新GRE考试填空模拟练习题三

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11. A hypothesis must not only account for what we already know, but it must also be ________ by continued observation.
   (A) refuted
; M: h, }0 l6 {& t) Y   (B) interrupted
   (C) verified
   (D) discredited
   (E) outmoded
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12. A journalist rather than a scholar, Mr. Cose seems nevertheless to be ________ most of the serious studies relevant to his topic.
9 G& a; A* g$ U  x   (A) overawed by
- F6 L3 R( t$ e; T' m   (B) ignorant of
. a2 N' k/ E, |: _6 B1 H9 K   (C) associated with
" s6 Z8 z; F; {! Q+ U" l   (D) wearied by
7 m* {2 @+ B4 ]# G7 |( S1 B" h0 G& F   (E) familiar with
   
, R9 x: K, `8 n! H13. A leading philosopher of our time, Ludwig Wittgenstein, laid down a ________ to which good historians ________ : " Of that of which nothing is known nothing can be said."
   (A) burden ... protest
7 E  x+ {9 \+ T. W3 }- z8 v   (B) law ... amend
$ v: a$ H$ R; _% P( K   (C) rule ... adhere
   (D) maxim ... succumb
   (E) weapon ... surrender
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14. A major outbreak of food poisoning in 1993 underlined the serious ________ in the then-current system of food inspection.
   (A) expectations
4 i3 `# ?# `0 v2 ]/ p   (B) innovations
   (C) objectivity
' o  }+ ?3 V" L! d7 }( P) e$ d   (D) deficiencies
* s) [3 k7 q: W% v6 V   (E) uniformity
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15. A man incapable of ________ action, he never had an opinion about something that he had not worked up beforehand, fashioning it with lengthy care.
7 s$ M: O+ u6 V, P   (A) premeditated
   (B) coherent
   (C) spontaneous
   (D) calculated
" \" z9 N1 s& g8 F" j1 s: l   (E) self-conscious
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