1、GRE-21及答案解析(总分：76.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSECTION 1/B(总题数：16，分数：16.00)1.SAWDUST : WOOD :（分数：1.00）A.(A) awn : windowB.(B) ferment : cakeC.(C) soot: fuelD.(D) gravel : cementE.(E) cinder : tree2.ASCEND : ROCKET :（分数：1.00）A.(A) multiply : precipitateB.(B) inflate : bendC.(C) dilate : bulgeD.(D) contract : imp
2、lodeE.(E) heat : evaporate3.INFORM: KNOWLEDGE :（分数：1.00）A.(A) console : promotionB.(B) strengthen : solidityC.(C) apprise : informationD.(D) induce : suspicionE.(E) evaluate : guarantee4.COMPOSER : MUSIC :（分数：1.00）A.(A) publisher : workB.(B) driver : carC.(C) playwright : dramaD.(D) caption: movieE.
3、(E) editor : article5.Reading the epic known to us as the Iliad is vastly different from the_experience of hearing and seeing it performed, for in place of the bards_flow of sound and image, the reader beholds a mute tome, the size of longish novel.（分数：1.00）A.(A) apocryphal prehistoricB.(B) preliter
4、ate galvanicC.(C) auditory insipidD.(D) succinct abruptE.(E) scholarly abstract6.MEETING : MINUTES :（分数：1.00）A.(A) video : imageB.(B) report : synopsisC.(C) seism : quiverD.(D) performance : movementE.(E) photograph : negative7.COWARD : BRAVE :（分数：1.00）A.(A) empiricist: cognizantB.(B) misanthrope :
5、altruisticC.(C) administrator : fairD.(D) sage : cautiousE.(E) convert : restless8.To implausibly suggest that this erstwhile_of financial_was enriching himself at public expense is to shake the very foundations of the new Republic.（分数：1.00）A.(A) victor legerdemainB.(B) exemplar probityC.(C) font ca
6、lumnyD.(D) enemy cunningE.(E) apprentice reproach9.Despite the_her work received, her particular emphasis did not gain many adherents for more than a generation.（分数：1.00）A.(A) toleranceB.(B) plauditsC.(C) dismissalD.(D) criticismE.(E) sinecures10.SENSITIZATION: ALLERGIC :（分数：1.00）A.(A) attenuation :
7、 rarefiedB.(B) refinement : recklessC.(C) sterility : limitingD.(D) inoculation : contagiousE.(E) inspiration: motivating11.Supporters praised the governors action as a speedy and judicious solution, but critics condemned it by the same token as_and unfairly influenced by recent events.（分数：1.00）A.(A
8、) indisposedB.(B) verboseC.(C) irrelevantD.(D) hastyE.(E) imperious12.DIPLOMAT : TACT :（分数：1.00）A.(A) advertiser : flamboyanceB.(B) zealot: fervorC.(C) lawyer : exaggerationD.(D) agent : adaptabilityE.(E) commander : culture13.When he won his third gold medal at his third successive Olympic Games, w
9、e_the man as if he were the greatest athlete we had ever seen: a superman, _ , a demigod walking the earth.（分数：1.00）A.(A) hymned a nonpareilB.(B) exasperated a dabblerC.(C) inveighed a geniusD.(D) lauded an obscurantistE.(E) apostatized a commoner14.OPERA : ARIA :（分数：1.00）A.(A) verse : limerickB.(B)
10、 orchestra : celloC.(C) song : soloD.(D) chorus : duetE.(E) play : prelude15.Unfortunately, zealots not only fight with members of other faiths who challenge their claim to a monopoly of absolute truth, but they also_their co-religionists for interpreting a tradition differently or for holding_belie
11、fs.（分数：1.00）A.(A) persecute heterodoxB.(B) honor hereticalC.(C) restitute parochialD.(D) lambaste perfidiousE.(E) defend secular16.There was an oddly_inflection to his speech, some said, a sense of merely going through the motions.（分数：1.00）A.(A) roguishB.(B) lackadaisicalC.(C) mellifluousD.(D) acerb
12、icE.(E) reserved二、BDirections: Eac(总题数：22，分数：22.00)17.DEFAULT:（分数：1.00）A.(A) plan one s scheduleB.(B) alter ones ideasC.(C) fulfill ones obligationsD.(D) maintain ones composureE.(E) hoard ones possessions18.DERIDE:（分数：1.00）A.(A) remunerateB.(B) pardonC.(C) endorseD.(D) assistE.(E) imitate19.The pas
13、sage suggests which of the following about the recent research mentioned in lines 9-13?（分数：1.00）A.(A) It has solved one set of problems but has created another.B.(B) It has overemphasized method at the expense of obtaining interesting results.C.(C) It has failed to propose practical applications for
14、 cold fusion, even if the phenomenon is proven to exist.D.(D) It has relied upon an experimental method possibly geared toward producing false results.E.(E) It has provided considerable information on the possibility of cold fusion phenomenon but it has failed to produce innovative experimental appa
15、ratus.20.METEORIC:（分数：1.00）A.(A) incredulousB.(B) commendableC.(C) satisfiedD.(D) gradualE.(E) negative21.DISABUSE:（分数：1.00）A.(A) banishB.(B) direct into faultC.(C) cause griefD.(D) liberateE.(E) withdraw a blessing22.The author regards the idea of ambiguity in a work of art as a feature that is（分数：
16、1.00）A.(A) invariably unfortunateB.(B) universally mandatoryC.(C) overly complicatedD.(D) generally unnecessaryE.(E) scientifically revealing23.EQUANIMITY:（分数：1.00）A.(A) spitefulnessB.(B) tendencyC.(C) perturbationD.(D) apathyE.(E) effusiveness24.According to the passage, which of the following is t
17、rue concerning the ability to create abstractions?（分数：1.00）A.(A) The ability stems from the anatomical center of humans visual brain, whose location has yet to be identified.B.(B) The ability steadily develops in humans with the gradual acquisition of knowledge.C.(C) The ability is best categorized
18、as an innate, and therefore unlearned, ability that is rarely improved on over time.D.(D) The ability to create abstractions is predicated on an enslavement to the particulars of those abstractions.E.(E) The ability most likely has developed as a response to the limitations of the human memory.25.CO
19、NVERSANCE:（分数：1.00）A.(A) unacquaintednessB.(B) concisenessC.(C) rudenessD.(D) reluctanceE.(E) obscurity26.According to the passage, Michelangelo was unable to finish three-fifths of his artworks for which of the following reasons?（分数：1.00）A.(A) He possessed a deep sense of ambiguity toward his own i
20、deas that caused him to lose confidence in them.B.(B) He displayed a tendency to work quickly on one project and then abandon it in haste for another.C.(C) He generally felt a dissatisfaction with the ideals that served as the model for his art works.D.(D) He frequently felt unable to express his ge
21、neral ideals through a particular art work.E.(E) A heavy price was exacted upon him as an artist by the process of continual abstraction.27.The author implies that the work of Picasso and Braque shifted over the course of their years in that it later came to（分数：1.00）A.(A) render unseen objects in a
22、visible manner, thus permitting access to the subconscious of the visual brainB.(B) portray a variety of visual perspectives simultaneously, displaying many sides of an objectC.(C) abandon and forswear the use of all techniques of lighting and distance in their artworkD.(D) consciously apply the law
23、 of abstraction to their paintings to illustrate an understanding of the visual brainE.(E) critique the brains ability to mimic by demonstrating the limits of visual representation28.OPPROBRIUM:（分数：1.00）A.(A) fair compensationB.(B) disclosureC.(C) loyaltyD.(D) toleranceE.(E) eulogy29.It can be infer
24、red from the passage that the author would MOST likely agree with which of the following statements concerning the scientific method?（分数：1.00）A.(A) Scientific skepticism requires that no experiment should be considered valid if it produces experimental errors.B.(B) Theories should not be revised in
25、any significant way in the absence of strong experimental evidence of a phenomenon they fail to explain.C.(C) Misinterpretations of experimental data always ensue from the “optimization“ of experimental apparatus.D.(D) Sound experiments tend to produce experimental errors that are distributed in one
26、 direction or the other of the measurement scale, but not both.E.(E) Large revisions in experimental physical theories should not occur simply in the face of “miracles“.30.According to the passage, the major reason that the evidence for the cold fusion phenomenon is suspect is（分数：1.00）A.(A) no exist
27、ing theory can explain the evidence produced by cold fusion experimentsB.(B) the excess production of energy associated with certain cold fusion experiments owe primarily to experimental errorC.(C) too many energy-balance measurements have indicated excess energy, instead of evenly distributed exper
28、imental errorD.(D) the total input power in cold fusion experiments has been too low to draw solid conclusions about the fraction of excess powerE.(E) scientists too often regard these experiments as proof of “miracles“31.MINIMIZE:（分数：1.00）A.(A) overrateB.(B) visualizeC.(C) renovateD.(D) presentE.(E
29、) scrutinize32.The authors primary purpose is to（分数：1.00）A.(A) answer a theoretical question about a phenomenon in the field of physicsB.(B) discuss the current state of research concerning the phenomenon of cold fusionC.(C) resolve a research dispute in the field of physicsD.(D) predict a crisis in
30、 scientific method for researchers of the cold fusion phenomenonE.(E) suggest reasons that experiments involving cold fusion phenomenon should not be trusted33.SPLENDOR:（分数：1.00）A.(A) foulnessB.(B) corruptionC.(C) avariceD.(D) transformationE.(E) sincerity34.The passage supplies information for answ
31、ering all of the following questions EXCEPT（分数：1.00）A.(A) How is the law of constancy linked to the law of abstraction?B.(B) What is the physiological process by which the brains tends to form abstractions?C.(C) Does the process of forming abstractions ever go beyond its physiological processes?D.(D
32、) What artistic goal led Picasso and Braque to adapt their works sense of perspective?E.(E) What effect, positive or negative, does abstraction often have upon the artistic individual?35.TORRIDNESS:（分数：1.00）A.(A) frigidityB.(B) dissolutionC.(C) instabilityD.(D) thicknessE.(E) cleanliness36.The autho
33、r argues that aesthetic creation is useful to an understanding of the visual brain because it（分数：1.00）A.(A) allows abstract ideas to mutate into new and hitherto untested formsB.(B) helps scientists synthesize several distinct views of the operation of the brainC.(C) manifests in an observable form
34、the laws by which the brain functionsD.(D) subordinates the particular to the general, streamlining the artistic processE.(E) establishes the constant and essential properties of objects and surfaces37.Which of the following statements would most logically conclude the last paragraph of the passage?
35、（分数：1.00）A.(A) All human activity is ultimately a product of the organization of our brains, and subject to its laws.B.(B) In art, something must always be left over for the imagination to perform.C.(C) Art has been a creative refuge for other unsatisfied ideals created by the brain through its abst
36、ractive process.D.(D) The future branch of aesthetics will study the neural basis of artistic creativity and achievement.E.(E) Arts richness lies in the fact that its power to disturb and arouse varies between individuals.38.CESSATION:（分数：1.00）A.(A) participationB.(B) amalgamationC.(C) inaugurationD
37、.(D) fortificationE.(E) revitalization三、BSECTION 2/B(总题数：16，分数：16.00)39.Announcements of discoveries in professional journals always qualify and quantify their_; announcements in the general media often do not, because usually lack the background to interpret them.（分数：1.00）A.(A) sources criticsB.(B)
38、 certainty laymenC.(C) shortcomings expertsD.(D) jargon readersE.(E) theory specialists40.MILK: NUTRIENT :（分数：1.00）A.(A) clot : bloodB.(B) matter : elementC.(C) glucose : sugarD.(D) bile : liverE.(E) tar : mineral41.EXPERIENCED: PRACTICE :（分数：1.00）A.(A) cunning : decideB.(B) vigilant: viewC.(C) know
39、ledgeable: readD.(D) hungry : eatE.(E) shameless : misbehave42.DECIBEL: SOUND:（分数：1.00）A.(A) color : lightB.(B) wavelength : spectrumC.(C) newton : forceD.(D) altitude : altimeterE.(E) diameter : cylinder43.QUIBBLES : OBJECTIONS :（分数：1.00）A.(A) questions : repliesB.(B) foibles : flawsC.(C) estimatio
40、ns : calculationsD.(D) data : hypothesesE.(E) research: findings44.The works of Baudrillard are filled with seemingly_but truly vacuous references to relativity, quantum mechanics, and chaos theory, which the more _physicist will disregard.（分数：1.00）A.(A) intelligent reluctantB.(B) erudite vigilantC.
41、(C) meaningless skepticalD.(D) scholarly opinionatedE.(E) witty theoretical45.BIGOT : BIAS :（分数：1.00）A.(A) melancholic : bitternessB.(B) hedonist : ambitionC.(C) daredevil : audacityD.(D) perfectionist : patienceE.(E) cynic : indiscretion46.Even though Jungs theory of the mind has been designated as
42、_by its recent proponents, one can scarcely argues that it offers a truly gestalt and complete picture of the psyches operation.（分数：1.00）A.(A) draconianB.(B) abstractC.(C) revolutionaryD.(D) holisticE.(E) sartorial47.Though managers of commercial shellfish beds in many countries monitor the presence
43、 of pollutants using mice, this method is ethically_and too expensive for many developing countries, small operations or amateur fishermen.（分数：1.00）A.(A) lucidB.(B) inchoateC.(C) pessimisticD.(D) preemptiveE.(E) contentious48.OFFENSE: EUPHEMISM:（分数：1.00）A.(A) analogy : simileB.(B) ennui : rehearsalC
44、.(C) commitment : equivocationD.(D) exhortation : elocutionE.(E) harmony : mediation49.In spite of_among a few scientists, and years of_discussion, the claim that earthquakes can be predicted with great precision prevails.（分数：1.00）A.(A) antipathy favorableB.(B) skepticism contentiousC.(C) mutualism
45、politeD.(D) receptiveness intelligentE.(E) popularity rancorous50.HAMMER : CARPENTRY :（分数：1.00）A.(A) voice : chorusB.(B) chisel : sculptureC.(C) keyboard : harmonyD.(D) sound : monologueE.(E) violin : concerto51.TEACHER : IGNORANCE :（分数：1.00）A.(A) policeman : lawB.(B) statesman : electorateC.(C) psy
46、chologist : psycheD.(D) doctor : diseaseE.(E) tenant : weed52.The experience of dealing with a clamorous band of younger siblings, earning their affection while holding them to their tasks, can prove remarkably_in later years when one deals with_colleagues jealous of their prerogatives.（分数：1.00）A.(A
47、) useful fractiousB.(B) trenchant ambitiousC.(C) deep-seated difficultD.(D) prophetic enviousE.(E) truculent unruly53.There are few precious constants in the story of the yen-for a start, it is among the monies of the world, being not much more than a century old.（分数：1.00）A.(A) a rarityB.(B) a laugh
48、ingstockC.(C) an anomalyD.(D) a striplingE.(E) an abhorrence54.FICKLE : TRANSIENT :（分数：1.00）A.(A) preoccupied : mindlessB.(B) instinctive : barbaricC.(C) whimsical: capriciousD.(D) responsive : interpretativeE.(E) natural : communicative四、BDirections: Eac(总题数：22，分数：22.00)55.Which of the following st
49、atements best summarizes a distinction mentioned in the passage between public-sector employment and those of private-sector employment?（分数：1.00）A.(A) Private-sector work involves a lesser degree of immigrant competition than public-sector work.B.(B) A growing educational level has assisted African Americans find work in the private-sector more than it has done so in the publi
