新GRE考试填空模拟练习题七十四
366. Supporters of the proposed waterway argue that it will ________ rather than ________ railroad facilities, since the waterway will be icebound during the only months when the railroads can absorb much traffic.(A) limit ... extend
(B) build ... destroy
(C) weaken ... help
(D) surpass ... equal
(E) supplement ... threaten
367. Surprisingly enough, it is more difficult to write about the ________ than about the ________ and strange.
(A) specific ... foreign
(B) abstract ... prosaic
(C) commonplace ... exotic
(D) simple ... routine
(E) ludicrous ... dejected
368. Surrounded by a host of besiegers and unable to ________ their supplies, the defenders of the castle feared their food would soon be ________ .
(A) replenish ... exhausted
(B) consume ... hoarded
(C) replace ... obtainable
(D) estimate ... superfluous
(E) deplete ... rationed
369. Surrounded by a retinue of sycophants who invariably ________ her singing, Callas wearied of the constant adulation and longed for honest criticism.
(A) orchestrated
(B) thwarted
(C) assailed
(D) extolled
(E) reciprocated
370. T.S. Eliot, famous for his ________ , nevertheless accepted posterity’s interest in his life, ________ that his correspondence with his lady friends eventually would be read.
(A) reticence ... assuming
(B) modesty ... prohibiting
(C) boastfulness ... remembering
(D) vanity ... intimating
(E) curiosity ... regretting
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