1. It is his dubious distinction to have proved what nobody would think of denying, that Romero at the age of sixty-four writes with all the characteristics of ________.
5 E+ M! ]9 p; O: ^& ~ (A) maturity * K. L( m/ t; w# v) ~- j0 ~
(B) fiction 9 P6 z+ @& m0 w+ W& T
(C) inventiveness ( L! O0 P5 _( B9 v
(D) art
$ a0 x0 w: K7 W X% Z, S+ c, k X (E) brilliance 4 {3 u) v7 A7 H z& w
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2. Despite assorted effusions to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and, quite possibly, there may be something of a ________ between them. " Q) D4 S# Q' S
(A) generality % H% Z1 U/ Q1 ^. t$ l3 i* e6 m
(B) fusion
2 s5 d, A% P' m3 `, k2 a1 H$ a (C) congruity 1 W! c2 G; j% X8 J
(D) dichotomy ) ^ s3 I, ~( X, J0 \ T2 [
(E) reciprocity * X: @* A4 a4 W6 Q K2 h
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3. The poet W. H. Auden believed that the greatest poets of his age were almost necessarily irresponsible, that the possession of great gifts ________ the ________ to abuse them. 8 ~7 P4 r! P/ A; }
(A) negates ... temptation 6 S9 r/ ~. ]+ O9 k
(B) controls ... resolution , d% k+ W1 U0 S G5 d
(C) engenders ... propensity
7 B% F0 a1 c5 d4 J (D) tempers ... proclivity
" |8 q/ v0 z% S (E) obviates ... inclination % _; m N2 ^4 @% _4 k: _) }
; @" }, U- {) }$ t- X( U4 f4. Regardless of what ________ theories of politics may propound, there is nothing that requires daily politics to be clear, thorough, and consistent — nothing, that is, that requires reality to conform to theory.
' L! B7 w' h8 ?# y" [ (A) vague % |: S. v$ B8 V( s% i
(B) assertive # @5 E3 Q( C& v% ~4 X& s: x% D
(C) casual
, t8 p9 m" s, @% R8 D (D) vicious ( H; b }6 G9 h, [8 @
(E) tidy
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5. There are no solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is ________ other forms.
( g. G0 t' R* J0 v! J. f' M4 \/ T+ D (A) segregated from
5 m+ l% ^4 v2 p2 V- ^+ R2 C1 r (B) parallel to % v- d, C; }! ]. K* p9 f& ?
(C) dependent on . ]5 ]; W9 C5 B6 V2 }
(D) overshadowed by x. T# S& W8 {+ F+ J
(E) mimicked by
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9 {- ~6 D% l8 f! D; |# f7 u0 K6. For some time now, ________ has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that everybody has an angle is considered wisdom. 0 a( x' C. e7 z- \
(A) rationality ' G$ y4 z4 e/ f" ]* l
(B) flexibility
1 }( H9 L7 e7 \ (C) diffidence
0 j2 j. P, e0 F* O/ u$ p (D) disinterestedness
6 g- _- x- K3 g4 ~, j8 b' z3 e& _6 a (E) insincerity % S: U1 P2 M# E3 f
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7. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look ________; they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from asense of the ________ of natural beauty and human glory. ) C H% e2 c, P, E! f7 D+ r
(A) beautiful ... immutability
@- [# c3 u8 v0 M! N8 A5 l# U9 y (B) cheerful ... transitoriness
: `0 O# _' `: R/ Y' J (C) colorful ... abstractness ' u/ p; A( Z! W8 r, k# ~0 E' l
(D) luxuriant ... simplicity
! Q, {7 `+ X" Y0 f3 L (E) conventional ... wildness ( C2 K; h) I* c( i+ b) r( s+ {7 r
1. dubious 令人怀疑的； " B1 O4 j! x1 i i; ^
what是proved的宾语，而that也是proved的宾语,两句话在句子里起到了相同的语法作用，意味着两 句话的内容是完全重复的。
2 |/ \2 m0 M, M- i/ | maturity 成熟； / ]# c8 S# g6 y) ]1 }; s3 i6 B) @3 m* i
答案 A
& p9 _8 r3 }4 w- U fiction 虚构；inventiveness 发明，创造；art 艺术； # P( F: A3 ~1 b I' o# C
brilliance 才华横溢； $ R& y- A5 F- U( s/ B' K
distinction 不同点，区分点；荣誉，成就，贡献； 9 u( Y+ Q' E$ @9 M# f, P+ Z
his 指代的是这道题没有出现的某一位评论家。 7 [& }5 C r! N5 H: g: N% \: y
2. assorted = various 多种多样的，形形色色的；
2 b/ ~; A3 W3 S' \& F" ^ effusion 热情洋溢的情感或者支持性的情感； ! c8 h- [, e. s) L+ u
题目结构：在句首用 despite 作转折，在之后有两个 there be 句型作了
1 c6 m A4 ?& s" V# {9 ~ 一个并列，即转折里有并列。
, E, R0 U# \4 C! V1 i1 S generality 共性；fusion 融合；congruity 和谐，一致；
8 T/ L5 e- X4 p( e% S# n dichotomy 两分，对立； % z$ x8 w% U" t2 r, J- F& Z5 f) Q
答案 D 9 p. Y3 h" {/ f ^$ o
reciprocity 互惠互利；
& q' N' [% K1 z支持性的情感流向了对方。 % m# ]$ o. f1 t7 ~+ N
社会背景。
1 x T% i! x) k$ u3. 在GRE中找指代是最容易的方法是用单复数找指代。 + X o) m7 A' ^6 y
negate 否认；control 控制；engender 产生；
0 S: v3 ]- J T temper 减轻，缓和；obviate 排除；
5 ]7 r, C7 R0 ?( i5 d 答案 C 5 ?0 i! w8 j# U, [7 X3 g
propensity 倾向； |
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