新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导三十八

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1. While she initially suffered the fate of many pioneers — the incomprehension of her colleagues — octogenarian Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock has lived to ________ the triumph of her once ________ scientific theories.
: z- J# C: V7 y7 |& a" V# k' D   (A) descry ... innovative
   (B) regret ... insignificant
6 \: Q! p) G# z% J   (C) perpetuate ... tentative
8 V3 K, y# m/ R7 {0 }8 {   (D) enjoy ... authoritative
* _; J: s0 f! w+ O" l3 g- E   (E) savor ... heterodox

, M7 r0 ^. Q# ]8 p  G) Z$ Y2. Nature's energy efficiency often ________ human technology: despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency ________ the firefly's system.
   (A) engenders ... manipulates
4 D* `9 O2 Y3 d   (B) reflects ... simulates
# P; b& b2 W& {3 p) p   (C) outstrips ... rivals
5 j( _) G$ i/ M( T  F+ S2 m& u   (D) inhibits ... matches
6 ]0 i: m, |) o, P   (E) determines ... reproduces

# p! v3 F4 T3 v  y' I3. Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiments she let a number of ________ results slip by.
# W9 E& ]4 l9 A2 L: b  x  e2 u$ ^   (A) inaccurate
   (B) verifiable
   (C) redundant
: T. b; w5 ]: w4 A  R, n9 h   (D) salient
   (E) anomalous

( z. X$ G" g5 B4. Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by ________, the leaders of the movement have recently ________ most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.
   (A) intimidation ... issued
   (B) participation ... moderated
   (C) proclamation ... codified
   (D) demonstration ... deliberated
8 m2 c8 I) E2 _8 q4 ~1 S" ?   (E) coercion ... repudiated

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5. Before about 1960, virtually all accounts of evolution assumed most adaptation to be a product of selection at the level of populations; recent studies of evolution, however, have found no ________ this ________ view of selection.</p>   (A) departures from ... controversial
   (B) basis for ... pervasive
   (C) bias toward ... unchallenged
5 r; W3 o4 _# d1 O8 F- Q2 J& w   (D) precursors of ... innovative
0 ~1 D8 b5 o% @/ q" @6 j   (E) criticisms of ... renowned

6. Scientists' pristine reputation as devotees of the disinterested pursuit of truth has been ________ by recent evidence that some scientists have deliberately ________ experimental results to further their own careers.
, @2 E- v% [3 z7 }   (A) reinforced ... published
   (B) validated ... suppressed
   (C) exterminated ... replicated
   (D) compromised ... fabricated
! r/ n1 B4 o+ o3 U   (E) resuscitated ... challenged

6 _, K6 y3 d) A$ W0 v; q7. Although Johnson's and Smith's initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm ________ after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.
   (A) revived
   (B) emerged
   (C) intensified
   (D) flagged
   (E) persisted
( m. ~8 e6 }8 C: ~% E( Z$ C7 Y3 a6. pristine reputation...recent evidence表示时间反差。
2 D% Y$ ]0 C/ t- ~" v* x: i( \  reinforced  加强
# c  V  C2 p5 M$ A7 v9 Y( V, P  validated  有效，生效
  exterminated  根除，灭绝
  compromised  危害  fabricated  捏造
9 g) f( s# ^; g! q  k( G  resuscitated  复活
  答案：D
  ^/ _/ V0 o! W1 E, l  M; b, b  重点：pristine...recent表示时间反差关系。关键词deliberately的意思。
- h+ S$ w: a- B) B! G2 [7. although表示转折关系。initial fascination...after a few months
; |" O( l' o$ C+ P* ~  revived  复活
) M6 \% q; f' m5 c  emerged  出现
  intensified  加强，强化
  flagged  衰退
/ n) c5 y, t4 ]) B" M8 R  答案：D
% B+ B1 K+ ]: F# U' l  persisted  持续
  jockey n. 赛马  v.  赛马，运用手段来谋求，欺诈
  jockeying for powder  谋求权力