1、GRE（ VERBAL）模拟试卷 22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 a wh
2、ole. 1 Griffiths early output was remarkably_: it included not only the standard comedies, melodramas, westerns, and thrillers, but also such novelties as adaptations from Browning and Tennyson, and treatments of social issues. （ A） controversial （ B） original （ C） eclectic （ D） inventive （ E） impul
3、sive 2 People should not take good constitution for granted, for human genetic code is _the development of_. （ A） liable to anomalies （ B） predestined for discomfort （ C） predisposed to disease （ D） indicative of wholesomeness （ E） insalubrious for malaise 3 While performers have always attempted to
4、_the fact that piano is fundamentally a percussion instrument, that particular pianist goes farther than most in _ the accepted wisdom through her excessively exuberant style. （ A） underscore epitomizing （ B） conceal qualifying （ C） deny highlighting （ D） disguise accentuating （ E） eulogize criticiz
5、ing 4 As the years went by, Kingsleys letters displayed him declining into a constant of aesthetic intolerance; he displayed _dislike of any serious contemporary literature at all. （ A） a bibulous （ B） an incipient （ C） a subtle （ D） a tasteless （ E） a querulous 5 From Neolithic pottery to the 20th
6、century posters, the extant varieties of arts in China_those who search for continuity; nonetheless, certain_values are reflected in Chinas artistic traditions. （ A） gratify evanescent （ B） perplex ancient （ C） mollify perpetual （ D） vindicate tentative （ E） confound enduring 6 OSullivan occupied hi
7、mself by writing to would-be_, outlining his plan for the enterprise and how its glory would_all associated with the project. （ A） mendicants assist （ B） detractors escape from （ C） colleagues eschew f rom （ D） analysts dissimulate with （ E） contributors redound to 7 Educators who study the influenc
8、es of geographical differences on educational success have concluded that environment is not_factor, as students in one country are no more_than those in another. （ A） an essential erudite （ B） a determining preeminent （ C） a pernicious mediocre （ D） a conducive meritorious （ E） a wholesome suscepti
9、ble 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. 8 WELD : METAL : （ A） cement: ceiling （
10、 B） grout : tile （ C） pleat : cloth （ D） shield : hull （ E） iron: suit 9 ARMORY : MUNITIONS : （ A） stop : bus （ B） mill : apparatus （ C） warehouse : instrument （ D） wardrobe : clothes （ E） courtyard : furniture 10 ARRAY : NUMBERS: （ A） college : graduates （ B） abstract : diagrams （ C） skin: muscles
11、（ D） mosaic : tiles （ E） vocation : badge 11 SWAGGER : BRAVADO : （ A） drill : authority （ B） demur : objection （ C） shudder : congeniality （ D） snore : thunder （ E） confront : intractability 12 BIOGRAPHY : HISTORY : （ A） trio : chorus （ B） sonata : dance （ C） record: disaster （ D） treatise: discours
12、e （ E） rhythm : prose 13 FANATIC : DEVOTION: （ A） glutton : rapacity （ B） courtesan: elegance （ C） gourmand : insatiability （ D） infidel : devoutness （ E） ruffian: verve 14 OBJECTIVE : FACTUAL: （ A） melancholy : positive （ B） receptive : persistent （ C） sardonic : charitable （ D） furtive : stealthy
13、（ E） traditional : novel 15 COPPER : METAL: （ A） garnet : mineral （ B） granite : plant （ C） nucleus : cell （ D） iron : colorant （ E） paper : consumption 16 IMPLACABLE : PROPITIATION : （ A） amicable : fraternity （ B） regretful:compensation （ C） unmanageable : amity （ D） recalcitrant: authority （ E） u
14、nyielding : defiance SECTION 3 Directions: 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 what is stated or implied in the passage. 16 Homeostasis ref
15、ers to any process, such as negative feedback, that living things employ to maintain stable conditions indispensable for survival, and which arises from balances between forces and factors mutually influencing each Line other. Disturbance, or departure from equilibrium is of more consequence than (5
16、) negative feedback: systems cannot correct themselves without straying. A car and its driver, for instance, can be regarded as a homeostatic system seeking to keep the car moving on track. Thus, if the car skids, the driver automatically responds by quickly steering the wheel in the opposite direct
17、ion, but such abrupt negative feedback usually overcorrects. Likewise, if the magnitude of (10) correction is commensurate with the disturbance that triggered it, the correction may become an impressed change in the direction opposite to that of the original disturbance. Each feedback is of lesser m
18、agnitude than the last, so that as the oscillations of the system dampen, negative feedback achieves its goal in both artificial and natural systems. 17 The primary purpose of the passage is to （ A） describe in detail how the principles of homeostasis apply to living things （ B） propose a modificati
19、on in the most widely accepted theory of homeostasis （ C） compare and contrast the role of positive and negative feedback in maintaining various applied systems （ D） discuss the concept of homeostasis in the abstract and relate some of its most important principles （ E） provide examples of systems w
20、hich are ruled by the principle of homeostasis 18 According to the passage, all of the following are true concerning the process of negative feedback EXCEPT （ A） By diminishing errors, negative feedback allows systems to correct themselves. （ B） Negative feedback always arises out of a system where
21、several factors are interacting. （ C） Negative feedback sometimes causes a disturbed system to over-correct, resulting in an impressed change opposite to the original disturbance. （ D） Negative feedback is less important, on the whole, than departure from equilibrium. （ E） Ideally, negative feedback
22、 gradually diminishes, allowing a system to find its desired course. 19 It may be inferred that to attain greater positive feedback, in the case of the skidding car, the driver should do which of the following? （ A） Keep turning the wheel in the original direction. （ B） Turn the wheel in the opposit
23、e direction. （ C） Turn the wheel in the opposite direction, then turn it back to the original direction. （ D） Keep turning the wheel in the original direction, then back to the opposite direction. （ E） Allow the wheel to turn freely. 20 Which of the following would be most analogous to the process o
24、f dampening oscillations described in the paragraph? （ A） During a rainstorm, water rises to the level of a sewer drain, siphoning off and thus remaining at constant level. （ B） A rubber ball which bounces off the ground multiple times, than gradually comes to rest. （ C） A meteor hurtles through spa
25、ce indefinitely, due to the laws of inertia. （ D） A clothing iron is left on, then becomes so hot that it catches on fire, burning its own cord and destroying its power source. （ E） A baseball pitcher knows he tends to through to the left of home plate, and then in trying to throw to the right, over
26、corrects. 20 Until recently, scrutiny of tree-ring records seemed to establish that a prolonged dry spell called the Great Drought drove the Anasazi Indians to abandon their magnificent stone villages on the Colorado Plateau. Line Groundbreaking climatological studies have convinced many archaeologi
27、sts, (5) however, that the Great Drought was not sufficiently austere to coerce the sudden evacuation of the Anasazi. Reviewing tree ring records, including moisture levels, Van West disputed the Great Drought theory by presenting evidence that enough corn could have been grown during the drought to
28、 support the population, that the Anasazi had weathered many severe droughts in the (10) past, and that the evacuation actually began before the dry spell set in. Belying the popular image of the Anasazi as a peaceable kingdom of farmers and potters, some new research puts the blame for the evacuati
29、on on a bloody internecine war. Noting that the Anasazi had been suffering from malnutrition, shorter life spans and increased infant mortality, Adler suggests that the (15) Anasazi were not able to move around freely to farm because their once open range was becoming balkanized into hostile fiefdom
30、s. Perhaps as a reaction to drier weather, people in the Mesa Verde area began building clams and canals to trap and divert water, and the result may have been conflict and warfare. Unfortunately, other archeologists, having trouble envisioning how even (20) drought, balkanization and warfare could
31、make an entire civilization evacuate, are trying to combine archeological evidence with anthropological studies of the modern pueblo Indians to make the case that the Anasazi were roiled by a religious crisis as divisive as European medieval heresies. Analyzing the spread of religious symbols found
32、on rocks or pottery and the distribution of ceremonial (25) structures, some argue that the Anasazi may have been pulled from their homeland by a new religion emerging to the south, whose egalitarian spirit would have had great appeal to a civilization, like the Anasazis, that was entering a dark ag
33、e. Ware comes closest to a plausible synthesis of his predecessors theories in suggesting that the Anasazi world was rocked by a (30) spiritual crisis catastrophic enough to cause a collapse of a civilization, and that the uprooted Anasazi apparently embraced a variety of new beliefs on migration to
34、 their new homes. Ware further argues that the precipitating factor in the evacuation may have been a change in climate after all. Recent climatological studies suggest (35) that indeed, rainfall patterns were disrupted in a way that might have made the Anasazi disillusioned with their old religion:
35、 the customary pattern of heavy snows in the winter followed by summer monsoons had become unpredictable. Even if there was not a great drought, moisture may have been coming at the wrong times, and the summer rains, essential for nourishing the spring crops, (40) were no longer reliable-the rain da
36、nces were not working anymore. Thus, Wares theory accommodates the greatest variety of factors that may explain the Anasazis evacuation. 21 Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the first paragraph? （ A） A historical theory is sketched and a problem with the theory is
37、cited. （ B） Evidence for an objection to a theory is mentioned and a generalization from that evidence is advanced. （ C） A paradox about the origins of a historical phenomenon is pointed out and the authors explanation of the paradox is expounded. （ D） A statement about a historical phenomenon is of
38、fered and a possible misinterpretation of that statement is addressed. （ E） A new explanation for a historical phenomenon is given and evidence for that explanation is provided. 22 It can be inferred from the passage that Van West notes the severe droughts which affected the Anasazi prior to the Gre
39、at Drought primarily in order to （ A） establish that enough food could have been grown to support the Anasazis survival （ B） argue that the Anasazis past behavior would indicate their likely future behavior in the case of a Great Drought （ C） suggest that the repetition of droughts was taking a cumu
40、lative toll on the fertility of the Plateau （ D） argue that the evidence which points to the existence of a Great Drought may actually be related to earlier droughts （ E） affirm the notion that the Great Drought may have been exponentially more severe than prior droughts 23 With which of the followi
41、ng statements would Adler and Van West both be likely to agree? . Anasazi land was fertile enough during the so-called Great Drought to potentially feed all of the Anasazi. . An internecine civil war may have contributed to the Anasazis malnourishment. . Drought alone is insufficient to explain the
42、cause of the Anasazis departure. （ A） only （ B） only （ C） and only （ D） and only （ E） , , and 24 Researchers have employed all of the following methods in researching potential explanations of the Anasazi evacuation EXCEPT （ A） the study of modern Indian societies （ B） the study of climatological re
43、cords （ C） the study of pottery （ D） the study of Anasazi mythology （ E） the study of ceremonial structures 25 According to the passage, Wares theory of the role of weather in the Anasazi evacuation differs from the position traditionally held by anthropologists in which of the following ways? （ A）
44、Ware relies upon a different body of evidence than previous anthropologist have, but reaches the same conclusions. （ B） Ware ascribes a less dominant role to weather than had been traditionally posited by anthropologists. （ C） Ware ascribes a more dominant role to weather than had been traditionally
45、 posited by anthropologists. （ D） Ware believes weather played a role in the evacuation, but not the one traditionally cited. （ E） Ware believes that another factor besides weather was responsible for the Great Drought. 26 The author considers the explanations put forward by Van West and Adler for t
46、he causes of the Anasazi evacuation to be （ A） popular but suspect （ B） partially persuasive, but individually insufficient （ C） anachronistic and controversial （ D） premature and illogical （ E） ambitious but misguided 27 With which of the following statements concerning the condition of the Anasazi
47、 at the time of their evacuation would the author be most likely agree? （ A） Disruption of weather patterns is a plausible explanation of the Anasazis evacuation, but insufficient when taken individually. （ B） A religious crisis may have contributed to lower crop fertility, resulting in the Anasazis
48、 malnourishment. （ C） The Anasazi spiritual crisis may have been exacerbated by the poor performance of their crops after the disruption of weather patterns. （ D） The Anasazi may have been attempting to move toward a diversification of their religious beliefs long before the disruption of weather pa
49、tterns. （ E） The Anasazi spiritual crisis may have contributed to increased balkanization, creating a vicious cycle of hostility within Anasazi society. SECTION 4 Directions: Each question below consists of a word printed in capital letters followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. Since some of the questions r
