历年GRE考试真题之填空题11

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1 It is strange how words shape our thoughts and
1 d% Q/ x1 z: `trap us at the bottom of deeply----canyons of
thinking, their imprisoning sides carved out by the
----of past usage.
* I+ W' ]& @* w4 E0 V(A) cleaved.. eruptions (B) rooted.. flood
(C) incised.. river (D) ridged.. ocean
6 K" b: W2 ~8 ]5 x5 l(E) notched.. mountains
2 That his intransigence in making decisions----no
open disagreement from any quarter was well 中华考试网
known; thus, clever subordinates learned the art of
----their opinions in casual remarks.
(A) elicited.. quashing
0 n+ |0 \1 m; u1 w8 W8 K1 l(B) engendered.. recasting
(C) brooked.. intimating
2 v& j9 S2 I9 P: g(D) embodied.. instigating
(E) forbore.. emending
3 Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but
enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s
: v2 O$ A& l" Y5 p! E8 Yportrayed him as----thinker, eager to fill the
young with his political orthodoxy while
censoring ideas he did not like.
3 l( q( ]8 r/ D( I+ Q(A) an adventurous (B) a doctrinaire
(C) an eclectic (D) a judicious (E) a cynical
4 To have true disciples, a thinker must not be too
----: any effective intellectual leader depends
on the ability of other people to----thought
6 r4 Q0 J. N) }% n- L4 X  lprocesses that did not originate with them.
(A) popular.. dismiss 中华考试网(www．Examw。com)
* e. U: [5 e% W! S3 R& U( \(B) methodical.. interpret
+ I3 u) H7 ^; s4 E(C) idiosyncratic.. reenact
(D) self-confident.. revitalize
(E) pragmatic.. discourage
5 Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to
2 L* m- q# i0 d* v' r" @/ klaugh at themselves, although a hint of----can
9 U' _* S2 n' @7 T7 `boost sales of video clips very nicely.
(A) self-deprecation (B) congeniality
(C) cynicism (D) embarrassment
8 t1 x6 s& n( L' x, c(E) self-doubt