新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十二

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1. The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an ________ process closed to the uninitiated listener, however enthusiastic.
   (A) unreliable
   (B) arcane
) X) U5 F( X- T, I; e   (C) arrogant
   (D) elementary
: f4 H$ ^5 U( N( y   (E) intuitive
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( g" T5 b0 g; Z9 ?4 K  Q2. Psychology has slowly evolved into an ________ scientific discipline that now functions autonomously with the same privileges and responsibilities as other sciences.
   (A) independent
   (B) unusual
" o- c0 s1 c, E% D3 ~   (C) outmoded
   (D) uncontrolled
   (E) inactive
  
3. Nineteenth-century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical ________ or a brilliant ________ blending Egyptian and Assyrian art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece.
+ i; b% F- U' u1 k7 D   (A) stratagem ... appropriation
   (B) exemplar ... synthesis
   (C) conversion ... annexation
   (D) paradigm ... construct
, e0 o/ i6 i5 m+ K8 Z9 a. S   (E) apparition ... amalgam
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- P% \# W) d; g6 w: U. s5 `4. Dependence on foreign sources of heavy metals, though ________, remains ________ for United States foreign policy.
8 E6 a' |8 P3 O9 }   (A) deepening ... a challenge
  c" Z$ a! d4 Y% A# d5 A; z$ r   (B) diminishing ... a problem
   (C) excessive ... a dilemma
; T; s7 X4 P6 ]   (D) debilitating ... an embarrassment
' q9 N; o8 Z" _0 F. V2 v, y3 h   (E) unavoidable ... a precedent
  
; H+ F9 `  F* z" Q- M5. Opponents of the expansion of the market economy, although in ________, continued to constitute ________ political force throughout the century.
   (A) error ... an inconsequential
   (B) retreat ... a powerful
   (C) disarray ... a disciplined
   (D) jeopardy ... an ineffective
8 v$ C2 d! G5 T: Z4 D) y   (E) command ... a viable
  
- b& `6 H2 _5 o6 V# e6. Although the revelation that one of the contestants was a friend left the judge open to charges of lack of ________, the judge remained adamant in her assertion that acquaintance did not necessarily imply ________.
; A# V8 Q% ^6 A( J/ H   (A) prudence ... tolerance
0 F/ }% A! W. U# D# w( B& W   (B) detachment ... foreknowledge
; e5 {( M$ u/ P6 ?   (C) exoneration ... impropriety
   (D) prejudice ... preference
7 T1 D; m- k3 j$ b' x5 o   (E) disinterestedness ... partiality
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3 r% z, B" e7 \2 b- h7. Although he attempted repeatedly to ________ her of her conviction of his insincerity, he was not successful; she remained ________ in her judgment.
3 m% i! x9 `6 J1 }  J7 t   (A) remind ... forceful
  @  I; ?; f- ?! |% R) ?( z   (B) convince ... unfeigned
. I5 |% R" h; l6 _2 o1 l   (C) exorcise ... indulgent
   (D) disabuse ... adamant
   (E) free ... unsure
, q9 Z- S0 M% ]( \& w7 n3. 两个空格之间不是同义词。空格中填一个名词后面直接接分词，符合短
   语结构中的第三种。
   appropriation  拨款盗用
/ l! Q: D) }$ R0 @, A   synthesis  合成
) C  r; E) O& `9 I+ D   annexation  附加
+ F7 Q& j8 D2 F   constract  构建
   amalgam  混合    apparition  幽灵，鬼怪，神奇出现，突然出现

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4~7重点学习remain在GRE中的考试方法。
, n2 b* c+ V: A( ?1 E$ H# k6 y1. 单独使用表示“依然”；
1 k2 y5 O% Q8 W, @% z* L6 T# B2. 前面有转折表示朝下（上）的改变。
8 \' f0 D1 i) M+ P. o1 V4. 出现了第二种考法的情况。第一个空填一个表示走下坡的词。
# k3 l+ v: a8 ]6 G9 ]   deepening  加深
   diminishing  减少
   excessive  过度
/ n* I' z! U! I/ [* R$ `   debilitating  削弱
   unavoidable  不可避免的
3 v1 u1 E( |3 f   答案：B
) `( z# S7 h# A& T3 Q: s! K5. continue to相当于remain。第一个空格是走下坡路。
  error  错误
: P! E: q1 L9 h  retreat  后退，颓败    powerful  有力的
9 ^7 O. L1 C: j( B  disarray  混乱
  jeopardy  危害，危及    ineffective  无效的
7 U# H/ l: v' H6 n2 E  command  命令，支配
# G; ]/ j; Q7 ~$ O; y+ F  答案：B
  寻找转折时不能出现矛盾。
6. 从内容进行判断。可供选择的只有两个词。
    detachment  客观，超然
    disinterestedness  公正，客观
3 L9 v1 L$ D4 ^! i4 ^    答案：E  partiality  偏袒 disciplined  守纪律的，严于律己的，有自律精神的，一丝不苟的
7. although表示转折关系。
  remind  提醒
  convince  确信
  exorcise  驱魔，驱邪，驱除（有宗教色彩）
  答案：D    disabuse  打消某人的念头  adamant  坚持自己的观念
  remain表示对原有观点的延续。
  也可以利用分号进行分析。