新GRE考试填空模拟练习题八十二

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406. The college president made the ________ statement that no student athlete on academic probation, not even the top-scorer of the varsity team, would be allowed to participate in intercollegiate sports.
# y1 _. |. [  D8 G    (A) impertinent
    (B) uncontroversial
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# l. P% m& J' R( O* Z    (D) categorical
# o) ~) k1 J7 n/ I- P) w" o    (E) equivocal
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407. The columnist was almost ________ when he mentioned his friends, but he was unpleasant and even ________ when he discussed people who irritated him.
3 _* Z( Q9 u5 G: q6 s# M    (A) recalcitrant ... laconic
4 G; S2 z) ^; Z; e! W    (B) reverential ... acrimonious
+ q$ s$ A  P6 F9 N1 r! X    (C) sensitive ... remorseful
    (D) insipid ... militant
    (E) benevolent ... stoical
  
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6 t" h' E, C: r3 Q' I' V    (A) flagrant ... cursory
    (B) improper ...  vindicated
: g1 H) i, Q! Y7 o9 O5 j$ X" s+ F* Q    (C) lavish ... unjustifiable
. q8 S6 b" S- R; c5 l. N    (D) judicious ... blameworthy
! F% Y8 F) X, f) {% h$ h    (E) arbitrary ... critical
  
409. The contract negotiations were often surprisingly ________ , deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counter-accusations.
    (A) perspicacious
    (B) phlegmatic
    (C) sedate
' U8 }) F2 H2 A8 Y( m( |    (D) acrimonious
, F3 g/ {4 Q( _- R* z8 `, P- k& Q    (E) propitious
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410. The critics were distressed that an essayist of such glowing ________ could descend to writing such dull, uninteresting prose.
    (A) obscurity
    (B) ill-repute
9 E2 b3 @& f( n3 v0 w    (C) shallowness
: L8 |0 p9 w  n* R* o4 a    (D) promise
& `% P1 G8 ~6 i* x1 p3 G% f4 L    (E) amiability
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