新GRE考试填空模拟练习题四十二
206. He was so convinced that people were driven by ________ -motives that he believed there was no such thing as a purely unselfish act.(A) sentimental
(B) personal
(C) altruistic
(D) ulterior
(E) intrinsic
207. Helen valued people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively ________ waiter or a fawning salesclerk.
(A) austere
(B) domineering
(C) grave
(D) obsequious
(E) contentious
208. Her ________ -is always a source of irritation: he never uses a single word when she can substitute a long clause or phrase in its place.
(A) frivolity
(B) verbosity
(C) ambivalence
(D) cogency
(E) rhetoric
209. Her growing bitterness was ________ by her professional rivalry with her sister, whose fortunes rose while her own ________ .
(A) represented ... ascended
(B) mitigated ... dwindled
(C) exemplified ... soared
(D) nurtured ... multiplied
(E) exacerbated ... declined
210. Her memoirs are quite unlike those of her predecessors, for she is bold and aggressive where they are ________ and comfortable.
(A) audacious
(B) vivid
(C) bland
(D) brazen
(E) contentious
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