如何轻松应对压力 如何轻松应对GRE填空等价难题( 二 )


GRE考试填空模拟练习题
The inconspicuous location and lack of striking vistas that characterize the villa reflect the_____ aspect of its creator’s personality.
A:volatile
B:grandiose
C:gregarious
D:self-effacing
E:imperious
答案:D
The chairman, faced with the need to forge a consensus on a number of proposals,acknowledged that it would be difficult to reconcile the push for a radical overhaul with the stance of those who want _____change.
A:deliberate
B:indiscriminate
C:genuine
D:immediate
E:wholesale
答案:A
Recently released statistics on the prevalence of heart disease in the United States, while (i)_____ , nevertheless reflect a decline from heights reached in the 1960s, before health officials began publicly (ii)_____ people to guard against heart disease.
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A:definite D:entreating
B:sobering E:defying
C:implausible F:absolving
答案:BD
The humor in this play derives from its (i)_____ . The new production, however, inexplicably goes in the opposite direction; it is so (ii)_____ that the audience does not even seem to realize that the play is supposed to be a comedy.
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A:verbal nimbleness D:accessible
B:political allusions E:plodding
C:deadpan dialogue F:implausible
答案:AE
To say the actors were (i)_____ their director is an understatement: a director who is visibly bored by his cast and their performances is hard to (ii)_____ .
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A:disappointed in D:lambast
B:accepting of E:displease
C:motivated by F:suffer
答案:BF
GRE考试填空模拟练习题
Common and easily accessible resources (prey for predators or hosts for parasites) should be, all other things being equal, used frequently, yet in some environments apparently accessible and suitable resources remain _____.
A:vulnerable
B:unobtainable
C:sustainable
D:depleted
E:unexploited
答案:E
Even though the authors repeatedly_____ their own shrewdness, they show a remarkable credulousness toward far-fetched ideas such as carbon-eating trees and cloud-making machinery.
A:soft-pedal
B:extol
C:deprecate
D:broaden
E:compromise
答案:B
The (i)_____ of molecular oxygen on Earth-sized planets around other stars in the universe would not be (ii)_____sign of life: molecular oxygen can be a signature of photosynthesis(a biotic process) or merely of the rapid escape of water from the upper reaches of a planetary atmosphere (an abiotic process).
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A:dearth D:a controversial
B:presumption E:an unambiguous
C:detection F:a possible
答案:CE
In reviewing cases decided by lower courts, Supreme Court justices search for precedents to justify their arguments. Reliance on precedent (i)_____ judicial restraint: the precedent (ii)_____ a judge’s ability to determine the outcome of a case in a way that he or she might choose if there were no precedent.

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