2016年GRE词汇专项模拟试题及答案(四)
Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiment she let a number of results slip by.
(A) Inaccurate
(B) Verifiable
(C) Redundant
(D) Salient
(E) Anomalous
(F) Irregular
Answer: E F
Usually引导时间对立,所以两句反义。Spot与slip by反义,data与results同义,inconsistent与空同义。
Spot污点,发现。Be inconsistent with与…不一致。Slip by从眼皮下溜走。
Inaccurate不准确的(可以一致,也可以不一致),verifiable能证实的,redundant多余的,salient显著的,anomalous异常的,irregular不规则的。
翻译:通常情况下,他总是通常发现这些与结果不相一致的数据,而在这次独特的试验当中,他让一些异常的数据从眼皮底下溜走了。
My family often found others laughable, but I learned quite early to be while people were present, laughing only later at what was funny and mocking what to us seemed .
(A) Polite
(B) Impatient
(C) Facetious
(D) Bizarre
(E) Unfortunate
(F) Enviable
Answer: A D
由于but,所以第1空与found others laughable反义。第2空与funny同义。
Polite礼貌,impatient不耐烦的,facetious轻浮的、好开玩笑的,bizarre奇异的,unfortunate不幸的,enviable令人羡慕的。
翻译:我的家庭总是觉得别人可笑,但我很早就学会了当人们在场时保持礼貌,只在时候嘲笑那些滑稽可笑之物或者模仿那些我们看起来奇异可笑之事。
The architects of New York’s early skyscrapers, hinting here at a twelfth-century cathedral, there at a fifteenth-century palace, sought to legitimize the city’s social strivings by a history the city did not truly .
(A) Evoking
(B) Preserving
(C) Flouting
(D) Desire
(E) Possess
(F) Deserve
Answer: A E
第1空与hint同义,12-century和15-century判断出第2空。
Hint暗示。Legitimize承认、批准。
Evoke唤起,preserve保存,flout轻视,desire要求,possess拥有,deserve应得。
翻译:纽约市的早期摩天大楼的建筑家们,在这儿用一个12世纪的大教堂暗示一下,在那儿又用一个15世纪的大宫殿暗示一下,希望凭借这种激发出一种这个城市并未真正拥有过的历史感的方式来力图使这个城市的努力成功获得大家的认可。
Because early United States writers thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, they the vernacular.
(A) Dissected
(B) Misunderstood
(C) Avoided
(D) Investigated
(E) Shunned
(F) Exploited
Answer: C E
Common speech与vernacular同义,所以空格与not to be found同义。
Dissect解剖,misunderstand误会,avoid避免,investigate调查,shun避免,exploit开发。
翻译:因为早期的美国作家认为伟大的文学作品的标志是华丽和优雅,这两者都不可能在日常方言口语中找到,所以他们就避免使用本地方言。
