GRE试题三专题集锦

GRE试题三(1)

SECTION 7

Time –30 MInutes

38 Questions

1. In the nineteenth century, novelists and unsympathetic

travelers portrayed the American West as a land of

---- adversity, whereas promoters and idealists

created ---- image of a land of infinite promise.

(A) lurid.. a mundane

(B) incredible.. an underplayed

(C) dispiriting.. an identical

(D) intriguing.. a luxuriant

(E) unremitting.. a compelling

2. Honeybees tend to be more ---- than earth bees:

the former, unlike the latter, search for food together

and signal their individual findings to one another.

(A) insular

(B) aggressive

(C) differentiated

(D) mobile

(E) social

3. Joe spoke of superfluous and ---- matters with

exactly the same degree of intensity, as though for

him serious issues mattered neither more nor less

than did ----.

(A) vital.. trivialities

(B) redundant.. superficialities

(C) important.. necessities

(D) impractical.. outcomes

(E) humdrum.. essentials

4. The value of Davis’ sociological research is com-

promised by his unscrupulous tendency to use

materials---- in order to substantiate his own

claims, while ---- information that points to other

possible conclusions.

(A) haphazardly.. deploying

(B) selectively.. disregarding

(C) cleverly.. weighing

(D) modestly.. refuting

(E) arbitrarily.. emphasizing

5. Once Renaissance painters discovered how to ----

volume and depth, they were able to replace the

medieval convention of symbolic, two-dimensional

space with the more ---- illusion of actual space.

(A) reverse.. conventional

(B) portray.. abstract

(C) deny.. concrete

(D) adumbrate.. fragmented

(E) render.. realistic

6. He had expected gratitude for his disclosure, but

instead he encountered ---- bordering on hostility.

(A) patience

(B) discretion

(C) openness

(D) ineptitude

(E) indifference

7. The diplomat, selected for her demonstrated patience

and skill in conducting such delicate negotiations,

---- to make a decision during the talks because any

sudden commitment at that time would have been ----.

(A) resolved.. detrimental

(B) refused.. apropos

(C) declined.. inopportune

(D) struggled.. unconscionable

(E) hesitated.. warranted

8. CONDUCTOR: INSTRUMENTALIST::

(A) director: actor

(B) sculptor: painter

(C) choreographer: composer

(D) virtuoso: amateur

(E) poet: listener

9. QUARRY: ROCK

(A) silt: gravel

(B) sky: rain

(C) cold: ice

(D) mine: ore

(E) jewel: diamond

10. STICKLER: EXACTING::

(A) charlatan: forthright

(B) malcontent: solicitous

(C) misanthrope: expressive

(D) defeatist: resigned

(E) braggart: unassuming

11. WALK: AMBLE::

(A) dream: imagine

(B) talk: chat

(C) swim: float

(D) look: stare

(E) speak: whisper

12. JAZZ: MUSIC::

(A) act: play

(B) variety: vaudeville

(C) portraiture: painting

(D) menu: restaurant

(E) species: biology

13. REPATRIATE: EMIGRATION::

(A) reinstate: election

(B) recall: impeachment

(C) appropriate: taxation

(D) repeal: ratification

(E) appeal: adjudication

14. PLACEBO: INNOCUOUS::

(A) antibiotic: viral

(B) vapor: opaque

(C) salve: unctuous

(D) anesthetic: astringent

(E) vitamin: synthetic

15. DISSEMINATE: INFORMATION::

(A) amend: testimony

(B) analyze: evidence

(C) investigate: crime

(D) prevaricate: confirmation

(E) foment: discontentment

16. VOICE: QUAVER::

(A) pace: quicken

(B) cheeks: dimple

(C) concentration: focus

(D) hand: tremble

(E) eye: blink

Mary Barton, particularly in its early chapters, is a

moving response to the suffering of the industrial worker

in the England of the 1840’s. What is most impressive

about the book is the intense and painstaking effort made