新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十

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1. In an age without radio or recordings, an age ________ by print, fiction gained its greatest ascendancy.
  R) M3 ]2 m* i8 v3 d$ Q. l7 S# N9 B  p   (A) decimated
   (B) denigrated
; X, ?% Z! \  s, U* O$ s$ D2 E# R   (C) dominated
   (D) emphasized
   (E) resurrected
  
2. 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.
+ B+ c" g4 Z  l. M/ k6 D9 h& w   (A) insignificant ... mask
   (B) inexpensive ... produce
0 [+ G. e6 {' L! k0 U2 m4 E+ U/ D   (C) innovative ... represent
0 J+ u, h/ {% A3 I3 [; v0 K9 n   (D) ingenious ... permit
   (E) inopportune ... hasten
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* B* m6 h% Y. k5 l; n- ?: }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.
/ `8 @2 w5 |7 t: [% N4 a   (A) an abstraction
- u$ n' Z# E% p( b5 T  @7 l: S, H   (B) an enhancement
   (C) a synthesis
   (D) a reconnaissance
   (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.
; q9 u/ z# _2 t* _/ A   (A) addresses
   (B) creates
   (C) alters
   (D) suppresses
5 }' q* |1 ^, @' @2 b   (E) substitutes
  
# |1 ^# D3 ~- a0 ~; I9 e$ g8 N/ }5. Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the ________ of society, the conventionality of academe.
   (A) ethos
: [* N; ]4 I9 S3 Z, ~: U1 v2 [   (B) idealism
   (C) romance
; H5 L/ R" g7 v! a  F: Y   (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.
7 Y+ g. [, F( ?, v$ I' f   (A) plethora of
   (B) moratorium on
  n0 l, C0 I/ b- ?7 j# m3 j   (C) reciprocation of
   (D) concentration on
   (E) development of
  
" |9 H- @7 a5 c$ ]& N" E7. 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.
   (A) sharpen ... conflate
   (B) increase ... diminish
: u8 L- A+ m' P" O   (C) aggravate ... buttress
   (D) disrupt ... neutralize
   (E) impair ... obscure

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3. 同位语结构。
7 S* w2 |: Q- O' C5 o. s) R& l   abstraction  抽象，摘要
& o6 y7 N; t+ }" c" t   enhancement  增强
; }& o% x3 ^  ?4 v& n# Y. Q   synthesis  合成 一般不选
   reconnaissance  预先考察，预先侦查
, l+ H7 A! [) Q/ Q& l1 p+ Z# M   答案：D
4. tailor n. 裁缝 v. 剪裁，修改。第一个空格填tailoring的同义词。
0 B& @1 {5 m+ V# }0 {6 Y3 U  addresses  发表，从事,致辞
5 a/ b1 k/ L3 E, I$ V  creates  产生
2 _; H' \( U7 w  a! E( @0 U  alters  改变
. d7 J. O1 v6 P4 \  e( e  答案：C
  substitutes  替代
5. 空格以后给出同位语结构。
   conventionality  因循守旧，约定俗成
- ]2 Y/ _  W. k9 f$ B) Y   ethos  精神风貌
0 F! H: _& D# a" z, [   idealism  理想主义
% o2 n* n8 B6 v   romance  罗曼史
   paradoxes  似是而非的矛盾
   commonplaces  平庸，平常
5 o, i8 \' T1 P$ L6 J, _   答案：E
2 k- u; Z4 {1 o& R8 E, i, O   句首的状语是修饰谓语动词，而谓语动词已经比较完整，所以忽略句首。
   unworldly  超凡脱俗，惊世骇俗
4 c& P. c  D" ^) R1 l6. breathing  表示时间极短
3 h" W+ P" m  f( H$ z$ V' f* E  spell  一段时间
. M- j' s9 z! g; d  L  plethora  过多，过剩
; ~" l3 h; P6 |: o- f  moratorium on  延期偿付
, Y& i3 S/ v3 o5 Q  答案：B
, K$ T5 s% U  G% ]4 T- z7. 并列关系表明空格动词的性质。
( f- s+ {. o7 j- D   sharpen  使…敏锐    conflate  结合
   increase  增强    diminish  减少
! x8 T, Z" U. s% z+ `: q& B/ k   aggravate  恶化    buttress  支持
   disrupt  打破    neutralize  抵消
   impair  损坏    obscure  模糊
- ^4 e) c3 V* j5 K4 l: A# L; _' t2 A4 j   ...inconclusive results that...