1、GRE（ VERBAL）模拟试卷 2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 who
2、le. 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） impu
3、lsive 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 alway
4、s attempted to _ 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 （
5、 E） eulogize . criticizing 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 Neolit
6、hic pottery to the 20th 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
7、. enduring 6 OSullivan occupied himself 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 from （ D） analysts . dissimulate with （ E） contributors .
8、 redound to 7 Educators who study the influences 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 . medio
9、cre （ D） a conducive . meritorious （ E） a wholesome . susceptible 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
10、 in the original pair. 8 PREVARICATE: TRUTH ： ： （ A） expound： incoherence （ B） invent： exculpation （ C） involve： disclosure （ D） equivocate： commitment （ E） substantiate： fabrication 9 MORTIFIED: EMBARRASS ： （ A） reverent： dignify （ B） distraught： trouble （ C） disheartened： arrogate （ D） offensive：
11、aggravate （ E） prophetic： forebode 10 CENSORSHIP: INFORMATION ： （ A） exemplification： standard （ B） quarantine： disease （ C） benefaction： liberality （ D） expenditure： expression （ E） culture： extinction 11 TRICKLE: GUSH ： （ A） gale： hurricane （ B） dampening： deluge （ C） sand： sediment （ D） blizzard：
12、 avalanche （ E） inadequacy： sufficiency 12 HESITANCY: ALACRITY ： （ A） weather： danger （ B） torpor： vigor （ C） adulation： attraction （ D） indifference： tedium （ E） yearning： conception 13 BUILDING: FOUNDATION ： （ A） apparatus： mesh （ B） structure： pedestal （ C） cosmos： earth （ D） hill： grotto （ E） pe
13、nnant： pillar 14 SINFULNESS: PECCADILLO ： （ A） depravity： distortion （ B） solicitude： apprehension （ C） paucity： vacuity （ D） criminality： misdemeanor （ E） stimulation： incitement 15 GRAIN :CHAFF： （ A） product： dross （ B） seed： pip （ C） refresher： dregs （ D） maize :core （ E） composite： adulteration
14、16 RETARD: BRAKE ： （ A） raise： crane （ B） crash： shatter （ C） estimate： adjust （ D） examine： distend （ E） document： compare 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 que
15、stions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. 17 Previously, the sack-like rabbit appendix was thought to serve primarily as a reservoir for the bacteria involved in hindgut fermentation, a explanation that failed to account for the absence of an appendix in ot
16、her animals with similar digestive systems or for its presence in humans. Microscopic research (5) revealed that the appendix contains a significant amount of lymphoid tissue, similar aggregates of which tissue occur in other areas of the gastrointestinal tract. These are involved, possibly, in the
17、bodys ability to recognize foreign antigens in ingested material, but the evidence is inconclusive, to the extent that scientists have long discounted the human appendix as a “vestigial“ organ. (10) However, a growing body of evidence suggests that the appendix, far from being a “vestigial organ“, h
18、ag a significant function as a part of the body s immune system. The appendix achieves its greatest development shortly after birth, when immune response is first developing, then regresses with age, when the immune response mediated by the appendix may relate to such (15) inflammatory conditions as
19、 ulcerative colitis, which in adults necessitates the organ s surgical removal. 17 Which of the following hypothetical discoveries, if made, would cast MOST doubt on the most recent conclusions regarding the function of the human appendix? （ A） After laboratory experiments, scientists discover evide
20、nce to reject the notion hat the human appendix is a “vestigial“ organ. （ B） Certain animal species which had not previously been given attention are to possess an appendix resembling that of humans. （ C） Lymphoid tissue is discovered, after careful study, not to play a role in the recognition of fo
21、reign antigens in ingested material. （ D） After re-examination of the evidence, ulcerative colitis is discovered to be caused by factors wholly unrelated to the human appendix. （ E） It is discovered that in rabbits, hindgut fermentation does not require the presence of an organ acting as reservoir f
22、or bacteria. 18 Which of the following best describes the relationship of the second paragraph to the first? （ A） The second paragraph relies on different evidence in drawing a conclusion similar to that expressed in the first paragraph. （ B） The second paragraph provides further elaboration on why
23、an assertion made at the end of the first paragraph proves true in most cases. （ C） The second paragraph provides additional information in support of a hypothesis stated in the first paragraph. （ D） The second paragraph provides an example of a case in which the assumption described in the first pa
24、ragraph is unwarranted. （ E） The second paragraph describes a phenomenon that has the same cause as the phenomenon described in the first paragraph. 19 It can be inferred from the passage that the author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following assertions about the ap
25、pendix? （ A） Scientists have ruled out the possibility that the appendix is involved in hindgut fermentation in all species, including rabbits. （ B） As an organ, the appendix is more useful to the immune response of human beings in their first development than later in life. （ C） The human appendix
26、contains greater amounts of lymphoid tissue than the aggregates of which that are found in other areas of the gastrointestinal tract. （ D） The appendix in a human child is generally less well developed than the appendix in a human adult. （ E） The presence of the appendix in humans suggests that the
27、human digestive process resembles the rabbit digestive process more than that of other animal species. 20 The passage provides information in support of which of the following assertions? （ A） Lymphoid tissue somehow involved in the bodys ability to recognize foreignantigens in ingested material is
28、a primary cause of ulcerative colitis. （ B） The appendix is an anomaly among mammals, existing in rabbits and humans largely as an evolutionary fluke. （ C） Microscopic research is insufficient to give even the vaguest suggestion of what the human appendixs function may be. （ D） The digestive process
29、 in human beings is less dependent on the hindgut fermentation process than is the digestive process in rabbits. （ E） Lymphoid tissue that recognize foreign antigens is absent in the digestive systems of animals that lack appendixes. 21 Given that 8 percent of food crops grows faster on farms using
30、groundwater than the aquifers are replenished, and many large rivers are so heavily diverted that they do not reach the sea for much of the year, researchers believe freshwater sources-underground aquifers and rivers-are stressed. Better (5) management of soil and water and creative cropping pattern
31、s can boost production from rainfall-watered cropland, but the heaviest burden will fall on irrigated land. At present, most farmers irrigate their crops by channeling water down their fields in parallel furrows. One alternative, drip systems, enables farmers to deliver water directly to (10) the pl
32、ants roots drop by drop, nearly eliminating waste by distributing water at low pressure through a network of perforated plastic tubing installed on or below the surface of the soil, where it then emerges through small holes at a slow but steady pace. Because the plants enjoy an ideal moisture enviro
33、nment, drip irrigation usually offers the added bonus of higher crop yields. Another (15) alternative, sprinklers, can perform almost as well as drip methods when designed properly, but traditional high-pressure irrigation sprinklers spray water high into the air to cover as large a land area as pos
34、sible, and the more time the water spends in the air, the more of it evaporates before use. Despite the payoffs, the higher costs of these technologies relative to (20) simple flooding methods have been a barrier to their spread, and so has the prevalence of national water policies that discourage r
35、ather than foster efficient water use. Many governments have set very low prices for publicly supplied irrigation, leaving farmers with little motivation to invest in ways to conserve water or to improve efficiency and most authorities have also failed to regulate (25) groundwater pumping, even in r
36、egions where aquifers are over-tapped. Therefore, farmers might be inclined to conserve their own water supplies if they could profit from selling the surplus, but this practice is often discouraged. Efforts aside from irrigation technologies are also conducive to the reduction of agricultural deman
37、d for water; for instance, measurements of (30) climate factors such as temperature and precipitation can be fed into a computer that calculates how much water a typical plant is consuming, and farmers can use this figure to determine, quite accurately, when and how much to irrigate their particular
38、 crops throughout the growing season. But the most effective, if unlikely way, to do more with less water is to reconfigure our diets, especially (35) the typical North American diet, which, with its large share of animal products, requires twice as much water as diets common in many Asian and some
39、European countries. Eating lower on the food chain could allow the same volume of water to feed two Americans instead of one, and despite the resultant loss of nutrition, this may be the only recourse for countries serious about (40) reducing their aquifer strain. 21 The primary purpose of the passa
40、ge is to （ A） expose the fragile ecological conditions which modern irrigation technologies must ameliorate （ B） argue that new irrigation technologies would ultimately be less efficient than a reconfiguration of the North American diet （ C） argue that efficient water-use is dependent upon a mixture
41、 of various modern methods （ D） provide an overall view of possible methods for lessening the strain on sources of freshwater （ E） describe the cycle by which aquifers are depleted and then replenished through technology 22 The passage implies that the strain on freshwater aquifers caused by poor ir
42、rigation patterns may be reduced by all of the following methods EXCEPT （ A） Government compensation programs for surplus （ B） Climate study （ C） Soil management （ D） Drip irrigation （ E） Changes in patterns of food consumption 23 It can be inferred from the passage that low-pressure sprinklers woul
43、d be more preferable to high-pressure models for which of the following reasons? （ A） The surplus generated by low-pressure systems can be sold, lessening overall water strain on a region. （ B） Low-pressure systems deliver water directly to root systems, resulting in higher crop yields. （ C） A lower
44、 cost is associated with low-pressure systems than with high-pressure systems, which are generally more expensive. （ D） Lower-pressure systems deliver water in such a way that evaporation rates are diminished, resulting in greater efficiency. （ E） Crops watered by lower-pressure systems generally co
45、ntain higher nutrients, reducing overall food consumption levels. 24 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning the relationship between traditional irrigation methods and modern ones? （ A） Traditional irrigation methods tend to come at a lower expense than more modern ones,
46、which are generally dependent on technology. （ B） Traditional methods may best be used in areas where the technological knowledge necessary for using modern techniques is limited. （ C） Modern methods, unlike traditional ones, can only help land whose primary water source comes from irrigation, not r
47、ainfall. （ D） Modern methods rely more heavily upon groundwater tapping, which itself depletes the aquifer. （ E） Traditional methods can be performed without the tedious and difficult calculation of climate factors. 25 According to the passage, the main disadvantage with reconfiguring diet to lessen
48、 water usage is （ A） most North Americans would be unlikely to shift their diets simply in order to accommodate the exigencies of water conservation （ B） the gains provided by diets with less water-intensive production would likely be less useful in areas with greater aquifer resources （ C） people i
49、n Asia and certain European countries are dependent on meat-products and could not do without them （ D） diets with less water-intensive production tend to be less healthy than those with more water-intense production （ E） governments of certain countries would be unlikely to promote programs for diet change given their possible negative effect on those countries economies 26 The author regards the new means of water-use reduction under discussion as （ A） wholly effective, but typically ignored （ B） ine
