新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导三十八

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1. While she initially suffered the fate of many pioneers — the incomprehension of her colleagues — octogenarian Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock has lived to ________ the triumph of her once ________ scientific theories.
* p2 J" E! ^0 @9 h5 E- o& R* n   (A) descry ... innovative
   (B) regret ... insignificant
2 s" K1 p4 Z0 X2 z! H   (C) perpetuate ... tentative
1 D! I3 w, Y/ o6 d* l; I   (D) enjoy ... authoritative
8 @; K1 @1 X) e7 B, w: ]) v7 X   (E) savor ... heterodox
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2. Nature's energy efficiency often ________ human technology: despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency ________ the firefly's system.
   (A) engenders ... manipulates
/ U+ p, ], i- f/ H& P5 S5 m' @% X   (B) reflects ... simulates
   (C) outstrips ... rivals
   (D) inhibits ... matches
   (E) determines ... reproduces
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; B: f$ V8 g! ~6 y8 K3. Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiments she let a number of ________ results slip by.
/ l( P6 N8 F& [. T2 i) Z6 ^7 i# z   (A) inaccurate
   (B) verifiable
   (C) redundant
. b0 {' F2 B9 x- H& D   (D) salient
   (E) anomalous
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4. Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by ________, the leaders of the movement have recently ________ most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.
, r! q1 D1 B1 Z# T9 R; A% \* ]) l0 k   (A) intimidation ... issued
& z3 }2 k0 H# [( f8 f   (B) participation ... moderated
' s) C9 |( H  @+ x- B0 G3 h# \   (C) proclamation ... codified
- }) A3 y- Q! o$ U' S   (D) demonstration ... deliberated
2 e9 \9 P6 y' G3 z* M   (E) coercion ... repudiated

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5. Before about 1960, virtually all accounts of evolution assumed most adaptation to be a product of selection at the level of populations; recent studies of evolution, however, have found no ________ this ________ view of selection.</p>   (A) departures from ... controversial
   (B) basis for ... pervasive
$ G! d* b( A8 S% \$ l   (C) bias toward ... unchallenged
   (D) precursors of ... innovative
   (E) criticisms of ... renowned
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. p6 A3 s" M" _3 G* R3 m$ T6. Scientists' pristine reputation as devotees of the disinterested pursuit of truth has been ________ by recent evidence that some scientists have deliberately ________ experimental results to further their own careers.
   (A) reinforced ... published
   (B) validated ... suppressed
& q! T3 G5 U; o' R* d   (C) exterminated ... replicated
9 w2 m# K9 ?5 X1 Z   (D) compromised ... fabricated
   (E) resuscitated ... challenged
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7. Although Johnson's and Smith's initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm ________ after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.
  ]/ r" c% j, s4 K5 l4 P8 W' t   (A) revived
& o3 l' q# ?! @  D1 L. {   (B) emerged
8 n. R1 N" |1 ^- p" H   (C) intensified
   (D) flagged
3 ?0 ?1 H6 Z& _7 }/ I   (E) persisted
6. pristine reputation...recent evidence表示时间反差。
' h0 u3 z4 B" v2 _5 x9 O2 ]  reinforced  加强
  validated  有效，生效
  exterminated  根除，灭绝
+ e& i2 W; V: N# N& S; X% ]  compromised  危害  fabricated  捏造
  resuscitated  复活
9 y6 Z) u, H9 _, j; @8 P% b  答案：D
  重点：pristine...recent表示时间反差关系。关键词deliberately的意思。
7. although表示转折关系。initial fascination...after a few months
  revived  复活
# ]0 z8 n: f% @( S8 Y  X7 T  emerged  出现
  intensified  加强，强化
9 o( }! R' g9 z- {" Z  flagged  衰退
  答案：D
  persisted  持续
/ o5 q+ A" G  T, I# V  jockey n. 赛马  v.  赛马，运用手段来谋求，欺诈
9 T  e5 ?/ _' z* n3 m  S, {0 _6 h  jockeying for powder  谋求权力