历年GRE考试真题之填空题07
1. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias,were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century,
when----was valued much more highly
than it is today.
(A) scent (B) beauty (C) elegance
(D) color (E) variety
2. In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti
sailed through Verdi’s “Celeste Aida,” normally a
tenor’s----, with the casual enthusiasm of a folk
singer performing one of his favorite----.
(A) pitfall.. recitals (B) glory.. chorales
(C) nightmare.. ballads
(D) delight.. chanteys
(E) routine.. composers
3. 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 embarrassmentwｗw.ExamＷ.CoM
(E) unavoidable.. a precedent
4. Cynics believe that people who----compliments
do so in order to be praised twice.
(A) bask in (B) give out (C) despair of
(D) gloat over (E) shrug off
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5. Although nothing could be further from the truth,
freight railroads have been----of----the
nation’s shift from oil to coal by charging exorbitant
fees to transport coal.
(A) accused.. impeding
(B) proud.. accelerating
(C) guilty.. delaying
(D) conscious.. contributing to
(E) wary. . interfering with
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