[外语类试卷]GRE（VERBAL）模拟试卷29（无答案）.doc

1、GRE（VERBAL）模拟试卷 29（无答案）SECTION 1Directions: 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.

2、1 His undoubtedly aggressive behavior only served to further endear him to all who had dealings with him, for they recognized that behind the_facade, there beat a compassionate heart.（A）restrictive（B） self-pitying（C） hospitable（D）retiring（E）bellicose 2 Scientists have acknowledged that to interpret

3、an animals thought processes in a sound manner requires a heavy dose of_from our own mental patterns, which we access（A）estimation vicariously（B） calculation egotistically（C） guesswork methodically（D）inference introspectively（E）skepticism analogously 3 Childhood memoirs often gain their poignancy th

4、rough a sense of displacement: each lesson in experience is accompanied by a loss of_.（A）perspective（B） innocence（C） veracity（D）pessimism（E）probity 4 The_employed in this book is overly flamboyant, _the scientific proof intended to corroborate it.（A）structure exaggerating（B） organization simplifying

5、（C） rhetoric inflating（D）hypothesis outdistancing（E）explanation galvanizing 5 The medias depiction of America as a drug-ridden society is not only_, but leads to bad policy, for the tendency of some leaders to conflate both innocuous and serious drug abuse into_and dreadful statistic is often motiva

6、ted by nothing more than paranoia.（A）contemptuous an accurate（B） dishonest a secret（C） resilient a realistic（D）inaccurate a single（E）remorseful a unified 6 As a genre the musical has a great deal to_it: its dramatic rhythmic beats of alternating failure and success are_to the musical form, and the s

7、inging and dancing emerge naturally from the story.（A）occupy inimical（B） recommend apposite（C） distract unknown（D）encumber endemic（E）abet exogamic 7 It is the mark of an educated mind to rest_with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject_and not to seek exactness where only an approxi

8、mation is possible.（A）satisfiedly admits（B） convivially assumes（C） fitfully allows（D）contentedly rejects（E）sporadically entails SECTION 2Directions: 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

9、 that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. 8 ASCETIC : PLEASURE :（A）beggar : abundance（B） teetotaler: alcohol（C） neophyte : practice（D）jailer : freedom（E）vagabond : travel 9 COWARD: CRAVEN :（A）annotator : profound（B） perjurer : spiteful（C） felon : whimsical（D

10、）referee : uninterested（E）dupe : gullible 10 MYOPIC : DESCRY :（A）diehard : budge（B） bigot : tolerate（C） martyr : destroy（D）connoisseur : please（E）raconteur: bore 11 ACCOST : APPROACH:（A）goad : cajole（B） construe : fabricate（C） realize : comprehend（D）importune: bother（E）beseech : request 12 INITIATIO

11、N: MEMBER:（A）intrusion: burglar（B） expansion : society（C） inauguration: official（D）marriage : polygamy（E）re-election : candidate 13 OPERA : OVERTURE :（A）commodities: catalogue（B） painting : outline（C） novel : prologue（D）edifice : reproduction（E）ode : strophe 14 CLUMSY : MOVEMENT:（A）considerate : ges

12、ture（B） disingenuous : ruse（C） prophetic : messiah（D）raucous : euphony（E）cacophonous: sound 15 FORWARD : RETICENT :（A）erudite : complacent（B） officious: compliant（C） obstinate : suave（D）garish : gullible（E）loquacious: taciturn 16 FAWNING : SUPPORTIVE :（A）reckless: courageous（B） vindictive : weak（C）

13、garrulous: amicable（D）introspective : perspicacious（E）unassuming: undemonstrative SECTION 3Directions: 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

14、what is stated or implied in the passage.16 Comets are now known to contain twice as many atoms of deuterium toeach atom of ordinary hydrogen found in seawater. Scientists have alsodiscovered that meteorites could not solely have delivered the water in theLine ocean, for then the earths atmosphere w

15、ould contain nearly 10 times as much(5) xenon as it actually does, given that meteorites carry excess xenon. Hence, thebest model for the source of the oceans at the moment is a combination of waterderived from comets and water caught up in the rocky body of the earth as itformed. This mixture satis

16、fies both the xenon and deuterium problem, thelatter especially if the rocky material out near the earths present orbit(10) collected some regularly composed local water from the solar nebula before theyaccreted to form the earth. New laboratory studies have indicated that thewater vapor in the sola

17、r nebula would have had a low enough proportion ofdeuterium to complement the excess deuterium found in comets.17 The passage is chiefly concerned with（A）explaining the process by which the Earth and its oceans accreted（B） reporting how recent research has arrived at a new explanation for the consti

18、tution of the Earths oceans（C） accounting for the chemical composition of the various ingredients of the Earths oceans（D）contrasting various competing hypotheses as to what the Earths oceans consist of（E）reporting inconsistencies with the result of new research into the composition of the Earths oce

19、ans 18 According to the passage, scientists have concluded which of the following from the discovery of the large amount of deuterium found in comets?（A）Comets do not contain enough deuterium to have solely created the Earths oceans.（B） Given the ratio of deuterium to ordinary hydrogen in seawater,

20、comets cannot have contributed to the Earths oceans.（C） It is likely that comets contain less Xenon than meteorites do.（D）Given the low level of deuterium in the waters of Earths oceans, comets cannot be its sole source.（E）Comets now play a greater role in the creation of the Earths oceans than was

21、previously thought. 19 Which of the following, if true, would cast the MOST doubt on scientists most recent explanation for the origin of the oceans water?（A）Meteorites contain only twice, and not ten times as much xenon as regular sea water.（B） Local water from the solar nebula is found to contain

22、as much xenon as meteorites.（C） Water from the solar nebula contains less deuterium than was previously thought.（D）Comets containing more than twice the amount of deuterium than was previously thought.（E）More than twice as many meteorites as comets existed in the solar system at the time of the Eart

23、hs formation. 20 It can be inferred from the passage that one reason scientists consider local water from the solar nebula a necessary ingredient in the earths oceans is that（A）it is improbable that enough volume of water from comets existed to fill the earths oceans（B） the water from the solar nebu

24、la contains less deuterium than sea water（C） the water from the solar nebula existed close enough to the earth to participate in the accretion process（D）without the water from the solar nebula more xenon would otherwise exist in seawater（E）without the water from the solar nebula the earths oceans wo

25、uld probably have formed at an earlier time 20 Taking the nation-state as our point of spatial reference, we candifferentiate not only between historiographies on a sub-national level likevillages and cities, but units on a supra-national level. Applied to concrete formsLine of historiography, howev

26、er, we confront at least three kinds of problems that(5) complicate this scheme, the first of which, the ideological load of some spatialconcepts, was put on the agenda by Edward Saids analysis of the notion of the“Orient“. Said has shown that though most spatial concepts initially appear quiteneutr

27、al and innocent, they often carry important ideological and politicalimplications. Like “the Orient“, the notion of “the primitive“, “the savage“(10) and the “barbarian“ have fulfilled similar ideological functions in the colonialencounter, becauselike “the Orient“they were used as the justification

28、 ofthe domination of “the primitive“ by its supposed opposite: the “civilized“ partof the world.The second problem is that the spatial scope of a historical work is not(15) always what it seems, especially instances when we would like to assess therelationship between regional and national historiog

29、raphies. The microcosm ofthe region functions may sometimes be substituted illegitimately for themacrocosm of the nationtake for instance, the confusion of Holland for thewhole of the Netherlands, a problem that has complicated the classification of(20) historiographies on basis of spatial markers.

30、The third and perhaps mosttroubling problem in our spatial scheme is the essentially contested character ofits central concept: the nation. The nation belongs to the same category asnotions like “freedom“ and “democracy“ that also refuse unambiguous definitionand the fundamental problem in the disco

31、urse on the nation is that the nation(21) does not necessarily coincide with the state or even with the nation-state.Sometimes spatial units at a sub-state level, like provinces or tribal areas arerepresented as nations, and sometimes nations are represented as supra-nationalunits, units exceeding t

32、he borders of a nation-state.It is not the task of professional historians to solve these practical issues(30) this is a matter of politicsbut to clarify the different historical representationsin each case. Historians do not have a special task in solving political problems,but as professional spec

33、ialists of the past they have the task of clarifying thehistorical roots of political problems, a practice that amounts to theidentification and the integration of the different and often conflicting(35) perspectives pertaining to present day issues. It is neither realistic norreasonable to expect c

34、onsensus in historiography; as in politics, the most wecan strive for is a sound knowledge of the different points of view, leading to amaximum of empathy and to mutual understanding of past and present positions.21 Which of the following best states the main point of the passage?（A）The approach to

35、the problem of spatial boundaries is plagued by a number of problems that historiographers are obliged to confront.（B） Historiographers can benefit from studying the traditional geography of nations in greater depth.（C） Historiographers should try to refrain from solving the practical issues that ar

36、ise in the resolution of spatial boundary issues.（D）The categorization and demarcations of geography at the national level is more complicated than that of the sub-national or supra-national level.（E）The spatial demarcation of nations is the most complicated issue in contemporary historiography. 22

37、It can be inferred from the passage that the author mentions the case of Holland and the Netherlands in order to（A）cite the case of a “primitive“ or “barbaric“ nation being distinguished from a “civilized“ nation（B） provide an example of a state whose borders do not perfectly coincide with those of

38、a nation（C） offer an example of the characteristics of a nation being applied to a particular area of the nation（D）present a case of a single region being treated by historiographers as representative of an entire nation（E）describe the case of a nation whose cultural and political identities disting

39、uish it from a contiguous state 23 The passage supplies information for answering which of the following questions?（A）What do historiographers consider to be the precise difference between a nation and a nation-state?（B） What concepts in the field of historiography are considered unambiguous?（C） Are

40、 tribal areas without national spatial markers ever represented as nations?（D）What is an example of a nation represented in supra-national units?（E）How does the establishment of national spatial boundaries produce political problems? 24 The author mentions all of the following as examples of complic

41、ations arising from the application of spatial markers EXCEPT（A）An area of a country smaller than the nation considers itself to be a nation.（B） A boundary is demarcated around a nation which does not include the people of the nation.（C） A continent is divided into two areas for implicit ideological

42、 purposes.（D）Two nations dispute the exact geography of a border based on an ancient historical claim.（E）The history of a nation is erroneously conflated with the character of one particular region. 25 The author of the passage suggests that historiographers should view history primarily as（A）a poli

43、tical conflict over spatial boundaries which can only be resolved through the input of historiographers（B） a chorus of conflicting voices whose dissonances cannot be resolved, but to which historiographers must listen（C） a field that complicates the assignment of geographic boundaries to the extent

44、that such boundaries can never be resolved（D）a conflict between nations whose sovereignty historiographers have the duty to assess（E）a history of conflicts over spatial demarcation which are ultimately irrelevant to the truth of history 26 The author of the passage puts the word “savage“ and “barbar

45、ian“ (lines 9-10) in quotation marks most probably in order to（A）signal his reservations about the way these terms have been used to define geography through human categories（B） draw attention to the discrepancies between the way historiographers treat the supra-national and sub-national levels（C） e

46、mphasize historiographys unique tendency to rely upon social categories to draw geographic distinctions（D）question the notion of the spatial marker itself by asserting the general ambiguity of these terms（E）argue for the replacement of these terms by historiographers with more politically correct su

47、bstitutes 27 In presenting his analysis, the author does all of the following EXCEPT（A）Provide specific examples of the problems in historiography（B） Describe some of the criteria employed in determining what makes a nation（C） Question the adequacy of the historiographers present interpretation of s

48、patial categories（D）Propose solutions to some the problems in historiography（E）Make general statements without reference to specific examples SECTION 4Directions: Each question below consists of a word printed in capital letters followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or

49、 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, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best.28 FORMIDABLENESS:（A）interest（B） distraction（C） premonition（D）loathing（E）objection 29 TREACHEROUSNESS:（A）deliberation（B） loyalty（C） academy（D）notability（E）loveliness 30 SOPORIFIC:（A）effectual treatment（B） fal