新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十八

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1. No longer ________ by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual ________ for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.
   (A) satisfied ... reasons
   (B) sustained ... substitutes
   (C) reassured ... justifications
- N5 h/ g, \# J3 y. O7 H   (D) hampered ... equivalents
   (E) restricted ... parallels
  
8 E: C& c8 d# `. G# l) R5 J* P2. Observable as a tendency of our culture is a ________ of ________ psychoanalysis: we no longer feel that it can solve our emotional problems.
( a5 L) m& _) o; W; h   (A) divergence ... certainty about
  y# h" X. }) {* A8 ?" \   (B) confrontation ... enigmas in
/ n; U6 l# T7 I( r   (C) withdrawal ... belief in
' |/ Q. z! B) b, L6 Q% g3 I4 O1 H1 v# n   (D) defense ... weaknesses in
   (E) failure ... rigor in
  
3. Many of the earliest colonial houses that are still standing have been so modified and enlarged that the ________ design is no longer ________.
   (A) pertinent ... relevant
7 O3 S- [4 `- H. `& i& `   (B) intended ... necessary
4 @5 A, n  a7 E' j0 b. ^   (C) embellished ... attractive
   (D) appropriate ... applicable
7 g4 O4 e; }5 [0 x   (E) initial ... discernible
  
4. By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king ________ the consideration that customarily protects monarchs.
( V- ]( t; a( o  M' t   (A) merited
   (B) forfeited
   (C) debased
   (D) concealed
' }1 g* Y; x6 X   (E) extended
  
8 B; m* _9 o( G' ]( c2 z! h5. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was ________ by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.
   (A) banal
' v% ~$ B7 Z# I   (B) heretical
3 @' x4 V9 y8 L, k2 w: N   (C) unproven
   (D) complex
; y* Y" H1 y2 ^/ x( v1 L# [   (E) superficial
  
6. The natural balance between prey and predator has been increasingly ________, most frequently by human intervention.
   (A) celebrated
   (B) predicted
   (C) observed
% Q9 v: R) }) g" A  a7 b   (D) disturbed
   (E) questioned
# Y9 F6 W7 w. q* F  
4 T& Q, R# J/ @( _  m4 G7. Charlotte Salomon’s biography is a reminder that the currents of private life, however diverted, dislodged, or twisted by ________ public events, retain their hold on the ________ recording them.
. `; i& X& b3 P6 C  ~6 b5 S   (A) transitory ... culture
6 m- @8 [& N* C+ o5 ]. }& f   (B) dramatic ... majority
: |6 `! R/ v' d# y   (C) overpowering ... individual
# D% o$ z8 f9 q; E! V   (D) conventional ... audience
. @1 o) K$ l4 b$ J* S   (E) relentless ... institution
Exercise Fourteen
重点：no longer在解题时的价值。
1. that不是从句结构， 而是指代结构。certainty与belief是重复结构。
  satisfied  满意，满足
- g  i) H! e3 g0 ^3 B6 Z- R; q9 P  sustained  支持    substitutes  替代
  hampered  阻碍    equivalents  平等物
  restricted  限制，阻碍    parallels  平行物
  答案：B
  no longer表示过去发生的动作现在不再出现了。