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Gre填空六选二Exercise 91.There are no solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is______other forms.(A) segregated from(B) parallel to(C) dependent on(D) overshadowed by(E) relied on(F) mimicked by2. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when______was valued much more highly than it is today.(A) scent(B)fragrance(C) beauty(D) elegance(E) color(F) variety3. The spellings of many old English words have been______in the livinglanguage, although their pronunciations have changed.(A) preserved(B) shortened(C) maintained(D) preempted(E) revised(F) improved4. The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and driveus to______accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.(A) insular(B) investigative(C) synoptic(D) subjective(E) sensational(F) compendious5. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement ofvaluable______through a complex network of producers and consumers.(A) commodities(B) dividends(C) communications(D) goods6. During the opera’s most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestra’sconductor seemed ______, without necessary relation to what had gone before.(A) arbitrary(B) capricious(C) cautious(D) compelling(E) exacting(F) meticulous7.* Noting the murder victim’s flaccid musculature and pearlike figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some______occupation.(A) treacherous(B) prestigious(C) ill-paying(D) illegitimate(E) sedentary(F) outstanding8. While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly______by their lively criticism.(A) humiliated(B) discomfited(C) deluded(D) disgraced(E) embarrassed(F) tantalized9. Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in lifeon Earth because o f the possibility of______resulting from the carbon atom’sability to form an unending series of different molecules.(A) diversity(B) deviation(C) variety(D) reproduction(E) stability(F) invigorationExercise 101. Despite the fact that the two council members belonged to different politicalparties, they______ the issue of how to finance the town debt.(A) complicated(B) avoided(C) attested to(D) reported on(E) agreed on(F) consent to2. Given the evidence of Egyptian and Babylonian ______later Greek civilization, it would be incorrect to view the work of Greek scientists as an entirely independent creation.(A) disdain for(B) imitation of(C) ambivalence about(D) deference to(E) influence on(F) impact on3. Dreams are______in and of themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.(A) uninformative(B) uncontrollable(C) startling(D) harmless(E) unregulated4. The commissions criticized the legislature for making college attendance dependent on the ability to pay, charging that, as a result, hundreds of qualified young people would be______ further education.(A) entitled to(B) striving for(C) deprived of(D) withheld from(E) uninterested in(F) participating in5. Considering how long she had yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously______.(A) meditative(B) tepid(C) categorical(D) unoriginal(E) insightful(F) lukewarm6. Since she believed him to be both candid and trustworthy, she refused to consider the possibility that his statement had been______.(A) irrelevant(B) facetious(C) mistaken(D) critical(E) insincere(F) hypocritical7. While the delegate clearly sought to______the optimism that has emerged recently, she stopped short of suggesting that the conference was near collapse and might produce nothing of significance.(A) substantiate(B) dampen(C) encourage(D) elucidate(E) rekindle(F) check8. Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as______thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.(A) an adventurous(B) a doctrinaire(C) an eclectic(D) a dictatorial(E) a judicious(F) a cynical9. Rather than enhancing a country’s security, the successful development of nuclear weapons could serve at first to increase that country’s _________.(A) boldness(B) influence(C) fragility(D) responsibility(E) moderation(F) vulnerabilityExercise 111. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gainingfavor as______to increasingly expensive conventional housing.(A) reaction(B) an addition(C) an introduction(D) an alternative(E) a substitute(F) a challenge2. Hydrogen is the ______element of the universe in that it provides the buildingblocks from which the other elements are produced.(A) steadiest(B) expendable(C) lightest(D) final(E) fundamental(F) essential3. Psychology has slowly evolved into an______scientific discipline that now functions autonomously with the same privileges and responsibilities as other sciences.(A) independent(B) unusual(C) outmoded(D) uncontrolled(E) inactive4. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was______bypointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.(A) banal(B) heretical(C) unproven(D) complex(E) unorthodox(F) superficial5. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural___ doing so.(A) aptitude for(B) repugnance to(C) interest in(D) aversion of(E) ignorance of(F) reaction after6. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her______search for her daughter.(A) extended(B) agitated(C) frantic(D) comprehensive(E) motiveless(F) heartless7. Alt hough Johnson’s and Smith’s initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm______after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.(A) revived(B) emerged(C) intensified(D) flagged(E) persisted(F) declined8. It is to the novelist’s credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any______or playful supernatural tricks.(A) elucidation(B) discrimination(C) artlessness(D) authenticity(E) whimsy9. The significance of the Magna Carta lies not in its______provisions, but in itsbroader impact: it made the king subject to the law.(A) revolutionary(B) specific(C) implicit(D) controversial(E) particular(F) finite10. The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests thattrue appreciation of the music is an______process closed to the uninitiatedlistener, however enthusiastic.(A) unreliable(B) arcane(C) arrogant(D) elementary(E) intuitiveExercise 121. Animals that have tasted unpalatable plants tend to______them afterward on the basis of their most conspicuous features, such as their flowers.(A) recognize(B) hoard(C) trample(D) retrieve(E) identify(F) approach2. 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) resolution(C) goodness(D) originality(E) sympathy(F) imagination3. The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly______source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.(A) exploited(B) quantifiable(C) controversial(D) inexhaustible(E) remarkable(F) infinite4. The notion that cultural and biological influences______determine cross-cultural diversity is discredited by the fact that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance.(A) jointly(B) completely(C) directly(D) equally(E) evenly(F) eventually5. It is his dubious distinction to have proved what nobody would think of denying, that Romero at the age of sixty-four writes with all the characteristics of______.(A) maturity(B) fiction(C) inventiveness(D) art6. Demonstrating a mastery of innuendo, he issued several______insults in the course of the evening’s conversation.(A) blunt(B) veiled(C) fallacious(D) boisterous(E) disguised(F) embellished7. Edith Wharton sought in her memoir to present herself as having achieved a harmonious wholeness by having______the conflicting elements of her life.(A) affirmed(B) reconciled(C) highlighted(D) resolved(E) identified(F) confined8. Philosophical problems arise when people ask questions that, thoughvery______, have certain characteristics in common.(A) relevant(B) elementary(C) abstract(D) heterogeneous(E) diverse(F) controversial9. Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiment she let a number of______results slip by.(A) inaccurate(B) verifiable(C) redundant(D) salient(E) anomalous(F) irregular10. Because no comprehensive______exist regarding personal reading practices, we do not know, for example, the greatest number of books read in an individual lifetime.(A) records(B) instincts(C) accounts(D) remedies(E) proposals(F) methodsExercise 131. The discovery that, friction excluded, all bodies fall at the same rate is sosimple to state and to grasp that there is a tendency to______its significance.(A) underrate(B) control(C) overlook(D) reassess(E) praise(F) eliminate2. By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king______the considerationthat customarily protects monarchs.(A) merited(B) forfeited(C) debased(D) concealed(E) relinquished(F) extended3. As serious as she is about the bullfight, she does not allow respectto______her sense of whimsy when painting it.(A) inspire(B) provoke(C) suppress(D) attack(E) satisfy(F) inhibit4. Despite assorted effusions to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and, quite possibly, there may be something of a______between them.(A) generality(B) fusion(C) schism(D) congruity(E) dichotomy(F) reciprocity5. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system ofvalues was regarded as______, even as a sign of madness.(A) adventurous(B) frivolous(C) willful(D) impermissible(E) irrational6. Vaillant, who has been particularly interested in the means by which people attain mental health, seems to be looking for______answers: a way to close the book on at least a few questions about human nature.(A) temporary(B) confused(C) definitive(D) personal(E) derivative(F) conclusive7. Early critics of Emily Dickinson’s poetry mistook for simplemindedness the surface of artlessness that in fact she constructed with such______.(A) astonishment(B) craft(C) cunning(D) innocence(E) naiveté(F) vexation8. Paradoxically, Robinson’s excessive denials of the worth of early works of science fiction suggest that she has become quite______them.(A) enchanted by(B) enamored of(C) skeptical of(D) encouraged by(E) offended by(F) reflective about9. At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ______evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.(A) addresses(B) creates(C) alters(D)modifies(E) suppresses(F) substitutes10. Any language is a conspiracy against experience in the sense that it is a collective attempt to______ experience by reducing it into discrete parcels.(A) manage(B) compress(C) transcribe(D) complicate(E) amplify(F) extrapolateExercise 141. The natural balance between prey and predator has been increasingly______,most frequently by human intervention.(A) celebrated(B) predicted(C) observed(D) disturbed(E) questioned(F) interrupted2. There is perhaps some truth in that waggish old definition of a scholar—asiren that calls attention to a fog without doing anything to______it.(A) describe(B) cause(C) analyze(D) dispel(E) dissipate(F) thicken3. Foucault’s rejection of the concept of continuity in Western thought, thoughradical, was not unique; he had _____ in the United States who, withoutknowledge of his work, developed parallel ideas.(A) critics(B) counterparts(C) equivalents(D) disciples(E) readers(F) publisher4. Calculus, though still indispensable to science and technology, is no longer_____; it has an equal partner called discrete mathematics.(A) preeminent(B) pertinent(C) beneficial(D) essential(E) pragmatic(F) singular5. Fashion is partly a search for a new language to discredit the old, a way in which each generation can _____its immediate predecessor and distinguish itself.(A) honor(B) repudiate(C) disavow(D) condone6. While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may _____it.(A) exacerbate(B) neutralize(C) aggravate(D) eradicate(E) ameliorate(F) relieve7. A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more _____ the ideas.(A) complicated(B) inconsequential(C) elementary(D) fanciful(E) blatant(F) complex8. Although the passage of years has softened the initially hostile reaction to his poetry, even now only a few independent observers _____ his works.(A) praise(B) revile(C) merit(D) scrutinize(E) criticize(F) neglect9. Marshall’s confrontationa l style could alienate almost anyone: he even antagonized a board of directors that included a number of his supporters and that had a reputation for not being easily _____.(A) intimidated(B) mollified(C) provoked(D) irritated(E) reconciled(F) motivated10. Aptly enough, this work so imbued with the notion of changing times and styles has been constantly _____ over the years, thereby reflecting its own mutability.(A) appreciated(B) emulated(C) altered(D) criticized(E) revisedExercise 151. Because they had expected the spacecraft Voyager 2 to be able to gather data only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn, scientists were _____the wealth of information it sent back from Neptune years after leaving Earth.(A) anxious for(B) confident in(C) thrilled about(D) keen on(E) elated by(F) eager for2. The well-trained engineer must understand fields as diverse as physics, economics, geology, and sociology; thus, an overly _____ engineering curriculum should be avoided(A) narrow(B) innovative(C) competitive(D) rigorous(E) academic(F) limited3. Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a _____ solution to the company’s financial woes.(A) fair(B) temporary(C) genuine(D) realistic(E) provisional(F) complete4. Dominant interests often benefit most from _____of governmental interference in business, since they are able to take care of themselves if left alone.(A) intensification(B) authorization(C) centralization(D) improvisation(E) elimination(F) removal5. Always circumspect, she reluctant to make judgments, but once arriving at a conclusion, she was _____ in its defense.(A) uncompromising(B) nonplussed(C) obsequious(D) intransigent(E) deferential6. It was her view that the country’s problems had been _____ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counterproductive.(A) foreseen(B) attacked(C) ascertained(D) exacerbated(E) analyzed(F) aggravated7. Because they have been so dazzled by the calendars and the knowledge of astronomy possessed by the Mayan civilization, some anthropologists have _____ achievements like the sophisticated carved calendar sticks of the Winnebago people.(A) described(B) acknowledged(C) neglected(D) overlooked(E) defended(F) authenticated8. Regardless of what______theories of politics may propound, there is nothingthat requires daily politics to be clear, thorough, and consistent—nothing, that is,that requires reality to conform to theory.(A) neat(B) vague(C) assertive(D) casual(E) vicious(F) tidy9. The English novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so dangerous that he criticized Dickens’ Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves’ kitchen so______.(A) threatening(B) riveting(C) engrossing(D) conniving(E) fearsome(F) irritating10. Although normally _____, Alison felt so strongly about the issue that she putaside her reserve and spoke up at the committee meeting.(A) diffident(B) unassertive(C) contentious(D) facetiousExercise 161. What is most important to the monkeys in the sanctuary is that they are a group; this is so because primates are inveterately _____ and build their lives around each other.(A) independent(B) stable(C) curious(D) social(E) proprietary(F) gregarious2. Even though formidable winters are the norm in the Dakotas, many people were unprepared for the _____ of the blizzard of 1888.(A) inevitability(B) ferocity(C) importance(D) fierceness(E) probability(F) mildness3. Congress is having great difficulty developing a consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objective of various members of Congress rest on such ___ assumptions.(A) commonplace(B) trivial(C) explicit(D) disparate(E) divergent(F) fundamental4. This poetry is not _____; it is more likely to appeal to an international audience than is poetry with strictly regional themes.(A) familiar(B) democratic(C) technical(D) complex(E) provincial(F) localized5. Though one cannot say that Michelangelo was impractical designer, he was, of all nonprofessional architects knows, the most _____ in that he was the least constrained by tradition or precedent.(A) pragmatic(B) adventurous(C) innovative(D) empirical6. The documentary film about high school life was so realistic and _____ that feelings of nostalgia flooded over the college-age audience.(A) logical(B) stimulating(C) pitiful(D) evocative(E) critical(F) clinical7. For many young people during the Roaring Twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American culture _____ a wanderlust to provoke an exodus abroad.(A) stymied(B) overwhelmed(C) reflected(D) combined with(E) conflicted with(F) blended8. Certainly Murray’s preoccupation with th e task of editing the Oxford English Dictionary begot a kind of monomania, but it must be regarded as a _____ or at least an innocuous one.(A) tame(B) conducive(C) tendentious(D) meretricious(E) beneficent(F) sincere9. The semantic _____ of ancient documents is not unique; even in our own time, many documents are difficult to decipher.(A) aspect(B) pattern(C) intention(D) erudition(E) opacity(F) obscurity10. Many welfare reformers would substitute a single，federally financed income support system for the existing _____ of overlapping programs．(A) welter(B) hodgepodge(C)paucity(D)core(E)functionalismExercise 171. Although sales have continued to increase since last April, unfortunately the rate of increase has ____.(A) resurged(B) decelerated(C) retarded(D) capitulated(E) retaliated(F) persevered2. The form and physiology of leaves vary according to the _____ in which they develop: for example, leaves display a wide range of adaptations to different degrees of light and moisture.(A) relationship(B) species(C) sequence(D) patterns(E) environment(F) surroundings3. Although Ms．Brown found some of her duties to be _____, her supervision of forty workers was a considerable responsibility．(A) ambiguous(B) provisional(C) menial(D) humble(E) unique(F) mediocre4. Both television commercials and programs present _____ view of the material world，one which promotes a standard of living that most of us can probably not attain．(A) an unrealistic(B) an imprudent(C) a standardized(D) a perplexing(E) a banal(F) an visionary5. One virus strain that may help gene therapists cure genetic brain diseases can enter the peripheral nervous system and travel to the brain, _____ the need to inject the therapeutic virus directly into the brain.(A) suggesting(B) intensifying(C) elucidating(D) satisfying(E) obviating(F) avoiding6. The fortresslike façade of the Museum of Cartoon Art seems calculated to remind visitors that the comic strip is an art form that has often been _____ by critics.(A) charmed(B) assailed(C) unnoticed(D) railed(E) exhilarated(F) overwhelmed7. Although some consider forcefulness and _____ to be two traits desirable tothe same degree, I think that making a violent effort is much less useful thanmaintaining a steady one.(A) persistence(B) perseverance(C) promptness(D) aggression(E) skillfulness(F) lucidity8. The legislators of 1563 realized the _____ of trying to regulate the flow oflabor without securing its reasonable remuneration, and so the second part of thestatute dealt with establishing wages.(A) futility(B) bootlessness(C) intricacy(D) anxiety(E) necessity(F) decadence9. The children’s _____ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempereddispositions of their parents.(A) mercurial(B) blithe(C) phlegmatic(D) introverted(E) artless(F) inconstant10. Because early United States writers thought that the mark of greatliterature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech,they _____ the vernacular.(A) dissected(B) misunderstood(C) avoided(D) investigatedExercise 181. Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the manufactures, to the environmentalists’ dismay, _____ the use of these herbicides on lawns.(A) defy(B) defer(C) defend(D) assail(E) support(F) disparage2. Contrary to the antiquated idea that the eighteenth century was a _____ island of elegant assurance, evidence reveals that life for most people was filled with uncertainty and insecurity.(A) clannish(B) serene(C) declining(D) tranquil(E) recognized(F) sprawling3. Certain weeds that flourish among rice crops resist detection until maturity by _____ the seedling stage in the rice plant’s life cycle, thereby remaini ng indistinguishable from the rice crop until the flowering stage.(A) deterring(B) displacing(C) augmenting(D) imitating(E) nurturing(F) simulating4. 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) demonstrated(B) weakened(C) determined(D) altered(E) undermined(F) distinguished5. Because it has no distinct and recognizable typographical form and few recurring narrative conventions, the novel is, of all literary genres, the least susceptible to _____.(A) misuse(B) imprecision(C) inquiry(D) definition(E) innovation6. 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) prevalent(D) unvarying(E) temporal(F) successive7. The prime minister tried to act but the plans were __ by her cabinet.(A) discussed(B) embellished(C) overlooked(D) unleashed(E) frustrated(F) thwarted8. He had expected gratitude for his disclosure, but instead he encountered _____ bordering on hostility.(A) patience(B) discretion(C) openness(D) ineptitude(E) indifference(F) disregard9. Although ordinarily skeptical about the purity of Robinson’s motives, inthis instance Jenkins did not consider Robinson’s generosit y to be _____ consideration of personal gain.(A) lacking in(B) contrary to(C) alloyed with(D) mitigated by(E) repudiated by(F) marred by10. Because the report contained much more information than the reviewers needed to see, the author was asked to submit a _____ instead.(A) abstract(B) compendium(C) soliloquy(D) treatise(E) prerequisite(F) critique。

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GRE考试填空真题及解析搜集整理Even if he wants to serve again—and given his obvious love for the job, the assumption among insiders is that he is more likely to stay than go—there is at least ______ his serving another term.A. impediment toB. incentive forC. precedent forD. benefit inE. rationale for解析解析：前文even if之后的内容全部都是在描写他连任的有利条件，然后后面转折，说还是客观存在一些阻碍，符合句子规律。

正确答案选A选项。

impediment阻碍。

留意there is是客观存在，所以选E不合适。

翻译：即使他想要连续任职—而且鉴于他对于工作明显的喜爱和在圈内人中认为他更可能留下的假设—但是至少还是会存在他一些连续连任的阻碍。

GRE考试填空真题及解析搜集整理Carmen’s affection for her sister, though not _____, was plainly too great to permit a painless departure.A. unsteadyB. ambivalentC. carelessD. unboundedE. noticeable解析was plainly too great和though推出not+空格要取plainly too great 的反义，所以空格要取plainly too great的同义，但不能是完全同义。

所以正确答案选D选项。

gre培训试题及答案GRE培训试题及答案1. 填空题：在句子中填入合适的词汇。

- The ________ of the ancient city is evident in the well-preserved architecture.- 答案：The presence of the ancient city is evident in the well-preserved architecture.2. 阅读理解：阅读以下段落，并回答问题。

- "In the realm of artificial intelligence, machine learning has emerged as a pivotal technology that enables computers to learn from data and improve their performance without being explicitly programmed."- 问题：What does machine learning enable computers to do? - 答案：Machine learning enables computers to learn from data and improve their performance without being explicitly programmed.3. 词汇题：选择与划线词意义最接近的词。

- 句子：The company's profits have been fluctuating wildly this year.- A) Rising- B) Falling- C) Changing- D) Steady- 答案：C) Changing4. 逻辑推理题：根据以下陈述，推断以下哪个结论是正确的。

- 陈述：All birds can fly.- 陈述：Penguins are birds.- 结论：Penguins can fly.- 答案：The conclusion that "Penguins can fly" is incorrect based on the given statements.5. 数学题：解下列方程。

GRE考试填空真题及解析搜集整理GRE考试填空真题及解析搜集整理He was one of the most powerful chess players over and one of the most _____; at the height of his fame he all but dropped out of chess, entering into a self-imposed exile.A. perplexingB. creativeC. troubledD. infuriatingE. enigmaticF. imaginative解析he all but dropped out of chess和one of the most powerful chess players体现出一种让人琢磨不透的感觉正确答案选AE选项。

perplexing让人迷惑的，enigmatic难以捉摸的。

翻译他时最强大的象棋选手之一而且是最让人迷惑的人之一;在它的荣誉高度上她几乎退出了象棋，进入一个自我强加的流放。

GRE考试填空真题及解析搜集整理Although a dedicated reader of the book can _____ a brief of chronology of Chappell’s life, the book is nevertheless not a real biography of Chapelle.A. massB. obtainC. overlookD. excuseE. forgoF. glean解析the book is nevertheless not a real biography of Chapelle说明前面体现real的特征所以空格选BF选项。

obtain获取，glean搜集。

翻译尽管一本书的专一的读者会获取Chapelle生活的简要的年代记录，但是这本书却不是一本真正的Chapelle的传记。

gre填空题例题1. Paintings created in India during the Mughal dynasty were in ______ ambition but ornamental in presentation: in one direction they have an affinity with newspaper photographs, while in the other they have the intricacy of jewels. [单选题] *A.metaphoricalB.documentary(正确答案)C.aestheticD.sectarianE.baroque2. To the avid reader of E.O. Wilson, much of his most recent book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge will be (i) _______, as the book represents the culmination of a life spent thinking about everything from the social lives of ants to the social lives of people. Nonetheless, new thoughts have been mixed in with the old to produce a book remarkable for its (ii) _______ and ambition. *A. predictable(正确答案) D. purview(正确答案)B. discounted E. overreachingC. startling F. contingency3. Until the advent of film, commercial entertainment in England occurred only where concentrated urban populations provided audiences large enough to make it remunerative: theaters and music halls were (i) ______ in rural villages. But village cinemas quickly become (ii) ______, even though they were ramshackle affairs in comparison to the urban picture palaces. *A. spartan D. commonplace(正确答案)B. unconceivable(正确答案) E. sophisticatedC. profitable F. unfashionable4. His new role gives the normally clownish actor a chance to impress audiences with his(i)____ . He is among the most uninhibited comic performers around, but here he buttons his lip and stares straight ahead. Perhaps without quite knowing it, the audience waits for a wink, a hint that some of the (ii)_____ spirit that animated his previous movies might be lurking inside the (iii)____manner he presents in this film. *A. raillery D. madcap(正确答案)G. facetiousB. effusiveness E. lugubrious H. reserved(正确答案)C. forbearance(正确答案) F. edifying I. beguiling5. Some climatologists dismiss as (i)_______ the debate among geophysicists over the role of carbon dioxide in global climate change across many millions of years. These climatologists say the evidence of a tie between carbon dioxide and planetary warming over the last few centuries is so (ii) ______ that any longer-term evidence against such a link must somehow be (iii) _______ . *A. unavoidable D. unlikely G. tainted(正确答案)B. irrelevant(正确答案) E. controversial H. accommodatedC. undecidable F. compelling(正确答案)I. reinforced6. A priori mathematics, according to Galileo, does not ______the need for observation, but mathematics does allow us to deduce unobservable properties and thus to penetrate further into the structure of nature than observation does. *A.addressB.acknowledgeC.obviate(正确答案)D.diminishE.displace(正确答案)F.appreciate7. One of the peculiarities of humans is that we irrationally gravitate to the predictable and avoid risk, whatever the reasons for this ______ , it is hardly a sound basis for dealing with complex, long- term problems. *A.eccentricityB.predilection(正确答案)C.vacillationD.proclivity(正确答案)E.waveringF.cowardice8. An abundance of nutrient-rich pollution in estuaries causes algae to ______ , much as houseplants grow better when their soil contains added fertilizer. *A.abound(正确答案)B.proliferate(正确答案)C.stagnateD.coalesceE.collectF.diversity9. The story lines of silent drama may often have been ______ ; yet, within those broad outlines, the true artists among silent-film actors could express shadings that had no immediate analogue in language. *A.implausibleB.incredibleC.conventionalD.elemental(正确答案)E.rudimentary(正确答案)F.confusing。

1.A new television documentary focuses on one of the prime minister’s defining contradiction, portraying her as a woman who cultivated an image of abstemiousness but who liked to live grandly.2.In proto-scientific times(for example,in ancient Greece),claims about the physical world were often accepted as true if they were reasonable;experimental verification if thought necessary at all was perfunctory.3.The economic recovery was some what lopsided:feeble in some of the industrial economies while robust in others of them.4.Scholarly works on detective stories often begin with apologies,suggesting that there is something vaguely wrong with adults who spend their time reading such fiction and certainly something awry in those who devote energy to its analysis.5.Due to the extraordinary circumstances,British business owners found themselves in a defensive position during the Second World W ar,forced to accept regular interference from government and to acquiesce to an enharxed role for labor unions in negotiating the terms and conditions of employment1.The apace travels described in science fiction stories always used to be epic adventures,in comparison to which current journals in space seem quite mundane.2.Medieval cathedrals still stand as marvels of architecture but as far as modern science is concerned,medieval physics and chemistry are simply irrelevant,at best a dead end,at worst the very antithesis of what science is supposed to be.3.Although trains may use energy more efficiently than do automobiles,the latter move only when they contain at least one occupant,whereas railway carriages spend a considerable amount of time running up and down the tracks vacant;or nearly so.4.Historian Barbara Alpern Engel’s task in writing a book about women in Russia must have been a____one,because the diversity the Russian empire’s peoples meant that Russian women could never be treated as a homogeneous group.5.One sometimes hearts that Marco Polo introduced pasta to the Western world,having encountered it in China.This durable myth,which enquires that nothing should have been known of pasta in Italy until1295,when Marco Polo returned from the Far East,can easily be debunked by pointing out that there are Italian references to pasta that predate that event.。

Revised GRE 三空题汇总18道题 OG 三空题⽬ GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions SET 3 Discrete Question: Medium 【1】4 Richard M. Russell said 52 percent of the nation’s growth since the Second World War had (i)_________ invention. He said, (ii)_________ research, the government’s greatest role in assuring continuing innovation is promoting a strong, modern patent office. “Unless we can (iii)_________ original ideas, we will not have invention.” Mr. Russell said. Speculating on the state of innovation over the next century, several inventors agreed that the future lay in giving children the tools to think creatively and the motivation to invent. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A been at the expense ofD in addition to restrictingG evaluate B no bearing onE aside from supportingH protect C come throughF far from exaggeratingI disseminate 【2】5 Statements presented as fact in a patent application are (i)_________ unless a good reason for doubt is found. The invention has only to be deemed “more likely than not” to work in order to receive initial approval. And, although thousands of patents are challenged in court for other reasons, no incentive exists for anyone to expend effort (ii)_________ the science of an erroneous patent. For this reason the endless stream of (iii)_________ devices will continue to yield occasional patent. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A presumed verifiableD corroboratingG novel B carefully scrutinizedE advancingH bogus C considered capriciousF debunkingI obsolete SET 5 Discrete Question: Hard 【3】4 No other contemporary poet’s work has such a well-earned reputation for (i)_________ ， and there are few whose moral vision is so imperiously unsparing. Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection is the poet’s fourth book in six years—an ample output even for poets of sunny disposition, let alone for one of such (ii)_________ over the previous 50 years. Yet for all his newfound (iii)_________ , his poetry is as thorny as ever. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A patent accessibilityD penitential austerityG taciturnity B intrinsic frivolityE intractable prolixityH volubility C near impenetrabilityF impetuous prodigalityI pellucidity 【4】5 Managers who think that strong environmental performance will (i)_________ their company’s financial performance often (ii)_________ claims that systems designed to help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be (iii)_________ to financial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a manager’s commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A eclipseD uncritically acceptG complementary B bolsterE appropriately acknowledgeH intrinsic C degradeF hotly disputeI peripheral 【5】6 Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, dose not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i)_________ what is already closest to us—the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our lives but that ordinarily escape our notice precisely because they are so familiar. Philosophy begins byfinding(ii)_________ the things that are (iii)_________ . BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A attainment ofD essentially irrelevantG most prosaic B rumination onE utterly mysteriousH somewhat hackneyed C detachment fromF thoroughly commonplaceI refreshingly novel Practice Test Section 3 17 【6】The most striking thing about the politician is how often his politics have been (i)_________ rather than ideological, as he adapts his political positions at any particular moment to the political realities that constrain him. He does not, however, piously (ii)_________ political principles only to betray them in practice. Rather, he attempts in subtle ways to balance his political self-interest with a (iii)_________ ， viewing himself as an instrument of some unchanging higher purpose. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A quixoticD brandishG profound cynicism B self-righteousE floutH deeply felt moral code C strategicF followI thoroughgoing pragmatism Section 411 【7】What readers most commonly remember about John Stuart Mill’s classic exploration of the liberty of thought and discussion concerns the danger of (i)_________ : in the absence of challenge, one’s opinions, even when they are correct, grow weak and flabby. Yet Mill had another reason for encouraging the liberty of thought and discussion: the danger of partiality and incompleteness. Since one’s opinions, even under the best circumstances, tend to (ii)_________，and because opinions opposed to one’s own rarely turn out to be completely (iii)_________ ， it is crucial to supplement one’s opinions with alternative points of view. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A tendentiousnessD embrace only a portion of the truthG erroneous B complacencyE change over timeH antithetical C fractiousnessF focus on matters close at handI immutable 20 【8】Wills argues that certain malarial parasites are especially (i)_________ because they have more recently entered humans than other species and therefore have had (ii)_________ time to evolve toward(iii)_________ . Yet there is no reliable evidence that the most harmful Plasmodium species has been in humans for a shorter time than less harmful species. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A populousD ampleG virulence B malignantE insufficientH benignity C threatenedF adequateI variability PREP 三空题⽬ 【9】SECTION1-6 The question of (i)_________ in photography has lately become nontrivial. Prices for vintage prints(those make by a photographer soon after he or she made the negative)_________ so drastically (ii)_________ in the 1990s that one of these photographs might fetch a hundred times as much as a nonvintage print of the same image. It was perhaps only a matter of time before someone took advantage of the(iii)_________ to peddle newly created “vintage”prints for profit. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A forgeryD balloonedG discrepancy B influenceE weakenedH ambiguity C styleF variedI duplicity SECTION3 【10】4 I’ve long anticipated this retrospective of the artist’s work, hoping it would make (i)_________ judgments about him possible, but greater familiarity with his paintings highlights their inherent (ii)_________ and actually makes one’sassessment(iii)_________ . BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A modishD gloomG similarly equivocal B settledE ambiguityH less sanguine C detachedF delicacyI more cynical 【11】5 Higher energy prices would have many(i)_________ effects on society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more(ii)_________ in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not(iii)_________ at current prices.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A perniciousD aggressiveG unstable B counterintuitiveE predictableH adaptable C salubriousFsparingI viable 【12】6 But they pay little attention to the opposite and more treacherous failing: false certainty, refusing to confess their mistakes and implicitly claiming(i)_________ ,thereby embarrassing the nation and undermining the Constitution, which established various mechanisms of self-correction on the premise that even the wisest men are sometimes wrong and need, precisely when they find it most(ii)_________ , the benefit of(iii)_________ process.　BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A infallibilityD discomfitingG an adaptable B immunityE expedientH a remedial C impartialityF imminentI an injudicious 原ETS 题⽬ 【13】It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)_________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to(ii)_________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, andthe(iii)_________ , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A overshadowedD enhanceG plausibility of our hypotheses B invalidatedE obscureH certainty of our entitlement C illuminatedF underscoreI superficiality of our theories 【14】2006题⽬ Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (i)___________________, but the most(ii)___________________ of these paintings (iii)___________________ all doubts. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A partialityD problematicG exculpate B credulityE successfulH assuage C ambivalenceF disparagedI whet 【15】2007题⽬ Having displayed his art collection in a vast modernist white space in (i)_______________ former warehouse, Mr. Saatchi has chosen for his new site its polar opposite, a riverside monument to civic pomposity that once housed the local government. There is nothing (ii)_______________ about the new location: the building’s design is bureaucratic baroque,(iii)_______________ style that is as declamatory as a task-force report and as self-regarding as a campaign speech. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A a decadentD atavisticG an ascetic B a claustrophobicE spareH a grandiose C an unprepossessingF pretentiousI an understated PRACTICE BOOK 题⽬ 【16】That the President manages the economy is an assumption (i)______________ the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are(ii)______________ the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are (iii)______________. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A peripheral toD justifiably personified inG usually long-lasting B central toE erroneously attributed toH regrettably unnoticeable C at odds withF occasionally associated withI largely unpredictable 【17】Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best(i)______________ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii)________________. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii)_______________ to some extent. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A controlledD abrasiveG compromised B appreciatedE intelligibleH eliminated C employedF ubiquitousI considered 【18】To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i)_______________， (ii)________________place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii)_______________. BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3 A impenetrableD a makeshiftG resource B inconsiderableE an unpropitiousH impediment C uncultivatedF an unremarkableI passage 答案： 【1】CEH　【2】AFH　【3】CDH　【4】BDI 【5】BEG　【6】CDH 【7】BDG　【8】BEH 【9】ADG　【10】BEG　【11】CFI　【12】ADH 【13】AEI　【14】CEH　【15】CEH　【16】BEI 【17】BEG　【18】AEH。

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新GRE填空题型练习1. Hydrogen is the _____ element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks fromwhich the other elements are produced.A. steadiestB. expendableC. lightestD. finalE. fundamental2. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have anatural _____ doing so.A. aptitude forB. repugnance toC. interest inD. ignorance ofE. reaction after3. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values wasregarded as ______, even as a sign of madness.A. adventurousB. frivolousC. willfulD. impermissibleE. irrational4. Rather than enhancing a countrys security, the successful development of nuclearweapons could serve at first to increase that country’s ______.A. boldnessB. influenceC. responsibilityD. moderationE. vulnerability5. For some time now, _____ has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction thateverybody has an angle is considered wisdom.A. rationalityB. flexibilityC. diffidenceD. disinterestednessE. insincerity6. Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramifications of the economic policy havebeen ______ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policys underlying assumptions.A. supplementedB. underminedC. wastedD. divertedE. redeemed7. The spellings of many Old English words have been ________ in the living language,although their pronunciations have changed.A. preservedB. shortenedC. preemptedD. revisedE. improved
8. The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly________ source of rawmaterials, of which only a few have been utilized.A. exploitedB. quantifiableC. controversialD. inexhaustibleE. remarkable9. For centuries animals have been used as ________ for people in experiments to assessthe effects of therapeutic and other agents that might later be used in humans.A. benefactorsB. companionsC. examplesD. precedentsE. surrogates10. Sponsors of the bill were ________ because there was no opposition to it within thelegislature until after the measure had been signed into law.A. unreliableB. well-intentionedC. persistentD. relievedE. detained新GRE填空题型练习1. The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominantimage of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her ________ search for her daughter.A. extendedB. agitatedC. comprehensiveD. motivelessE. heartless2. Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of________ can boost sales of video clips very nicely.A. self-deprecationB. congenialityC. cynicismD. embarrassmentE. self-doubt3. Given the evidence of Egyptian and Babylonian ________ later Greek civilization, it wouldbe incorrect to view the work of Greek scientists as an entirely independent creation.A. disdain forB. imitation ofC. ambivalence aboutD. deference toE. influence on4. The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and drive us to________ accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.A. insularB. investigativeC. synopticD. subjectiveE. sensational5. Current data suggest that, although ________ states between fear and aggression exist,fear and aggression are as distinct physiologically as they are psychologically.A. simultaneousB. seriousC. exceptionalD. partialE. transitional6. There are no solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is________ other forms.A. segregated fromB. parallel toC. dependent onD. overshadowed byE. mimicked by7.Despite assorted effusions to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientificskill and humanism, and, quite possibly, there may be something of a ________ betweenthem.A. generalityB. fusionC. congruityD. dichotomyE. reciprocity8. A common argument claims that in folk art, the artists subordination of technical masteryto intense feeling ________ the direct communication of emotion to the viewer.A. facilitatesB. avertsC. neutralizesD. impliesE. represses9. While not completely nonplussed by the usually caustic responses from membersof the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ________ by their livelycriticism.A. humiliatedB. discomfitedC. deludedD. disgracedE. tantalized10. By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king ________ the consideration thatcustomarily protects monarchs.A. meritedB. forfeitedC. debasedD. concealedE. extended新GRE填空题型练习1. The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was ________ by pointingout that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.A. banalB. hereticalC. unprovenD. complexE. superficial2. Rumors, embroidered with detail, live on for years, neither denied nor confirmed, untilthey become accepted as fact even among people not known for their ________ .A. insightB. obstinacyC. introspectionD. toleranceE. credulity3. Animals that have tasted unpalatable plants tend to ________ them afterward on thebasis of their most conspicuous features, such as their flowers.A. recognizeB. hoardC. trampleD. retrieveE. approach4. Philosophical problems arise when people ask questions that, though very ________ ,have certain characteristics in common.A. relevantB. elementaryC. abstractD. diverseE. controversial5. The natural balance between prey and predator has been increasingly ________ , mostfrequently by human intervention.A. celebratedB. predictedC. observedD. disturbedE. questioned6. There is some ________ the fact that the author of a book as sensitive and informed asIndian Artisans did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, for shegrew up in a region rich in American Indian culture.A. irony inB. satisfaction inC. doubt aboutD. concern aboutE. presumptuousness in7. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable ________through a complex network of producers and consumers.A. commoditiesB. dividendsC. communicationsD. nutrientsE. artifacts8. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs;therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old inWestern society during the current decade is ________ critical.A. perenniallyB. disturbinglyC. uniquelyD. archetypallyE. captiously9. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that________ was very near the surface.A. seriousnessB. confidenceC. laughterD. poiseE. determination10. The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to ________ federalregulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestallproposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.A. protestB. instituteC. denyD. encourageE. disregard新GRE填空题型练习文章到此就结束了，欢迎大家下载使用并丰富，共享给更多有需要的人。

GRE考试填空专项考题练习及答案(6)Investors are grateful that the attorney general has stepped in to pursue i nquiries into misfeasance on the financial markets, given that the regulators o fficially charged with policing the industry have been _____.A：diffidentB：meticulousC：straightforwardD：implacableE：tenacious答案：AA significant element of the Gothic genre, the literary grotesque is someti mes inaccurately discussed as if it were a _____Gothic or, conversely, as if it were something entirely different from Gothic.A：synonym forB：characteristic ofC：counterweight toD：ramification ofE：deviation from答案：AIn his study of Senegambian cleric Shaykh Mass Kah (1827-1936), Bala S. K. Saho notes that it is difficult to fully (i) _____many of the oral accounts onwhich the study relies. Saho’s work shows, however, that despite this absence of (ii)_____ , oral history can provide useful sources from which historians ca n reconstruct the past.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：comprehend D：partialityB：reproduce E：argumentationC：validate F：corroboration答案：CFThe city’s traffic-planning department has been working hard to (i) _____d rivers. Closely spaced stop lights have been added on roads into town, causing delays. Pedestrian underpasses designed to allow traffic to flow freely across major intersections have been (ii)_____ .Blank (I)Blank (II)A：assist D：enhancedB：calm E：stabilizedC：discourage F：removed答案：CFThe (i) _____current-generation solar cells are (ii)_____ : although experi mental cells have reached efficiencies greater than 40 percent, most commercial ly available cells in the early part of the twenty-first century still struggle to get past about 20 percent.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：attractions of D：clearB：limitations of E：unmatchedC：improvements in F：misunderstood答案：BD。

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GRE考试经典填空真题带你感受考场上的刀光剑影经典习题1题目：Professional photographers generally regard inadvertent surrealism in a photograph as a curse rather than a blessing; magazine photographers, in particular, consider themselves ------ to the extent that they can--------its presence in their photographs.A. skillful.. enhanceB. inadequate.. eliminateC. original.. demonstrateD. fortunate.. minimizeE. conventional.. highlight答案：D辨析：inadvertent: a.1.漫不经心的2.非有意的，因疏忽而造成的surrealism: n.超现实主义curse: n.1.诅咒2.祸害，祸因blessing n.1.神赐，神恩2.幸事，恩惠to the extent that: conj.只要(即等于as long as,表示条件)inadequate: a.1.不适当的，不够格的，不充分的2.有弱点(缺陷)的minimize: v.1.使削减(或缩小)到最低限度2.极度轻视(或贬低)，小看highlight: v.1.以强光照耀，照亮2.使显著，使空出，强调翻译：一般而言，专业摄影家将摄影作品中由疏忽而致的超现实主义视作一种灾祸而非幸事;尤其是杂志摄影家，只要能在摄影作品中将它的存在削减到最低程度，他们便视自己为相当幸运的了。

gre填空练习题GRE 填空练习题填空题在 GRE 考试中占据了重要的位置，对考生的词汇量和语言理解能力有较高的要求。

下面是一些 GRE 填空练习题，希望能对大家的备考有所帮助。

1. Although Mary had studied diligently for the exam, she was ________ when she saw her grade.答案：dismayed解析：dismayed 表示失望或沮丧的状态，符合句子的语境。

2. The author's use of complex language and obscure references made his writing ________ to most readers.答案：inaccessible解析：inaccessible 意为难以理解或难以接触的，与句子中提到的复杂语言和晦涩的引用相呼应。

3. The CEO's _______, combined with her strong leadership skills, helped turn the company around.答案：tenacity解析：tenacity 意为坚韧或顽强，与句子中提到的强大领导能力相呼应。

4. The concert was ________, with people from all walks of life joining together to enjoy the music.答案：inclusive解析：inclusive 意为包容的或包括多数的，与句子中提到的各个阶层的人共同参与音乐会相呼应。

5. The chef's ________ in creating unique flavors made his restaurant a popular destination for food enthusiasts.答案：innovation解析：innovation 意为创新，与句子中提到的厨师在独特口味的创作上的创新相呼应。

GRE考试填空专项考题练习及答案(3)When pulsars were first discovered, some of the astrophysicists involved br iefly (i)_____ these types of stars might be (ii)______extraterrestrial intelli gence. Specifically, the pulsar’s periodic radiation pattern was initially int erpreted as (iii)______ rather than—as it turned out to be—the natural produc t of the spinning of a neutron star.Blank (I)Blank (II)Blank (III)A：ignored whether D：suggestive of G：a deliberate hoaxB：thought that E：unrelated to H：an episodic phenomenonC：disavowed that F：evidence against I：a constructed code答案：BDIThere has been great enthusiasm in the United States for reducing fossil fu el dependence by increasing production of biofuels from crops such as corn and switchgrass, but this (i)_____ about biofuel’s potential should be (ii)_____ b y a realistic appraisal of the costs and challenges of biofuel production.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：forbearance D：temperedB：exuberance E：delineatedC：obduracy F：exacerbated答案：BDUntil now,old snapshots and home movies faded and crumbled and were eventua lly (i)_____.Only a few precious mementos were preserved and passed along. But as photography moves into the digital realm, family albums and home videos seem capable of (ii)_____: our capacity to store them is, for all practical purposes, approaching the infinite. Is such a transformation a good thing? The natural world teaches us that (iii)_____ are vital to ecological health. Does a simila r principle apply to communal memory?Blank (I)Blank (II)Blank (III)A：archived D：transmission G：death and decayB：discarded E： immortality H： predator and preyC：reproduced F：revolution I：reproduction and renewal答案：BEGThe threat of litigation makes the art authentication industry _____ realm: connoisseurs refuse to communicate in writing and confidential agreements bind authenticators to silence.A：an opportunisticB：a clandestineC：a moralizingD：a xenophobicE：an anarchistic答案：BRecent research runs counter to the long-cherished notion that a small drop in body temperature during and after surgery is either _____ or actually prote cts the patient by slowing metabolism and reducing the body’s demand for blood and oxygen.A：beneficialB：immaterialC：inconsequentialD：preventive E：prophylactic F：redundant答案：BC。

1. In Democracies and its Critics, Robert Dahl defends both democratic value and pluralist democracies, or polyarchies. Dahl argues convincingly that the idea of democracy rests on political equality—the equality capacity of all citizens to determine or (i)___ collective decisions. Of course, as Dahl recognizes, if hierarchical ordering is (ii)___ in any structure of government, and if no society can guarantee perfect equality in the resources that may give rise to political influence, the democratic principle of political equality is (iii)___ of full realization. So actual systems can be deemed democratic only as approximations to the ideal. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A differ profoundly D reverse G distinction B convergent E conventionality H equilibrium C slightly differentiate F similarity I dissemination 2. Although the legal systems of England and the United States are superficially similar, they (i)___in their approaches to and uses of legal reasons: substantive reasons in the United States, whereas in England the (ii) ___ is true. This (iii)___ reflects a difference in the visions of law that prevail in the two counties. In England the law has traditionally been viewed as a system of rules; the United States favors a vision of law as an outward expression of the community’s sense of right and justice. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A hamper D circumstantial G incapable B influence E inevitable H determined C incorporate F neutral I possible 3. Although some censure became (i)___ during the 1980s, Dahl himself seems to support some of such earlier criticism. Although he (ii)___ that some Western intellectuals demand more democracy from polyarchies than is possible, he nevertheless ends his book by asking what changes in structures and consciousness might make political life more (iii)___ in present polyarchies. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A a fixed number of D revolution H reproduction of older ones B abundant E disease G modification of connections C minimal F generation I deduction of similarities 4. A major tenet of the neurosciences has been that all neurons (nerve cells) in the brains of vertebrate animals are formed early in development. An adult vertebrate, it was believed, must make do with (i)___ neurons: those lost through (ii)___ or injury are not replaced, and adult learning takes place not through generation of new cells but through (iii)___ among existing ones. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A characterized D monocratic G reveals B subdued E gerontocracic H regrets C overruled F democratic I approves 5. Evidence that the defendant in a criminal prosecution has a prior conviction may (i)___ jurors to presume the defendant’s guilt, because of their preconception that a person previously convicted of a crime must be inclined toward repeated criminal behavior. That commonly held belief is at least a (ii)___; not all former convicts engage in repeated criminal behavior. Also, jury may give more probative weight than objective analysis would allow to vivid photographic evidence depicting a shooting victim’s wounds, or may (iii)___ the weight of defense testimony that is not delivered in a sufficiently forceful or persuasive manner. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A stimulate D partial distortion of reality G underestimate B deter E vivid reflection of imagination H exaggerate C participate F precise calculation of certainty I reflect 6. The usage suggests that the creation and critical interpretation of literature are not (i)___ but mechanical processes; that the author of any piece of writing is not (ii)___ artist, but merely a laborer who cobbles existing materials (words) into more or less conventional structures. The term deconstruction implies that the text has been put together like a building or a piece of machinery, and that it is in need of being taken apart, not so much in order to (iii)___ it as to demonstrate underlying inadequacies, false assumptions, and inherent contradictions. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A instructive D a derivative G repair B literal E an insipid H qualify C organic F an inspired I construct7. Most psychologists, perplexed by the feelings they acknowledge are aroused by aesthetic experience, have claimed that these emotions are genuine, but different in kind from nonaesthetic emotions. This, however, is (i)___ rather than an empirical observation and consequently lacks explanatory value. On the other hand, Gombrich argues that emotional responses to art are (ii)___; art triggers remembrances of previously experienced emotions. These debates have prompted the psychologist Radford to argue that people do experience real melancholy or joy in responding to art, but that these are (iii)___ responses precisely because people know they are reacting to illusory stimuli. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A a descriptive distinction D vivacious G zealous B a body of profound knowledge E synonymous H lugubrious C a valid evidence F ersatz I irrational 8. Until recently many astronomers believed that asteroids travel about the solar system (i)___ satellites. These astronomers assumed this because they considered asteroid-satellite systems inherently (ii)___. Theoreticians could have told them otherwise: even minuscule bodies in the solar system can theoretically have satellites, as long as everything is in proper scale. If a bowling ball were orbiting about the Sun in the asteroid belt, it could have a pebble orbiting it as far away as a few hundred radii (or about 50 meters) (iii)___ the pebble to the Sun’s gravitational pull. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A unaccompanied by D scathing G without losing B unprecedented by E unstable H before reaping C unparalleled by F soporific I as well as easing 9. For analytical purposes (i)___ political conduct has traditionally been divided into two categories. However, there are some common crimes that are so (ii)___ from a political act that the entire offense is regarded as political. These crimes, which are called "(iii)___" political offenses, are generally nonextraditable. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A salutary D unpredictable G aristocracy B equality E general H promotion C complicated F efficacious I grandiloquence 10. Social democracy is a general ethical ideal, looking to human (i)___ and brotherhood, and inconsistent, in its radical form, with such institutions as the family and (ii)___ property. Democratic government, on the contrary, is merely a means to an end, an (iii)___ for the better and smoother government of certain states at certain junctures. It involves no special ideals of life; it is a question of policy, namely, whether the general interest will be better served by granting all people an equal voice in elections. BLANK1 BLANK2 BLANK3 A illegal D inseparable G ambiguous B political E distinct H vague C licit F capricous I relative 答案：ADH CDI AFH BDI AEG ADI CFH AEH BEG ADG。

GRE考试基础填空题及答案解析(21)
Given the (i)___ committees and the (ii)___ nature of its investigation , i t would be unreasonable to gainsay the committee's conclusions at first glance.
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D. superficial
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翻译：鉴于委员会的卓越声望，加之该调查面面俱到，乍看之下让人很难反对其结论。

句子可能有些不严谨，也许是抄题时就搞错了，我认为第一空后面少了 the 且 commi ttees 多了个 s，committee 作为一个集合名词，单数形式就可以表示复数概念，而且后面有 its，也暗示应为单数形式。

后半句完整，如果反对委员会结论是“ unreasonable ”不理智的，不合理的，荒唐的，那么委员会的属性就很好猜了。

given 做介词时，相当于 considering，鉴于…，考虑到…，因果关系指示词。

sterling 高质量的，银质的，(硬币或贵金属)标准纯度的、真的，令人钦佩的，优秀的
ad hoc (来自拉丁语)专为某一目的的，特别的，非事先计划的，非正式的spontaneous 自发的，主动的，非勉强的
exhaustive 详尽彻底的，全面的。

第一部分51道复原题上海XDF 张俊1. ''RESIGNATION'', an English word the French novelist Christian Oster would no d oubt appreciate, presents an elegant parad ox: in one sense, it indicates a bold step, a cleaving of oneself from an attachment grown onerous; in another, it's the height of ___, an acquiescence to fate.A. maturityB. desperationC. passivityD. shamE. fissure2. Sylvester takes on a solemn and sagacious persona, the expression of his commitment to a deliberate conversation to a disconcerting and hypnotic pace, but this ____ could be intimidating.A. solicitudeB. banalityC. gravitasD. ingénueE. lassitude3. The mid-20th century is sometimes remembered as an era of cozy political ------, but in fact the corrid ors of power echoed then with starkly disparate voices.A. consensusB. variantC. chaosD. accordE. arcad eF. tranquility4. Scientist worries if the connection between global warming and the rising of sea level continues, then this simultaneity ----- bigger changes in the und erlying dynamics of our climate.A. presagesB. exacerbatesC. avertsD. obscuresE. portendsF. forestalls5. The Order applies to all Federal agency whose actions may affect the status of invasive species and requires agencies to identify such actions and to the extent practicabl e and permitted by law, and since invasive species severely reduce the number of native species and even ------ their existence, the agency has determined and made public its determination that the benefits of such actions clearly outweigh the potential harm caused by invasive species;and that all feasible and ------ measures to ------ risk of harm of the introduction of invasive6. Mark Messina’s book The Simpl e Soybean and Your Health exudes recogniti on much less unrestrained in the description of the soy's medical efficiency than its versatility, but the author’s cautions arrests soy to be a ------.A. placeboB. panaceaC. solitudeD. cure-allE. effectualityF. efficacy7. Even the man was reserved in his speech, he thoroughly und erstood his mother, which made him far from ----- as people usually thought.A. sophisticatedB. simpl eC. sententiousD. ingenuousE. comprehensive8. Nevertheless, the claim—advocated by many experts—that a child acts more like a‘grammatical genius’ than an empty slate, a ‘tabula rasa’, ready to be written on and forged by experience, seems ------ to those who think of language as the zenith of the human intellect and who think of instincts as brute impulses that compel furry or feathered zombies to build a dam or up and fly south.A. consonanceB. jarringC. tangentD. prehensileE. manifest9. Laser has been widely utilized in many industries such as Packaging Industry, CD player, sort of commonplace articles; however, the ------ of laser doesn’t mean laser can only be used in ------ ways.10. She demonstrates great extent of ------, as she has travelled to many more countries and places around the world than any of her kindred.A. conspicuousnessB. sagaciousnessC. perfidiousnessD. peregrinationE. jubilation11. For Ruskin, architecture serves the community only when approached in a spirit of piety and ------. Architecture must set effective boundaries to public space, and it d oes so by ------ the desire to show off, to stand out, to record the artistic flair of some temporary ego. Architecture succeeds in its public task through ------ and devotion, of the kind that can be observed in the moulding, firing and laying of a properly proportioned brick, but which is violated a12. As the study of the foundation of western Shanghai reveals, there was, a sense of elegance in the refined, simple lines that characterized the entire row, bereft of the exuberant, emphatic, assertive, ornament that constituted the latest British architectural fashion, which expressed its detestation of Palladianism and neoclassicism – Lond on's Regent Street then being regarded as abhorrent – calling it the product of a ------ “shopocracy”. The ------ of Western architectural taste – oscillating between simplicity and ornamental ------ – must have bemused Chinese observers who had long accepted that both approaches were valid and coul d co-exist.13. Advertising, formerly called the last resort to create or distribute music, has transformed itself to a ------ of music that woul d otherwise be unheard.A. championB. advocateC. impedimentD. impetusE. camouflage14. Dr. McDonald, a famous scientist in anthropology, believes that conventional scientific inquiry is ------ in its pursuit, since recently the study of social science draws on lots ofstatistics and probabilities; as a result, ------ of the social science takes priority due toe.15. Behavior economists found that the more ------ options listed on the insurance make people all the more offish to end orse, partly because they hope to ------ some ------ in order to16. A demagogue shoul d never exude ------ near the surface in a campaign, but this politician gives enthusiastic ovation when his opponent triumphs in a landslid e.A. deprecationB. ecstasyC. d enigrationD. arroganceE. euphoriaF. hauteur17. Although the parents d o not think highly of the educational system “as a whol e”, they fail to treat teachers with ------ equally.A. disdainB. reverenceC. consid erationD. venerationE. lucubrationF. opprobrium18. Even though the government is not totally ------ the positive review about the charter, the mayor neverthel ess decides to veto the laws.A. sanguine aboutB. unsympathetic withC. approbatory toD. enthusiastic aboutE. garrul ous about19. It is surprising to see such a chil d that is at his sixteenth manifest a great measure of ------, for he delivers too cogent, brilliant a speech among adults.A. nefariousnessB. naivetéC. ingenuousnessD. precocityE. maturityF. convolution20. It is often argued that psychoanalysis, which was ------ at the stage of eighteenth century, provided the main filter by which death coul d be looked at, now largely replaced by medicine, which provides both a mindset and practical measures by which death may be cheated, and in terminal illness, approached, formulating a process call ed medicalization.A. elegantB. mundaneC. pred ominantD. precariousE. pompous21. The use of the term 'greenhouse effect' is a complete ------, because it is not a veracious description of such a complicated transformation.A. mishapB. anomalyC. misnomerD. appositenessE. spontaneity22. People from one community always take each other as ------ since they automatically classify the others as their family line.A. relativeB. patronC. kinfolksD. acquaintanceE. consortF. neighborhood23. As a result of lacking strong opposing organization to ------, the chief focus their rancor on one another at the conference where the issues were put forward and intend ed to be resolved.A. collaborateB. exterminateC. excoriateD. parl eyE. immolate24. The parad oxical characteristic of the reliable empl oyee Donna is her ------, when we consider her usual feigning illness to escape from her labor.A. retributionB. earnestnessC. halcyonD. charlatanE. malingering25. Although Emily Brontë is impassioned about gend er equality, he is anything but ------ to end orse more privileges end owing to women.A. lethargicB. abhorrentC. zealousD. apatheticE. stubborn26. It is perplexing that a man so prominent in the public eye, so highly praised and imitated, should exude a persona of ------ and reticence.A. decorumB. bravadoC. diffidenceD. dogmatismE. resignationF. indifference27. Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for the l ow l evels of serious conflict among members of d emocratically run work groups: a modicum of tol erance for dissent often prevents ------.A. demurB. schismC. cooperationD. complianceE. shortsightedness28. Many of the towns that have voted to keep incinerators in the county’s solid-waste plan have done so not because they necessarily (i) ------ incinerators, but because they are (ii)------ to narrow their waste-disposal options.Blank (i) Blank (ii)(A) question (D) willing(B) favor (E) eager(C) oppose (F) loath29. Higher energy prices would have many (i)------ effects on society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more (ii)------ in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not (iii)------ at current prices.Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)(A) pernicious (D) aggressive (G) unstable(B) counterintuitive (E) predictable (H) adaptable(C) salubrious (F) sparing (I) viable30. The playwright’s approach is (i) ------in that her works (ii) ------the theatrical devices normally used to create drama on the stage.Blank (i) Blank (ii)(A) pedestrian (D) jettison(B) startling (E) experiment with(C) celebrated (F) distill31. Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiment she let a number of------results slip by.(A) anomalous(B) verifiable(C) redundant(D) salient(E) inaccurate32. Some suggest that students who are granted privileges receive them because their teachers wish to make the students ____; more probably, causality flows in the opposite direction, in that teachers are likely to grant privileges to diligent students.A. excitableB. independentC. malleableD. gratefulE. conscientious33. Despite its _____, the book deals _____ with a number of crucial issues.(A) optimism ... cursorily(B) importance ... needlessly(C) virtues ... inadequately(D) novelty ... strangely(E) completeness ... thoroughly34. The English novelist W considered the cult of the criminal so dangerous that he criticized Dickens’ Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves’ ki tchen so ______A. threateningB. rivetingC. connivingD. fearsomeE. irritating35. Carver's precision in sketching lives on the edge of despair ensures that his stories will sometimes be read too narrowly, much as Dickens' social-reformer role once caused his broader concerns to be ______.(A) ignored(B) reinforced(C) contradicted(D) diminished(E) diversified36. Because early United States writers thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, they ______ the vernacular.(A) dissected(B) avoided / eschew(C) misunderstood(D) investigated(E) exploited37. Although the diverse local idioms of English in England are not as strong as they once were, their ___ has been ___: television and radio are not the homogenizing forces that they were once thought to be.A. variety … diminishedB. importance … exaggeratedC. colorfulness … mutedD. meaning … misconstruedE. resilience … underrated38. Although most of the faculty were ____ in their praise for Iren’s tenure as university president, Dayan created a completely different impression in her hagiographic account of Iren’s leadership.(A) unabashed(B) enthusiastic(C) insincere(D) obsequious(E) circumspect / stinting39. The profits that the corporation earns from the exclusive-supplier agreements with the universities are ------, because the terms of agreements that they are inclined to protect the universities’ interests are generally------.A. inexplicable……..floutedB. unclear……….pub licizedC. predictable……….scrutinizedD. declining…….ignoredE. surprising…..enforced40. (one kind of insect) is ------ as most versatile and ------- in the world; yet it could not fly high, if according to a aerospace theory in the human world.Blank I Blank iiA. touted atypicalB. ridiculed maneuveredC. (wrong answer) (wrong answer)41. My grandmother was a(n) ------ woman, saying the house where she lived as a child was always haunted.A. clamorousB. invidiousC. numinousD. empiricalE. sonorous42. Though extremely _____ about his own plans, the man allowed his associates no such43. The children’s ___ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.A chol ericB blitheC phlegmaticD introvertedE artl ess44. Political advertising may well be the most (i)______ kind of advertising: political candidates are actually quite (ii)______, yet their campaign advertisement often hide45. Stories are a haunted genre; hardly (i) ------kind of story, the ghost story is almost the paradigm of the form, and (ii) ------was undoubtedly one effect that Poe had in mind when he46. No other contemporary poet’s work has such a well-earned reputation for (i) ______, and there are few whose moral vision is so imperiously unsparing. Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection is the poet’s fourth book in six years─an ample output even for poets of sunny disposition, let alone for one of such (ii) ______ over the previous 50 years. Yet47. The playwright’s approach is (i)------ in that her works (ii)------ the theatrical devices48. Compared with their parties, diplomats are _____: they are considerably less enduring than the organizations in which they function.A ubiquitousB autonomousC fickleD immutableE evanescent49. XXX is not an absolutist on the idea that truth has always to be told, in fact, she created examples where truth sometimes should be tempered; however, unlike others, XXX is seeking an unshakable principle, she believes that truth is a precious thing, easy to squander, difficult to regain; truth is preserved in a sense of veracity.50. News commentaries could not considered thorough logically. Even though the conclusions are condemned widely, there does not exist serious errors in reaching them. No one can contend it of significant omissions, for which aspect news commentaries are impeachable.51. Hidebound by cloying commercial radio and clueless record executives, the American pop music scene has frequently depended on cities at the edges of the cultural map to provide a much-needed shot of originality. Seattle, Minneapolis, Austin, Texas, and Athens, Georgia, have all served as temporary pivot points, churning out bands and defining the sound of the moment. Even Omaha, Nebraska, had its 15 minutes not so long ago. The momentary consensus seems to come out of nowhere - as if someone blows a whistle onlythose in the know can hear, and suddenly record executives and journalists are crawling all over what had previously been an obscure locale.第二部分填空单词Part IIsolemnity, decipher, deteriorate, decline, wayward, exoticdemise, cult, advertise, momentarydecontaminate, fission, vociferousinhibit, proscribe, forbidminimal, exacting, pensiveness, adeptlypunctuate, puncture, dismissscandal, pessimisticostentatious, arresting, eloquentcavalierprofligate, circumscribe, concise, sweeping, comprehensivelevel, equalizemercurial, clamorous, feign, dissemble, empirical, clairvoyance, vitriol, obloquy, importunate, paucity, diminution, sonorous, proliferation, douse, tantamount, invidious extravagance, overstate, astute, masterful, shrewdimpertinent, oraclevenal, genial, marginalize. mordant, tenuousswayimmoderateconceivabledemystifyindolent, acute, relentless, undistinguished, sequel, avowal, careen, preen, convene, novice, neophyte, plethora, dearth, capricious, enigmatic, perplexing, intrigue, blithe, forsake, felony, pragmatic, foreshadowsusceptible, vapidity, precipitate, insinuate, enervate, forbear, preclude, intelligible, dubious, debilitate, precarious, discreet, capricious , pragmatic, quixotic, change, maintain, transcend, illuminate, transparent, preceding, originated in, prudent, pitfall, dearth, quiescent, contentious, diffidence, indifferent, complex, torpor, dormant, malleable, amenable, demur, oblivioussporadic, encyclopedia, indiscriminate, nascent, rambling, diplomat, deplorable, indolence, avant-garde, contravene, impoverished, elusive, exhaustivecontumacy, omnipresence, vexation, prevarication, mundane, waning, ahistoric, obviate, flout, assertion, alienation, tactlessbloatedscintillating第三部分2012年12月机经1. 六选二: 一个画家画了erect的什么东西，和后面被风吹得__的树形成鲜明对比。

gre基础填空24套GRE基础填空题是考察考生对英语词汇和语法的理解和运用能力的重要部分。

以下是24套GRE基础填空题的解析，每套题包含若干个填空题目。

希望对你的备考有所帮助。

套题1：1. The ___________ of the new technology has revolutionized the way we communicate.2. The company's ___________ growth in recent years isa testament to its success.3. The politician's ___________ remarks caused controversy among his supporters.答案：1. advent.2. exponential.3. inflammatory.套题2：1. The professor's ___________ lecture captivated the entire class.2. The team's ___________ performance in the championship game earned them the victory.3. The company's ___________ approach to business has led to its downfall.答案：1. engaging.2. stellar.3. reckless.套题3：1. The ___________ of the novel left readers with a sense of mystery and intrigue.2. The ___________ of the film was visually stunning.3. The ___________ of the experiment yielded unexpected results.答案：1. plot.2. cinematography.3. outcome.套题4：1. The ___________ of the new law will have asignificant impact on the economy.2. The ___________ of the painting revealed theartist's attention to detail.3. The ___________ of the play brought the characters to life.答案：1. implementation.2. intricacy.3. portrayal.套题5：1. The ___________ of the project required careful planning and coordination.2. The ___________ of the team's strategy led to their3. The ___________ of the company's policies has resulted in increased productivity.答案：1. execution.2. efficacy.3. implementation.套题6：1. The ___________ of the disease has raised concerns among health officials.2. The ___________ of the company's financial situation is cause for alarm.3. The ___________ of the storm forced residents to答案：1. prevalence.2. volatility.3. severity.套题7：1. The ___________ of the evidence supports the theory.2. The ___________ of the data indicates a positive correlation.3. The ___________ of the research findings has implications for future studies.答案：1. validity.2. correlation.3. significance.套题8：1. The ___________ of the book explores themes of love and loss.2. The ___________ of the film evokes a sense of nostalgia.3. The ___________ of the artwork is open to interpretation.答案：1. narrative.2. atmosphere.3. symbolism.套题9：1. The ___________ of the project required a collaborative effort from the entire team.2. The ___________ of the company's mission statement is to provide quality products.3. The ___________ of the organization's goals is crucial for success.答案：1. completion.2. objective.3. alignment.套题10：1. The ___________ of the experiment confirmed the hypothesis.2. The ___________ of the study revealed important insights into human behavior.3. The ___________ of the survey provided valuable data for analysis.答案：1. outcome.2. findings.3. results.套题11：1. The ___________ of the disease has led to widespreadpanic.2. The ___________ of the company's financial statements raised suspicions of fraud.3. The ___________ of the accident caused extensive damage.答案：1. outbreak.2. discrepancy.3. aftermath.套题12：1. The ___________ of the project required careful planning and coordination.2. The ___________ of the team's strategy led to theirvictory.3. The ___________ of the company's policies has resulted in increased productivity.答案：1. execution.2. efficacy.3. implementation.套题13：1. The ___________ of the evidence supports the theory.2. The ___________ of the data indicates a positive correlation.3. The ___________ of the research findings has implications for future studies.答案：1. validity.2. correlation.3. significance.套题14：1. The ___________ of the book explores themes of love and loss.2. The ___________ of the film evokes a sense of nostalgia.3. The ___________ of the artwork is open to interpretation.答案：1. narrative.2. atmosphere.3. symbolism.套题15：1. The ___________ of the project required a collaborative effort from the entire team.2. The ___________ of the company's mission statement is to provide quality products.3. The ___________ of the organization's goals is crucial for success.答案：1. completion.2. objective.3. alignment.套题16：1. The ___________ of the experiment confirmed the hypothesis.2. The ___________ of the study revealed important insights into human behavior.3. The ___________ of the survey provided valuable data for analysis.答案：1. outcome.2. findings.3. results.套题17：1. The ___________ of the disease has led to widespread panic.2. The ___________ of the company's financial statements raised suspicions of fraud.3. The ___________ of the accident caused extensive damage.答案：1. outbreak.2. discrepancy.3. aftermath.套题18：1. The ___________ of the new technology hasrevolutionized the way we communicate.2. The company's ___________ growth in recent years isa testament to its success.3. The politician's ___________ remarks caused controversy among his supporters.答案：1. advent.2. exponential.3. inflammatory.套题19：1. The professor's ___________ lecture captivated the entire class.2. The team's ___________ performance in thechampionship game earned them the victory.3. The company's ___________ approach to business has led to its downfall.答案：1. engaging.2. stellar.3. reckless.套题20：1. The ___________ of the novel left readers with a sense of mystery and intrigue.2. The ___________ of the film was visually stunning.3. The ___________ of the experiment yielded unexpected results.答案：1. plot.2. cinematography.3. outcome.套题21：1. The ___________ of the new law will have a significant impact on the economy.2. The ___________ of the painting revealed theartist's attention to detail.3. The ___________ of the play brought the characters to life.答案：1. implementation.2. intricacy.3. portrayal.套题22：1. The ___________ of the project required careful planning and coordination.2. The ___________ of the team's strategy led to their victory.3. The ___________ of the company's policies has resulted in increased productivity.答案：1. execution.2. efficacy.3. implementation.套题23：1. The ___________ of the disease has raised concerns among health officials.2. The ___________ of the company's financial situation is cause for alarm.3. The ___________ of the storm forced residents to evacuate.答案：1. prevalence.2. volatility.3. severity.套题24：1. The ___________ of the evidence supports the theory.2. The ___________ of the data indicates a positive correlation.3. The ___________ of the research findings has implications for future studies.答案：1. validity.2. correlation.3. significance.以上是24套GRE基础填空题的解析，希望能对你的备考有所帮助。

新GRE填空必考经典题目汇总GRE复习也有有选择新GRE填空必考经典题目汇总新GRE填空考试经典题目1At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that _______ was very near the surface.(Seriousness /confidence / laughter/ poise泰然自若的/ determination)所填之词应与gravity反义，所以应选laughter，gravity在此意思是“严肃，庄重”。

Intimidating令人害怕的，吓人的新GRE填空考试经典题目2The new human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively ______ one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.(adaptive /selective精心选择的，选择的/inquisitive好问的，好奇的/receptive/ intuitive有直觉的)既不消极，又不积极，选receptive表接收，而不是adaptive。

Attentive留心的，注意的;infant婴儿;passive消极的新GRE填空考试经典题目3The new biological psychiatry(精神病学) does not deny the contributing role of psychological(心理的，精神的) in mental illnesses, but posits(假定，设想) that these factors may act as a catalyst on existing physiological(生理学的) conditions and ______ such illnesses.(disguise假扮/impede阻碍，阻止/constrain/precipitate猛抛，促成/ consummate使结束，使完美)因为有but,所以but前后应反义，前为contributing，而且前面也有catalyst 表示正向的促进，后面只能正向词语， precipitate促成。

GRE填空练习18道题及答案汇总Revised GRE 三空题汇总18道题OG 三空题目GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice QuestionsSET 3 Discrete Question： Medium【1】4 Richard M. Russell said 52 percent of thenation’s growth since the Second World War had (i)_________ invention. He said, (ii)_________ research, the government’s greatest role in assuring continuing innovation is promoting a strong, modern patent o ffice. “Unless we can(iii)_________ original ideas, we will not have invention.” Mr. Russell said. Speculating on the state of innovation over the next century, several inventors agreed that the future lay in giving children the tools to think creatively and the motivation to invent.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A been at the expense ofD in addition to restrictingG evaluateB no bearing onE aside from supportingH protectC come throughF far from exaggeratingI disseminate【2】5 Statements presented as fact in a patent application are (i)_________ unless a good reason for doubtis found. The invention has only to be deemed “more likely than not” to work in order to receive initial approval. And, although thousands of patents are challenged in court forother reasons, no incentive exists for anyone to expendeffort (ii)_________ the science of an erroneous patent. For this reason the endless stream of (iii)_________ devices will continue to yield occasional patent.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A presumed verifiableD corroboratingG novelB carefully scrutinizedE advancingH bogusC considered capriciousF debunkingI obsoleteSET 5 Discrete Question： Hard【3】4 No other contemporary poet’s work has such awell-earned reputation for (i)_________ ， and there are few whose moral vision is so imperiously unsparing. Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection is the poet’s fourth book in six years—an ample output even for poets of sunny disposition, let alone for one of such (ii)_________ over the previous 50 years. Yet for all his newfound (iii)_________ , his poetry is as thorny as ever.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A patent accessibilityD penitential austerityGtaciturnityB intrinsic frivolityE intractable prolixityH volubilityC near impenetrabilityF impetuous prodigalityIpellucidity【4】5 Managers who think that strong environmental performance will (i)_________ their company’s financial performance often (ii)_________ claims that systems designedto help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performanceto be (iii)_________ to financial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a manager’s commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A eclipseD uncritically acceptG complementaryB bolsterE appropriately acknowledgeH intrinsicC degradeF hotly disputeI peripheral【5】6 Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, dose nottry to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i)_________ what is already closest to us—the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our lives but that ordinarily escape our notice precisely because they are so familiar. Philosophy begins byfinding(ii)_________ the things that are (iii)_________ .BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A attainment ofD essentially irrelevantG most prosaicB rumination onE utterly mysteriousH somewhat hackneyed。

GRE填空进阶练习第一组1.Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in Frenchtoday, this _____ disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.(A) restriction(B) license(C) similarity(D) rigidity(E) imperative2. A human being is quite _____ creature, for the gloss of rationality that covershis or her fears and _____ is thin and often easily breached.A human being is quite _____ creature, for the gloss of rationality that covers his or her fears and _____ is thin and often easily breached.A human being is quite _____ creature, for the gloss of rationality that covers his or her fears and insecurity is thin and often easily breached.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A a logical D problemsB a frail E insecurityC a valiant F morality3.Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites withcollectors in the eighteenth century, when ______ was valued much more highly than it is today.(A) scent(B) fragrance(C) beauty(D) elegance(E) color(F) variety4.The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to ______ federalregulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.(A) protest(B) institute(C) deny(D) encourage(E) disregard5.The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges anduniversities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _____ that permits very little _____.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A genre D deviationB feature E rigidityC achievement F grandiloquence6.Winsor McCay, the cartoonist, could draw with incredible _____:his comicstrip about Little Nemo was characterized by marvelous draftsmanship and sequencing.(A) sincerity(B) efficiency(C) virtuosity(D) rapid(E) energy7.Some biologists argue that each specifically human trait must have arisengradually and erratically, and that it is therefore difficult to isolate definite _____ in the evolution of species.(A) fluctuations(B) generations(C) predispositions(D) milestones(E) manifestations8.The losing animal in a struggle saves itself from destruction by an act of ______,an act usually recognized and ______ by the winner.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A bluffing D condemnedB anger E duplicatedC submission F accepted9.Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for thelow levels of serious conflict among members of democratically run work groups: a modicum of tolerance for dissent often prevents _____.民主团队冲突少对于分歧的宽容可以避免_____(A) demur(B) schism(C) cooperation(D) compliance(E) shortsightedness10.The old man could not have been accused of______ his affection; his conducttoward the child betrayed his ______ her.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A promising D adoration ofB stinting E sympathy forC lavishing F tolerance of11.Although Mount Saint Helens has been more______ during the last 4,500 yearsthan any other volcano in the coterminous United States, its long dormancy before its recent eruption______ its violent nature.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A awe-inspiring D confirmedB explosive E suggestedC gaseous F belied12.Sponsors of the bill were ______ because there was no opposition to it withinthe legislature until after the measure had been signed into law.(A) unreliable(B) well-intentioned(C) persistent(D) relieved(E) detained13.She writes across generational lines, making the past so _____ that our beliefthat the present is the true locus of experience is undermined(A) runic(B) distant(C) vivid(D) mysterious(E) mundane添加微信：weig-pedia 回复“资料”回复“线索词”14.Given her previously expressed interest and the ambitious tone of her recentspeeches, the senator’s attempt to convince the public that she is not interested in running for a second term is _____.(A) laudable(B) sound(C) authentic(D) futile(E) sincere15.It is true that the seeds of some plants have ______ after two hundred yearsof dormancy, but reports that viable seeds have been found in ancient tombs such as the pyramids are entirely______.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A germinated D empiricalB precipitated E unfoundedC endured F substantiated16.The functions of the hands, eyes, and brain are so ______ that using the handsduring early childhood helps to promote the child's entire _______ development.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A intertwined D perceptualB individualized E adolescentC enigmatic F social17.Many of the earliest colonial houses that are still standing have been somodified and enlarged that the ______ design is no longer______.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A embellished D discernibleB initial E applicableC appropriate F attractive18.The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of humanaffairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in Western society during the current decade is ______critical.(A) perennially(B) disturbingly(C) uniquely(D) archetypically(E) captiously19.Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180can ______ the“Augustan peace” only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180can ______ the “Augustan peace” only by (Roman historian)failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.Rh ______ Ap = (Rh) 没意识到[Ap——死](A) decry(B) applaud(C) ridicule(D) demand(E) disprove20.Some activists believe that because the health-care system has becomeincreasingly______ to those it serves, individuals must ______ bureaucraticimpediments in order to develop and promote new therapies.Some activists believe that because the health-care system has become increasingly______ to those it serves,individuals must ______ bureaucratic impediments in order to （individuals）develop and promote new therapies.Some activists believe that because the health-care system has become increasingly______ to those it serves, individuals must ______ bureaucratic impediments in order to （individuals）develop and promote new therapies.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A unresponsive D forsakeB sensitized E supplementC attuned F circumvent21.The nature of social history and lyric poetry are _____, social history alwaysrecounting the _____ and lyric poetry speaking for unchanging human nature, that timeless essence beyond fashion and economics.1 = 不变2 不等变Blank (i) Blank (ii)A antithetical D evanescentB indistinguishable E unnoticedC interdependent F unalterable22.To avoid annihilation by parasites, some caterpillars are able to _____ periodsof active growth by pre-maturely entering a dormant state, which is characterized by the _____of feeding.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A mediate D continuationB foster E suspensionC curtail F stimulation23.To test the ______ of borrowing from one field of study to enrich another,simply investigate the extent to which terms from the one may, without forcing,be ______ the other.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A universality D utilized byB decorum E superseded byC efficacy F confused with24.Social tensions among adult factions can be ______ by politics, but adolescentsand children have no such ______ for resolving their conflict with the exclusive world of adults.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A intensified D attitudeB frustrated E mechanismC adjusted F justification25.Because medieval women’s public participation in spiritual lifewas not welcomed by the male establishment, a compensating ______ religious writings, inoffensive to the members of the establishment because of its______, became important for many women.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A involvement with D profundityB dissatisfaction with E privacyC attention to F popularity26.In order to ______ her theory that the reactions are ______, the scientistconducted many experiments, all of which showed that the heat of the first reaction is more than twice that of the second.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A comprehend D differentB evaluate. E constantC support F problematic1 支持不同2 推翻相同27.Unlike many recent interpretations of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, therecitalist’s performance was a delightfully free and introspective one;nevertheless, it was also, seemingly paradoxically, quite _____.(A) appealing(B) exuberant(C) idiosyncratic(D) unskilled(E) controlled28.Liberty is not easy, but far better to be an ______fox, hungry and threatenedon its hill, than a______ canary, safe and secure in its cage.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A angry D well-fedB imperious E lethargicC unfettered F content29.The popularity of pseudoscience and quack medicines in the nineteenthcentury suggests that people were very _____, but the gullibility of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed _____.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A sophisticated D pragmatistsB rational E idealistsC credulous F skeptics30.Social scientists have established fairly clear-cut ______ that describe theappropriate behavior of children and adults,but there seems to be ______ about what constitutes appropriate behavior for adolescents.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A functions D confusionB estimates E rigidityC norms F indirectness31.Although the mental process that creates a fresh and original poem or dramais doubtless _____ that which originates and elaborates scientific discoveries, there is clearly a discernible difference between the creators.(A) peripheral to(B) contiguous with(C) opposed to(D) analogous to(E) inconsistent with32.Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it doesnot follow that the lexicographer is therefore un able to render spelling, in a great measure, _____.(A) arbitrary(B) superfluous(C) intriguing(D) flexible(E) constantweig-pedia33.Although the feeding activities of whales and walruses give the seafloor of theBering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually______to the area, ______its productivity.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A beneficial D encumberingB detrimental E redirectingC superfluous F enhancing34.Although some of her fellow scientists _____ the unorthodox laboratory methodology that others found innovative, unanimous praise greeted her experimental results: at once pioneering and _____.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A decried D unexceptionableB complimented E mundaneC welcomed F inconclusive35.Nature’s energy efficiency often______ human technology: despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible;only recently have humans developed chemical light producing systems whose efficiency______ the firefly’s system.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A outstrips D stimulatesB inhibits E rivalsC determines F reproduce36.Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so______ as to bealmost______, there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A spontaneous D ludicrousB clumsy E believableC stylized F distressing37.A recent survey shows that,while ninety-four percent of companiesconducting management training programs open them to women, women are _____ only seventy-four percent of those programs.(A) protesting against(B) participating in(C) displeased by(D) allowed in(E) scorned by38.Though extremely______ about his own plans, the man allowed his associatesno such privacy and was constantly______ information about what they intended to do next.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A candid D soliciting=askcB idiosyncratic E alteringC reticent F eschewing39.Although Shakespeare received little formal education, scholarship has inrecent years _____ the view that he was _____ the work of classical authors. Blank (i) Blank (ii)A substantiated D obsessed byB supported E oblivious toC undermined F unfamiliar with140.Even though in today’s Soviet Union the______ the Muslim clergy have beenaccorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank-and-file clergy still have little______ to practice their religion.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A dissidents within D obligationB leaders of E inclinationC traditionalists among F latitude41.Although Johnson______ great enthusiasm for his employees project, in realityhis interest in the project was so______ as to be almost non-existent.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A generated D preemptiveB demanded E redundantC feigned F perfunctory42.Although he attempted repeatedly to______ her of her conviction of hisinsincerity, he was not successful; she remained______ in her judgment. Blank (i) Blank (ii)A remind D unfeignedB convince E indulgentC disabuse F adamant43.Even though political editorializing was not_____ under the new regime,journalists still experienced _____, though perceptible, governmental pressure to limit dissent.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A commended D clearB encouraged E discreetC forbidden F overt44.Although the revelation that one of the contestants was a friend left the judgeopen to charges of lack of______, the judge remained adamant in her assertion that acquaintance did not necessarily imply______.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A detachment D toleranceB exoneration E foreknowledgeC prejudice F partiality45.Though feminist in its implications, Yvonne Rainer’s 1974 film ______ thefilmmaker’s active involvement in feminist politics.(A) preserved(B) portrayed(C) encouraged(D) renewed(E) antedated46.Even though they tended to be _____ strangers, fifteenth-century Europeansdid not automatically associate _____ and danger.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A interested in D diversityB haughty with E nonconformityC hostile to F foreignness47.Surprisingly, given the dearth of rain that fell on the corn crop, the yield of theharvest was ____;consequently,the corn reserves of the country have not been ____.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A inadequate D replenishedB encouraging E salvagedC compromised F depleted48.The disjunction between educational objectives that stress independence andindividuality and those that emphasize obedience to rules and cooperation with others reflects a _____ that arises from the values on which these objectives are based.(A) conflict(B) redundancy(C) gain(D) predictability(E) wisdom49.In many science fiction films, the opposition of good and evil is portrayed asa______ between technology, which is______, and the errant will of a depraved intellectual.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A fusion D dehumanizingB struggle E unfetteredC parallel F beneficent50.Scholars’ sense of the uniqueness of the central concept of “the state” at thetime when political science became an academic field quite naturally led to striving for a correspondingly ______ mode of study.(A) thorough(B) distinctive(C) dependable(D) scientific(E) mundane第二组1.Just as the authors' book on eels is often a key text for courses in marinevertebrate zoology, their ideas on animal development and phylogeny ______ teaching in this area.2.The macromolecule RNA is common to all living beings, and DNA, which isfound in all organisms except some bacteria, is almost as______ .A comprehensiveB fundamentalC inclusiveD universalE significantF ubiquitous3.In medieval philosophy every physical phenomenon is presumed to have somedeterminate cause, leaving no place for ______ in the explanation of particular events.A. happenstanceB. chanceC. errorD. experienceE. contextF. miscalculation4.(OG P50, 2) Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success:the more his (i)____ as an artist increased, the more (ii)____ his life became.5. A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentences structuremirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more ____ the ideas.A. complicatedB. engagedC. essentialD. fancifulE. inconsequentialF. involved6.For some time now, ____ has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction7.Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for thelow levels of serious conflict among members of democratically run work8.The point we might still take from the First World War is the old one that warsare always, as one historian aptly put it, ______: they produce unforeseeable results.A.u nsurprisingB.a stoundingC.c onventionalD.r uinousE.stunningF.devastating9.In the 1950s, the country’s inhabitants were_____: most of them knew verylittle aboutforeign countries.A partisanB eruditeC insularD cosmopolitanE imperturbable10. A newly published, laudatory biography of George Bernard Shaw fails, likeothers before it, to capture the essence of his personality: the more he is11. Certain music lovers yearn for (i)______,but when it is achieved, there issomething missing; perhaps they feel uncomfortable in a world where nothing12. The unironic representation of objects from everyday life is(i)______ seriousAmerican art of the twentieth century: “high” artists ceded the straightforward 13. The playwright’s approachis (i)______ in that her works (ii)______the14. Some of the company’s supporters charged that the negative report had beenmotivated by a broader political assault on the company that was designed to help market rivals who would like to see the company ______.A. r eined inB. b olsteredC. i ndemnifiedD. p ropped upE. manacledF. lionized15.Although he has long had a reputation for (i)______ , his behavior toward hiscoworkers has always been (ii)______ , suggesting he may not be as insolent as16.Even in this business, where_______ is part of everyday life, a talent for lyingis not something usually found on one’s resume.A aspirationB mendacityC prevaricationD insensitivityE basenessF avarice17.The book’s seemingly casually written, conversational style masks ______structure.(A) a loosely organized(B) a somewhat rambling(C) an overly diffuse(D) a shrewdly crafted(E) an unconventionally informal18.(OG P49.1) It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author whodoes not allow facts to be (i)____ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (ii)____ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the (iii)____, calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.19.Richard M. Russell said 52 percent of the nation’s growth since the SecondWorld War had (i)____ invention. He said, (ii)____ research, the government’s greatest role in assuring continuing innovation is promoting a strong, modern patent office. “Unless we can (iii)____ original ideas, we will not have invention.” Mr. Russell said. Speculating on the state of innovation over the next century, several inventors agreed that the future lay in giving children the tools to think creatively and the motivation to invent.20.Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, does not try to extend our knowledgeby discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i)____ what is already closest to us—the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our lives but that ordinarily escape our notice precisely because they are so familiar. Philosophy begins by finding (ii)____ the things that are (iii)____.。