新GRE考试填空模拟练习题五十一
251. It is a spotty sort of book, with many pages that, if not exactly ________ , are less than ________ .(A) bland ... tedious
(B) pretentious ... conventional
(C) dull ... exciting
(D) eventful ... newsworthy
(E) murky ... obscure
252. It is all but impossible today to ________ the ferocity with which Russian thinkers at the turn of the century ________ the materialism that had dominated their country's intellectual life since the 1850s.
(A) forget ... relished
(B) believe ... conceded
(C) grasp ... assailed
(D) emulate ... ignored
(E) challenge ... extolled
253. It is possible to analyze a literary work to death,________ `what should be a living experience as if it were a laboratory specimen.
(A) questioning
(B) dissecting
(C) amending
(D) nurturing
(E) reviving
254. It is remarkable that a man so in the public eye, so highly praised and imitated, can retain his ________ .
(A) magniloquence
(B) dogmas
(C) bravado
(D) idiosyncracies
(E) humility
255. It is said that the custom of shaking hands originated when primitive men held out empty hands to indicate that they had no ________ weapons and were thus ________ disposed.
(A) lethal ... clearly
(B) concealed ... amicably
(C) hidden ... harmfully
(D) murderous ... ill
(E) secret ... finally
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