新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十一
1. The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an ________ process closed to the uninitiated listener, however enthusiastic.(A) unreliable
(B) arcane
(C) arrogant
(D) elementary
(E) intuitive
2. Psychology has slowly evolved into an ________ scientific discipline that now functions autonomously with the same privileges and responsibilities as other sciences.
(A) independent
(B) unusual
(C) outmoded
(D) uncontrolled
(E) inactive
3. Nineteenth-century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical ________ or a brilliant ________ blending Egyptian and Assyrian art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece.
(A) stratagem ... appropriation
(B) exemplar ... synthesis
(C) conversion ... annexation
(D) paradigm ... construct
(E) apparition ... amalgam
4. Dependence on foreign sources of heavy metals, though ________, remains ________ for United States foreign policy.
(A) deepening ... a challenge
(B) diminishing ... a problem
(C) excessive ... a dilemma
(D) debilitating ... an embarrassment
(E) unavoidable ... a precedent
5. Opponents of the expansion of the market economy, although in ________, continued to constitute ________ political force throughout the century.
(A) error ... an inconsequential
(B) retreat ... a powerful
(C) disarray ... a disciplined
(D) jeopardy ... an ineffective
(E) command ... a viable
6. Although the revelation that one of the contestants was a friend left the judge open to charges of lack of ________, the judge remained adamant in her assertion that acquaintance did not necessarily imply ________.
(A) prudence ... tolerance
(B) detachment ... foreknowledge
(C) exoneration ... impropriety
(D) prejudice ... preference
(E) disinterestedness ... partiality
7. Although he attempted repeatedly to ________ her of her conviction of his insincerity, he was not successful; she remained ________ in her judgment.
(A) remind ... forceful
(B) convince ... unfeigned
(C) exorcise ... indulgent
(D) disabuse ... adamant
(E) free ... unsure
1. 从前面的关键词可以解题。
unreliable不可靠的
arcane神秘性
答案：B
arrogant狂妄的，傲慢的
elementary简单的
intuitive 直觉的
从后面的句子内容也可以解题
2. 形容词修饰名词+that从句。关键词functions autonomously。
independent独立的
答案：A
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