2012新GRE考试填空例题剖析03

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　　(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q2, Easy)
　　Kaganmaintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences arepart of a naturalprocess of development, notharbingers ofchildhood unhappiness or______ signsofadolescent anxiety.
　　(A) prophetic
　　(B) normal
3 R3 H8 Q- q8 _; c+ T1 `! ~　　(C) monotonous 考试用书
" F7 V3 z' }# M( a# H& ]　　(D) virtual
　　(E) typical
" m6 U- ?1 }/ m2 K　　KEY:A
　　1.关键字：“A … not B or C”模式（“三空格”模式的变体）
　　2.“A … not B or C”模式，其中“B or C”是同一个事物，与A相反。
9 `) Y: h, E3 ^8 y3 H　　3.空中应该填入一个形容词，是对于sign的描述，其应该与harbinger是同义关系，与natural process是反义关系。
　　4.词语解释
* m$ K6 e# A) Q　　[1].(A) prophetic：（预兆的）foretelling events : PREDICTIVE
　　[2].(B) normal：（普通的）conforming to a type,standard, or regular pattern
　　[3].(C) monotonous：（单一音调的）uttered or sounded in oneunvarying tone
　　[4].(D) virtual：（虚拟的）of, relating to, or being ahypothetical particle whose existence is inferred from indirect evidence
7 j, l+ o8 t; |　　[5].(E) typical：（典型的）constituting or having thenature of a type
　　(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q3, Easy)
　　An investigation that is _______ canoccasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is theresult of a search in a definite direction.
5 [( \0 c4 v  Y: X! ~% T8 C( s　　(A) timely
　　(B) unguided
　　(C) consistent
' @  O6 ?; \, w3 p　　(D) uncomplicated
! O6 T$ x( f7 U' \9 Y　　(E) subjective 外语学习网
　　KEY:B
5 x: o: y  }# z' k7 ^; O3 G　　1.关键字：“but”
　　2.空中应该填入一个形容词，是对于“an investigation”的一种形容；
) I# p4 A' O: v( T) N　　3.后半句中有but出现，应该是与前半句表达相反的意思，而后半句中的“a search”是前半句中的“an investigation”的同义替换，因此空中应该填入一个与在后半句中形容search相反的词语，即“not in a definite direction”。
" ~& R) x$ p4 x  S　　4.词语解释
; W: M( Q8 u8 B7 S　　[1].(A) timely：（及时的）appropriate or adapted tothe times or the occasion 来自www.Examw.com
- @9 ]8 [2 C- G) T/ B9 K　　[2].(B) unguided：（没有导向的）not to direct, supervise, or influence usually to aparticular end
1 t, k* ~7 P: M) a5 w$ R2 _% g　　[3].(C) consistent：（一致的）marked by harmony,regularity, or steady continuity
' U. W  s* |( o　　[4].(D) uncomplicated：（不复杂的）not difficult to analyze,understand, or explain
, g  F. O6 Y, m% |3 b9 P　　[5].(E) subjective：（主要的）of or relating to theessential being of that which has substance, qualities, attributes, orrelations