新GRE考试填空模拟练习题二十八

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136. Despite the current expansion of membership in America, the governing body of world fencing fears that fencing could be in danger of ________ if it does not become more ________ to spectators.
    (A) monotony ... intelligible
. n. U7 \' \! s) T    (B) overcrowding ... resistant
    (C) extinction ... accessible
    (D) corruption ... cordial
0 m2 n& J% B" g" n( V    (E) remoteness ... handy
% l" k9 n' K/ V# o 137. Despite the growing ________ of Hispanic actors in the American theater, many Hispanic experts feel that the Spanish-speaking population is ________ on the stage.
    (A) decrease ... inappropriate
9 S! `+ s9 ], n4 K5 E/ T8 D4 u    (B) emergence ... visible
% g" N+ e9 L6 w    (C) prominence ... underrepresented
# W: D* X3 q* Z    (D) skill ... alienated
$ Y& x( `2 Z% ~' A) I% u7 r    (E) number ... misdirected
138. Despite the mixture's ________ nature, we found that by lowering its temperature in the laboratory we could dramatically reduce its tendency to vaporize.
; i6 R. L$ @% k3 _6 I7 q    (A) resilient
    (B) volatile
6 _4 c7 w+ E3 o! b$ Z0 y# W: \; [    (C) homogeneous
    (D) insipid
    (E) acerbic
1 |8 c) C" G7 o/ h 139. Despite the team members' resentment of the new coach's training rules, they ________ them as long as he did not ________ them too strictly.
    (A) embraced ... follow
+ O8 O4 t- Q6 g9 Q    (B) condemned ... formulate
    (C) questioned ... interpret
( t) C7 V7 ~; k3 R1 V9 S    (D) challenged ... implement
, g  {- O; s9 Y2 h! L" A5 q: ?7 O    (E) tolerated ... apply
140. Despite their reputations as soothing love songs sung by mothers to lull fretful infants to sleep, many lullabies are of a dark, even ________ nature.
    (A) soporific
    (B) manipulative
    (C) threatening
! o+ l# I0 w# h+ }2 K    (D) auspicious
  o& T. w6 U  p' z& ^    (E) innocuous