2016年GRE词汇专项模拟试题及答案(八)

Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of can boost sales of video clips very nicely.

(A) Self-deprecation

(B) Congeniality

(C) Cynicism

(D) Embarrassment

(E) Self-doubt

Answer: A

A hint of：少许的。Hint线索、暗示(来自hent鸽子脚所抓住的，少许)

Self-deprecation自我贬低，congeniality和善友好、令人愉悦的(趣味相投的)，cynicism对外界冷嘲热讽(并非对自我)，embarrassment困窘阻碍，self-doubt自我怀疑。

翻译：相比较而言，很少有摇滚歌星愿意自嘲，尽管少许的自我贬低会促进录像短片的销售。

Just as such apparently basic things as rock, cloud, and clam are, in fact, intricately structured entities, so the self, too, is not an “elementary particle,” but is construction.

(A) A complicated

(B) A convoluted

(C) A distorted

(D) An amorphous

(E) An illusory

Answer: A

Just as A so B，正如A，B也一样。

Intricate复杂的，complicated结构复杂的，convoluted缠绕复杂的，表面复杂的，思绪复杂的(intricate>complicated>convoluted)，distorted扭曲的，amorphous无固定形状的，illusory虚幻的。

翻译：这些表面基本的东西比如岩石、云彩、蛤蜊，它实际上是一个复杂的结构，所以说自我也一样，不是一个基本的微粒，而是一个复杂的结构。

The newborn human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sound.

(A) Adaptive

(B) Selective

(C) Inquisitive

(D) Receptive

(E) Intuitive

Answer: D

Adaptive适应性的(积极的)，selective选择性的(积极的)，inquisitive好奇的(积极的)，receptive有接受能力的(中性的)，intuitive直觉的，有心理倾向的预先性判断(积极的)。

Receptive: able or inclined to receive, especially: open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions

Infant不会说话的婴儿(fant=fame说)。

翻译：新出生的人类婴儿既不是消极的形体也不是积极的形体，而是被称为一个中性的形体，渴望关注光和声的变化。

The cultivation of the emotion of natsukashii, interpretable as “pleasant sorrow,” brings Japanese to Kyoto in the spring, not to the cherry blossoms in full bloom but to the fading, falling flowers.

(A) Mourn

(B) Arrange

(C) Savor

(D) Rejoice over

(E) Grieve over

(F) Preserve

Answer: C E

第1空与pleasant同义，第2空与sorrow同义。

Mourn哀伤，arrange安排，savor品味、体验、欣赏，rejoice高兴，grieve悲痛，preserve保存。

翻译：有一种情感文化叫N被解释成为“令人愉悦的忧伤”，在春天的时候把日本人带到了京都，不是去欣赏樱花的盛开，而是去面对樱花的枯萎感到悲痛。