历年GRE考试真题精选系列六十九

会计考友

A study of twentieth-century data on volcanic eruptions shows a slow sustained
0 _4 X" |0 h* y1 H0 w" B1 q1 jrise in reported eruptions, with sharp drops that coincide with the two world wars.
  U6 U- g0 p4 P8 |2 f8 kThe most reasonable interpretation of these data is that volcanic activity in this
1 j4 \8 }6 L; m9 O. a: {century has held at a steady level throughout.
　
* i" [& b" P1 x3 Q1 VWhich of the following is most likely to be an assumption underlying the
interpretation of the data described?
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% k1 G6 |" g) _' M4 S) X) h. |9 S2 y The slow rise in reported volcanic eruptions in the twentieth century
　can reasonably be expected to be sustained for the remainder of this century.
Volcanic eruptions constitute only a small percentage of the sum total of
　volcanic activity, but they tend to get recorded more faithfully than other
　volcanic activity.
6 x1 }3 W! y' _- _5 z The fact that the sharp drops in reports of volcanic eruptions occurred
3 b8 i; F! C4 B8 v: u$ r　during the two wars is attributable to random fluctuations in the data.
The variations in the frequency of reports of volcanic eruptions can
　reasonably be attributed to factors impinging on the reporting activity itself.
* R8 {( L; V1 Y Pre-twentieth-century data are too unsystematic to support any reasonably
' s/ \0 L7 e# `, {8 M　firm conclusions about long-term levels of volcanic activity
  
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To watch television with intelligence is a skill that has to be learned,
: i; y0 S% W5 \, L0 O6 ajust as the skill of reading a book has to be learned. Television, largely
. `5 D  Z0 T) ^1 d8 L' fbecause of the illusions inherent in it as a visual medium that relics on
! Y" E) Z; I. l0 B, }both the strengths and weaknesses of the camera, plays tricks that one must
6 a+ V" i; n  plearn to make allowance for if one is to recreate the reality of flesh and
8 r6 |) V- M8 N# T* O+ S0 [. |blood that these tricks distort.
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- g8 r4 F; @6 D: ~& jWhich of the following is the major point made by the passage above?
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8 _  C; k, h/ U( j6 [8 u8 Q It takes a skillful viewer to extract an authentic picture of the world
! C, w6 q7 e% b+ B0 Q　and of the events in it from the television images that present them both.
6 j8 J/ T8 C: w  c. W$ E Knowing how to watch a television program intelligently is no less
　important a skill than knowing how to read a book.
( ]5 G$ U# p* K) {  A+ z6 A7 e: t The makers of television programs possess an arsenal of visual tricks
　with which they can dupe the unwary viewer.
. R9 C6 b# [2 s  Z$ a1 `9 Y* D5 Q Technological innovation in video cameras is frustrating in that it often
3 `1 T* e2 a% r+ T+ a　makes available features for which there is no present need and often does not
　supply features that could be put to good use.
The skill of watching television intelligently is very much like the skill
　of reading a book in that each requires above all the ability to recognize
　illusions and distortions for what they are.
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- L) t- O( C; l) k* K& p' R2 I3 n答案：(A)

会计考友

Faraday does not ---- any particular theory; she
6 y; j6 N& Y5 H3 d6 cbelieves that each theory increases our
$ j6 o4 |7 |# C  P5 H' l+ `understanding of some dreams but that no
) s: g" A4 x8 w+ v( A+ h2 r! |6 csingle theory can ---- them all.
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6 S0 g" X- L7 ^  I$ L" j, K: F endorse.. explain
discuss.. simplify
2 R& v  Z9 y8 Z! Z mention.. replace
evaluate.. identify
: t& E* i( ~- |' I+ o, ? criticize.. eradicate
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答案：(A)
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Although his outnumbered troops fought
/ ^! @5 u3 w4 l" J& y7 s8 \7 zbravely, the general felt he had no choice
, M" ?, B2 L# H4 w# _" Sbut to ---- defeat and ---- a retreat.
  
& t. w0 u8 D. ?( Y* Y8 M hasten.. suggest
seek.. try
% |+ j- Z8 ?& _6 E! p oversee.. reject
6 ]  }6 ~. d7 g& `' F5 w! h  I overcome.. request
2 S) o0 }  v; L7 P acknowledge.. order
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答案：(E)
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$ ]" I7 k' E8 T6 D8 Q: l7 CDespite some allowances for occupational
9 V. C# D- o/ [! imobility, the normal expectation of seventeenth-
century English society was that the child’s
2 Y/ ~6 A' g9 c2 c! L  }vocation would develop along familial lines;
" x5 x' k$ q. G: F, U( O---- the career of one’s parents was therefore ----.
  
disagreement with .. forbidden
# o4 }$ S2 u0 T* S0 L- X. ~% A divergence from .. limited
preparation for .. difficult
reliance on .. unanticipated
% ]% W( [2 d4 Y4 [! Y assumption of .. premature
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' }1 c& u. e1 C) n% h0 P' ]  Z答案：(B)
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5 P; S" A# q% g% ^0 ]0 LThe little-known but rapidly expanding use of
+ C6 U3 w( G1 V# n2 Q* t7 ^! icomputers in mapmaking is technologically
similar to the more ---- uses in designing
everything from bolts to satellites.
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recent
impromptu
publicized
3 U; t/ a$ `) Q& K- D3 D2 } ingenuous
secure
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答案：(C)