2017年7月9日GRE考试填空题目

88-3 Not only is the field of behavioral genetics strewn with (i)_____ findings, but even among those findings that managed to survive, many have turned out to be (ii)_____ a very restricted class of cases.

A. convergent

D. refuted by

B. disparate

E. germane to

C. repudiated

F. subordinate to

45-3 Argument may be an overly (i)_____ word to apply to the gossamer contrivance that is A Summer of Humming birds. In what seems a self-conscious (ii)_____ of its mascot the book flits from one subject or moment in history to another, following the various whims of its author.

A. archaic

D. repudiation

B. imprecise

E. emulation

C. robust

F. misrepresentation

40-6 Scientific papers often (i)_____ what actually happened in the course of the investigations they describe. Misunderstandings , blind alleys, and mistakes of various sorts will fail to appear in the final written accounts because (ii)_____ is a desirable attribute when transmitting results in a scientific report and would be poorly served by (iii)_____.

A. amplify

D. transparency

G. a comprehensive historical account

B. misrepresent

E. efficiency

H. a purely quantitative analysis

C. particularize

F. exhaustiveness

I. an overly superficial discussion

28-4 The book is not comprehensive but is, instead, (i)_____ in the most positive sense:(ii)_____ rather than settles.

A. definitive

D. stipulates

B. provocative

E. suggests

C. timely

F. disseminates

62-9 The _____ of biographies of antebellum capitalists is particularly striking in contrast with the abundance of life stories of industrialists in later eras.

A. brevity

B. banality

C. utility

D. paucity

E. triteness

F. dearth

33-4 If newspaper consumers are concerned about more than (i)_____ and prefer to read news that is consistent with their beliefs, then (ii)_____ is not a journalistic flaw, but, rather, a cultivated feature. In a competitive news market, producers can use slant to differentiate their products and stave off price competition.

A. politics

D. bias

B. accuracy

E. sensationalism

C. expense

F. inconsistency

64-3. In the years prior to the Civil War, Philadelphia’s African American press encourage readers to be vaccinated against smallpox. This journalistic campaign was initially (i)_____, appealing to readers sense of communal duty, and became even more (ii)_____ once the war started, as smallpox outbreaks began to occur on Philadelphia’s outskirts.

A. hortatory

D. controversial

B. ineffective

E. urgent

C. widespread

F. inopportune