GRE填空练习题及思路解析11

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1. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when ________ was valued much more highly than it is today.

(A) scent

(B) beauty

(C) elegance

(D) color

(E) variety

解析: 首先注意这个结构 be favorites (a favorite) with sb. 表示在某些人群当中很流行,是某些人的最爱,那么这些话的特点最重要的一个词就是perfume,所以应该选择这个单词的同义词,因此只有A选项合适。

在考试中,气味经常考香和臭,我们来总结一下吧。

香 - perfume / fragrance/ scent / aroma

臭 - odor / malodor / stench / stink / fetid

答案:A

2. In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti sailed through Verdi’s "Celeste Aida," normally a tenor’s ________ , with the casual enthusiasm of a folk singer performing one of his favorite ________ .

(A) pitfall.. recitals

(B) glory.. chorales

(C) nightmare.. ballads

(D) delight.. chanteys

(E) routine.. composers

解析: 首先注意sail through这里面是是一个固定搭配,你可以理解为游过去不影响解题,但是这个短语的意思是:

sail through - Succeed easily at (something, especially a test or examination):

e.g. Ali sailed through his exams.

所以对于一般的人来说是怎么样的,带着一种热情,这种热情是民间歌手在表演他最____ 之一时流露出来的。那么第二个空格应该跟民间歌手相关,而第一首歌对于tenor(男高音,要跟tenure任期区分开)应该不好,所以选择C选项。一般人的噩梦,而帕瓦罗蒂却驾轻就熟。

这里面其他几个词,其实不用掌握,chantey -水手唱的歌 chorale - 赞美诗 recital - 演奏会

答案:C

3. Dependence on foreign sources of heavy metals, though ________ , remains ________ for United States foreign policy.

(A) deepening.. a challenge

(B) diminishing.. a problem

(C) excessive.. a dilemma

(D) debilitating.. an embarrassment

(E) unavoidable.. a precedent

解析:注意两个空格形成转折,且修饰的主体都是对于金属进口的依赖,所以两个空格不能直接取反,却还要形成转折。A、C、E选项无转折,注意D选项debilitate这个单词方向错了,应该是something debilitate the dependence,而不是 dependence 削弱了其他东西。所以选择B。

关于embarrassment,我们掌握一个小短语 an embarrassment of riches ( choice). 这个短语就表示选择太多人们反而不知道该怎么办了。

答案:B

4. Cynics believe that people who ________ compliments do so in order to be praised twice.

(A) bask in

(B) give out

(C) despair of

(D) gloat over

(E) shrug off

解析: “愤世嫉俗”的人认为那些___表扬(compliments)的人这样做是为了被表扬第二次,那你想象你怎样才能让别人表扬你第二次呢?那一定是第一次别人表扬你的时候你拒绝了呗,所以选择E。

shrug本身表示耸肩以表达无所谓的意思。shrug something off是一个固定短语

shrug off - to dismiss something as unimportant。 与之相似的短语还有 make light of, take no notice of 等

bask这个单词本身表示沐浴阳光而享受乐趣(Lie exposed to warmth and light, typically from the sun, for relaxation and pleasure:)引申为表示沉浸在.....其中享受的意思(to enjoy the good feelings that you have when other people praise or admire you, or when they give you a lot of attention)。

e.g. He had always basked in his parents’ attention.

答案:E

5. Although nothing could be further from the truth, freight railroads have been ________ of ________ the nation’s shift from oil to coal by charging exorbitant fees to transport coal.

(A) accused.. impeding

(B) proud.. accelerating

(C) guilty.. delaying

(D) conscious.. contributing to

(E) wary. . interfering with

解析:注意两个空格位置很近,因此需要考虑好整体意思进行匹配。freight railroads(货运铁路) 对于这个国家从石油转换为煤的转换产生了一个动作,这个动作怎么实现的呢?是通过收取高额(exorbitant )的煤运输费。那么这个国家本想从石油到煤,而你现在运煤收费高,说明时破坏了这样的一种shift,所以两个空格合起来应该体现破坏,所以选择A。

答案:A

6. Although the revelation that one of the contestants was a friend left the judge open to charges of lack of ________ , the judge remained adamant in her assertion that acquaintance did not necessarily imply ________ .

(A) prudence.. tolerance

(B) detachment.. foreknowledge

(C) exoneration.. impropriety

(D) prejudice.. preference

(E) disinterestedness.. partiality

解析: 这句话第一句话的主句 the revelation left the judge open to charges of lack of ____. 而revelation的内容是(同位语从句)one of the contestants was a friend ,就是竞选者中有一个是judge 的朋友,后面又出现了同位语从句,他对于他自己的一个论断仍然很坚定,这个assertion的内容就是熟悉并不意味着什么。所以两个空格因该填入反义词,前面虽然有人指控他缺乏“X”,但是认识不意味着不“X”。因此选择E。

A选项prudence 表示谨慎,形容词prudent,反义词imprudent,注意和impudent(没礼貌)区分开。

答案:E

7. Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving, ________ the incipient ________ among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.

(A) obviating.. consensus

(B) forestalling.. rift

(C) escalating.. debates

(D) engendering.. speculation

(E) resolving.. rumors

解析:sophisticated telescope 这里面sophisticated不是表示老练的,精于世故的意思而是表示复杂的,英文解释为:(Of a machine, system, or technique) developed to a high degree of complexity:

几十年内,这些构造复杂的望远镜就能决定大陆是否真的在移动,对于板块移动学说的有效性的真假会产生一个决定性作用呗。所以两个空格还是需要合起来看,只有B合适,让初期关于这个理论有效性的分歧最终终结。这里面我认为用forestall并不是一个很好的词,因为这个单词是预防,而这个rift已经发生了。但是其他选项合在一起不能表达我们所需要的意思。所以也只能选B了。E选项可能最容易选错,注意这里面用谣言这个单词不合适,就是大家认为这个validity是不是对的,而不是没有根据的瞎说。

obviate / obliterate / oblivious / obvious 四个单词要区分开

答案:B

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