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GRE选择题历年真题(四)

2009-12-18来源:和谐英语

  1、Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the anufacturers, to the environmentalists’ dismay, ------ the use of these herbicides on lawns.
  A, defy
  B, defer
  C, defend本文来源:和谐英语
  D, assail
  E, disparage
  environmentalist: n.1.环境保护论者,人类生态学者 2.环境论者 3.环境艺术家
  target: v.以…为攻击目标
  herbicide: n.除莠剂,灭草剂
  potentially: adv.潜在地,可能地
  to somebody’s dismay: prep.令人气馁(失望、绝望、幻灭,惊愕等)
  defy: v.1.违抗,反抗,蔑视 2.经受得住 3.使成为不可能 4.挑,激
  defer: v.1.推迟,拖延,使推迟 2.尊敬,服从,敬重(to)
  assail: v.1.攻击,袭击 2.质问,责骂 3.着手解决,毅然对付
  disparage: v.1.贬低,轻视 2.底毁,损害…的名声
  虽然环保专家们将抨击的矛头指向某些除草剂,抨击某潜在的危险性,但是,令环保专家们沮丧的是,制造商们却对这些除草剂在草坪上的使用大加辨护。
  2、To believe that a culture’s achievement can be measured by the -------of its written material requires one to accept that a page of junk mail is as ------- as a page of great literature.
  A, nature.. readable
  B, quality.. prevalent
  C, timelessness.. understandable
  D, applicability.. eloquent
  E, volume.. valuable
  junk mail: n.三级邮件,(成批大量发出的)邮寄广告宣传品
  prevalent: a.流行的,盛行的,普遍的
  timelessness: n.永恒,无时间性,永不改变,无始无终
  eloquent: a.1.雄辩的,有说服力的 2.富于表情的,明白显示出的(of)
  volume: n.1.份量,量,额 2.体积,容积,容量
  若要人相信某一文化的成就可凭藉其书面材料的总量来衡量的话,这就需要我们接受这样一种说法,即一页三级邮件的价值可与一页伟大的文学作品相提并论。
  3、Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate the results of Dr. Johnson’s experiment, only the most ------- supporters of her hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been adequately -------.
  A, fastidious.. defined
  B, partisan.. verified
  C, vigilant.. publicized
  D, enlightened.. researched
  E, fervent.. undermined
  given a.1.规定的,特定的 2.有癖好的,有倾向的(to) 3.已知的,假设的
  replicate: v.复制,摹写
  adequately: adv.1.适当地,胜任地 2.足够地 3.勉强够地,差强人意地
  fastidious: a.爱挑剔的,过分讲究的
  partisan: v.党派的,派性的,偏袒的
  verify: v.1证明,证实 2.核实,查对,查清
  vigilant: a.警戒的,警觉的,警惕的
  publicize: v.引起公众对…的注意,宣传
  enlightened: a.开明的,有知识的,摆脱偏见(或迷信)的,文明的
  fervent: a.1.炽热的 2.热情的,热诚的,强烈的
  undermine: v.1.侵蚀…的基础 2.暗中破坏,逐渐损害(或削弱)
  鉴于独立的实验室无法复制出约翰逊博士的实验结果,因此,唯有其假设最偏袒的支持者才会愚顽至极,竟会声称它早已得到了充分的验证。
  4、Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can -------the "Augustan peace" only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.
  A, decry
  B, applaud
  C, ridicule
  D, demand
  E, disprove
  decry: v.1.(强烈)反对,(公开)谴责 2.诋毁(名声)
  applaud: v.1.向…喝彩,给…捧场 2.称赞,赞许,赞成
  ridicule v.嘲笑,戏弄,嘲弄
  disprove: v.证明…不能成立,证明…虚假(或不正确),反驳
  研究公元前30年至公元180年这一时期的罗马史学家们,他们之所以能对“奥古斯都的太平盛世”大加颂扬,只是因为他们无从认识到,这种所谓的“太平盛世”其实在诸多方面与死气沉沉相差无几。
 5、Although Tom was aware that it would be ------ to display annoyance publicly at the sales conference, he could not -------- his irritation with the client’s unreasonable demands.
  A, inadvisable.. evince
  B, efficacious.. suppress
  C, pragmatic.. counter
  D, captious.. express
  E, impolitic.. hide
  annoyance: n.1.恼怒,烦恼 2.打拢,骚扰
  irritation: n.1.激怒,恼怒,生气 2.刺激物,恼人事
  inadvisable: a.不可取的,不妥当的,失策的
  evince: v.表明,显示
  efficacious: a.灵验的,奏效的
  pragmatic: a.1.实干的,重实效的 2.实用主义的 3.国事的,国务的
  counter: v.1.反对,反击,对抗,反驳,抵消,制止 2.(拳击时)还击
  captious: 难以讨好的,吹毛求疵的
  impolitic: a.失策的,不当的,不审慎的,没见识的
  尽管汤姆意识到,在销售会上公然展示恼怒甚为不妥但面对顾客的无理要求,他却再也无法掩饰其满腔怒火。
  6、It is no accident that most people find Davis’ book disturbing, for it is ------ to undermine a number beliefs they have long -------.
  A, calculated.. cherished
  B, annotated.. assimilated
  C, intended.. denied
  D, anxious.. misunderstood
  E, reputed.. anticipated
  undermine: v.1.侵蚀…的基础 2.暗中破坏,逐渐损害(或削弱)
  calculated: a.精心计划的,蓄意的
  cherish: v.1.珍视,珍爱 2.抱有,怀有(思想,感情等)
  annotate: v.给…作注解(或译注)
  assimilate: v.吸收消化,使同化,使趋于一致
  reputed: a.1.驰名的 2.被一般认定的,普遍认为的
  大多数人发现戴维斯的著作令人不安,这决非偶然,因为它刻意要摧毁人们长期以来所怀有的信念。
  7、One virus strain that may help gene therapists cure genetic brain diseases can enter the peripheral nervous system and travel to the brain, ------- the need to inject the therapeutic virus directly into the brain.
  A, suggesting
  B, intensifying
  C, elucidating
  D, satisfying本文来源:和谐英语
  E, obviating