新GRE考试填空模拟练习题一

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1. "The show must go on" is the oldest ________ of show business; every true performer lives by that creed.
  (A) euphemism
  (B) allegory
  (C) precursor
: N; v. @# z- j9 }- E6 P  (D) tenet
$ n. a3 T/ f% b0 ~5 N  (E) corroboration
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  a- y* q8 M- c. |! d" U0 @2. ________ James Baldwin, who wrote of black Americans as being in a perpetual state of rage, Mr. Cose remarks mat few human beings could ________ the psychic toll of uninterrupted anger.
  (A) Corroborating ... endure
  (B) Refuting ... enhance
  (C) Dismissing ... refine
) J* O# b4 u# D" l$ {7 |8 w$ Y  (D) Challenging ... survive
4 p7 U$ F0 I3 P4 C% z* d- w  (E) Upholding ... weather
3. ________ by life’s ________ , the last emperor of China worked as a lowly gardener in the palace over which he had once ruled.
8 H) i& o* W) u$ d  d" L  (A) Fortified ... generosity
  (B) Deluded .... coincidences
  (C) Humbled ... vicissitudes
2 I# f, L! Y, k7 {* m' ?0 c" P  w  (D) Venerated ... survivors
  (E) Recognized ... impostors
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8 Z( b5 N( Z( s5 m  ]4. ________ his broker bad told him that the stock was a ________ investment, he insisted on
buying 100 shares.
  (A) Because ... speculative
* p2 u# y- J9 k3 W* F$ M/ H  (B) Although ... precarious
  (C) Since ... negligible
  (D) Although ... formidable
6 M2 A$ Z0 z* K  (E) Because ... dwindling
5. A ________ glance pays ________ attention to details.
2 W. p- c8 J# U( L; c* C  (A) furtive ... meticulous
  (B) cursory ... little
  (C) cryptic ... close
" w( |- Q3 u. D) j  (D) keen ... scanty
  (E) fleeting ... vigilant
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