1、GRE-55及答案解析(总分：76.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、SECTION 1(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Directions: Each sen(总题数：7，分数：7.00)1.There is another kind of spiritual sacrifice as well, quieter and less celebrated, but just as remarkable: that of making each day, in its most_aspects-cooking, eating, breathing_the absolute. (A) necess
2、ary a panegyric for (B) quotidian an oblation to (C) prehensile a sacrifice to (D) prosaic an independence of (E) invidious a paean to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.2.As Socrates was a man of much dignity, with an_face, it was_to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or felt sad over
3、the result, and was too manly to show it (A) obtuse difficult (B) imperturbable elementary (C) unassuming intriguing (D) impassible impossible (E) authoritative challenging（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.3.Were it not for its sturdy clarity, its lurking wit, its homely figuration, its mostly impeccable grooming
4、and tuning, Mr. Strands poetry might seem on the surface a mere_black shadow. (A) picaresque (B) minatory (C) fungible (D) pastoral (E) placid（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.4.They went_, seeking world of codes and shadows: incognito,_, and quietly dissident. (A) silently conspicuous (B) painlessly euphemized (C
5、) guilelessly unknown (D) obtrusively cunning (E) slyly incommunicado（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.5.The development of these gene technologies may be far in the future, but the moral and social issues raised by them should be discussed_, for once a technology has been_, it may be difficult to stop or control.
6、 (A) democratically freed (B) presently invented (C) summarily contested (D) seriously veiled (E) hesitantly ignored（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.6.The prevailing view of archeologist is that the last_copy of the biblical apocrypha was found at the Alexandrian library, as all other copies of the text had been
7、destroyed. (A) literary (B) scholarly (C) aboriginal (D) extant (E) duplicitous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.7.As the world has moved into a scientific age, the origin of herbal medicine in many countries remains shrouded in mystery and often sounds fantastic to those modern science. (A) trained in (B) averse
8、to (C) unprepared for (D) beholden to (E) neutral toward（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.三、Directions: In each (总题数：9，分数：9.00)8.COWARD: CRAVEN : (A) annotator : profound (B) perjurer : spiteful (C) felon : whimsical (D) referee : uninterested (E) dupe : gullible（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.9.ASCETIC : PLEASURE : (A) beggar
9、 : abundance (B) teetotaler: alcohol (C) neophyte : practice (D) jailer : freedom (E) vagabond : travel（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.10.INITIATION: MEMBER: (A) intrusion: burglar (B) expansion : society (C) inauguration: official (D) marriage : polygamy (E) re-election : candidate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.11.FAWNING
10、: SUPPORTIVE : (A) reckless: courageous (B) vindictive : weak (C) garrulous: amicable (D) introspective : perspicacious (E) unassuming: undemonstrative（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.12.FORWARD : RETICENT : (A) erudite : complacent (B) officious: compliant (C) obstinate : suave (D) garish : gullible (E) loquacio
11、us: taciturn（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.13.OPERA : OVERTURE : (A) commodities: catalogue (B) painting : outline (C) novel : prologue (D) edifice : reproduction (E) ode : strophe（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.14.CLUMSY : MOVEMENT: (A) considerate : gesture (B) disingenuous : ruse (C) prophetic : messiah (D) raucous : eup
12、hony (E) cacophonous: sound（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.15.MYOPIC : DESCRY : (A) diehard : budge (B) bigot : tolerate (C) martyr : destroy (D) connoisseur : please (E) raconteur: bore（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.16.ACCOST : APPROACH: (A) goad : cajole (B) construe : fabricate (C) realize : comprehend (D) importune: bot
13、her (E) beseech : request（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.四、Directions: Each pas(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Scientists have long(总题数：4，分数：4.00)17.The authors attitude toward Saccheris study can be best described as one of (A) qualified approval (B) tempered suspicion (C) mild disdain (D) enthusiasm and optimism (E) neutrali
14、ty and disinterest（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.18.If the phenomenon “extinction risk increased significantly with decreasing heterozygosity“ (lines 9-10) agrees with the proposed effect on extinction, the passage assumes (A) heterozygosity is an indicator of increasing inbreeding depression in assimilated met
15、apopulations (B) heterozygosity is unrelated to the degree of inbreeding depression in assimilated metapopulations (C) heterozygosity is an indicator of decreasing inbreeding depression in isolated metapopulations (D) heterozygosity is an indicator of increasing inbreeding depression in isolated met
16、apopulations (E) heterozygosity is an indicator of decreasing inbreeding depression in assimilated metapopulations（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.19.Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage? (A) A common viewpoint is presented, its insufficiency is pointed out and a solution is sugge
17、sted but qualified. (B) A thesis is presented, and a scientific study is cited in support, then criticized. (C) A question is articulated, two possible solutions are offered, then one is decided upon. (D) A scientific study is explained, its results questioned, and a new thesis is formed. (E) A thes
18、is is articulated, then a scientific study is explained which leads to a new thesis.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.20.According to the passage, inbreeding affects all of the following aspects of Glanville fritillary butterfly biology EXCEPT (A) Habitat loss (B) Incubation success (C) Physical being of larvae (D
19、) Life span of adults (E) Rate of maturation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.六、It has been challeng(总题数：7，分数：7.00)21.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 with
20、out term 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 o
21、ffice (E) employ the analogy of an ombudsman who drafted a treaty between a rebel army and a government（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.22.The author mentions all of the following as evidence that the revolutionary colonists were more intent upon expanding their roles in the old power order than in creating a new
22、 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 strongly resembled that which was in place before the revolution. (C) Their only attempt to change class structure
23、 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 indifferent to the institution of slavery which a genuine revolution might have rectified.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.23.Accor
24、ding 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 sufficiently, the concept of the American Revolution as
25、 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 （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.24.Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage? (A) A Political Birthright: An Analys
26、is 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 Motives (E) Democracy In Action: The Legacy of the American Revolution（分数：1.00）A.B.C
27、.D.E.25.The author most likely mentions the Terror in the second paragraph 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
28、old order. (C) A non-violent revolution intent upon replacing the leadership, 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
29、.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.26.According to the passage, the colonists who participated and supported 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
30、be usurped by Parliament (C) primarily in an effort to gain more votes from their dissatisfied 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 sovereign
31、ty and independence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.27.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 a criticism of the school. (B) The author presents his thesis, d
32、raws 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. (D) The author presents his thesis, contrasts it with the work of o
33、ther 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.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.七、Directions: Each que(总题数：11，分数：11.00)28.COVERT: (A) familiar (B) commended (C)
34、impulsive (D) attentive (E) exposed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.29.BOYCOTT : (A) patronize (B) guarantee (C) require (D) underestimate (E) extract（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.30.VENERATION: (A) insubordination (B) evasion (C) culpability (D) exclusion (E) disdain（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.31.UNDERMINE: (A) combine (B) immerse
35、(C) supplant (D) renovate (E) undergird（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.32.DISTENSION: (A) sharpness (B) mollification (C) compaction (D) discharge (E) implosion（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.33.AMALGAMATE: (A) tolerate (B) diminish (C) examine (D) divide (E) distribute（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.34.ARRHYTHMIC: (A) showing normality
36、(B) incurable (C) inexact (D) opportune (E) inferior（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.35.EXTRANEOUS: (A) relevant (B) prompt (C) unbiased (D) productive (E) abrupt（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.36.ADULTERATION: (A) estimation (B) transformation (C) conformity (D) petrification (E) refinement（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.37.FREQUENCY: (A
37、) perseverance (B) accord (C) steadiness (D) restraint (E) uncommonness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.38.INVETERATE: (A) reliable (B) reasonable (C) casual (D) complicated (E) communal（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.八、SECTION 2(总题数：0，分数：0.00)九、Directions: Each sen(总题数：7，分数：7.00)39.We now know that humans have evolved not to
38、 subsist on a single, Paleolithic diet but to be_eaters, an insight that has important implications for the current debate over what people today should eat in order to be healthy. (A) flexible (B) carnivorous (C) gregarious (D) predictable (E) salubrious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.40.The hopeless who_the mo
39、vies of Ken Loach, Britains premier dogmatic filmmaker, ultimately feel of no interest to the director beyond their ability to _his political points. (A) analyze ignore (B) avoid disregard (C) criticize articulate (D) populate advance (E) ernbellish highlight（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.41.While the Seven Yea
40、rs War resolved none of Europes_conflicts, so far as North America and the British Empire were concerned, the end of this immense conflict did_some of these internal problems. (A) economic wrest (B) internecine solve (C) foreign ameliorate (D) domestic exacerbate (E) martial excoriate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.
41、D.E.42.The driver was excessively_, constantly apologizing for the cars poor suspension, the heat, the state of the roads, and the_behavior of other drivers. (A) truculent wrongheaded (B) loquacious saturnine (C) talkative intriguing (D) solicitous perilous (E) undemonstrative erratic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.
42、D.E.43.In the nineteenth century, scientists showed that many familiar substances such as oxygen and carbon had a smallest recognizable constituent and called them atoms, but as even smaller constituents have been discovered, history has shown the name to be_. (A) an anachronism (B) an appellation (
43、C) a neologism (D) a subversion (E) a misnomer（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.44.TV, in particular, spreads the common culture to the far corners of the world; it is a kind of global_, but it spreads at a speed that makes the old plagues seem unbearably slow. (A) indulgence (B) demographic (C) pastime (D) cataly
44、st (E) pandemic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.45.A clever bit of artistry, instead of lengthening the distance between us_and the exalted artist, _it. (A) plebeians widens (B) laymen attenuates (C) dilettantes repeals (D) knaves estimates (E) critics advertises（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.十、Directions: In each (总题数：9，分数：
45、9.00)46.STIPULATE: PROPOSE : (A) receive : offer (B) engage : recruit (C) assert : suggest (D) eliminate : elect (E) entrust : commit（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.47.YIELD : PLIANT : (A) succeed : invalid (B) struggle: burdensome (C) believe: credulous (D) prevail: illusory (E) puncture : pellucid（分数：1.00）A.B.
46、C.D.E.48.FORGIVE: ACCUSE : (A) extol: upbraid (B) aestivate : hibernate (C) slough : molt (D) restitute : expel (E) exonerate : ostracize（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.49.NAP: FABRIC : (A) fur : dog (B) yardstick : cloth (C) fringe : costume (D) graininess : sandpaper (E) luster : satin（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.50.LUS
47、TROUS : BURNISH : (A) explicit : calibrate (B) transparent : chafe (C) pure : refine (D) flagrant : taste (E) iridescent : dye（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.51.STYGIAN : DARK : (A) catastrophic : condemned (B) haphazard : incidental (C) impetuous: forbidding (D) halcyon : pleasant (E) persuasive : belligerent（分
48、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.52.PREDICTION: AUGURY: (A) burial : mortuary (B) bow: commander (C) divination : omen (D) generation : pyre (E) massacre : invasion（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.53.NONCHALANT: CONCERN: (A) hasty : negligence (B) droll: whim (C) truculent : gentleness (D) gruff: artlessness (E) dismal : resolution（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.54.PROFANE : IRREVERENCE : (A) mourn : fury (B) despair : discernment (C) castigate: disap
