2012年新GRE考试填空题练习（4）
18. In many parts of East Africa at that time, wild animals were so______ that it was almost impossible for a photographer to approach close enough to film them.
A. rare
B. large
C. wary
D. numerous
E. unsightly
答案：C
解析：因果关系，so A that B 结构
A稀罕的
B大的
C谨慎的
D大量的
E难看的
翻译：在那时的非洲东部的许多地方，野生动物是如此(警觉)以至于一位摄影家几乎不可能近距离的捕捉到动物的镜头
19. Geoffrey’s corrupt dealings earned him such disgrace that any possibility of his being reelected to the city council was completely ______.
A. ensured
B. approved
C. belittled
D. eliminated
E. defended
答案：D
解析：因果关系，such A that B 结构
A. 保证
B. 认同
C. 贬低
D. 根除
E. 捍卫
翻译：Geoffrey’s的腐败行为使得他戴上如此不好的名声以至于任何他重新选举为城市议会的可能性都被(抹除了).
20. Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such ______ strategies that only the most ______ player can master them.
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A byzantineD lackadaisical
B nefariousE slipshod
C predictableF adroit
答案：A F
解析：因果关系，so A that B结构，such A that B 结构
A 谜一般的
B 极坏的，恶毒的
C 可预测的
D缺乏光泽的，不引人注意的
E 马虎的
F 灵巧的
翻译：很多互动的电脑游戏设计的非常复杂而且需要(非常复杂的)攻略，甚至只有最(熟练的)玩家才可以掌握他们。21. Cathedrals usually take decades, even centuries, to complete; thus, no one expected the National Cathedral to be built with ______.
A. dispatch
B. presumption
C. durability
D. deliberation
E. reverence
答案：A
解析：分号句;因果关系
A 迅速做完, 派遣
B 假定
C 耐力，持续时间
D 深思熟虑 中 华 考 试 网
E 尊敬
翻译：大教堂要花几十年，甚至是几个世纪完成;这样的话就没有一个人会期待国家大教堂可以(迅速做完)。
22. Critics say that the autobiographical work Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman is surprising in that it celebrates and yet ______ his own role in the life of his brother.
A. censures
B. exacerbates
C. explores
D. duplicates
E. delineates
答案：A
解析：因果结构;surprising特殊形容词
(A) 责难
(B) 恶化
(C) 探索
(D) 复制
(E) 描绘
翻译：评论家说约翰埃德加的自传作品Brothers and Keepers是令人惊奇的它赞美并(责难)他在他兄弟的生命中所起的角色。
