新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导二十
1. Although economists have traditionally considered the district to be solely an agricultural one, the ________ of the inhabitants’ occupations makes such a classification obsolete.(A) productivity
(B) diversity
(C) predictability
(D) profitability
(E) stability
2. Although specific concerns may determine the intent of a research project, its results are often ________.
(A) unanticipated
(B) beneficial
(C) expensive
(D) spectacular
(E) specialized
3. In the days before the mass marketing of books, censorship was ________ source of ________, which helped the sale of the book and inspired Ralph Waldo Emerson to remark: "Every burned book enlightens the world".
(A) a respected ... opinion
(B) a constant ... guidance
(C) a prime ... publicity
(D) an unnoticed ... opposition
(E) an unpromising ... criticism
4. Compared mathematically to smoking and driving, almost everything else seems relatively risk-free ________ almost nothing seems worth regulating.
(A) yet
(B) since
(C) so
(D) even though
(E) as long as
5. Politeness is not a ________ attribute of human behavior, but rather a central virtue, one whose very existence is increasingly being ________ by the faddish requirement to "speak one’s mind."
(A) superficial ... threatened
(B) pervasive ... undercut
(C) worthless ... forestalled
(D) precious ... repudiated
(E) trivial ... affected
6. The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that ________ the study of subjects previously thought ________ as part of school learning.
(A) advocated ... necessary
(B) enhanced ... indispensable
(C) restricted ... impractical
(D) undermined ... popular
(E) sanctioned ... inappropriate
7. Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a ________ wish to avoid conflict of any sort.
(A) poignant
(B) sincere
(C) plaintive
(D) laudable
(E) craven
5.superficial 肤浅的；pervasive 普遍存在的；worthless 无价值的；
precious 珍贵的；trivial 琐碎的，不重要的；
threatened 被威胁；forestalled 被阻止；affected 被影响；
答案 A
speak one’s mind 直言不讳；
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