新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十四
Exercise Twelve1. Having no sense of moral obligation, Shipler was as little subject to the ________ of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its ________ before he acted.
(A) rewards ... chastisement
(B) balm ... eloquence
(C) reproaches ... promptings
(D) ridicule ... allure
(E) qualms ... atonement
2. Even those who disagreed with Carmen’s views rarely faulted her for expressing them, for the positions she took were as ________ as they were controversial.
(A) complicated
(B) political
(C) subjective
(D) commonplace
(E) thoughtful
3. The First World War began in a context of jargon and verbal delicacy and continued in a cloud of ________ as ________ as language and literature, skillfully used, could make it.
(A) circumlocution ... literal
(B) cliche ... lucid
(C) euphemism ... impenetrable
(D) particularity ... deliberate
(E) subjectivity ... enthralling
4. As long as nations cannot themselves accumulate enough physical power to dominate all others, they must depend on ________.
(A) allies
(B) resources
(C) freedom
(D) education
(E) self-determination
5. As serious as she is about the bullfight, she does not allow respect to ________ her sense of whimsy when painting it.
(A) inspire
(B) provoke
(C) suppress
(D) attack
(E) satisfy
6. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as ________ to increasingly expensive conventional housing.
(A) reaction
(B) an addition
(C) an introduction
(D) an alternative
(E) a challenge
7. The sale of Alaska was not so much an American coup as a matter of ________ for an imperial Russia that was short of cash and unable to ________ its own continental coastline.
(A) negligence ... fortify
(B) custom ... maintain
(C) convenience ... stabalize
(D) expediency ... defend
(E) exigency ... reinforce
新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十四
1. 分词放在句首表示原因。省略了little。分词+by+名词，分词与名词之间要具有一致性。
chastisement惩罚 reward报答
eloquence说大话 balm安慰
promoptings激励，驱使 reproaches谴责
allure诱惑
atonement赎罪，弥补
6. as放在句尾，属于第三种用法。解题的时候要把它前移到它真实的位置。
reaction反应
addition增加
introduction介绍
alternative可供选择的东西
challenge挑战
答案：D
7. not so much... as...与其…不如…表示相反关系
negligence疏忽大意 fortify巩固，加强
custom习惯 maintain维持
convenience方便 stabilize使…稳定
expediency权宜之计 defend保卫
答案：D
reinforce加强
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