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GRE选择题历年真题(三)

2009-12-04来源:和谐英语

  1、Paradoxically, England’s colonization of North America was ----- by its success: the increasing prosperity of the colonies diminished their dependence upon, and hence their loyalty to, their home country.
  A, demonstrated
  B, determined
  C, altered
  D, undermined
  E, distinguished
  paradoxically: adv.1.似非而是地,佯谬地 2.自相矛盾地 3.悖理地,反常地
  colonization: n.殖民统治
  prosperity: n.兴旺,繁荣昌盛
  loyalty: n.忠诚
  demonstrate: v.1.论证,证明 2.说明,教 3.显示,表露
  alter: v.改变,改动,使变样
  矛盾的是,英国在北美的殖民统治反而由于它的成功而遭到削弱:诸殖民地的日益繁荣减少了它们对其宗主国的依赖,因而亦减少了它们对它的忠诚。
  2、Although Harry, Stack Sullivan is one of the most influential social scientists of this century, his ideas are now so ----- in our society that they seem almost --------.
  A, novel.. antiquated
  B, revolutionary.. fundamental
  C, commonplace .. banal
  D, disputed.. esoteric
  E, obscure.. familiar
  【翻译】虽然哈利·斯塔克·沙利文是本世纪最具影响的社会科学家之一但是现在看来,他的思想在我们的社会中显得如此普通平凡,以致于几近平庸。
  3、Her first concert appearance was disappointingly perfunctory and derivative, rather than the--------performance in the -------style we had anticipated.
  A, talented.. tenuous
  B, prosaic.. classic
  C, artistic.. mechanical
  D, inspired.. innovative
  E, literal.. enlightened
  perfunctory: a.敷衍了事的,马虎的,得过且过的
  derivative: a.1.派生的,衍生的 2.缺乏独创性的,模仿他人的
  tenuous: a.1.细的,薄的 2.稀薄的,脆弱的
  prosaic: a.1.散文的 2.平凡的,乏味的
  inspired: a.受神灵启示的,在灵感支配下的
  literal: a.1.逐字的,照字面的,原义的 2.只讲究实际的,缺乏想象力的,刻板的,如实的
  enlightened: a.开明的,有知识的,文明的
  她的首场音乐会演出令人失望地显得敷衍了事,且有模仿他人之嫌,而不是我们所期待的那种灵感迸发的演出和令人耳目一新的风格。
  4、As is often the case with collections of lectures by ------ authors, the book as a whole is ------, although the individual contributions are outstanding in themselves.
  A, different.. disconnected
  B, incompetent.. abysmal
  C, famous.. systematic
  D, mediocre.. unexciting
  E, various.. coherent
  contribution: n.(投给报刊等的)稿件,文搞
  incompetent: a.不称职的不胜任的
  abysmal: a.深不可测的,无底的,极度的
  对于那些由不同的作者的演讲录编辑而成的集子来说,常有的情形是,整本书会显得杂乱无章,尽管单独的稿件就其本身而言可谓很出色。
  5、Although some consider forcefulness and ------- to be two traits desirable to the same degree, I think that making a violent effort is much less useful than main-taining a steady one.
  A, promptness
  B, persistence
  C, aggression
  D, skillfulness
  E, lucidity
  trait: n.特征,特点,特性
  promptness: n.快捷,迅速
  aggression: n.侵犯(行为),侵略(行为),挑衅
  lucidity: n.明晰易懂,清澈透明
  虽然有人认为强劲有力和坚持不懈这两种特征同等可取,但我认为作一剧烈的努力远没有维持一稳定的努力来得有用。
  6、The popularity of pseudoscience and quack medicines in the nineteenth century suggests that people were very----- but the gullibility of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed ------.
  A, cautious.. educators
  B, sophisticated.. realists
  C, rational.. pragmatists
  D, naive.. idealists
  E, credulous.. skeptics
  pseudoscience: n.伪科学
  quack: n.冒牌医生,江湖骗子
  hard-nosed: a.1.(猎犬)嗅觉不灵的 2.执拗的,倔强的,顽强的,不屈不挠的 3.(美俚)精明而讲究实际的
  sophisticated: a.老于世故的,富于经验的,精通的
  rational: a.1.理性的,理智的,明事理的 2.合理的 3.神智健全的
  pragmatist: 实用主义者
  naive: a.1.天真的 2.幼稚的,轻信的 3.未有过经验的
  idealist: n.1.理想主义者,理想家,空想家 2.〔哲〕唯心主义者,唯心论者
  credulous: a.轻信的,易受骗的,因轻信而引起的
  sceptic: n.1.怀疑(论)者 2.怀疑宗教(尤指基督教)者
  伪科学和江湖庸医在十九世纪的风靡一时,表明人们相当轻信,但当今公众之如此易于受骗上当,使得昨日的公民看上去犹若精明实际的怀疑者。
  7、Though extremely ------ about his own plans, the man allowed his associates no such privacy and was constantly ------- information about what they intended to do next.
  A, idiosyncratic .. altering
  B, guarded.. eschewing
  C, candid.. uncovering
  D, reticent. . soliciting
  E, fastidious.. ruining