2012年新GRE考试填空题练习（2）
6. Because playing a musical instrument increases brain activity, it is sometimes used as a ______ to promote learning in children.
A. condition
B. highlight
C. stimulus
D. dictum
E. respite
答案：C
解析：因果关系
A 条件
B突出显示
C 刺激
D 表达
E 休息
翻译：因为演奏乐器能促进大脑活动，它有时候用来作为(刺激)儿童学习的工具。
7. New Zealand and Spain can accurately be described as ______ because they are diametrically opposite one another on the globe.
A. satellites
B. antipodes
C. reversals
D. bifurcations
E. dichotomies
答案：B
解析：因果关系
A. 卫星
B. 正相反
C. 逆转
D. 叉路
E. 二分化
翻译：新西兰和西班牙可以被准确的描述为(相反点)因为他们在地球上是直径上的相反。
8. Thomas Hardy’s novels are described as ______ because of their preoccupation with daily life in rural and agricultural setting.
A. bucolic
B. prolific
C. lugubrious
D. sundry
E. metaphorical
答案：A
解析： 因果关系
A. 乡村的
B. 多产的
C. 郁郁不乐的 www.telnote.cn
D. 种种的
E. 隐喻的
翻译：Thomas Hardy的小说被描述为(乡村气息的), 因为他全力描述的是关于农村和农业场景的日常生活.
9. The few female physicians practicing at the end of the nineteenth century might be considered ______ because they constituted a very small percentage of all physicians.
A. miscreants
B. revisionists
C. anomalies
D. pacifists
E. extremists
答案：C
解析：因果关系
A. 恶棍
B. 修正主义者
C. 反常的人
D. 和平主义者
E. 极端分子 考试用书
翻译：极少数女性物理学家在十九世纪末的研究工作被认为是(反常分子)，因为他们仅构成所有物理学家的一小部分。
10. Rodolfo Gonzales was once described as ______ in body and mind because of the flexibility and grace apparent in both his boxing and his writing of poetry and plays.
A. unyielding
B. tremulous
C. emphatic
D. lithe
E. fickle
答案：D
解析：因果关系
(A) 坚强的
(B) 胆小的
(C) 显著的
(D) 柔软灵巧的
(E) 任性的
翻译：由于罗多弗的拳击和诗歌戏剧的手法都明显出灵活和优雅，因此他曾被描述为一个身心都(灵巧的)人。
11. The fashion designer favored fabrics that were so ______ as to be virtually transparent.
A. palpable
B. diaphanous
C. variegated
D. luxurious
E. anomalous
答案：B
解析：因果关系，so A as to B 结构
A 可感的
B 半透明的
C 斑驳的
D 奢侈的
E 变态的
翻译：该时装设计者喜爱的布料是如此(轻薄)以至于是几乎完全透明的。
