新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十三

会计考友

1. Having no sense of moral obligation, Shipler was as little subject to the ________ of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its ________ before he acted.
   (A) rewards ... chastisement
( z. F# b: n8 C   (B) balm ... eloquence
( t- H8 d; E! k0 p   (C) reproaches ... promptings
( S) x" J1 @* ~0 F; M   (D) ridicule ... allure
   (E) qualms ... atonement
# @" r- _7 \9 _7 L  W, t  
% u' E  p  l5 m# v; f2. Even those who disagreed with Carmen’s views rarely faulted her for expressing them, for the positions she took were as ________ as they were controversial.
   (A) complicated
   (B) political
   (C) subjective
! [' c7 }' X- Z9 j7 `) l   (D) commonplace
; y0 R5 O9 k; X! r8 P* {   (E) thoughtful
9 P2 p# |# ?% @3 b* p1 b& h  
5 H0 v$ T8 }' k2 M( b1 C& Z& U, G3. The First World War began in a context of jargon and verbal delicacy and continued in a cloud of ________ as ________ as language and literature, skillfully used, could make it.
   (A) circumlocution ... literal
+ Y4 u1 b. C+ @- y( \/ i( M   (B) cliche ... lucid
' y, x; z& u  w6 P   (C) euphemism ... impenetrable
$ P4 h8 U8 j% @5 V! D   (D) particularity ... deliberate
( H. R2 t+ d9 A0 r   (E) subjectivity ... enthralling
  
! k' ~7 Z7 t2 M6 a( r- s# t2 ~( Y4. As long as nations cannot themselves accumulate enough physical power to dominate all others, they must depend on ________.
7 L) N5 d, K+ \$ b% r   (A) allies
% o+ N, O) l6 {- r   (B) resources
% r1 {/ X/ L4 Q* l! m1 T   (C) freedom
   (D) education
, {# g" w) E' Q  b" ~   (E) self-determination
4 Y! j7 l7 \& y" o) g! g# `  
, s, D+ R2 }3 H! @+ F( j5. As serious as she is about the bullfight, she does not allow respect to ________ her sense of whimsy when painting it.
   (A) inspire
   (B) provoke
7 l4 y0 a6 x/ G   (C) suppress
   (D) attack
   (E) satisfy
  
6. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as ________ to increasingly expensive conventional housing.
   (A) reaction
% R( A' S- [4 P$ v8 Y4 z! d   (B) an addition
   (C) an introduction
$ n0 {  s# G3 @9 }- `1 Z' k   (D) an alternative
8 l! ?; S/ Y1 D' J   (E) a challenge
) Y& e1 a1 y5 k% W  
5 y8 l2 g$ S9 O, y* q7. The sale of Alaska was not so much an American coup as a matter of ________ for an imperial Russia that was short of cash and unable to ________ its own continental coastline.
   (A) negligence ... fortify
: f0 T6 S' r4 Y  I   (B) custom ... maintain
# ^1 }/ u) U- R; v   (C) convenience ... stabalize
   (D) expediency ... defend
   (E) exigency ... reinforce
重点讲解as的用法。
/ y: X. n0 b! z/ l8 vas的用法随着位置的不同而不同：
    1.放在句首有两种情况：
      ①as/as for+n.相当于原因；
      ②as+adj.+as可能是固定搭配；可能表示转折。
      例：As poor as she is, she is honest.第一个as可以省略。
/ Z+ K% J9 I# ^2 j: a2.放在句中as+adj.+as有两种不同，第二个as后面是短语还是句子。
, s( d8 R9 Q/ z) D1 m     如果后面接一个短语，例如He is as tall as his father. 表示两者
) ?( c8 E. A+ I6 x7 F  U     特点一致。如果后面是句子，例如
: t3 Q+ I4 B* o# z/ U     He is as smart as he is handsome. 表示程度的一致性。
3 }: V, _) B! |, q, a; B     不能根据句子后面的handsome解题。
# q$ n4 `. Q) u     做题遇到这种情况，线索一定来自前面。

会计考友

4. as long as表示“当…”。
) g* ?* P0 Z/ Z: ^  答案：A  allies  联盟
8 n- f3 H; B2 p1 N  J# d) y5. as...as...表示转折，相当于although。
  whimsy  奇思怪想
; m5 |$ k# F; g* {, q" G' Z  inspire  激起
  provoke  煽动
  suppress  压制
  答案：C  
4 [  h  \/ W/ ~) O/ t: U* `) G) O2. 两个as中间缺少特点，第二个as后面接一句话，去前面找线索。
   complicated  复杂的
   political  政治的
   subjective  主观的
/ k/ X/ {+ T) h+ l6 w# u   commonplace  平庸的
   thoughtful 有思想性的
: p4 R+ @+ ^& D% l. Z2 N   答案：E
* c7 D: o7 R" H( k8 |3. begin in... continue in...表示并列。第一个空格填jargon and verbal  
! J; V% i: r/ T, _; i( j5 }' Y  delicacy的同义词。
' M% p5 ?, Z2 v3 k  jargon  行话
  verbal delicacy  语言精妙性
  circumlocution  累赘语，迂回话
  cliche  陈词滥调
  euphemism  委婉语
/ D2 P9 c4 o9 p; r0 V$ B  particularity  特殊性
! \7 I6 u5 Z+ Y2 k  subjectivity  主观性
  答案：C
8 l" d& b0 f, B  第二个空格可以做出。
9 z& M, D7 F. N8 a  x( p/ b1. He is as smart as he is handsome.  
* J9 k8 c$ q, D9 S8 \6 X  
  He is as smart as he is little.  
$ t) A) k8 v, g3 o& s  
  如果否定被省略要将其补充进去。