1、GRE（ VERBAL）强化填空模拟试卷 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
2、a whole. 1 We first became aware that her support for the new program was less than _ when she declined to make a speech in its favor. （ A） qualified （ B） haphazard （ C） fleeting （ D） unwarranted （ E） wholehearted 2 When a person suddenly loses consciousness, a bystander is not expected to (i)_ the
3、problem but to attempt to (ii)_ its effects by starting vital functions if they are absent. （ A） cureprecipitate （ B） minimizepredict （ C） determinedetect （ D） diagnosecounter （ E） magnifyevaluate 3 The remark was only slightly (i)_, inviting a chuckle, perhaps, but certainly not a (ii)_. （ A） audib
4、lereward （ B） hostileshrug （ C） amusingrebuke （ D） coherentreaction （ E） humorousguffaw 4 Doors were closing on our past, and soon the values we had lived by would become so obsolete that we would seem to people of the new age as _ as travelers from an ancient land. （ A） elegant （ B） ambitious （ C）
5、interesting （ D） comfortable （ E） quaint 5 Ability to _ is the test of the perceptive historian, a history, after all, consists not only of what the historian has included, but also, in some sense, of what has been left out. （ A） defer （ B） select （ C） confer （ D） devise （ E） reflect 6 Some artists
6、immodestly idealize or exaggerate the significance of their work; yet others, _ to exalt the role of the artist, reject a transcendent view of art. （ A） appearing （ B） disdaining （ C） seeking （ D） failing （ E） tending 7 Estimating the risks of radiation escaping from a nuclear power plant is _ quest
7、ion, but one whose answer then becomes part of a value-laden, emotionally charged policy debate about whether to construct such a plant. （ A） an incomprehensible （ B） an undefined （ C） an irresponsible （ D） a divisive （ E） a technical 8 Because modern scientists find the ancient Greek view of the co
8、smos outdated and irrelevant, they now perceive it as only of _ interest. （ A） historical （ B） intrinsic （ C） astronomical （ D） experimental （ E） superfluous 9 Religious philosopher that he was, Henry More derived his conception of an infinite universe from the infinite God in whom he believed, a be
9、nevolent God of (i)_ whose nature was to create (ii)_. （ A） plenitude.abundance （ B） vengeance.justice （ C） indifferencesuffering （ D） indulgencetemperance （ E） rectitude.havoc 10 While some argue that imposing tolls on highway users circumvents the need to raise public taxes for road maintenance, t
10、he phenomenal expense of maintaining a vast network of roads _ reliance on these general taxes. （ A） avoids （ B） diminishes （ C） necessitates （ D） discourages （ E） ameliorates 11 Although they were not direct (i)_, the new arts of the Classical period were clearly created in the spirit of older Roma
11、n models and thus (ii)_ many features of the older style. （ A） impressions.introduced （ B） translations.accentuated （ C） copies.maintained （ D） masterpieces.depicted （ E） borrowings.improvised 12 In spite of the increasing _ of their opinions, the group knew they had to arrive at a consensus so that
12、 the award could be presented. （ A） impartiality （ B） consistency （ C） judiciousness （ D） incisiveness （ E） polarity 13 By forcing our surrender to the authority of the clock, systematic timekeeping has imposed a form of _ on society. （ A） anarchy （ B） permanence （ C） provincialism （ D） tyranny （ E）
13、 autonomy 14 Our high (i)_ vocabulary for street crime contrasts sharply with our (ii)_ vocabulary for corporate crime, a fact that corresponds to the general publics unawareness of the extent of corporate crime. （ A） nuanced.subtle （ B） uninformative.misleading （ C） euphemistic.abstract （ D） differ
14、entiated.limited （ E） technical.jargon-laden 15 While scientists dismiss as fanciful the idea of sudden changes in a genetic code (spontaneous mutation), it is possible that nature, like some master musician, _ on occasion, departing from the expected or predictable. （ A） repeats （ B） improvises （ C
15、 ornaments （ D） corrects （ E） harmonizes 16 Despite the (i)_ of time, space, and history, human societies, the world over have confronted the same existential problems and have come to remarkably (ii)_ solutions, differing only in superficial details. （ A） continuityidentical （ B） uniformitydiverse
16、 （ C） actualitiesvaried （ D） contingenciessimilar （ E） exigenciesunique 17 Although he was known to be extremely (i)_ in his public behavior, scholars have discovered that his diaries were written with uncommon (ii)_. （ A） reservedfrankness （ B） politetenderness （ C） modestlucidity （ D） reticentvagu
17、eness （ E） withdrawnsubtlety 18 With the _ of scientific knowledge, work on the new edition of a textbook begins soon after completion of the original. （ A） limitation （ B） culmination （ C） veneration （ D） certainty （ E） burgeoning 19 She is most frugal in matters of business, but in her private lif
18、e she reveals a streak of _. （ A） antipathy （ B） misanthropy （ C） virtuosity （ D） equanimity （ E） prodigality 20 If the state governments latest budget problems were (i)_, it would not be useful to employ them as (ii)_ examples in the effort to avoid the inevitable effects of shortsighted fiscal pla
19、nning in the future. （ A） typicalrepresentative （ B） exceptionalaberrant （ C） anomalousilluminating （ D） predictablehelpful （ E） solvableinsignificant 21 Just as some writers have (i)_ the capacity of language to express meaning, Giacometti (ii)_ the failure of art to convey reality. （ A） scoffed atabjured （ B） demonstratedexemplified （ C） deniedrefuted （ D） proclaimedaffirmed （ E） despaired ofbewailed GRE（ VERBAL）强化填空模拟试卷 31答案与解析
