新GRE考试填空模拟练习题七十二

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356. Skulls are the Rosetta stones of anthropology, because they bear unique features that let scientists ________ whether two fossil samples come from the same type of creature.
    (A) determine
    (B) prophesy
2 C4 m+ v) e1 X& Z; y    (C) disregard
% e) G, W5 m% Z* [    (D) initiate
/ ?+ ?: V7 @) o; _- p$ V) e    (E) recollect
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5 j6 Q$ |+ ~8 x' P6 u' V357. So important was the textile trade between England and America ________ quantities of indigo and raw-ginned cotton a year going in one direction, millions of yards of printed cotton fabrics in the other ________ that it ________ right through the American War of Independence.
! J0 [7 @9 D% Q' K. ~& |    (A) immense ... innovated
    (B) vast ... continued
9 g5 o* ]" Y& G$ R/ i0 S% `    (C) illicit ... collaborated
3 J  ~: R; o+ {' r    (D) insignificant ... diversified
    (E) enormous ... ceased
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358. Some spiderwebs are sheets or tangles of threads that delay the ________ of prey, allowing the spider, ________ by vibrations that travel through the threads, time to make its way over to the entangled victim.
    (A) escape ... alerted
3 z* b- P, O/ k1 a! G) W% G    (B) consumption ... frightened
    (C) capture ... thwarted
    (D) pursuit ... soothed
    (E) sighting ... irritated
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359. Some thought Dali was a brilliant painter; others ________ him as a conceited poseur.
    (A) respected
" `) D. n( g9 @5 q5 N    (B) venerated
    (C) dismissed
    (D) vindicated
    (E) exasperated
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360. Something in Christopher responded to the older man’s air of authority; he looked  ________ , used to ________ .
4 q0 s( W: o+ r* X$ {    (A) magisterial ... command
    (B) monumental ... intimidate
* D: T7 o- F9 G2 R* i    (C) diffident ... domineer
    (D) masterful ... obey
/ _$ h! C2 g" V$ I/ u! Q    (E) decisive ... fret