2017年8月25日GRE填空机经预测

题目

1. The jury’s verdict was such a surprise that the populace rioted in the streets; nothing less than a reversal of the verdict could ____ them.

A. mollify

B. emulsify

C. denigrate

D. petrify

E. disabuse

答案：A

解析：法庭裁决引发民众暴动，除非决定被推翻否则无法安抚。此处符合句子整体句意的只有A选项。其他选项意思均为无关或者错误选项。

2. Federal efforts to regulate standards on educational achievements have been met by (i) ____ from the states; local governments feel that government imposition represents an undue infringement on their (ii) ____.

Blank (i) Blank (ii)

A. receptivity D. autonomy

B. intransigence E. legislation

C. compromise F. comportment

答案：BD

解析：大意为联邦政府的政策受到了地方政府的抵制，因为地方政府觉得这种强制做法侵犯了他们的自主权。第一空A选项意思无关，C为妥协，和正确选项完全相反。第二空E为法规，联邦政府做法并没有违法，只是侵犯了地方政府自主权，所以不对。F意思无关。

3. Many popular musicians have (i) ____ new digital technologies that allow them unprecedented control over their music. These musicians use computers to (ii) ____ and modify their songs, resulting in a level of musical precision often unattainable naturally. Of course, though, as is often the case with new technologies, some traditionalists (iii) ____ these developments.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)

A. incorporated D. energize G. balk at

B. Synthesized E. delineate H. revel in

C. alleviated F. recast I. retaliate

答案：AFG

解析：本句大意为许多流行音乐家采用了新的数码技术来创作歌曲，重塑并修改了他们的歌，这种做法受到了传统人士的反对。第一空B为人工合成，但用在此处意思不对，因为此处对象为技术而不是音乐。C选项意思完全不对。第二空DE选项意思不对。第三空反对的意思最佳，H完全相反，I程度过于激烈，意思都不对。

4. In a book that inclines to ____ an epilogue arguing that ballet is dead arrives simply as one more overstatement.

A. pessimism

B. misinterpretation

C. imprecision

D. vagueness

E. exaggeration

F. hyperbole

答案：EF

解析：本题除EF外另有一组同近义词为CD，但根据句中意思，说芭蕾已死只不过是overstatement，因此正确选项为EF，AB选项意思无关。

5. Not only was this writer content to leave the reading public in the dark, she seems to have ____ the role of trickster, seeding her works with apparent clues that led nowhere.

A. rejected

B. disdained

C. relished

D. participated in

E. delighted in

F. developed

答案：CE

解析：作者不仅让读者看得一头雾水，还享受扮演欺诈师的角色，在作品留下了一些明显却毫无用处的线索。只有CE意思符合，其它选项都存在问题且找不到匹配同近义词。

6. William Perkins, his ____ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been seen as the moderate face of his political party.

A. fiery

B. genteel

C. bumbling

D. unremarkable

E. affable

F. impassioned

答案：AF

解析：本题关键词为notwithstanding，因此空格内词汇应该和后面的moderate相反，符合这一条件的一组选项为AF。