GRE网络课堂填空笔记：陈圣元主讲1
1. It has been argued that politics as ___, whatever its transcendental claims, has always been the systematic organization of common hatreds.(A) a theory
(B) an ideal
(C) a practice
(D) a contest
(E) an enigma
2. Eric was frustrated because, although he was adept at making lies sound ___, when telling the truth, he___ the power to make himself believed.
(A) plausible. . lacked
(B) convincing. held
(C) honest.. found
(D) true.. acquired
(E) logical.. claimed
3. The Chinese, who began systematic astronomical and weather observations shortly after the ancient Egyptians, were assiduous record-keepers ,and because of this ,can claim humanity's longest continuous___ of natural events.
(A) defiance
(B) documentation
(C) maintenance
(D) theory
(E) domination
4. The transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic era is viewed by most art historians ___because, instead of an increasingly___ pictorial art , we find degeneration.
(A) milestone. .debased
(B) consolidation. .diverse
(C) calamity.. aberrant
(D) regression.. sophisticated
(E) continuation. .improved
5. A perennial goal in zoology is to infer function from___ , relating the ___of an organism to its physical form and cellular organization.
(A) age.. ancestry
(B) classification..appearance
(C) size..movement
(D) structure..behavior
(E) location..habitat
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. Charlotte Salomon's biography is a reminder that the currents of private life, however diverted, dislodged, or twisted by ___public events, retain their hold on the___ recording them.
(A) transitory.. culture
(B) dramatic.. majority
(C) overpowering. .individual
(D) conventional.. audience
(E) relentless. .institution
8. The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary___ that permits very little ___ .
(A) text.. clarity
(B) work.. tradition
(C) genre.. deviation
(D) oration.. grandiloquence
(E) achievement.. rigidity
9. In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti sailed through Verdi's "Celeste Aida "normally a tenor's___ , with the casual enthusiasm of a fold singer performing one of his favorite___ .
(A) pitfall.. recitals
(B) glory. .chorales
(C) nightmare.. ballads
(D) delight.. chanteys
(E) routine.. composers
10. Although___ , almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong___ publicity and controversy.
(A) conventional. .interest in
(B) monotonous.. reliance on
(C) shy.. aversion toward
(D) retiring. .penchant for
(E) evasive.. impatience with
11. In sharp contrast to the intense___ of the young republic, with its utopian faith in democracy and hopes for eternal human progress , recent developments suggest a mood of almost unrelieved___ .
(A) idealism.. cynicism
(B) individualism. escapism
(C) sectarianism.. recklessness
(D) assertiveness. .ambition
(E) righteousness.. egalitarianism
12. Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving, ___the incipient___ among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.
(A) obviating.. consensus
(B) forestalling.. rift
(C) escalating.. debates
(D) engendering.. speculation
(E) resolving.. rumors
13. The state is a network of exchanged benefits and beliefs, ___between rulers and citizens based on those laws and procedures that are___ to the maintenance of community.
(A) a compromise. .inimical
(B) an interdependence. .subsidiary
(C) a counterpoint.. incidental
(D) an equivalence. .prerequisite
(E) a reciprocity.. conducive
14. For someone as ___ as she, who preferred to speak only when absolutely necessary , his relentless chatter was completely___ .
(A) ingenuous.. ignorant
(B) curt.. enchanting
(C) cheerful.. idle
(D) laconic.. maddening
(E) forward. .pointless
15. Fashion is partly a search for a new language to discredit the old, a way in which each generation can ___its immediate predecessor and distinguish itself.
GRE网络课堂填空笔记：陈圣元主讲1
(A) honor(B) repudiate
(C) condone
(D) placate
(E) emulate</p>16. During the opera's most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestra's conductor seemed___ , without necessary relation to what had gone before.
(A) tedious
(B) melodious
(C) capricious
(D) compelling
(E) cautious
17. 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
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