2016年GRE词汇专项模拟试题及答案(十)
Art science, but that does not mean that the artist must also be a scientist; an artist uses the fruits of science but need not the theories from which they derive.
(A) Precedes
(B) Transcends
(C) Incorporate
(D) Understand
(E) Contest
(F) Repudiate
Answer: C D
Precede在…之前，transcend超越，incorporate合并，understand理解，contest争论，repudiate否定。
翻译：艺术结合了科学，但这并不意味着艺术家必须同时成为一个科学家;一个艺术家使用科学的成果但不需要理解他们引用的理论。
Personnel experts say that attractive benefits alone will not always keep executives from changing jobs for better long-range opportunities, but they think the enticements may deter many executives from accepting offers from other companies.
(A) Dedicated
(B) Ambitious
(C) Experienced
(D) Routine
(E) Superior
(F) Advantageous
Answer：B D
Keep A from doing B for C让A不为了C而做B，A、C同性质。第1空与long-range opportunities同义。由于but否定词汇，but后的句子与前面反义，前面是better opportunities，后面若是不好的offer则逻辑错误，所以为routine。
Dedicated专注的、献身的，ambitious有抱负的，experienced有经验的，routine常规性的，superior更好的，advantageous有利的。
翻译：人事专家指出，仅仅靠富于诱惑力的利益并不总能防止有抱负的经理们去追求更好的长期机会而调动工作，但他们认为，这些利诱还是有可能阻止许多经理去接受那些来自其他公司的常规性邀请。
Many philosophers agree that the verbal aggression of profanity in certain radical newspapers is not or childish, but an assault on essential to the revolutionaries purpose.
(A) Trivial
(B) Belligerent
(C) Serious
(D) Affectation
(E) Fallibility
(F) Decorum
Answer: A F
第1空与childish同义，第2空是profanity和assault的对象。
Profanity亵渎。
Trivial无关紧要的，belligerent好战的，serious严重的，affectation做作，fallibility易错，decorum正派。
翻译：许多哲学家都同意，某些激进报刊上用亵渎之词来进行的文字攻击不是无关紧要或者幼稚的，而是对正派的一种抨击，这种抨击对革命者的目的来说是至关重要的。
From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion - that of the of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit.
(A) promotion
(B) exploration
(C) surveying
(D) conservation
(E) enclosure
Answer: E
Outset开始，最初。Proprietary私有的、所有权。Freedom from sth.使独立于某物。
Promotion提升，exploration勘探，surveying调查，conservation保存，enclosure圈地。
翻译：从一开始，海洋应独立于国家宣布对其拥有私有权的声明之外的思想，就受到了一个相反观点的挑战，即由于国家安全和利益的原因而对海洋的圈地私有化。
Contrary to the antiquated idea that the eighteenth century was a island of elegant assurance, evidence reveals that life for most people was filled with uncertainty and insecurity.
(A) Clannish
(B) Serene
(C) Declining
(D) Tranquil
(E) Recognized
(F) Sprawling
Answer: B D
Clannish排他的，serene安静的，declining倾斜的，衰退中的，tranquil安静的，recognized公认的，sprawling蔓生的、潦草的。
翻译：与18世纪是一个充满了优雅舒适的宁静的世外桃源这个古老过时的想法相反，证据表明，那个时代的大多数人的生活充满了动荡和不安全感。
(不懂a require for b)
In contrast to the substantial muscular activity required for inhalation, exhalation is usually a process.
(A) Slow
(B) Passive
(C) Precise
(D) Complex
(E) Conscious
Answer: B
A require for B，B需要A。
Inhalation与exhalation对应，空格与the substantial muscular activity反义。
Slow慢的，passive被动的，precise精确的，complex复杂的，conscious意识到的。
翻译：和吸气所需要的大量的肌肉活动相比，呼气通常是一个被动的过程。
