2016年GRE强化测试试题及解析三
The primary criterion for a school is its recent performance: critics are to extend credit for earlier victories.
(A) Investigating
(B) Judging
(C) Administering
(D) Prone
(E) Persuaded
(F) Reluctant
Answer: B F
肯定现在,否定过去。第1空位肯定类词汇,第2空为否定类词汇。且第1空标准是用来评判的。
Primary基本的、主要的。Extend延伸。Credit信任。
Investigate调查,judge评判,administer管理,prone倾向,persuade说服,reluctant勉强。
翻译:一个基本的标准去评判一个学校是近期的表现:批评者不愿意延伸其早期的成功到今天。(理解:好汉不提当年勇)
The commissions criticized the legislature for making college attendance dependent on the ability to pay, charging that, as a result, hundreds of qualified young people would be further education.
(A) Entitled to
(B) Striving for
(C) Deprived of
(D) Withheld from
(E) Uninterested in
(F) Participating in
Answer: C D
Charge指控。
Entitled to有资格,striving for努力奋斗,deprived of被剥夺,withheld from扣留、抑制,uninterested in没兴趣,participating in参加。
翻译:委员会批评立法机构制定的根据支付能力来决定学生是否能上大学的制度,并指出,如果这样的话,将有成百上千的优秀青年会失去进一步深造的机会。
Nature’s energy efficiency often human technology: despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency the firefly’s system.
(A) Outstrips
(B) Inhibits
(C) Determines
(D) Stimulates
(E) Rivals
(F) Reproduce
Answer: A E
萤火虫发出强光,但积累热量可忽略不计,相比电灯泡来说,自然的光效应高,所以自然能量效应超过人类科技能量效应第1空与大于同义。分号后,recently,肯定现在,否定过去,所以与分号前反义,第2空与大于同于。
Outstrips超越,inhibits抑制,determines决定,stimulates刺激,rivals竞争、媲美,reproduce繁殖。
翻译:自然能量效应经常超过人类科技能量效应:尽管萤火虫发出强烈的光,但积累的热量可以忽略不计;现在人类已经有了化学光生产系统,这种系统的能量效应才能与萤火虫能量媲美。
