2012新GRE考试填空例题剖析03

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　　(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q2, Easy)
　　Kaganmaintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences arepart of a naturalprocess of development, notharbingers ofchildhood unhappiness or______ signsofadolescent anxiety.
　　(A) prophetic
5 T1 ^4 g( Z. p' Y　　(B) normal
　　(C) monotonous 考试用书
( ^4 q/ e2 D5 Z　　(D) virtual
　　(E) typical
　　KEY:A
& q) _$ l7 J" `  J. ?　　1.关键字：“A … not B or C”模式（“三空格”模式的变体）
　　2.“A … not B or C”模式，其中“B or C”是同一个事物，与A相反。
+ y+ }) i2 @, x' a, {7 B, \% ]; {　　3.空中应该填入一个形容词，是对于sign的描述，其应该与harbinger是同义关系，与natural process是反义关系。
" e! z, ~* _* L　　4.词语解释
　　[1].(A) prophetic：（预兆的）foretelling events : PREDICTIVE
　　[2].(B) normal：（普通的）conforming to a type,standard, or regular pattern
. z5 v) B: v* H) p) z　　[3].(C) monotonous：（单一音调的）uttered or sounded in oneunvarying tone
+ \' l5 Q6 c6 R+ t* `/ W　　[4].(D) virtual：（虚拟的）of, relating to, or being ahypothetical particle whose existence is inferred from indirect evidence
4 J0 ^1 B4 j4 R4 g% O8 {　　[5].(E) typical：（典型的）constituting or having thenature of a type
2 N% V; w+ k( ]0 S4 C' q　　(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q3, Easy)
　　An investigation that is _______ canoccasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is theresult of a search in a definite direction.
# S: Q- S; C0 f  w　　(A) timely
　　(B) unguided
　　(C) consistent
　　(D) uncomplicated
* R9 c$ X8 v1 |, ?　　(E) subjective 外语学习网
5 G; e1 s8 f; e. a( w3 \! b　　KEY:B
' q  R0 |( w. e* Z% i% L　　1.关键字：“but”
3 W* ~- p) z& l% B6 L2 B2 x　　2.空中应该填入一个形容词，是对于“an investigation”的一种形容；
　　3.后半句中有but出现，应该是与前半句表达相反的意思，而后半句中的“a search”是前半句中的“an investigation”的同义替换，因此空中应该填入一个与在后半句中形容search相反的词语，即“not in a definite direction”。
0 K% z; R8 h/ X1 r: Q　　4.词语解释
　　[1].(A) timely：（及时的）appropriate or adapted tothe times or the occasion 来自www.Examw.com
* b& w2 F/ S: A% u* c7 ]　　[2].(B) unguided：（没有导向的）not to direct, supervise, or influence usually to aparticular end
　　[3].(C) consistent：（一致的）marked by harmony,regularity, or steady continuity
　　[4].(D) uncomplicated：（不复杂的）not difficult to analyze,understand, or explain
# `8 M, [) R, u. v& N. ^6 {　　[5].(E) subjective：（主要的）of or relating to theessential being of that which has substance, qualities, attributes, orrelations