历年GRE考试真题之填空题33

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1. Her lecture gave a sense of how empty the universe
is, in spite of the ---- number of stars within it.
& r0 x6 m0 A4 M) O4 R: X+ `(A) diminishing
(B) varying
, `5 _4 O3 n# _- b/ t(C) enormous
(D) unusual www.Examw.com
(E) limited
2. The wilderness is ---- in that it permits people
+ b* J  c( r6 t! k" ]to face an important reality—one that demands
much of them as thinking, reacting, working individuals,
not ---- as human machines.
(A) foreign.. necessarily
+ h+ u/ F- w2 t9 I+ H9 m(B) intangible.. physically
(C) stimulating.. creatively
(D) discouraging.. neutrally
+ F) ]- B6 e* C8 B% r& F. C5 N) U; o" a(E) valuable.. merely
3. Ambrose Blerce’s biographers agree that the Civil
War was the central experience of his life, the
event to which be constantly returned and the
+ D$ X, p5 T( s---- that brought some ---- to the hitherto
" ]5 O7 u4 i" j/ ]4 V% o5 ^5 ~random pattern of his youth.
' v9 z/ _' x" _. T3 C% x( B) r4 `(A) ordeal.. coherence
(B) interruption.. continuity
, _7 k4 J& Q$ K2 Y9 N(C) climax.. confusion
(D) escape.. diversion
(E) hiatus.. rigidity
3 ^6 t; }5 v! X* \! J8 D0 Y4. The constitutional guarantee or tree speech may
2 V  X" C0 r) x: P/ uhave been aimed at protecting native speakers of
English from censorship, but it is not a great
& x2 C1 F# Y% w% W( ~---- to interpret it as protecting the right to
express oneself in any natural language or dialect.
: Z% z8 B9 k0 x5 a4 {! S+ J- u(A) enigma
(B) extension
(C) sacrifice
(D) condemnation
(E) attenuation
& D) h- w* w+ H* A+ l& C9 ]; |5. Although Darwinism was a profoundly ----
4 v$ }+ W9 D! \$ J* n' A8 rworld view, it was essentially passive, since it
prescribed no steps to be taken, no victories
) n3 c0 {& ]0 k5 J  [0 n4 wover nature to be celebrated, no program of wｗw.ExamＷ.CoM
triumphs of be successively gained.
& Q1 i5 j+ l. f6 _2 D& _6 y(A) limited
! [1 T' C; q( Q7 M7 K3 Z" r(B) repressive
6 ~9 z6 H, u* G7 }8 ]' f(C) debatable
) D' z" ~7 _' h' o! o% w8 J(D) innovative
(E) paradoxical