1、GRE（ VERBAL）基础填空模拟试卷 40及答案与解析 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. 1 Any account
2、 of experimental music in the United States that (i)_ the predominantly African American bebop and free jazz movements is (ii)_, since this body of music constitutes what is arguably the most influential African experimental music in the decades following the Second World War. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A
3、. neglects D. underappreciated B. exaggerates E. problematic C. reinterprets F. self-serving 2 Despite the abundance and importance of maize, its biological origin has been a long-running mystery. The bright yellow, mouth-watering treat does not grow in the wild anywhere on the planet, so its (i)_ i
4、s not at all (ii)_. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. utility D. helpful B. popularity E. important C. ancestry F. obvious 3 If newspaper consumers are concerned about more than (i)_ and prefer to read news that is consistent with their beliefs, then (ii)_ is not a journalistic flaw, but, rather, a cultivated
5、 feature. In a competitive news market, producers can use slant to differentiate their products and stave off price competition. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. politics D. bias B. accuracy E. sensationalism C. expense F. inconsistency 4 Proponents of international regulation of environmental issues have al
6、ways struggled against scientific uncertainty and economic hostility. The two obstacles, from a political standpoint, often have been closely related, as economic hostile toward environmental regulation for economic reasons have (i)_the considerable scientific uncertainty underlying most environment
7、al challenges to (ii)_ of environmental regulation. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. resolved D. exaggerate the efficacy B. gainsaid E. downplay the legitimacy C. exploited F. question the fallibility 5 It would be (i)_ not to (ii)_ these tabloid journalists for thriving in hard times: they deserve credit fo
8、r doing well in a profession in financial straits. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. apropos D. admire B. churlish E. envy C. cagey F. emulate 6 Architecture scholar Sandy McCreery recently argued that traffic congestion, far from being a sign of urban (i)_, is a mark of urban (ii)_; congestion promotes conte
9、mplation of our surroundings and provides us with a shared experience, thereby fulfilling the essential task of the city. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. plentitude D. ambition B. decline E. privation C. excitement F. health 7 The genius of the scientific method is that it (i)_ the dictum of Aristotle that
10、the goal of science is knowledge of the ultimate cause of things. True science, we now know, advances human knowledge by (ii)_ ultimate causes and focusing instead on the testing of empirical hypotheses. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. qualifies D. ignoring B. jettisons E. predicting C. affirms F. confirmin
11、g 8 The irony of digital networking is that it can produce more (i)_ than did the geographical confinement it supposedly transcended. As human interactions become (ii)_ physical location, people are less likely to have regular dealings with others who do not share the same values and outlooks. Blank
12、 (i) Blank (ii) A. provincialism D. more determined by B. diversity E. less contingent on C. materialism F. less insensitive to 9 The controversy about Alexander the Greats personality derives from the fact that our sources are (i)_, all eyewitness accounts having perished. What remains is, at best,
13、 (ii)_ (one history, for instance, is based largely on the now-lost memoirs of Alexanders alleged half-brother, Ptolemy) and at worst, highly unreliable. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. outdated D. secondhand B. inadequate E. repetitious C. abstruse F. deceptive 10 Many scholars have argued that the United
14、States Supreme Court usually (i)_ public opinion in its decisions because it fears that it will (ii)_ if does not, when it does depart from public opinion, it whips up political maelstroms. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. comments on D. lose public support B. hews to E. mitigate public anger C. overrides F.
15、 create public indifference 11 The meandering journey across the soundscape of the Internet can be (i)_. Listening to music in this medium often generates anxiety fulfillment: no sooner has one experience begun than the thought of what else is out there intrudes. Putting an old-fashioned disk and le
16、tting it play to the end restore a measure of (ii)_. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. liberating D. choice B. taxing E. boredom C. educational F. sanity 12 The author of this biography gives an accurate and (i)_ account of the subjects life story, but all the carefully assembled detail fails to compensate fo
17、r the general lack of (ii)_ in her writing. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. exhaustive D. specificity B. glib E. veracity C. selective F. vivacity 13 World demand for oil had been intensified, but it slackened because Chinas surge in oil consumption had (i)_. Moreover, high oil prices had themselves started
18、 to act as a short-term (ii)_ the global economy, thus further dampening demand. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. spread D. spur to B. commenced E. drag on C. slowed F. panacea for 14 Although the political science professors paper is quite (i)_ about the governments problems, suggesting that they are part o
19、f a (ii)_ process, the prognosis for the government is, on the contrary, actually quite auspicious. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. straightforward D. degenerative B. circuitous E. comprehensive C. pessimistic F. spontaneous 15 Convinced of the gravity of her poetry, Voigt must have found the reviews of her
20、 most recent collection (i)_ reading: one amused reviewer thought that it was unrecognizable as poetry but decidedly (ii)_. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A. tempting D. inspiring B. depressing E. irritating C. thrilling F. diverting 16 For almost two centuries, the German island of Sylt has offered various t
21、herapies for every conceivable (i)_ from broken bones to liver complaints. The local mud, saltwater, thermal pools, and spas have been deemed (ii)_ by the German medical system, which (iii)_ some of these treatments. Consequently, the treatments are widely used. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. m
22、alady D. healthful G. doubts B. indiscretion E. suspect H. denies C. prognosis F. innocuous I. funds 17 Within the culture as a whole, the natural sciences have been so successful that the word “scientific” is often used in _ manner: it is often assumed that to call something “scientific” is to impl
23、y that its reliability has been _ by methods whose results cannot reasonably be _. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. an ironic D. maligned G. exaggerated B. a literal E. challenged H. anticipated C. an honorific F. established I. disputed 18 Those who took Clarks old-mannered compliance for obsequ
24、iousness (i)_ him: his apparent (ii)_ veiled a fervent (iii)_ of the authority that others exercised over him, one that he occasionally expressed by discreetly sabotaging their most important projects. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. misconstrued D. cynicism G. veneration B. condemned E. acquies
25、cence H. justification C. respected F. intractability I. detestation 19 One sometimes hears that Marco Polo introduced pasta to the Western world, having encountered it in China. This durable myth, which (i)_ that nothing should have been known of pasta in Italy until 1295, when Marco Polo returned
26、from the Far East, can easily be (ii)_ by pointing out that there are Italian references to pasta that (iii)_. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. requires D. augmented G. praise its virtues B. demonstrates E. debunked H. can be authenticated C. symbolizes F. traced I. predate that event 20 Chinas r
27、apidly growing population is the main threat facing large carnivores in the Peoples Republic. Increasing policies aimed at limiting population growth have been (i) _, nevertheless, the countrys vast size and the isolation of many of its regions mean that human populations in areas where large carniv
28、ores still occur (ii) _. This human pressure has (iii) _the south China tiger. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. modified D. could start to decline G. celebrated B. deemphasized E. can grow unchecked H. doomed C. implemented F. have stabilized I. bypassed 21 A certain amount of theoretical frenzy
29、about comics today is (i)_. After all, similar frenzies have been in other art forms in periods of their rapid development, for instance, the debates about painting that roiled Renaissance Italy. But such intellectual (ii)_ rarely precedes creative glory. On the contrary, it commonly indicates that
30、an artistic (iii)_, having been made and recognized, is over, and that a process of increasingly strained emulation and diminishing returns has set in. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (ii) A. understandable D. torpor G. pitfall B. unprecedented E. conservatism H. tradition C. perplexing F. arousal I. bre
31、akthrough 22 The notion of film producers as the ogres of the movie business has proved an (i) _ one, but according to The Producers by Tim Adler, it is not always grounded in reality. Attacking what he calls the “auteur myth” the idea of the director as the single purveyor of art in an industry oth
32、erwise peopled with (ii) _he places at the heart of his book an image of the producer, not the director, as the primary (iii) _ force in the development and production of a movie. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. accurate D. visionaries G. financial B. hypocritical E. profitmongers H. inertial C.
33、 enduring F. innocents I. creative 23 The slow pace of job creation was without precedent for the period of recovery from a recession, but the conditions that conspired to cause the recession were also (i)_. The stock market declined sharply, and rampant business investment slumped. Then an ensuing
34、spate of scandals (ii)_ public trust in the way companies were run. And yet, despite these powerful (iii)_ to growth, the recession proved surprisingly mild. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. heartening D. weakened G. counterforces B. atypical E. illuminated H. stimulants C. ambiguous F. consolida
35、ted I. concomitants 24 In a view of 17 studies from 2008, Trudeau and Shephard concluded that reserving up to an hour a day for (i)_ in school curricula does not (ii)_ academic achievement. In fact, they noted that more exercise often (iii)_ school performance, despite the time it took away from rea
36、ding, writing, and arithmetic. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. physical activity D. contribute to G. diminished B. leisure time E. detract from H. augmented C. open study F. correlate with I. counteracted 25 Despite the occasional (i)_ of their venues, the culture of corporate conferences is a d
37、eeply (ii)_ conference, each day consisted of nearly nine hours of continuous lectures and panels enlivened by pleasantries or anything that could be construed as a joke. The only (iii)_ sensory deprivation of the sessions came from the handsome color slides favored by the corporate presenters Blank
38、 (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) A. seclusion D. sycophantic G. allusion to B. opulence E. ascetic H. ramification of C. enormity F. mercenary I. respite from GRE（ VERBAL）基础填空模拟试卷 40答案与解析 SECTION 2 Directions: In each of the following questions, a related pair of words or phrases is followed by five lett
39、ered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. 1 【正确答案】 A， E 【试题解析】 - 方程等号： since因为，同义重复。 - 强词和对应：此题两空联动。 since前面说实验音乐空格 (i)了美国黑人 bebop和自由爵士运动的实验性音乐描述是空格 (ii)的，其中没有取反词，所以空格 (i)和空格 (ii)应填入一组同向词。 since后面说这种音乐构
40、成的体系是最具影响力的，强词是 influential，根据 since同义重复，前面一句话也应该体现 “最具影响力 ”。neglect忽视， exaggerate夸大， reinterpret重新解释， underappreciated未被赏识的， problematic错误的， self-serving自私的，所以选择 AE。 【知识模块】 填空双空题 2 【 正确答案】 C， F 【试题解析】 空格 (i)： - 方程等号：句号，同义重复。 - 强词和对应：第一句话说玉米的起源是个谜，根据句号同义重复，第二句话应同义重复玉米的起源是个谜。空格 (i)前面有 its，同义重复 maize，
41、所以空格 (i)应填入 “起源 ”含义的单词。 utility实用， popularity流行， ancestry起源。答案选 C。 空格 (ii)： - 方程等号： not at all一点也不，取反。 - 强词和对应：空格 (i)填入了起源，根据 not at all取反， not at all+空格 (ii)的意思应该是 “谜 ”。 helpful有希望的， important重要的， obvious明显的，所以答案选F，不是明显的即是一个谜。 【知识模块】 填空双空题 3 【正确答案】 B， D 【试题解析】 空格 (i)： -方程等号： and，同义重复； more than不仅仅，
42、取反。 - 强词和对应： and后面说消费者会读与他们理念一致的新闻，也就是说人们 “主观 ”。根据 and同义重复， more than取反，空格 (i)应填入主观的反义词 “客观 ”。politics政治， accuracy精确， expense花费，所以答案选 B，精确即表示客观。 空格 (ii)： - 方程等号：逗号，同义重复。 - 强词和对应：前面部分提到的人们 “主观 ”，空格 (ii)也应填入 “主观 ”。 bias偏见，sensationalism大新闻， inconsistency矛盾，所以答案选 D，有偏见即表示主观。 【知识模块】 填空双空题 4 【正确答案】 C， E
43、【试题解析】 空格 (i)： - 方程等号： as因为，同义重复。 - 强词和对应： as前面说科学不确定性和经济敌意是紧密相连的，根据 as同义重复，空格 (i)应填入 “紧密相连 ”含义的单词， resolved解决， gainsaid反对，exploited利用，所以答案选 C，经济敌意利用了科学不确定性即表示紧密相连。 空格 (ii)： - 方程等号： to，同义重复。 - 强词和对应： to前面说经济敌意和科学不确定性构成了挑战，强词是challenges，根据 to同义重复，空格 (ii)应填入 challenges的同义词。 exaggerate the efficacy夸大作用
44、， downplaythe legitimacy降低有效性， question the fallibility质 疑错误，所以答案选 E。 【知识模块】 填空双空题 5 【正确答案】 B， D 【试题解析】 方程等号：冒号，同义重复。强词和对应：这道题两空联动。冒号前面说，不去空格 (ii)这些小报记者是空格 (i)，冒号后面说他们值得赞扬，强词是deserve credit，根据冒号同义重复，空格 (i)+not to+空格 (ii)这一部分应同义重复deserve credit。 apropos合适的， churlish粗鲁的， cagey不吱声， admire赞扬，envy嫉妒， emu
45、late模仿，所以答案选 BD，不 去赞扬这些小报记者是粗鲁的即表示记者值得赞扬。 【知识模块】 填空双空题 6 【正确答案】 B， F 【试题解析】 空格 (i)+空格 (ii)： - 方程等号： far from=not，反义重复；分号，同义重复。 - 强词和对应：建筑学者 Sandy McCreery最近认为交通拥堵，不是一个城市空格(i)的迹象，而是一个城市空格 (ii)的象征，所以空格 (i)和空格 (ii)是一组反义词。选项中第一组反义词 plentitude大量和 privation匮乏，第二组反义词 decline衰落和health兴旺。 -分号前后内容一致，分号后面说交通拥堵完成了城市的必要任务，所以这里对于交通拥堵是一个正评价，空格 (ii)应该填入一个正向词，而空格 (i)是一个负向词，所以答案选 BF。其余选项， excitement兴奋， ambition雄心壮志。 【知识模块】 填空双空题 7 【正确答案】 B， D 【试题解析】 空格 (ii)
