新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导二十

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1. Although economists have traditionally considered the district to be solely an agricultural one, the ________ of the inhabitants’ occupations makes such a classification obsolete.
, E( ^5 D% D4 _# _+ k5 q/ T   (A) productivity
   (B) diversity
; @5 l4 |. ~. y) o+ W2 p   (C) predictability
   (D) profitability
- u4 _  k2 P3 ^: a   (E) stability
  
2 D- e6 Q- X. ~$ S9 H6 m: i2. Although specific concerns may determine the intent of a research project, its results are often ________.
. u0 K5 X9 ~% b( A0 a   (A) unanticipated
- B& }( E$ A( l% g" e& x: P# U, ~   (B) beneficial
: g! _0 X2 A$ e) n   (C) expensive
   (D) spectacular
% H7 b! r8 F" [" W/ s+ q0 Z* @   (E) specialized
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3. In the days before the mass marketing of books, censorship was ________ source of ________, which helped the sale of the book and inspired Ralph Waldo Emerson to remark: "Every burned book enlightens the world".
   (A) a respected ... opinion
2 P+ k9 l! j8 F' Q  [3 L   (B) a constant ... guidance
   (C) a prime ... publicity
1 [) V; r: C8 X3 K5 r   (D) an unnoticed ... opposition
5 X( r6 A. B" G# \   (E) an unpromising ... criticism
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4. Compared mathematically to smoking and driving, almost everything else seems relatively risk-free ________ almost nothing seems worth regulating.
   (A) yet
   (B) since
3 D% Q- N* s% J; q" T   (C) so
- m( H" X) y/ y6 x4 z! p   (D) even though
" l! H$ _" P' }; H   (E) as long as
  
, s: j! Q: ~6 P$ n  d3 X( L5. Politeness is not a ________ attribute of human behavior, but rather a central virtue, one whose very existence is increasingly being ________ by the faddish requirement to "speak one’s mind."
   (A) superficial ... threatened
7 G( y3 h: c* k  r- ~   (B) pervasive ... undercut
0 l3 ~$ O# N0 V# T, ]   (C) worthless ... forestalled
5 P+ ^1 {5 F7 i, X1 k   (D) precious ... repudiated
   (E) trivial ... affected
  
9 T& F3 t& S/ g( U! b0 ?6. The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that ________ the study of subjects previously thought ________ as part of school learning.
: J* w: l% c$ u" b, W0 f' b   (A) advocated ... necessary
   (B) enhanced ... indispensable
   (C) restricted ... impractical
   (D) undermined ... popular
   (E) sanctioned ... inappropriate
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" F/ C1 t2 N: E! H6 R7. Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a ________ wish to avoid conflict of any sort.
. L! }8 s3 i2 ~4 a   (A) poignant
   (B) sincere
: g5 x( m; k. X' i   (C) plaintive
   (D) laudable
   (E) craven
5.  superficial 肤浅的；pervasive 普遍存在的；worthless 无价值的；
     precious 珍贵的；trivial 琐碎的，不重要的；
1 n$ D$ k, ^2 v3 @9 sthreatened 被威胁；forestalled 被阻止；affected 被影响；
答案 A  
    speak one’s mind 直言不讳；