GRE填空考试模拟题及答案解析(1)

【题目】

1. Noting the murder victim’s flaccid musculature and pearlike figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some ___ occupation.

(A) treacherous

(B) prestigious

(C) ill-paying

(D) illegitimate

(E) sedentary

2. 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

3. Gould claimed no ___ knowledge of linguistics, but only a hobbyist’s interest in language.

(A) manifest

(B) plausible

(C) technical

(D) rudimentary

(E) insignificant

4. Contrary to the popular conception that it is powered by conscious objectivity, science often operates through error, happy accidents, ___ and persistence in spite of mistakes.

(A) facts

(B) controls

(C) hunches

(D) deductions

(E) calculations

5. Early critics of Emily Dickinson’s poetry mistook for simplemindedness the surface of artlessness that in fact she constructed with such ___ .

(A) astonishment

(B) craft

(C) cunning

(D) innocence

(E) allusion

(F) vexation

6. By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king ___ the consideration that customarily protects monarchs.

(A) merited

(B) forfeited

(C) debased

(D) concealed

(E) relinquished

(F) extended

7. While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may ___ it.

(A) exacerbate

(B) neutralize

(C) aggravate

(D) eradicate

(E) ameliorate

(F) relieve

8. Wearing the latest fashions was exclusively the ___ of the wealthy until the 1850’s, when mass production, aggressive entrepreneurs, and the availability of the sewing machine made them ___ the middle class.

9. Although some of her fellow scientists ___ the unorthodox laboratory methodology that others found innovative, unanimous praise greeted her experimental results: at once pioneering and ___ .

10. Even though political editorializing was not ___ under the new regime, journalists still experienced ___ , though perceptible , governmental pressure to limit dissent.