GRE试题三(1)

（单词翻译:单击）

SECTION 7
Time –30 minutes
38 Questions

1. In the nineteenth century, novelists and unsympathetic
travelers portrayed² the American West as a land of
---- adversity, whereas promoters and idealists
created ---- image of a land of infinite promise.
(A) lurid³.. a mundane⁴
(B) incredible.. an underplayed
(C) dispiriting.. an identical
(D) intriguing⁵.. a luxuriant
(E) unremitting.. a compelling

2. Honeybees tend to be more ---- than earth bees:
the former, unlike the latter, search for food together
and signal their individual findings to one another.
(A) insular⁶
(B) aggressive
(C) differentiated⁷
(D) mobile
(E) social

3. Joe spoke⁸ of superfluous⁹ and ---- matters with
exactly the same degree of intensity¹⁰, as though for
him serious issues mattered neither more nor less
than did ----.
(A) vital.. trivialities
(B) redundant¹¹.. superficialities
(C) important.. necessities
(D) impractical¹².. outcomes
(E) humdrum¹³.. essentials

4. The value of Davis’ sociological research is com-
promised by his unscrupulous tendency to use
materials---- in order to substantiate¹⁴ his own
claims, while ---- information that points to other
possible conclusions.
(A) haphazardly¹⁵.. deploying¹⁶
(B) selectively.. disregarding
(C) cleverly.. weighing
(D) modestly.. refuting
(E) arbitrarily.. emphasizing

5. Once Renaissance¹⁷ painters discovered how to ----
volume and depth, they were able to replace the
medieval convention of symbolic¹⁸, two-dimensional
space with the more ---- illusion of actual space.
(A) reverse.. conventional
(B) portray¹.. abstract
(C) deny.. concrete
(D) adumbrate¹⁹.. fragmented
(E) render.. realistic

6. He had expected gratitude²⁰ for his disclosure, but
instead he encountered ---- bordering on hostility²¹.
(A) patience
(B) discretion²²
(C) openness
(D) ineptitude²³
(E) indifference²⁴

7. The diplomat²⁵, selected for her demonstrated patience
and skill in conducting such delicate negotiations²⁶,
---- to make a decision during the talks because any
sudden commitment at that time would have been ----.
(A) resolved.. detrimental²⁷
(B) refused.. apropos²⁸
(C) declined.. inopportune
(D) struggled.. unconscionable
(E) hesitated.. warranted

8. CONDUCTOR: INSTRUMENTALIST::
(A) director: actor
(B) sculptor²⁹: painter
(C) choreographer³⁰: composer
(D) virtuoso³¹: amateur
(E) poet: listener

9. QUARRY³²: ROCK
(A) silt³³: gravel³⁴
(B) sky: rain
(C) cold: ice
(D) mine: ore
(E) jewel: diamond

10. STICKLER³⁵: EXACTING::
(A) charlatan³⁶: forthright³⁷
(B) malcontent³⁸: solicitous³⁹
(C) misanthrope⁴⁰: expressive⁴¹
(D) defeatist: resigned
(E) braggart⁴²: unassuming

11. WALK: AMBLE::
(A) dream: imagine
(B) talk: chat
(C) swim: float
(D) look: stare
(E) speak: whisper

12. JAZZ: MUSIC::
(A) act: play
(B) variety: vaudeville⁴³
(C) portraiture⁴⁴: painting
(D) menu: restaurant
(E) species: biology

13. REPATRIATE⁴⁵: EMIGRATION::
(A) reinstate: election
(B) recall: impeachment⁴⁶
(C) appropriate: taxation⁴⁷
(D) repeal⁴⁸: ratification⁴⁹
(E) appeal: adjudication

14. PLACEBO⁵⁰: INNOCUOUS::
(A) antibiotic⁵¹: viral
(B) vapor⁵²: opaque⁵³
(C) salve: unctuous⁵⁴
(D) anesthetic⁵⁵: astringent⁵⁶
(E) vitamin: synthetic⁵⁷

15. DISSEMINATE⁵⁸: INFORMATION::
(A) amend⁵⁹: testimony
(B) analyze⁶⁰: evidence
(C) investigate: crime
(D) prevaricate⁶¹: confirmation⁶²
(E) foment⁶³: discontentment

16. VOICE: QUAVER::
(A) pace: quicken
(B) cheeks: dimple
(C) concentration: focus
(D) hand: tremble
(E) eye: blink

Mary Barton, particularly in its early chapters, is a
moving response to the suffering of the industrial worker
in the England of the 1840’s. What is most impressive
about the book is the intense and painstaking effort made