新GRE考试填空模拟练习题二十六

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126. Deloria has his detractors, but his critics have had amazingly ________ success at shaking his self-confidence or ________ his reputation.
; t: k+ m# [  H: E    (A) great ... repairing
, @1 @1 {: J) r* _8 V: d2 R    (B) widespread ... bolstering
5 ?6 D8 Y4 m7 c) z% |$ I5 N    (C) little ... denting
    (D) small ... enhancing
% C/ I: s# P# P% y# F    (E) poor ... restoring
127. Despite all its ________ , a term of enlistment in the Peace Corps can be both stirring and satisfying to a college graduate still undecided on a career.
# h& [2 H0 X. G    (A) rewards
    (B) renown
" x9 N& _+ v- i& ~0 W4 m. Z& @8 q    (C) adventures
% T) j& T4 M" A    (D) romance
    (E) frustrations
+ m' ^, N1 j$ B: I' d. N  k- p" @ 28. Despite an affected ________ which convinced casual observers that he was indifferent about his painting and enjoyed only frivolity, Warhol cared deeply about his art and labored at it ________ .
    (A) nonchalance ... diligently
- a6 _3 t; m4 H0 N- C8 C# l    (B) empathy ... methodically
    (C) fervor ... secretly
    (D) gloom ... intermittently
    (E) hysteria ... sporadically
0 ~. V, @' L, F0 h 129. Despite careful restoration and cleaning of the murals in the 1960s, the colors slowly but steadily ________ .
0 i: M- X, {0 Q! T7 [0 ^! C, G    (A) persisted
6 y, ]* ^  L2 r0 d0 K& ?    (B) embellished
* K$ F) u1 Q7 q, S' N: T2 |; V) |    (C) saturated
. Z6 x+ l% [& j/ C$ w    (D) deteriorated
0 \! E- E2 Y: _- y    (E) stabilized
130. Despite her compassionate nature, the new nominee to the Supreme Court was single-minded and ________ in her strict ________ the letter of the law.
9 _  b6 Z. ~! H" h4 k: H' j. K    (A) merciful ... interpretation of
* Q9 o8 A* Q3 V& m# ]    (B) uncompromising ... adherence to
% y6 `* M! H# ?" Z* N    (C) dilatory ... affirmation of
    (D) vindictive ... deviation from
  o: |8 q" ]% Y# X( A3 |9 X. m    (E) lenient ... dismissal of
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