2006年6月GRE笔考试题

0606填空
SECTION 1
1．Although Heron is well known for the broad comedy in the movies she has directed previously, her new film is less inclined to__________: the gags are fewer and subtler.
(A) understatement
(B) preciosity
(C) symbolism
(D) uffoonery
(E) melodrama
 
2．Bebop’s legacy is______ one: bebop may have won jazz the right to be taken seriously as an art form, but it _______ jazz’s mass audience, which turned to other forms of music such as rock and pop.
(A) a mixed……..alienated
(B) a troubled……..seduced
(C) an ambiguous……….aggrandized
(D) a valuable…….refined
(E) a noble………pleased
 
3. The exhibition’s importance lies in its___________: curators have gathered a diverse array of significant works from many different museums.
(A) homogeneity
(B) sophistry
(C) scope
(D) farsightedness
(E) insularity
 
4．Despite the fact that the commission’s report treats a vitally important topic, the report will be ______ read because its prose is so _________ that understanding it require an enormous effort.
(A) seldom…….transparent
(B) carefully……..pellucid
(C) little……….turgid
(D) eagerly……..digressive
(E) widely…….prolix
 
5. Carleton would still rank among the great________________of nineteenth_century American art event if the circumstance of her life and career were less_______than they are.
(A)  celebrities……….obscure
(B)  failures……..illustrious
(C)  charlatans……impeccable
(D)  enigmas……mysterious
(E)  success……….ignominious
 
6． Although based on an actual event, the film lacks______________: the director shuffles events, simplifies the tangle of relationships, and _____________documentary truth for dramatic power.
(A)  conviction……..embraces
(B)  expressiveness…..exaggerates
(C)  verisimilitude…….sacrifices
(D)  realism……….substitutes
(E)  coherence……..utilizes
 
7． When Adolph Ochs became the publisher of The New York Times, he endowed the paper with a uniquely______________tone, avoiding the ____________editorials that characterized other major papers of the time.
(A)  abstruse….scholarly
(B)  dispassionate……..shrill
(C)  argumentative…….tendentious
(D)  whimsical…..capricious
(E)  cosmopolitan…….timely
 
8. QUEEN : MONARCH::
(A)  composer : performer
(B)  pupil : teacher
(C)  judge : defendant
(D)  principal : administrator
(E)  citizen : representative

9. SCHOOL : EDUCATE::
(A)  bank : audit
(B)  library : read
(C)  court : adjudicate
(D)  legislature : convene
(E)  museum : adorn

10. IMITABLE : EMULATION::
(A) venerable : evaluation
(B) novel : duplication
(C) opportunistic : challenge
(D) flexible : fortification
(E) creditable : belief

11. DISCOURTEOUS : OFFEND::
(A) imposing : daunt
(B) inculpable : blame
(C) disreputable : admire
(D) illustrious : laud
(E) decorous : insult

12. SQUEAMISH : DISGUST::
(A) tractable : manage
(B) plain : question
(C) irascible : defuse
(D) choleric : soothe
(E) dictatorial : imposing

13. DISENCHANT : ILLUSION::
(A) baffle : doubt
(B) mollify : alienation
(C) suppress : confinement
(D) counteract : trend
(E) exempt : requirement

14. ACCESSIBLE : APPROACH::
(A) contrite : apologize
(B) venerable : imitate
(C) irascible : enrage
(D) conformist : mislead
(E) prolific : produce

15. STIGMATIZE : CONTEMPT::
(A) misrepresent : disbelief
(B) distinguish : individuality
(C) pursue : mutuality
(D) reiterate : redundancy
(E) bemoan : regret

16. TRENCHANCY : INSIPID::
(A) forgetfulness : concerned
(B) iniquity : vicious
(C) tranquility : forbearing
(D) arrogance : brazen
(E) artlessness : canny