1. While she initially suffered the fate of many pioneers — the incomprehension of her colleagues — octogenarian Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock has lived to ________ the triumph of her once ________ scientific theories.
(A) descry ... innovative
(B) regret ... insignificant
(C) perpetuate ... tentative
(D) enjoy ... authoritative
(E) savor ... heterodox
2. Nature’s energy efficiency often ________ human technology: despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency ________ the firefly’s system.
(A) engenders ... manipulates
(B) reflects ... simulates
(C) outstrips ... rivals
(D) inhibits ... matches
(E) determines ... reproduces
3. Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiments she let a number of ________ results slip by.
(A) inaccurate
(B) verifiable
(C) redundant
(D) salient
(E) anomalous
4. 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.
(A) intimidation ... issued
(B) participation ... moderated
(C) proclamation ... codified
(D) demonstration ... deliberated
(E) coercion ... repudiated
5. Before about 1960, virtually all accounts of evolution assumed most adaptation to be a product of selection at the level of populations; recent studies of evolution, however, have found no ________ this ________ view of selection.
(A) departures from ... controversial
(B) basis for ... pervasive
(C) bias toward ... unchallenged
(D) precursors of ... innovative
(E) criticisms of ... renowned
6. Scientists’ pristine reputation as devotees of the disinterested pursuit of truth has been ________ by recent evidence that some scientists have deliberately ________ experimental results to further their own careers.
(A) reinforced ... published
(B) validated ... suppressed
(C) exterminated ... replicated
(D) compromised ... fabricated
(E) resuscitated ... challenged
7. Although Johnson’s and Smith’s initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm ________ after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.
(A) revived
(B) emerged
(C) intensified
(D) flagged
(E) persisted
时间概念在GRE填空解题中的价值
时间概念解题主要包括两方面:时间相同和时间相反。
时间相同指题中两个时间概念所表示的时间一致。
例:earlier和initially
时间相反:
1.单个时间表示相反 例:until, later
2.两个时间表示相反
总结:当题中出现时间概念时,首先区分是一个时间还是两个时间。如果是单个
时间,要看其是否符合时间相反中的单个时间的类型。如果出现两个时间概
念,看看它们是一致还是相反。
3.两个场合状语 例:通常和particularly usually和specifically
场合壮语一般出现在分句的句首。
1. 提到一个人不被理解一般指思想理论不被理解。
once与initially呼应
innovative 革新,创新
insignificant 没有意义
tentative 尝试性的
authoritative 权威的
eterodox 异端的
答案:E
savor 品尝,欣赏,从中获得快乐
2. 冒号解释关系。only recently表示反常关系。
engenders 产生
reflects 反映
outstrips 超越
inhibits 抑制
determines 决定
答案:C
3. 两个场合壮语表示反差关系,usually和particular。
注意补充省略的成份she is。
答案:E anomalous 异常的
4. 题中暗含了一种比较。by后面接名词表示政府的主动手段。
intimidation 恐吓,威胁 issued 发表,发布
particular 参与,参加
proclamation 宣布,发布
demonstration 游行,示威
coercion 强制 repudiated 拒绝
时间相反一切相反。
答案:E
having分词放在句首表示原因。
第一个分句含有比较,通过比较给出一种分类方式。
后一个分句含有时间反差,表明观点相反。
5. recent和before 1960表示时间反差。时间不同观点相反。
departures from 脱离
basis for 根据 pervasive 普遍存在的
bias 偏见
precursors 先驱
criticisms 批评
答案:B
