GRE(VERBAL)基础填空模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析)
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GRE（VERBAL）基础填空模拟试卷20 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. PART ONE
PART ONE （Time：30 minutes 38 Questions）
SECTION 1Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered or
sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the
meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1． That Carl Stokes, former mayor of Cleveland, was truly______is evident
from the significant impact he had in many different arenas.
正确答案：C，F
解析：空格与significant impact(重大的影响)同义重复。humble谦逊的，unassuming谦虚的，influential有影响力的，reflective反射的，aloof不合群的，weighty有影响力的.答案选CF. 知识模块：基础填空
2． Though the work of celebrated artist Eugene Delacroix (i)______accolades
from both art critics and the public, he remain (ii)______someone shrouded in
mystery.
正确答案：B，E
解析：逗号说明前后同义重复。celebrated(著名的)和accolades(赞扬)同义重复，因此第一空填入一个表示逻辑正方向的词；第二空与shrouded in mystery(包裹在迷雾中)同义重复。distribute分发，garner获得，exclude排除；paradox矛盾，enigma谜团，revelation启示。答案选BE。 知识模块：基础填空
3． Gwendolyn Brooks was______writer: she wrote more than twenty books of
poetry as well as numerous essays and reviews.
正确答案：B，D
解析：冒号说明前后同义重复。空格与more than twenty(超过20本)和numerous(许多)同义重复。eloquent流利的，productive多产的，idiosyncratic有个性的，prolific多产的，fluent表达流利的，subversive颠覆性的。答案选BD。
知识模块：基础填空
4． His book on the history of science is admittedly conventional, perhaps even
(i)______; nevertheless it is (ii)______work that covers a formidable amount of
ground.
正确答案：A，E
解析：even表示“甚至”，前后同义重复，后者程度加深；nevertheless说明前后反义重复。两空联动，反义重复；第一空与conventional(传统的／常规的)同义重复。pedestrian传统的，inscrutable不可思议的，audacious大胆的；superficial肤浅的，edifying启发式的，contentious有争议的。答案选AE。 知识模块：基础填空
5． The executive was faulted for acting______, for implementing sweeping
changes without fully considering what the consequence might be.
正确答案：D，E
解析：逗号说明前后同义重复。空格与without fully considering(缺乏全面的考量)同义重复。regretfully后悔地，remorsefully后悔地，disingenuously不真诚地，precipitately轻率地，headlongly鲁莽地，belligerently好战地。答案选DE。注：这里regretfully和remorsefully是干扰项，问表示“后悔地”。 知识模块：基础填空
6． The discoveries made by Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Barbara McClintock
considered to be among the major______of twentieth-century biological science.
正确答案：D，E
解析：空格与discoveries(发现)同义重复。deliberation深思熟虑，regulation条例，suggestion建议，accomplishment成就，achievement成就，proposal建议。答案选DE。注：这里suggestion和proposal是干扰项，都是“建议”。 知识模块：基础填空
7． In the United States, social activists who strongly (i)______a particular law
can attempt to obtain a constitutional amendment to (ii)______it.
正确答案：B，E
解析：who引导定语从句，说明前后同义重复。两空联动，同义重复；第一空与activists(激进分子)同义重复。cope with妥善处理……，object to反对……，interact with与……互动；ignore忽略，repeal废除，support支持。答案选BE。 知识模块：基础填空
8． Because Alex was a very______person, he found satisfaction only in work
that involved intellectual stimulation.
正确答案：A，C
解析：Because说明前后同义重复。空格与intellectual(智力的)同义重复。highbrow有文化修养的，peripheral不重要的，cerebral智力的，self-satisfied自满的，complacent自满的，superficial肤浅的。答案选AC。注：这里self-satisfied和complacent是干扰项，同表示“自满的”。 知识模块：基础填空
9． Readers of history often marvel that (i)______events were triggered by
actions that seemed (ii)______at the time.
正确答案：C，F
解析：marvel表示“惊讶”，说明前后反义重复。两空联动，反义重复。inconsequential不重要的，arbitrary随意的，momentous极重要的；unconscionable过度的，capricious反复无常的，trivial不重要的。答案选CF。 知识模块：基础填空
10． Place-names can be strikingly (i)______: there is, for example, nothing
particularly (ii)______about the town of Peculiar, Missouri.
正确答案：A，D
解析：冒号说明前后同义重复。两空联动，同义重复；第二空与Peculiar(地名／奇特的)同义重复。inapt不合时宜的，descriptive描述性的，inimitable独特的；odd古怪的，controversial有争议的，congruous一致的。答案选AD。 知识模块：基础填空
11． Such was Norton’s generosity that he was at times criticized for
being______to a fault.
正确答案：B，F
解析：Such…that…说明前后同义重复。空格与generosity(慷慨)同义重复。nonchalant冷漠的，magnanimous宽宏大量的，scrupulous正直的，perfunctory不感兴趣的，substantial有重大意义的，liberal慷慨的。答案选BF。 知识模块：基础填空
12． Identifying Lusia Capetillo only with the early labor union movement in
Puerto Rico (i)______the (ii)______nature of her career : she also worked in Florida,
New York, and Cuba.
正确答案：C，E
解析：冒号说明前后同义重复。第二空与also worked in Florida，New York，and Cuba(也曾在Florida，New York以及Cuba工作过)同义重复。contentious引起争论的，cosmopolitan世界性的，innovative创新性的。答案选E。only with the
early labor union movement in Puerto Rico(仅仅包括早期在Puerto Rico的工人联合运动)与also worked in Florida，New York，and Cuba(也曾在Florida，New York以及Cuba工作过)反义重复，因此第一空填入一个表示逻辑反义的词。impugn指责，condone宽恕，disregard忽略。答案选C。 知识模块：基础填空
13． The singer displays her sensitivity to delicate shades of meaning and feeling
in the recording: her performance is a model of______.
正确答案：B，D
解析：冒号说明前后同义重复。空格与sensitivity to delicate shades(对细微意
