2012新GRE考试填空例题剖析19
新gre填空增加了双空空题型,自去年新gre改革以来更加侧重基础能力的考察,新gre填空题型更多的考察单词的用法和精确含义,同时天空中加深了阅读理解能力的考察,因此考生在备考新gre填空时大量的阅读训练也必不可少。(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q6, Medium)
Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the object of ______ analyses by his contemporaries.
(A) exacting
(B) copious
(C) respectful
(D) acerbic
(E) scathing www.Examw.com
(F) meticulous
KEY: AF
关键词:likewise表示同义空格中应该填人一个形容词,表示Chase作品所受到的来自于其同时代人们给予的研究是什么样子的。Likewise表示“正如……一样”,因而,前后两句话是同义关系,没有否定词,因而对应词语之间是同义词关系,Chase对于别人作品的态度即是别人对待他作品的态度。词语解释:
.(A) exacting:(苛求的)tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
. (B) copious:(丰富的)yielding something abundantly
. (C) respectful:(令人尊敬的)marked by or showing respect or deference
. (D) acerbic:(酸腐的)acid in temper, mood, or tone
. (E) scathing:(严厉的)bitterly severe
.(F) meticulous:(严苛的)marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q7, Medium)
Her ______ should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need.
(A) stinginess
(B) diffidence
(C) frugality www.ExamW.CoM
(D) illiberality
(E) intolerance
(F) thrift
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