新GRE考试填空题课堂辅导四十四

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Exercise Twelve
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  ^5 G' W3 d- S. u1. 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
   (B) balm ... eloquence
   (C) reproaches ... promptings
" U2 a9 k& N% }1 c8 G   (D) ridicule ... allure
   (E) qualms ... atonement
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2. 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
+ z# X0 M1 O7 Y  ^   (B) political
   (C) subjective
. |: i/ e3 G& n7 |+ h5 k   (D) commonplace
   (E) thoughtful
  
$ N$ g3 R; [5 `9 c1 ]* s3. 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
: E+ l/ f9 Z" P& y$ L/ ^   (B) cliche ... lucid
   (C) euphemism ... impenetrable
6 r; }/ `8 m: [% N3 |   (D) particularity ... deliberate
9 t8 H$ u5 ?: y+ @& u6 T0 L   (E) subjectivity ... enthralling
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4. As long as nations cannot themselves accumulate enough physical power to dominate all others, they must depend on ________.
   (A) allies
   (B) resources
   (C) freedom
   (D) education
) g/ z3 G* A8 h& L   (E) self-determination
  
5. As serious as she is about the bullfight, she does not allow respect to ________ her sense of whimsy when painting it.
   (A) inspire
/ }; \. ^% w, I5 P$ X   (B) provoke
   (C) suppress
   (D) attack
( h3 g! `: B- X& V; i4 ]   (E) satisfy
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6. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as ________ to increasingly expensive conventional housing.
( N1 u: w1 n8 A; F  u   (A) reaction
% v1 `, R: U' H5 H9 \" B   (B) an addition
2 ^0 `' V, D+ a9 t. q, Z   (C) an introduction
   (D) an alternative
) R# R) p, }( w' x/ @   (E) a challenge
  
7. 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.
- {- i) U  U( Q2 s2 M" Q   (A) negligence ... fortify
$ [) t% ]; m& k4 S0 v( s$ L   (B) custom ... maintain
1 @& @  h( }7 F+ g" @: ~! I   (C) convenience ... stabalize
   (D) expediency ... defend
   (E) exigency ... reinforce

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1. 分词放在句首表示原因。省略了little。
  分词+by+名词，分词与名词之间要具有一致性。
- L# h/ c. {. g, j  chastisement  惩罚    reward  报答
1 G& X& [1 M) L" L7 {  eloquence  说大话    balm  安慰
" ~* @8 \" r$ v3 Y  promoptings  激励，驱使    reproaches  谴责
- y" O6 T2 p+ o( X" j  allure  诱惑
  atonement  赎罪，弥补
6. as放在句尾，属于第三种用法。解题的时候要把它前移到它真实的位置。
9 O% i" Y' ?7 l/ z8 s4 ?! d$ y2 t  reaction  反应
# Y1 }1 C* V" ^2 h! Q4 e5 e6 @  addition  增加
  introduction  介绍
) A% O" }7 C* Q4 A6 }  alternative  可供选择的东西
  challenge  挑战
  答案：D
, y+ C  y  o1 q/ H- f7. not so much... as...  与其…不如…  表示相反关系
6 M+ r- [8 d( U7 v9 x. F& K1 o/ n  H  negligence  疏忽大意    fortify  巩固，加强
4 q. |% P% Y5 ~  D6 m  custom  习惯    maintain  维持
4 N- t  x5 m$ o6 z# F  convenience  方便    stabilize  使…稳定
( r! P9 p1 f) b& n  m, C: B3 J  expediency  权宜之计    defend  保卫
- Z$ s0 h! {- f) v8 ]  答案：D
' S% x) E. e- @! g" d" P7 J  reinforce  加强