新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导三十九

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1. In an age without radio or recordings, an age ________ by print, fiction gained its greatest ascendancy.
8 R; R( m$ ?3 a* L3 \; F" M7 I   (A) decimated
   (B) denigrated
   (C) dominated
   (D) emphasized
& H; Y! [2 c# M+ b   (E) resurrected
  
# [1 `1 ]) ]6 c8 k. l2. New research on technology and public policy focuses on how seemingly ________ design features, generally overlooked in most analyses of public works projects or industrial machinery, actually ________ social choices of profound significance.
; a6 H5 p3 G  p# C4 o! B) `   (A) insignificant ... mask
# h" G( J& t) X" z   (B) inexpensive ... produce
   (C) innovative ... represent
3 U- d) Z9 M) Q+ X, t7 V' ~* z# b   (D) ingenious ... permit
   (E) inopportune ... hasten
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3. Cezanne’s delicate watercolor sketches often served as ________ of a subject, a way of gathering fuller knowledge before the artist’s final engagement of the subject in an oil painting.
5 U7 v/ G8 ]' w+ G* @   (A) an abstraction
   (B) an enhancement
   (C) a synthesis
   (D) a reconnaissance
$ c/ E+ G/ a3 {3 j% {2 g   (E) a transcription
  
4. At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ________ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.
4 e+ q, o/ |. Q- r/ m# {, ^+ j$ Z   (A) addresses
: t* l& j" j% n2 U   (B) creates
   (C) alters
   (D) suppresses
   (E) substitutes
  
" K3 F, V7 l. B5. Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the ________ of society, the conventionality of academe.
6 c5 r; N, Z! R8 [3 q0 w   (A) ethos
" i+ s% `% o9 S  ]3 o0 w  R   (B) idealism
   (C) romance
   (D) paradoxes
   (E) commonplaces

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6. The breathing spell provided by the ________ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions.
   (A) plethora of
* G4 B, v9 l3 r+ E, H   (B) moratorium on
: X( q: u" j& e9 j" }$ d- w   (C) reciprocation of
2 a* X! \( n4 K, D, V" `- ?   (D) concentration on
   (E) development of
  
- D3 ^! w2 d3 R" _8 {1 X, t3 Z7. Exposure to sustained noise has been claimed to ________ blood pressure regulation in human beings and, particularly, to increase hypertension, even though some researchers have obtained inconclusive results that ________ the relationship.
: q+ L- L: _" H5 z5 e! T. n: [   (A) sharpen ... conflate
   (B) increase ... diminish
& j8 Y+ T. F. i+ m5 ~   (C) aggravate ... buttress
   (D) disrupt ... neutralize
   (E) impair ... obscure
5 `& {# n+ V, K4 h' [  ?# _重点：短语结构在GRE解题时的价值。
) n. T% F4 l$ P% y$ p短语结构分为三种类型：
    1.有标点：①放在句尾的，附属结构是作主句的补充；
" b7 k4 }% J# v  H7 U% f              ②在句中出现，它可以提供解题线索。
    2.没有标点；
    3.直接连接。它的特点是在名词后面直接加分词。
1. 同位语结构。
0 f9 B1 }, [# j3 k: b+ v   答案：C  dominated  统治
' J$ @7 W) r: N  I6 x" |   ascendancy  统治权，优势地位
: G  v( w- h/ F6 h% J1 i4 I2. design features作为主语。谓语是第二个空格里的动词。主语和谓语之间的
1 ?; y$ O9 J, {3 N& O! O9 p: B  部分作为插入性短语 ，作为主语的补充。
  insignificant  无关紧要的，不重要的，无意义的
  答案：A
& K+ r' z6 m1 C  inexpensive  不贵的  mask  掩盖
  innovative  革新的，创新的
  ingenious  天才的
  inopportune  不合适的  hasten  催促，促进
& s. G; {: @4 U% F  主宾相反谓语动词采用反性逻辑动作。