2012年新GRE考试填空题技巧完全解析(6)
5 y, ]8 ^0 P$ Z( b* B8 W' WIt is true that seeds of some plants have_ after two hundred years of dormancy, but reports that viable seeds have been found in ancient tombs such as pyramids are entirely_.3 ~/ @# }$ f3 e9 \9 |- f2 `1 l) r! c
(A) received ... empirical
3 S- t6 e( J2 o+ M3 ~' c (B) germinated ... unfounded6 _5 [: B& f4 q2 g. D' ?1 N
(C) endured ... irrelevant
7 V( p/ e+ g( [4 J+ f9 e1 j (D) erupted ... reasonablewww.examw.com; J/ K# N$ V y y0 ]2 O/ E- d
(E) proliferated ... substantiated
; e, b9 S) B: Q; m* J 〖解答〗
- v. N( [# f% l! e7 n+ I! v( R 先处理空格Ⅱ:题内"It is true that..."代表了第一种说法,"but reports that..."代表了与第一种说法相反的情形。既然前者是“确凿可信的”(true), 则后者应是“虚妄谬误的”,与true一词构成反义。(D) reasonable 和 (E) substantiated (具体化的,被证实了的)构成的是同义关系,可先予排除。(A) empirical (经验主义的)无针对性。(C) irrelevant 意为“不相关联的”,它并不就意味着“谬误的”。唯 (B) unfounded (没有根据的,无稽之谈的)为正确。在空格Ⅰ处,所代入的动词用以描述 “seeds” 的某种情况,可将第二句中再涉及seeds这一概念时所用的viable一词以动词形式直接代入,则求得同义的(B)germinated一词。5 ~, O. w* O, N
〖中译〗
7 Z5 X' x& @7 T6 D' d" |6 w+ r2 t 某些植物的种籽在经历了两百多年的休眠状态之后依然能发芽,这一情形完全属实,但是,在诸如金字塔一类的古代坟墓中能寻找到尚能存活发芽的种籽,这样的传闻纯属无稽之谈。 |