新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导三十九

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1. In an age without radio or recordings, an age ________ by print, fiction gained its greatest ascendancy.
: l+ h# G  S  j. h   (A) decimated
) l6 N7 L! F/ P( J" v   (B) denigrated
   (C) dominated
   (D) emphasized
   (E) resurrected
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3 M# y) c, N3 D' _! b; y7 w4 D2. New research on technology and public policy focuses on how seemingly ________ design features, generally overlooked in most analyses of public works projects or industrial machinery, actually ________ social choices of profound significance.
# R+ p" Y* Z4 d; L6 U   (A) insignificant ... mask
   (B) inexpensive ... produce
. Z3 D9 Q: E: ~9 B& D   (C) innovative ... represent
   (D) ingenious ... permit
   (E) inopportune ... hasten
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5 g) H; w6 X, O- l3. Cezanne’s delicate watercolor sketches often served as ________ of a subject, a way of gathering fuller knowledge before the artist’s final engagement of the subject in an oil painting.
   (A) an abstraction
   (B) an enhancement
   (C) a synthesis
: [+ p; B! v# w; U& h4 j+ v   (D) a reconnaissance
   (E) a transcription
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4. At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ________ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.
" L! F& K3 j. W   (A) addresses
   (B) creates
, l0 A9 `0 q4 `, d/ G) \   (C) alters
   (D) suppresses
& b2 z7 R- p* q   (E) substitutes
  
5. Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the ________ of society, the conventionality of academe.
2 A- @2 ?9 b1 o% z6 Q   (A) ethos
   (B) idealism
: U" {* k' d, z) I" `: f: |   (C) romance
   (D) paradoxes
   (E) commonplaces

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6. The breathing spell provided by the ________ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions.
   (A) plethora of
2 z, p+ r% P: `1 E. g" [$ ?   (B) moratorium on
( c9 p- N+ {/ W  @* I& S   (C) reciprocation of
   (D) concentration on
4 T# y8 {* l5 O4 q( A   (E) development of
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3 \1 I" T; b2 N8 S6 w7. Exposure to sustained noise has been claimed to ________ blood pressure regulation in human beings and, particularly, to increase hypertension, even though some researchers have obtained inconclusive results that ________ the relationship.
   (A) sharpen ... conflate
   (B) increase ... diminish
5 N/ J$ W. f0 C% ?( c& g   (C) aggravate ... buttress
   (D) disrupt ... neutralize
9 ]0 A0 i* |$ c: m- r   (E) impair ... obscure
重点：短语结构在GRE解题时的价值。
短语结构分为三种类型：
/ ~2 N& D  k. `( h+ A9 F$ D    1.有标点：①放在句尾的，附属结构是作主句的补充；
* I1 m, S9 i3 i1 c! \; S              ②在句中出现，它可以提供解题线索。
$ j, l3 p$ O+ x% l    2.没有标点；
    3.直接连接。它的特点是在名词后面直接加分词。
) ?, y5 C4 j5 z0 h7 U' z5 k2 p; H1. 同位语结构。
0 a" j0 H- W2 Z  o3 M   答案：C  dominated  统治
   ascendancy  统治权，优势地位
2. design features作为主语。谓语是第二个空格里的动词。主语和谓语之间的
, K- w, J1 {. @3 m6 G0 f9 m  部分作为插入性短语 ，作为主语的补充。
  insignificant  无关紧要的，不重要的，无意义的
1 j2 O8 I5 S+ P  S# h# o, m' S  答案：A
  inexpensive  不贵的  mask  掩盖
# a: N/ k8 @' P) e6 a  innovative  革新的，创新的
  ingenious  天才的
6 Q! W# H3 e) ~- N  inopportune  不合适的  hasten  催促，促进
1 ~. _9 A+ s/ X- a! H; \4 K  主宾相反谓语动词采用反性逻辑动作。