新GRE考试填空模拟练习题二十九

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141. Determined to hire employees on the basis of their merits rather than on the basis of their family connections, Johnson refused to ________ nepotism and other forms of favoritism in the engagement of new workers.
    (A) obscure
, I# Y! L& k% f* J( n    (B) proscribe
    (C) countenance
    (D) misrepresent
' L5 x  Y: e; Q/ T  [  `" |( a    (E) discern
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1 i; l! `9 G) }2 F8 S$ J# g- u142. Donald Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ________ gambling palace in the East, easily outglittering its competitors.
& c# P% t1 j: k5 Q% K/ I    (A) professional
    (B) speculative
" E1 N2 N+ {+ L$ G( M- N* V  p    (C) ostentatious
# G7 O7 K) o. k% E    (D) lucrative
    (E) restrained
! m" v4 N. E1 d 143. Dr. Charles Drew's technique for preserving and storing blood plasma for emergency use proved so ________ that it became the ________ for the present blood bank system used by the American Red Cross.
: G2 \; J$ `- S) ~8 j5 ^    (A) irrelevant ... inspiration
) U7 T# A0 C0 Z    (B) urgent ... pattern
% U4 `6 L8 \5 E' z0 E    (C) effective ... model
    (D) innocuous ... excuse
    (E) complex ... blueprint
144. Dr. Smith cautioned that the data so far are not sufficiently ________ to warrant dogmatic assertions by either side in the debate.
    (A) hypothetical
. G' ^8 ?2 {" ^* k! g5 x, i    (B) tentative
    (C) controversial
3 ?" c2 Z& t  p  N- W  u' @. s    (D) unequivocal
8 h$ \) y1 {, m* y    (E) imponderable
" k% U. a/ n) z7 T  u2 J 145. Duke Ellington's jazz symphonies were attacked by classical critics who felt that the entire attempt to fuse jazz as a form with classical music should be ________ .
    (A) promoted
    (B) documented
    (C) discouraged
* j& G- R* `" d1 b) F3 g    (D) acclaimed
    (E) repeated
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