2012年新GRE考试填空题练习（1）
1. Their married life was not _______ since it was fraught with bitter fighting and arguments. ?
(A) nubile ?
(B) tranquil ?
(C) obvious ?
(D) cogent ?
(E) imminent ?
答案：B
解析：因果关系。由于not, 空格与fraught with bitter fighting and arguments是反义关系。
翻译：他们的婚姻生活不是(平静的)，因为充满了苦涩的打斗和争吵。
2. The announcement that the city would raze the landmark school building was such a distressing ______ that it provoked an outcry.
A. disclosure
B. evaluation
C. liberation
D. instance
E. inquiry
答案：A
解析：因果关系，such A that B 结构;主干一致，announcement对应disclosure
A泄露的新闻
B评估
C自由
D例子
E询问
翻译：这个城市里的路标学校建筑都将被夷为平地的通知是一个令人伤心的(新闻)，它引起了全城的反对。
3. 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. ?
Blank (i)Blank (ii)
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)。
4. The systems analyst hesitated to talk to strangers about her highly specialized work, fearing it was too ________ for people uninitiated in the computer field to understand. ?
(A) intriguing ?
(B) derivative ?
(C) frivolous ?
(D) esoteric ? 来自www.telnote.cn
(E) rudimentary ?
答案：D
解析：因果关系。Too A to B 结构。
翻译：系统分析师不愿意向生人谈论她的高度专业话的工作，担心这是太(深奥的)，从而非计算机领域的人难于理解。
5. The teacher suspected cheating as soon as he noticed the pupil’s _______ `glances at his classmate’s paper. ?
(A) futile? 外语学习网
(B) sporadic ?
(C) furtive
(D) cold ?
(E) inconsequential ?
答案：C
解析：时间状语暗含的因果关系。As soon as 结构。
翻译：教师注意到学生(偷偷摸摸的)瞄向同学卷子的目光，马上怀疑有作弊行为。
6. Popular interest in music performed by folk singer Jean Ritchie acted as a ______ because it stirred a wider interest in the music of Ritchie’s native Kentucky.
A. deterrent
B. panacea
C. barrier
D. catalyst
E. garrison
答案：D
解析：because 因果关系
A. 威慑物
B. 万能药
C. 障碍
D. 催化剂
E. 堡垒
翻译：通俗歌手Jean Ritchie表演的流行音乐成为了(催化剂)因为它激发了对于肯塔基本土音乐更广泛的兴趣。
