2016年GRE强化测试试题及解析一
The children’s natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.
(A) Mercurial
(B) Blithe
(C) Phlegmatic
(D) Introverted
(E) Artless
(F) Inconstant
Answer: A F
Mercurial多变的，blithe快乐的、无忧无虑的、漫不经心的，phlegmatci冷漠的，introverted内向的，artless粗俗的、自然的，inconstant不稳定的。
翻译：这个小孩喜怒无常的性情和他的父母亲平和的性情构成了强烈的对比。
Once Renaissance painters discovered how to render volume and depth, they were able to replace the medieval convention of symbolic, two-dimensional space with the more illusion of actual space.
(A) Conventional
(B) Abstract
(C) Problematic
(D) Fragmented
(E) Realistic
Answer: E
Replace A with B，用B代替A。
Symbolic象征的。
Conventional传统的，abstract抽象的，problematic有问题的，fragmented不完整的，realistic现实的。
翻译：曾经文艺复兴时期的画家探索如何呈现大小和深度，他们能用现实空间中的更为现实的错觉来代替象征的二维的中世纪传统。
Many welfare reformers would substitute a single, federally financed income support system for the existing of overlapping programs.
(A) Welter
(B) Hodgepodge
(C) Paucity
(D) Core
(E) Functionalism
(F) Participation
Answer: A B
Substitute A for B，用A代替B。
Welter混杂，hodgepodge混杂，paucity少量，core核心，functionalism功能主义，participation参与。
翻译：许多福利改革家欲用一个单独的，由联邦政府资助的收入救济体系来代替现存的复杂混乱的重叠项目。
Recent research indicates that a system of particles which has apparently decayed to randomness from state can be returned to that state; thus the system exhibits a kind of memory of its condition.
(A) An equilibrium
(B) An ordered
(C) A chaotic
(D) Lesser
(E) Earlier
(F) Present
Answer: B E
Decay from A to B，从A衰退到B。
Equilibrium平衡的，ordered有序的，chaotic无序的，lesser更少的，earlier早期的，present现在的。
翻译：最近的研究表明，一个非常明显的从有序状态衰退到无序状态的粒子系统，可以回到最初的状态，因此这个系统展示了一种对自身早期条件的记忆能力。
The costumes of Renaissance Italy, with their gold and silver embroidery and figured brocades were the antithesis of Spanish , with its dark muted colors, plain short capes, and high collars edged with small ruffs.
(A) Unpretentious
(B) Sumptuous
(C) Austere
(D) Sobriety
(E) Obliqueness
(F) Informality
Answer: B D
Ruff褶皱的领子(文艺复兴时期西方服装的领子)。
Unpretentious不骄傲的，sumptuous奢华的，austere严峻、朴素的，sobriety节制、庄重，obliqueness间接、倾斜，informality不正式、不拘礼节。
翻译：文艺复兴时期意大利的华美的服装，有着金银刺绣和织锦，是西班牙简朴服装的对立物，西班牙的服装有着灰色柔和的色彩，朴素的短斗篷，高高的衣领上装饰着小的花边。
Often the difficulties of growing up in the public eye cause child prodigies to the world of achievement before reaching adulthood: happily, they sometimes later return to competition and succeed brilliantly.
(A) Ridicule
(B) Conquer
(C) Retire from
(D) Antagonize
(E) Examine
Answer: C
成年后return to，所以空与return to反义。
Ridicule嘲笑，conquer征服，retire from退出，antagonize敌对，examine检查。
翻译：通常情况下，在公众眼中成长的困难性导致少年天才逃避在成年之前充满成就的世界：然而让我们感到高兴的是，在他们成年之后的某个时期，他们又回到竞争中去并取得了辉煌的成功。
