新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导二十

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1. Although economists have traditionally considered the district to be solely an agricultural one, the ________ of the inhabitants’ occupations makes such a classification obsolete.
7 ]4 |2 h7 ^  E/ |   (A) productivity
2 H( v1 q3 }8 _& M8 e' G   (B) diversity
6 b0 w) A0 W6 C: w   (C) predictability
7 ~( w% I/ l; Y) c+ V3 w   (D) profitability
   (E) stability
  
0 K1 q8 U/ l+ e' ~! Y# k2 {2. Although specific concerns may determine the intent of a research project, its results are often ________.
   (A) unanticipated
3 E2 a/ q' ^, L1 W6 U, b: E   (B) beneficial
" ]! N3 M) V+ k( z7 i   (C) expensive
- n. C$ R+ j) T% R' ~   (D) spectacular
   (E) specialized
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% C6 x. y) N  k; M- L5 p0 D* c. E3. In the days before the mass marketing of books, censorship was ________ source of ________, which helped the sale of the book and inspired Ralph Waldo Emerson to remark: "Every burned book enlightens the world".
   (A) a respected ... opinion
   (B) a constant ... guidance
) T6 W! E, J+ f2 i   (C) a prime ... publicity
   (D) an unnoticed ... opposition
6 ?- C7 b1 \% L1 P% U) T6 o# Z   (E) an unpromising ... criticism
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4. Compared mathematically to smoking and driving, almost everything else seems relatively risk-free ________ almost nothing seems worth regulating.
   (A) yet
   (B) since
   (C) so
& ~$ Z3 O8 r  F- N, y# E   (D) even though
2 X9 M( W% J! m; T5 j% }0 f   (E) as long as
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$ {* X3 ?+ O( v- _. G& Y% J9 e  o5. Politeness is not a ________ attribute of human behavior, but rather a central virtue, one whose very existence is increasingly being ________ by the faddish requirement to "speak one’s mind."
   (A) superficial ... threatened
6 e; y; `1 [5 U8 g) `   (B) pervasive ... undercut
   (C) worthless ... forestalled
' r" J: K% p; W   (D) precious ... repudiated
   (E) trivial ... affected
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+ `# z! ~, N9 T& o$ x. K6. The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that ________ the study of subjects previously thought ________ as part of school learning.
   (A) advocated ... necessary
   (B) enhanced ... indispensable
* k+ i) Y; s2 c% z; w# k   (C) restricted ... impractical
, Y' v# J+ Q# }% @3 N' O- x   (D) undermined ... popular
   (E) sanctioned ... inappropriate
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7. Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a ________ wish to avoid conflict of any sort.
% `% U- E3 G* _- R* c   (A) poignant
   (B) sincere
. G. l% g: m# Z8 Y   (C) plaintive
" }8 z& ?1 D+ W' ~   (D) laudable
" I% c# L) v* E# W   (E) craven
5.  superficial 肤浅的；pervasive 普遍存在的；worthless 无价值的；
     precious 珍贵的；trivial 琐碎的，不重要的；
5 V7 t3 h5 j) G2 ethreatened 被威胁；forestalled 被阻止；affected 被影响；
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* ?  K5 f$ e+ c3 `- g6 Z    speak one’s mind 直言不讳；