GRE试题四(1)

（单词翻译:单击）

Time –30 minutes
38 Questions

1. Because the monkeys under study are ---- the
presence of human beings, they typically ----
human observers and go about their business
(A) ambivalent¹ about .. welcome
(B) habituated to .. disregard
(C) pleased with .. snub
(D) inhibited² by .. seek
(E) unaware³ of .. avoid

2. Give he previously⁴ expressed interest and the
ambitious tone of her recent speeches, the senator’s
attempt to convince the public that she is not inter-
ested in running for a second term is ----.
(A) laudable
(B) likely
(C) authentic⁵
(D) futile⁶
(E) sincere

3. Many of her followers⁷ remain ---- to her, and
even those who have rejected her leadership are
unconvinced of the ---- of replacing her during
the current turmoil⁸.
(A) opposed.. urgency
(B) friendly.. harm
(C) loyal.. wisdom
(D) cool.. usefulness
(E) sympathetic.. disadvantage

4. Unlike many recent interpretations⁹ of Beethoven’s
piano sonatas¹⁰, the recitalist’s performance was a
delightfully¹¹ free and introspective one; nevertheless,
it was also, seemingly paradoxically, quite ----.
(A) appealing
(B) exuberant¹²
(C) idiosyncratic
(D) unskilled
(E) controlled

5. Species with relatively¹³ ---- metabolic¹⁴ rates, including
hibernators, generally live longer than those whose
metabolic rates are more rapid.

(A) prolific¹⁵
(B) sedentary
(C) sluggish¹⁶
(D) measured
(E) restive¹⁷

6. Belying¹⁸ his earlier reputation for ---- as a negotiator,
Morgan had recently assumed a more ---- stance
for which many of his erstwhile critics praised him.
(A) intransigence¹⁹.. conciliatory
(B) impropriety.. intolerant
(C) inflexibility²⁰.. unreasonable²¹
(D) success.. authoritative²²
(E) incompetence²³.. combative²⁴

7. Although Irish literature continued to flourish after
the sixteenth century, a ---- tradition is ----
in the visual arts: we think about Irish culture in terms of
the word, not in terms of pictorial²⁵ images.
(A) rich.. superfluous²⁶
(B) lively.. found
(C) comparable.. absent
(D) forgotten.. apparent
(E) lost.. extant

8. SILVER: TARNISH::
(A) gold: burnish²⁷
(B) steel: forge
(C) iron: rust²⁸
(D) lead: cast
(E) tin: shear²⁹

9. DISLIKE: LOATHING³⁰::
(A) appreciation³¹: gratification
(B) hunger: appetite
(C) void: dearth³²
(D) pleasure: bliss³³
(E) pain: ache

10. CRAVEN: HEROIC::
(A) unruly: energetic
(B) listless: attractive
(C) volatile³⁴: constant
(D) deft³⁵: trifling³⁶
(E) awkward: amusing

11. FILLY: HORSE::
(A) antennae³⁷: butterfly
(B) pullet: chicken
(C) gaggle: goose
(D) duck: drake
(E) wasp³⁸: bee

12. PITHINESS: APHORISM⁴⁰::
(A) craft: art
(B) detail: sketch⁴¹
(C) illusion: story
(D) exaggeration: caricature
(E) sophistication: farce⁴²

13. EPHEMERAL: ENDURING::
(A) infirm: healing
(B) insensitive: cooperating
(C) inanimate: living
(D) interminable: continuing
(E) ineffectual: proceeding⁴³

14. POSTURER⁴⁴: UNAFFECTED::
(A) brat⁴⁵: insolent⁴⁶
(B) hypocrite: perceptive⁴⁷
(C) grouch⁴⁸: respected
(D) bigot: tolerant
(E) rogue⁴⁹: empathetic

15. FACETIOUS⁵⁰: SPEECH::
(A) precocious⁵¹: learning
(B) unbecoming: color
(C) exemplary: conduct
(D) craven: timidity
(E) antic: behavior

16. VAGARY⁵²: PREDICT::
(A) quotation⁵³: misdirect
(B) investigation⁵⁴: confirm
(C) stamina⁵⁵: deplete⁵⁶
(D) turbulence⁵⁷: upset
(E) impossibility: execute

This is not to deny that the Black gospel music of the
early twentieth century differed in important ways from the
slave spirituals. Whereas spirituals were created and dis-
seminated in folk fashion, gospel music was composed,