新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十
1. In an age without radio or recordings, an age ________ by print, fiction gained its greatest ascendancy.(A) decimated
(B) denigrated
(C) dominated
(D) emphasized
(E) resurrected
2. New research on technology and public policy focuses on how seemingly ________ design features, generally overlooked in most analyses of public works projects or industrial machinery, actually ________ social choices of profound significance.
(A) insignificant ... mask
(B) inexpensive ... produce
(C) innovative ... represent
(D) ingenious ... permit
(E) inopportune ... hasten
3. Cezanne’s delicate watercolor sketches often served as ________ of a subject, a way of gathering fuller knowledge before the artist’s final engagement of the subject in an oil painting.
(A) an abstraction
(B) an enhancement
(C) a synthesis
(D) a reconnaissance
(E) a transcription
4. At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ________ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.
(A) addresses
(B) creates
(C) alters
(D) suppresses
(E) substitutes
5. Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the ________ of society, the conventionality of academe.
(A) ethos
(B) idealism
(C) romance
(D) paradoxes
(E) commonplaces
6. The breathing spell provided by the ________ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions.
(A) plethora of
(B) moratorium on
(C) reciprocation of
(D) concentration on
(E) development of
7. Exposure to sustained noise has been claimed to ________ blood pressure regulation in human beings and, particularly, to increase hypertension, even though some researchers have obtained inconclusive results that ________ the relationship.
(A) sharpen ... conflate
(B) increase ... diminish
(C) aggravate ... buttress
(D) disrupt ... neutralize
(E) impair ... obscure
新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十
3. 同位语结构。abstraction抽象，摘要
enhancement增强
synthesis合成 一般不选
reconnaissance预先考察，预先侦查
答案：D
4. tailor n. 裁缝 v. 剪裁，修改。第一个空格填tailoring的同义词。
addresses发表，从事,致辞
creates产生
alters改变
答案：C
substitutes替代
5. 空格以后给出同位语结构。
conventionality因循守旧，约定俗成
ethos精神风貌
idealism理想主义
romance罗曼史
paradoxes似是而非的矛盾
commonplaces平庸，平常
答案：E
句首的状语是修饰谓语动词，而谓语动词已经比较完整，所以忽略句首。
unworldly超凡脱俗，惊世骇俗
6. breathing表示时间极短
spell一段时间
plethora过多，过剩
moratorium on延期偿付
答案：B
7. 并列关系表明空格动词的性质。
sharpen使…敏锐 conflate结合
increase增强 diminish减少
aggravate恶化 buttress支持
disrupt打破 neutralize抵消
impair损坏 obscure模糊
...inconclusive results that...
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