2006年6月GRE笔考试题

SECTION 2
1. Despite the fact that the amateur runner trained rigorously for six months before the race, he failed to ______ it: the course was so ________ that even professional runners struggled to finish.
(A) complete……..demanding
(B) win………manageable
(C) master…….short
(D) concede…….formidable
(E) underestimate…..unusual
 
2. In linking geographically disparate people, the Internet is arguably helping millions of spontaneous communities to bloom: communities defined by common interests rather than by the accident of ________.
(A) compatibility
(B) affluence
(C) reciprocity
(D) contemporaneousness
(E) proximity
 
3. It is as if Woodward could not bear to leave anything out; if he had _______ some of his material, the resulting increase in focus would have more than ________ any loss in comprehensiveness.
(A) elaborated…….justified
(B) condensed………exaggerated
(C) expanded………offset
(D) edited……..pointed up
(E) pruned……..compensated for
 
4.  The hesitancy of many countries to embrace market reform is unfortunate, because many national success stories suggest that far from ___________ such reform, countries should be eager to ___________its benefits.
(A)   implementing…….document
(B)   pursuing…………seek
(C)   eschewing……..reap
(D)   needing……..realize
(E)   understanding…….question
 
5.  Contemporary lawmakers’ preoccupation with regulating the Internet is ___________ the way lawmakers treated many young industries in the past; United States railroads, for instance, were in business for 60 years before the federal government ______ regulations.
(A) ntithetical to……….eased
(B) faithful to……..levied
(C) reminiscent of……..enforced
(D) in conflict with ….lifted
(E) at odds with…….introduced
 
6.  Despite the fact that the book’s title suggests_________, the author is not a charlatan claiming to offer a __________; rather, her book assessed all possible treatments of certain diseases without identifying any cures.
(A) fraud……critique
(B) sincerity…….nostrum
(C) hyperbole…..warning
(D) expertise…….prescription
(E) quackery……panacea
 
7.  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……..flouted
(B) unclear……….publicized
(C) predictable……….scrutinized
(D) declining…….ignored
(E) surprising…..enforced

8. FORAGE : SUSTENANCE::
(A) foretell : omen
(B) salvage : wreck
(C) reconnoiter : plan
(D) canvass : support
(E) question : poll

9. WREST : TAKE::
(A) appoint : designate
(B) plummet : drop
(C) charter: establish
(D) cite : quote
(E) tear : separate

10. FRUGAL : STINGY::
(A) combative : aggressive
(B) attentive : oblivious
(C) lenient : lax
(D) informed : astute
(E) dubious : unsure

11. TRADEMARK : MANUFACTURER::
(A) scepter : monarch
(B) badge : sheriff
(C) licence : driver
(D) barcode : cashier
(E) seal : signatory

12. ECLIPSE : PROMINENCE
(A) bankruptcy : solvency
(B) anticipation : foresight
(C) dissipation : extravagance
(D) investment : accumulation
(E) corruption : bribery

13. FUSTY : FRESH::
(A) favorable : expedience
(B) prolific : abundance
(C) superficial : vacuity
(D) biased : partiality
(E) plebeian : prestige

14. SHIFTY : STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS::
(A) imperious : confidence
(B) belligerent : rancor
(C) gregarious : graciousness
(D) exacting : ambition
(E) inept : competence

15. OBSTREPEROUS : RESTRAINT::
(A) penurious : influence
(B) ambitious : achievement
(C) guileless : cunning
(D) authoritative : competence
(E) enigmatic : coherency

16. SOLICITOUS : CONCERN::
(A) adversarial : penvy / envy
(B) derisive : pride
(C) truculent : belligerence
(D) penitent : pity
(E) amorous : pleasure