicaments“ most likely in order to illustrate （ A） the extent to which Allisons characters have been marginalized by totalizing forces and ideas （ B） Allisons gift for rendering the moral complexity of women that allows them to commit both good and e

23、vil acts （ C） the scope and variety of the female characters found in Allisons body of fiction （ D） the degree to which Allison embraces the notion of feminist literature as deriving from a tradition of negativity and reaction （ E） the strength of the political interests Allison expresses through he

24、r characters 20 The passage provides information that answers which of the following questions? （ A） In what tradition do feminist critics usually place Dorothy Allison? （ B） What are the main themes found in the fiction of Dorothy Allisons post-modern contemporaries? （ C） What political values does

25、 Allison attempt to address through her fiction? （ D） What views does Allison hold concerning the production of narratives of the commonplace in womens literature? （ E） How was the development of Allisons fiction affected by the arrogance of modernist essentialism? 20 It has been challenging for mos

26、t twentieth-century American policy-makers to recapture the memory of the early United States, Constitution and all, as a revolutionary force-to ascertain, in other words, the original motives of our Line founding fathers. The argument that the war was a revolution is essentially (5) universal among

27、 the progressives like Turner, Becker, and Jameson, who argue that the war was fought for, or at least caused, greater democracy in the colonies, and generally agree that the war was a true revolution, not simply a rejection of British tyranny. Though this may be true-wars do tend to terminate Old O

28、rders and (10) ancient regimes-it is hardly a singular observation regarding the American Revolution. A more salient hypothesis is that the fight for greater democracy spawned not so much from a desire for change as an affirmation of the existing order. Those gaining votes and other social privilege

29、s only wished to profit from the existing system-these were no sans culottes beheading kings and (15) aristocrats as the Frenchmen did in their frenzied Terror and Englishmen who desired home governance, at first seeking to preserve local autonomy and loyalty to the King, not to Parliament. It was o

30、nly after the initial conflict that the revolutionaries slipped into the position of demanding sovereignty. Classwise, those ruling in 1770 also held (20) power in 1790, while the Parliament, a bicameral legislature, was replaced by the Congress, another bicameral legislature and the King supplanted

31、 by a President, who could very easily have maintained his position for life. This nearly created a tradition that the head-of-state-for-life would be chosen without the benefit of heredity, a disastrous case suffered by twentieth-century (25) Ugandans under Idi Amin. Furthermore, only propertied wh

32、ite males had suffrage, both before and after the war, and the end of slavery was not exactly accelerated by the war, though there were a few relatively minor gains for blacks. Meanwhile, the economic system was not altered, nor was the class structure, except to forbid a nobility that in any case h

33、ad only a nominal (30) existence in the colonies before the war. What the colonists sought was control to which they had already been accustomed. Parliament was not in the colonists “chain of command“ in 1700, and for the House of Commons to attempt to place itself there was seen as a loss to the co

34、lonists. Alteration was what they resisted, not what they sought; they (35) largely felt that they were resisting an invasion of their political birthright, not that they were breaking bold new political ground, and therefore, it would be very convincing to argue that the war was fought as a reactio

35、nary response, not as a radical one. 21 According to the passage, Turner, Becker, and Jameson have done which of the following? . They failed to acknowledge the colonists desire to affirm the existing order as a principle motive behind the American Revolution. . They have emphasized, but not suffici

36、ently, the concept of the American Revolution as a genuine revolution. . As a group they have failed to reach agreement on the root causes of the American Revolution. （ A） only （ B） only （ C） and only （ D） and only （ E） , , and 22 According to the passage, the colonists who participated and supporte

37、d the American Revolution initially did so （ A） with the goal of replacing a corrupt system of power with a more egalitarian one （ B） in order to preserve and retain the monarchs powers, so that they would not be usurped by Parliament （ C） primarily in an effort to gain more votes from their dissati

38、sfied political supporters （ D） with the foremost intent of achieving a greater level of profit from the system already in place （ E） as an endeavor predicated upon the ultimate aim of achieving national sovereignty and independence 23 The author most likely mentions the Terror in the second paragra

39、ph as an example of which of the following types of revolutions? （ A） A non-violent revolution intent upon replacing an old order with a new one. （ B） A violent revolution intent upon replacing the leadership, but maintaining, an old order. （ C） A non-violent revolution intent upon replacing the lea

40、dership, but maintaining, an old order. （ D） A violent revolution intent upon replacing an old order with a new one. （ E） A violent revolution intent upon maintaining the current leadership, but replacing the old order with a new one. 24 The author mentions all of the following as evidence that the

41、revolutionary colonists were more intent upon expanding their roles in the old power order than in creating a new one EXCEPT （ A） The system of commerce implemented after the revolution was relatively similar to the one that existed before it. （ B） They established a chain of executive command which

42、 strongly resembled that which was in place before the revolution. （ C） Their only attempt to change class structure was to outlaw the development of an aristocracy. （ D） They maintained the same exclusive and undemocratic system of suffrage that existed prior to the war. （ E） The colonists remained

43、 indifferent to the institution of slavery which a genuine revolution might have rectified. 25 It can be inferred from the passage that the author mentions the case of Idi Amin in lines 24-25 most likely in order to （ A） reference the example of a dictator who installed himself in office without ter

44、m limits （ B） cite the case of a revolutionary whose revolution did not result in very permanent changes （ C） recall a well-known case of a general who fought unsuccessfully against a rebel army （ D） allude to a situation where a leader was democratically elected but proved ineffective once in offic

45、e （ E） employ the analogy of an ombudsman who drafted a treaty between a rebel army and a government 26 Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage? （ A） The author presents the general argument of an academic school, describes the argument more thoroughly, concluding with

46、a criticism of the school. （ B） The author presents his thesis, draws on the work of other historians to support his thesis, and concludes by reiterating his thesis. （ C） The author summarizes his work, then carefully examines the work of other historians to demonstrate how they stand in conflict. （

47、 D） The author presents his thesis, contrasts it with the work of other historians, provides support, then concludes with a refrain of his thesis. （ E） The author compares and contrasts the work of several historians and then discusses areas for possible new research. 27 Which of the following is th

48、e most appropriate title for the passage? （ A） A Political Birthright: An Analysis of Revolutionary Psychology （ B） The American Revolution, Its Causes and Effects （ C） The Legacy of Progressive Historians: A Critical Perspective （ D） Reaction or Revolution: A Re-Examination of the American Rebels M

49、otives （ E） Democracy In Action: The Legacy of the American Revolution SECTION 4 Directions: Each question below consists of a word printed in capital letters followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning,