1. Queen Elizabeth I has quite correctly been called a ____ of the arts, because many young artists received her patronage.

(A) connoisseur

(B) critic

(C) friend

(D) scourge

(E) judge

2. Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramifications of the economic policy have been ____ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policy’s underlying assumptions.

(A) supplemented

(B) undermined

(C) wasted

(D) diverted

(E) redeemed

3. 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 sounds.

(A) adaptive

(B) selective

(C) inquisitive

(D) receptive

(E) intuitive

4. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ____ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.

(A) interest in

(B) uncertainty about

(C) enthusiasm for

(D) worry about

(E) experimentation on

5. At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ____ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.

(A) addresses

(B) creates

(C) alters

(D) modifies

(E) suppresses

(F) substitutes

6. Animals that have tasted unpalatable plants tend to ___ them afterward on the basis of their most conspicuous features, such as their flowers.

(A) recognize

(B) hoard

(C) trample

(D) retrieve

(E) identify

(F) approach

7. Demonstrating a mastery of innuendo, he issued several ____ insults in the course of the evening’s conversation.

(A) blunt

(B) veiled

(C) fallacious

(D) boisterous

(E) disguised

(F) embellished

8. Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by ____ , the leaders of the movement have recently ____ most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A coercion	D issued
B participation	E deliberated
C demonstration	F repudiated

9. While Parker is very outspoken on issues she cares about, she is not ____ ; she concedes the ____ of opposing arguments when they expose weaknesses inherent in her own.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A fickle	D strength
B fanatical	E incompatibility
C congenial	F speciousness

10. The ____ questions that consistently structure the study of history must be distinguished from merely ____ questions, which have their day and then pass into oblivion.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A instinctive	D discriminating
B philosophical	E random
C perennial	F ephemeral

【答案与讲解】

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(语音讲解好像缺第五题，好在第五题比较简单。)

1. Queen Elizabeth I has quite correctly been called a ____ of the arts, because many youngartists received her patronage.

(A) connoisseur

(B) critic

(C) friend

(D) scourge

(E) judge

翻译：伊丽莎白一世女王是名副其实的艺术之友，许多年轻艺术家都受她资助。选C

because。

patronage 惠顾;赞助。

要么是跟青年艺术家买东西，要么是白给钱，根据 patronage 选伊丽莎白一世是艺术之 ___ 。

connoisseur (某领域)行家，鉴赏家;

scourge 鞭(刑)，带来巨大灾祸的人或原因。

单词题。

2. Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramifications of the economic policy have been ____ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policy’s underlying assumptions.

(A) supplemented

(B) undermined

(C) wasted

(D) diverted

(E) redeemed

翻译：遗憾的是，他对经这套济政策造成的后果的激烈抨击并未奏效，因为他全盘接受这些政策所依托的假设。选B

unfortunately 可以判断句子的情感色彩。

ramification 分支;结果;

underlying 居于下的;隐含的;基本的;

supplement 补充;

undermine 通过侵蚀…的基础破坏;

waste 浪费，破坏;

divert 使(事物)转向，转移(人的)注意力;使(人)得到消遣或娱乐;

redeem 偿清(债务);买回，赎回(物);解救(人)，为(人赎身);遵守、履行(承诺);挽回(名誉)，弥补(物)。

虽然 B、C 都有“破坏”的意思，但 undermine 更符合题目中“因为相信相同的假设(支撑条件)，所以攻击变得无力或无效”，而 waste 的破坏通常是指因为没有充分利用而被荒废、弃置而造成的破坏。

单词题。

3. 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 sounds.

(A) adaptive

(B) selective

(C) inquisitive

(D) receptive

(E) intuitive

翻译：新生儿并非被动，也称不上主动，但也许可称为一个主动的接受者，热切关注着它视力和听力所及的世界。选D

is not ... nor ... but... 既不是…也不是…但(也许算得上是)…;

adaptive 有适应性的;

inquisitive 爱研究的，八卦的;

receptive 易于接受的;

figure 我翻了几本词典，只有一个意思勉强套得进去，做人(人物，尤指著名人物)讲，不过好在解题跟这个词没什么关系，在翻译中也就回避了 figure 这个词。

不被动，也不主动，但可以被称为“主动地”(actively) ___ ;

从逻辑上考虑，不(单纯地)被动，也不(单纯地)主动，可能的组合只剩下

1 同时被动又主动

2 同时不被动也不主动

我们注意到空前面有个 actively ，可以判断属于第一种情况，那么空应该选一个有被动意味的选项;

又结合后面 eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds，这个倒装句的正常语序是，as it(infant) is eagerly attentive to sights and sounds， 婴儿热切地关注(外界的)声光(刺激)，as做连词时，可以引导的是一种较弱的因果关系;

综上可判断选D。

4. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ____ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.

(A) interest in

(B) uncertainty about

(C) enthusiasm for

(D) worry about

(E) experimentation on

翻译：直到气候变暖的趋势超出了正常的气温浮动范围之前，科学界 对大气中二氧化碳可能导致长期温室效应(这件事)，都会持有普遍的怀疑态度。选B

这道题的逻辑环环相扣，无法指出是具体哪一个或几个词提示了选项，需要你理解题目叙述的内在逻辑。我个人认为，这是最能代表GRE出题精神的一类题。如果你读懂并选对了，值得开心一下子。

句子是一个添枝加叶的 there be 句型，主干是 there will be ____ 。

直到当下的暖化趋势超出了气温浮动的正常范围之前，在科学家中都会有相当(多、大)的 ____ (情绪)关于逐渐增加的二氧化碳能够导致长期温室效应的可能性。

发动不了朴素的人类语感?

好的，我们再拆卸一下题目：

a 当下有一个趋势，气温逐渐上升，全球变暖;

b 自然界中的气候一直是变化的，气温浮动有一个范围，没有超过这个范围都可以认为气温(尽管高，但)是正常的;

c 有一种猜想或假设认为，大气中不断增加的二氧化碳水平可能导致变暖;

在 a 超过 b 之前，科学家们对 c 是什么态度?

5. At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ____ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.

(A) addresses

(B) creates

(C) alters

(D) modifies

(E) suppresses

(F) substitutes

翻译： 实际上，为了让自己的论证成立，G篡改了很多原本不支持他论点的证据。选CD

tailor 为特定目的制作、修改或调整;

alter 修改(衣服)，变更;

modify 修改。

单词题。

6. Animals that have tasted unpalatable plants tend to ___ them afterward on the basis of their most conspicuous features, such as their flowers.

(A) recognize

(B) hoard

(C) trample

(D) retrieve

(E) identify

(F) approach

翻译：动物吃到了难吃的植物，就会根据其最明显的特征形成记忆，比如通过花来辨认。选AE

hoard 囤积;

trample 踩坏或踩伤，践踏，蹂躏;

retrieve 取回，重新获得;

approach 接近，着手处理，提议。

单词题。

7. Demonstrating a mastery of innuendo, he issued several ____ insults in the course of theevening’s conversation.

(A) blunt

(B) veiled

(C) fallacious

(D) boisterous

(E) disguised

(F) embellished

翻译：他利用晚间谈话的机会几度指桑骂槐，含沙射影的功夫真是了得。选BE

innuendo 影射;

blunt 钝的，直率的;

veiled 遮蔽的，含沙射影的;

fallacious 谬误的，误导的;

boisterous 狂暴的，喧闹的;

disguised 伪装的，掩盖真实意图的;

embellished 装饰的，润色的，添枝加叶的，渲染的。

8. Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable togovernment by ____ , the leaders of the movement have recently ____ most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A coercion	D issued
B participation	E deliberated
C demonstration	F repudiated

翻译：充分认识到协商比强迫更利于统治，运动的领导人放弃了大部分之前持有的集权主义论调。选AF

deliberate 熟虑，商讨。

9. While Parker is very outspoken on issues she cares about, she is not ____ ; she concedes the ____ of opposing arguments when they expose weaknesses inherent in her own.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A fickle	D strength
B fanatical	E incompatibility
C congenial	F speciousness

翻译：尽管Parker对自己关心的事总是态度鲜明，却也很理智;如果对方的论述确实指出了她的弱点，她总是虚心接受。选BD

while 引导让步关系，代换成although。

outspoken 坦率的，直言不讳;

fichle 无常的，易变的;

fanatical 狂热的，不理智的;

congenial 情投意合的，适宜的，同类的;

incompatibility 不和谐，不一致，不匹配;

speciousness 似是而非，华而不实。

10. The ____ questions that consistently structure the study of history must be distinguishedfrom merely ____ questions, which have their day and then pass into oblivion.