[外语类试卷]GRE（VERBAL）模拟试卷31及答案与解析.doc

1、GRE（ VERBAL）模拟试卷 31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 Like the theory of evolution, the big-bang model of the universes formation has undergone modification and _, but it has_ all serious challenges. （ A） alteration.confirmed （ B） refinement.resisted （ C） transformation.ignored （ D） evaluation.acknowledged （ E） refutation.misdirected 2 A univers

3、ity training enables a graduate to see things as they are, to go right to the point, to disentangle a _ of thought. （ A） line （ B） strand （ C） mass （ D） plethora （ E） skein 3 We have in America a _speech that is neither American, Oxford English, nor colloquial English, but _ of all three. （ A） motle

4、y.an enhancement （ B） hybrid.a combination （ C） nasal.a blend （ D） mangled.a medley （ E） formal.a patchwork 4 Rather than portraying Joseph as a radical reformer whose reign was strikingly enlightened, the play Amadeus depicts him as thinker, too wedded to orthodox theories of musical composition to

5、 appreciate an artist of Mozarts genius. （ A） a revolutionary （ B） an idiosyncratic （ C） a politic （ D） a doctrinaire （ E） an iconoclastic 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 l

6、ettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. 5 ZENITH : PEAK : （ A） urbanity : refinement （ B） accretion : decrease （ C） musician : artist （ D） debate : candidate （ E） coach : athlete 6 ODIOUS : HATRED : （ A） nascent : love （ B） negligent : care （ C

7、） culpable : blame （ D） noxious : harm （ E） obdurate : frustration 7 WILY : SLY : （ A） boring : different （ B） acute : slow （ C） profuse : abundant （ D） virtual : constant （ E） ambiguous : correct 8 WHET : SHARPEN : （ A） protract : prolong （ B） cut : paste （ C） assert : demonstrate （ D） create : ass

8、imilate （ E） increase : denounce 9 VEHEMENT : FORCEFUL : （ A） culpable : deserving （ B） cryptic : strange （ C） cordial : honest （ D） credulous : easy （ E） unstinting : generous SECTION 3 Directions: Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage, ch

9、oose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. 9 Unlike the carefully weighted and planned compositions of Dante, Goethes writings have always the sense of immediacy and enthusiasm. Line He was a constant expe

10、rimenter with life, with (5) ideas, and with forms of writing. For the same reason, his works seldom have the qualities of finish or formal beauty which distinguish the masterpieces of Dante and Virgil. He came to love the beauties of classicism but these were (10) never an essential part of his mak

11、e-up. Instead, the urgency of the moment, the spirit of the thing, guided his pen. As a result, nearly all his works have serious flaws of structure, of inconsistencies, of excesses and redundancies and extraneities. (15) In the large sense, Goethe represents the fullest development of the romantici

12、st. It has been argued that he should not be so designated because he so clearly matured and outgrew the kind of romanticism exhibited by Wordsworth, (20) Shelley, and Keats. Shelley and Keats died young; Wordsworth lived narrowly and aban- doned his early attitudes. In contrast, Goethe lived abunda

13、ntly and developed his faith in the spirit, his understanding of nature and human nature, (25) and his reliance on feelings as mans essential motivating force. The result was an all- encompassing vision of reality and a philosophy of life broader and deeper than the partial visions and attitudes of

14、other romanticists. Yet the spirit (30) of youthfulness, the impatience with close reason- ing or “logic-chopping,“ and the continued faith in nature remained his to the end, together with an occasional waywardness and impulsiveness and a disregard of artistic or logical propriety (35) which savor s

15、trongly of romantic individualism. Since so many twentieth-century thoughts and attitudes are similarly based on the stimulus of the Romantic Movement, Goethe stands as particu- larly the poet of modern times as Dante stood for (40) medieval times and as Shakespeare for the Renaissance. 10 A charact

16、eristic of romanticism NOT mentioned in this passage is its （ A） elevation of nature （ B） preference for spontaneity （ C） modernity of ideas （ D） unconcern for artistic decorum （ E） simplicity of language 11 It can be inferred from the passage that classicism has which of the following characteristi

17、cs? . Sensitivity toward emotional promptings . Emphasis on formal aesthetic criteria . Meticulous planning of artistic works （ A） only （ B） only （ C） and （ D） and （ E） , , and 12 The authors attitude toward Goethes writings is best described as （ A） unqualified endorsement （ B） lofty indifference （

18、 C） reluctant tolerance （ D） measured admiration （ E） undisguised contempt 12 Given the context of social change in the early 1960s, Negro history was now the object of unprecedented attention among wide segments of Line the American population, black and white. In (5) academe nothing demonstrated t

19、his growing legitimacy of black history better than the way in which certain scholars of both races, who had previously been ambivalent about being identified as specialists in the field, now reversed (10) themselves. Thus Frenise Logan, returning to an academic career, decided to attempt to publish

20、 his doctoral dissertation on blacks in late nineteenth-century North Carolina. A 1960 award encouraged him to (15) do further research, and his expanded The Negro in North Carolina, 1876-1894 appeared in 1964. It is true that as late as 1963 a white professor advised John W. Blassingame to avoid bl

21、ack his- tory if he wanted to have “a future in the historic (20) cal profession.“ Yet more indicative of how things were going was that 1964-65 marked a turning point for two of Kenneth Stampps former students Nathan Huggins and Leon Litwack. The changing intellectual milieu seems to have (25) perm

22、itted Huggins, whose original intention of specializing in African and Afro-American his- tory had been overruled by practical concerns, to move into what became his long-range commit- ment to the field. By 1965 when his interest in (30) intellectual history found expression in the idea of doing a b

23、ook on the Harlem Renaissance, the fac- tors that earlier would have discouraged him from such a study had dissipated. For Litwack the return to Negro history was an especially vivid (35) experience, and he recalls the day he spoke at the University of Rochester, lecturing on Jacksonian democracy. S

24、ome students in the audience, sens- ing that his heart was just not in that topic, urged him to undertake research once again in the field (40) to which he had already contributed so signifi- cantly. He settled on the study that became Been in the Storm So Long (1979). In short, both ! Huggins and L

25、itwack now felt able to dismiss the professional considerations that had loomed so (45) large in their earlier decision to work in other spe- claltles and to identify themselves with what had hitherto been a marginal field of inquiry. 13 The author cites Logan, Huggins, and Litwack for their （ A） wo

26、rk on curriculum reform in the public schools （ B） participation in the Freedom Summer in Mississippi （ C） return to the field of Afro-American history （ D） research on blacks in nineteenth-century North Carolina （ E） identification with nonviolent direct action 14 The passage suggests that Bennetts

27、 work was similar to Logans work in which of the following ways? . Both Bennetts and Logans books recorded a then relatively unfamiliar aspect of Afro-American history. . Both Bennetts and Logans work were designed to appeal to a primarily academic audience. . Both Bennetts and Logans work were pub-

28、lished in a variety of formats. （ A） only （ B） only （ C） and only （ D） and only （ E） and only 15 It can be interred that prior to 1950, for a historian to choose to specialize in black history （ A） was encouraged by the academic establishment （ B） established his academic conventionality （ C） afford

29、ed him special opportunities for publication （ D） was detrimental to his professional career （ E） enhanced his contact with his colleagues 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 p

30、hrase 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, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best. 16 CAPRICIOUS: （ A） dogmatic （ B） eccentric （ C） steadfast （ D） poignant

31、 （ E） raucous 17 GLIB: （ A） pugnacious （ B） gleeful （ C） guileless （ D） punctilious （ E） flippant 18 INSULAR: （ A） insolvent （ B） cosmopolitan （ C） ominous （ D） biased （ E） perceptible 19 PLETHORA: （ A） rhetoric （ B） presumption （ C） mutiny （ D） deficiency （ E） figment 20 MALEVOLENT: （ A） marred （ B

32、） meticulous （ C） magnanimous （ D） malcontent （ E） malignant 21 DISCONCERTED: （ A） composed （ B） miserly （ C） relentless （ D） sheepish （ E） perturbed SECTION 1 Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five

33、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 whole. 22 When those whom he had injured accused him of being a _ , he retorted curtly that he had never been a quack. （ A） libertine （ B） sycophant （ C） charlatan （ D） plagiaris

34、t （ E） reprobate 23 There is an essential _ in human gestures, and when someone raises the palms of his hands together, we do not know whether it is to bury himself in prayer or to throw himself into the sea. （ A） economy （ B） dignity （ C） insincerity （ D） reverence （ E） ambiguity 24 It has been Vir

35、ginia Woolfs peculiar destiny to be declared annoyingly feminine by male critics at the same time that she has been _by women interested in the sexual revolution as not really eligible to be _ their ranks. （ A） lauded.enlisted in （ B） emulated.counted among （ C） neglected.helpful to （ D） dismissed.d

36、rafted into （ E） excoriated.discharged from 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.

37、 25 VERACITY : DECEPTION : （ A） renunciation : acceptance （ B） countenance : face （ C） tenacity : weakness （ D） climax : estimation （ E） consternation : incompetence SECTION 3 Directions: Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage, choose the be

38、st answer to each question. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. 25 (This passage was written prior to 1950) We now know that what constitutes practically all of matter is empty space; relatively enormous voids in which revolve with light

39、ning velocity Line infinitesimal particles so utterly small that they (5) have never been seen or photographed. The exis- tence of these particles has been demonstrated by mathematical physicists and their operations determined by ingenious laboratory experiments. It was not until 1911 that experime

40、nts by Sir (10) Ernest Rutherford revealed the architecture of the mysterious atom. Moseley, Bohr, Fermi, Millikan, Compton, Urey, and others have also worked on the problem. Matter is composed of molecules whose aver- (15) age diameter is about 1/125 millionth of an inch. Molecules are composed of

41、atoms so small that about 5 million could be placed in a row on the period at the end of this sentence. Long thought to be the ultimate, indivisible constituent of mat- (20) ter, the atom has been found to consist roughly of a proton, the positive electrical element in the atomic nucleus, surrounded

42、 by electrons, the negative electric elements swirling about the proton. 26 According to the passage, all of the following were true of the center of the atom EXCEPT that it （ A） had not yet been seen by the naked eye （ B） contained elements that were positively charged （ C） was very little larger t

43、han a molecule （ D） followed experimentally determinable processes （ E） was smaller than 1/125 millionth of an inch 27 By referring to the period at the end of the sentence (lines 16-18), the author intends to point up the atom s （ A） density （ B） mystery （ C） velocity （ D） consistency （ E） minutene

44、ss 28 Which of the following relationships most closely parallels the relationship between the proton and the electrons described in the passage? （ A） A hawk to its prey （ B） A blueprint to a framework （ C） A planet to its satellites （ D） A magnet to iron filings （ E） A compound to its elements GRE（

45、 VERBAL）模拟试卷 31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 whole.

46、1 【正确答案】 B 2 【正确答案】 E 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【正 确答案】 D 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

47、. 5 【正确答案】 A 6 【正确答案】 C 7 【正确答案】 C 8 【正确答案】 A 9 【正确答案】 E 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 basis of what is stated or implie

48、d in the passage. 10 【正确答案】 E 11 【正确答案】 D 12 【正确答案】 D 13 【正确答案】 C 14 【正确答案】 D 15 【正确答案】 D 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

49、the word in capital letters. Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best. 16 【正确答案】 C 17 【正确答案】 C 18 【正确答案】 B 19 【正确答案】 D 20 【正确答案】 C 21 【正确答案】 A 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 blan