2012新GRE考试填空例题剖析05

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　　(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q5, Easy)
　　In stark contrast to hislater (i) _______, Simpson was largely (ii) ______ politics during his college years, despite the fact that thecampus he attended was rife with political activity.
BLANK (i)
$ _2 t+ y9 Y* x9 ]! u  iBLANK (ii)
(A) activism
(D) devoted to
(B) apathy
(E) indifferent to
(C) affability
5 h# u2 B4 ^9 }& H' R5 x  ^(F) shaped by
- J% |- }2 {, ^3 i  `　　KEY:AE
2 _- N: A' U' C# S: u　　1.关键字：“in contrast to”，“despite”，时间对比
5 @$ g  |" c( p- [" R/ \0 }　　2.Blank1中应该填入一个名词，表示Simpson对于政治的一种态度，blank2中应该填入一个动词词组，表示Simpson在求学时对于政治的做法；转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]
. c& U  n, n3 U. V- k% Q　　3.前半句中有in contrast to，表现的是Simpson在大学期间与其之后对于政治态度的描述，因而根据时间对比，blank1与blank2中应该体现的是一种完全相反的态度；
　　4.根据后半句的despite，Simpson应该与其所在的大学中氛围相反，他所在的大学“was rife with politicalactivity”，大家都热衷与政治活动，而他则应该是“不热衷于政治运动”，即可以推出blank2中的词语，而同理，根据刚才的推断，blank1中应该是“Simpson现在对于政治运动很热衷”的态度了。
" n. A$ y" M& A5 A: [, a　　5.词语解释：
　　[1].(A) activism：（实践主义）adoctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially insupport of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue
　　[2].(B) apathy：（冷淡）lack of interest or concern
　　[3].(C) affability：（和蔼可亲）being pleasant and at ease in talkingto others
, N; g' ?! B/ K* F$ K/ N　　[4].(D) devoted to：（为……奉献）to give over or direct (as time,money, or effort) to a cause, enterprise, or activity
% G! @# v  \. P) u　　[5].(E) indifferent to：（对……冷淡）lackof interest or concern
, e! x0 f9 d9 E& L7 ^( _, F　　[6].(F) shaped by：（被塑造成……）FORM, CREATE especially : to give aparticular form or shape to外语学习网
$ Y# z# G/ H9 t" V' V6 K9 n0 e　　(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q6, Easy)
( t! M) I% e) T* z# h5 _0 o　　As my eyesight began to _______, I spent a lot of time writing about it – both poemsand “eye journals” – describing what I saw as I looked out through damaged eyes.
6 A1 w9 M6 Z! B& u3 P* I' A　　(A) deteriorate
　　(B) sharpen
: c$ E6 Y+ Q) @0 Y9 u" g6 b( v　　(C) improve
, |# m/ b0 i! O　　(D) decline
7 B" p& X* c6 s) C　　(E) recover
　　(F) adjust
+ @$ s: b0 A6 m- O( ~, _) L　　KEY:AD
　　1.关键字：“as”，随着……，同义关系
# T4 y4 k/ c# k　　2.看到as结构以后，找寻其所描述事情的同义关系的结构即可；as结构中所涉及到的是作者的eyesight的问题，后面句子中eyes是eyesight的同义转述，因而形容eyes的词语即形容eyesight的词语，因而选择(A)、(D)选项。
　　3.词语解释：
9 q$ D3 Y+ y2 y6 t! U# A　　[1].(A) deteriorate：（受损）to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition
% t& y0 y( {% A+ i& @　　[2].(B) sharpen：（锋利）to make sharp or sharper
　　[3].(C) improve：（提高）to enhance in value orquality转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]
　　[4].(D) decline：（退化）to tend toward an inferior state or weaker
% L* s4 A% T8 M1 G( w　　[5].(E) recover：（恢复）to bring back to normalposition or condition
　　[6].(F) adjust：（改善）to bring to a moresatisfactory state