2012年新GRE考试填空题练习（3）
12.This articulate history is of importance because it carefully ________ the ________ accomplishments of Indian artists who are all too little known to the public at large. ?
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A overlooksD negligible
B distortsE considerable
C substantiatesF illusory
答案：C E
解析：因果关系。1空根据因果关系可知是正面动作。2空修饰accomplishments of Indian artists, 它的补充修饰中who are all too little known to the public at large对该艺术家的成就以反语的形式表达的是正评价。
翻译：这部详尽的史书是重要的，因为它为一位基本上不为公众所熟悉的印第安艺术家的(相当重要的)成就(提供了支持证据)。
13.Because postmodernist critics often rely on ______ language, their prose frequently seems ______ to nonspecialists who fail to comprehend its meaning.
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A esotericD unequivocal
B hackneyedE impenetrable
C lucidF exotic
答案：A E
解析：因果关系
A深奥难懂
B 陈腐的
C 清晰的
D 清晰的
E 难懂的
F 新奇的
翻译：因为后现代批评家们经常依靠(晦涩的)语言，所以他们的散文对于外行人来说是(看不懂)的。
14.Johnson’s writing is considered ______ and ______ because it is filled with obscure references and baffling digression.
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A lucidD abstruse
B conciseE didactic
C arcaneF ingenuous
答案：C D
解析：因果关系
A 清晰的
B 简洁的
C 神秘的
D 难懂的
E 说教的
F 天才的 www.examｗ.com
翻译：J的文章被认为是神秘的,难懂的因为它被模糊的参考资料和令人迷惑的跑题所填充。
15.The general was so widely suspected of ______ during the war that his name eventually became synonymous with disloyalty.
A. belligerence
B. indigence
C. perfidy
D. aspersion
E. tenacity
答案：C
解析：因果关系，so A that B 结构
A 好斗
B 贫穷
C 不忠 www.examｗ.com
D诽谤
E 顽强
翻译：在战争中该将军是如此广泛地被怀疑(不忠)，最终他的名字变成背叛的同义词。
16. The sound produced by the youth orchestra was so ______ that even its least experienced members were abashed.
A. cacophonous
B. syncopated
C. harmonic
D. collaborative
E. mellifluous
答案：A
解析：因果关系，so A that B 结构
A. 刺耳难听的
B. 节略的
C. 和谐的
D. 合作的
E. 甜美的
翻译：青年管弦乐团制造的瞬间是如此的(刺耳)以至于经验最少的团员都感到羞耻。
17. Alice Walker’s prize winning novel exemplifies the strength of first-person narratives; the protagonist tells her own story so effectively that any additional commentary would be ______.
A. subjective
B. eloquent
C. superfluous
D. incontrovertible
E. impervious
答案：C
解析：分号并列关系;因果关系，so A that B 结构
A. 主观的
B. 流利的
C. 多余的
D.无可辩驳的
E.不受影响的
翻译：Alice Walker所赢得的小说奖项代表了第一人称叙述的力量，其支持者如此有效地讲述了她的故事，以至于任何的额外添加都会变得(多余)。
