2009年GRE填空讲义
主讲： 杨子江
一、GRE填空简介
GRE不是语言考试，所以GRE不考语法；GRE不是专业化考试，所以GRE不考专业知识
1、ETS的GRE句子填空出题原则
（1）公平：不涉及专业知识背景
（2）重复：重复是信息逻辑的再现
2、GRE 句子填空的突破点
解题的线索来自于句子本身，句子只能是现象态度观点 的表述
3、GRE句子填空简介
因为句子只能是现象态度观点的表述，所以句子中容易形成AB比较，容易出现明显的事件人物的特征，句子的主干容易表明主体的评价
4、GRE句子填空的事件人物特征明显性，是有限条件的逻辑推理
评论家特征，音乐家特征，科学家特征，法律特征，个人特征
5、GRE句子填空题目分类：
反义重复: 对立(时间), 转折
同义重复: 同义解释, 并列递进, 目的手段因果
重复的表现方式：词对词（上下义词）；词对句（广义概念）
6、破解方法—复杂问题简单化
简化单词记忆— 词根词缀；简化句子— 主谓宾结构
7、填空课程的目的
（1）英文能力的提高
（2）逻辑性思维的提高
（3）批判性思维的提高
8、举例
同义重复中文举例：
（1）白大夫，白白白，就是让你__ 。 A 姹紫嫣红 B 暗送秋波
C 黑白无常 D 碧波荡漾
E 白
（2）聪明的一休是一个______ 小和尚，他在____ 时候就表现出比他大很多的成年人都不能企及的智慧状态。
A 愚蠢的… 老眼昏花的 B 弱智的… 幼儿的
C 机灵的… 老年的 D 有智慧的… 童年的
E 可爱的… 小的
反义重复中文举例：
（1）虽然黑夜缩小了他们的活动范围，但却使悲戚伤怀成倍的得到了____ 。
A 变化 B 忧郁 C 消失 D 扩大 E 均等
（2）他好出风头，恨不得自己成为每一场婚礼的新郎和_______________。
GRE填空考察考生的快速逻辑能力，GRE填空的重点在于多种解题思路下，快速的判断出正确的答案，因为社会需要效率型人才和稳定型人才
9、如何同时提高效率和正确率
填空部分学习前的水平：四级水平7对2-3，六级水平7对3-4
考前一个月的水平：7对5-6
二、填空题解题方法
反义对立特征词
far from, rather …than；not …but, more … than；seemingly, on the other hand ；in fact, actually,
in reality
paradoxically, ironically；surprisingly, comparatively；unexpectedly, curiously；in contrast to, on
the contrary ；so much…as, decay from A to B；shift from…to, replace…with；distingish…from,reconcile…with；preferable…to, endorse A over B
far from A, B: 远非A, 而是B，对立两方面中选择其一
1. Many artists believe that successful imitation, far from being symptomatic of a lack of ______,
is the first step in learning to be creative.
(A) elegance (B) evil
(C) genius
(D) originality
(E) sympathy
2. Far from being ______, Susan was always ______ to appear acquiescent.
(A) unctuous...loath
(B) brazen...reluctant
(C) ignoble...enthusiasm
(D) obsequious...eager
(E) gregarious...willing
3. Ultimately, the issue's credibility is strained; the slender, though far from _______, web of
evidence presented on one salient point is expected to support a vast ______ of implications.
(A) unconvincing...cacophony
(B) nonexistent...superstructure
(C) indispensable...array
(D) work
(E) pendium
B, far from A；A rather than B : 而非:是A而不是B (肯定A)，对立两方面中选择其一
4. As late as nineteen century a speaker assured his audience that since profitable farming was
the result of natural ability rather than ______, an education in agriculture was ______.
(A) luck...senseless
(B) effort...difficult
(C) eless
(D) instruction...intellectual
(E) science...vital
5. Although the young trumpeter„s _________ performance with the orchestra demonstrated his
technical competence, his uninspired style and lack of interpretive maturity labeled him as a
novice musician rather than as a truly _________ performer.
(A) spectacular...conventional (B) blundering...artistic
(C) marginal...inept
(D) steady....accomplished
(E) dazzling...unskilled
音乐家特征: 优秀对平庸
表优秀的特征词汇: talent ； inspire；brilliant；maturity；accomplish
表平庸的特征词汇: Mediocrity；derivative；perfunctory ；uninspire；novice；unskill
6．In retrospect, Peterson's students appreciated his_______ assignments, realizing that such
assignments were specifically designed to _______ original thought rather than to review the
content of his course.
(A) conventional...explain
(B) didactic...ingrain
(C) intimidating...thwart
(D) enigmatic...stimulate
(E) difficult...discourage
7. Because time in India is conceived statically rather than dynamically, Indian languages
emphasize nouns rather than verbs, since nouns express the more ______ aspects of a thing.
(A) paradoxical
(B) stable
(C) conventional
(D) temporal
(E) irionic
8. As the creation of new knowledge through chemistry has become ______ resistance to
innovation has become less ______, taking the form of inertia rather than direct attack.
(A) controversial ...sporadic
(B) suspect ...onset
(C) essential ...effective
(D) public ...circumspect
(E) institutionalized ...aggressive
paradoxical :矛盾的, 似非而是的，对立两面选择其一
9. Paradoxically, England‟s colonization of North America was _______ by its success: the
increasing prosperity of the colonies diminished their dependence upon, and hence their loyalty to,
their home country.
(A) explicate
(B) undermined
(C) determined
(D) altered
(E) distinguished
10. According to Lionel Trilling, the paradox of liberalism was that in its quest for freedom it must
move toward greater organization, stricter legislation, and increasing .
(A) anarchy
(B) self-realization
(C) stagnation
(D) control
(E) levity
11. Unlike many recent interpretations of Liszt's piano sonatas, the recitalist‟s performance was a
delightfully free and introspective one; nevertheless, it was also, seemingly paradoxically, quite
______.
(A) exuberant
(B) appealing
(C) controlled
(D) idiosyncratic
(E) uninspired
12. Although ______ in her own responses to the novels she reviewed, the fiction critic was,
paradoxically, ______ those who would deny that a reviewer must have a single method of
interpretation.
(A) dogmatic...impatient with
