2016年GRE句子填空名师讲义(一)

The president’s secretary and his chief aide adored him, and both wrote obsessively personal memoirs about him; unfortunately, however, does not make for true intimacy.

(A) Devoted

(B) Rancorous

(C) Fatuous

(D) Confidentiality

(E) Idolatry

(F) Criticism

Answer: A E

Aide助手。Obsessively令人着迷地。Obsess迷住、使困惑。

Devote崇拜，rancor深仇，fatuous笨的，confidentiality机密性，idolatry崇拜，criticism批评。

翻译：总统的秘书和他的第一助理崇拜总统，两人都写了令人难忘的虔诚的关于总统的个人回忆录;然而不幸的是，崇拜并不能导致真正的了解。

Despite claims that his philosophy can be traced to source, the philosophy in fact draws liberally on several traditions and methodologies and so could justifiably be termed .

(A) A single

(B) An authoritative

(C) A schematic

(D) Eclectic

(E) Derivative

(F) Cogent

Answer: A D

Methodology方法论。Term学期、期限、被称为、被定义为。

Single单一的，authoritative权威的，schematic概要的，eclectic混合多元的、被选出来的、精挑细选的、优中选优的，derivative非原创的，cogent令人信服的、相关的。

翻译：尽管有这样的观点，即他的哲学可以被回溯到一个单一的源头，但是这位哲学家事实上自由地利用了好几个传统和方法论，因而可以被非常公允地定义为混合多远的。

The tone of Jane Carlyle’s letter is guarded, and her feelings are always by the wit and pride that made plea for sympathy impossible for her.

(A) Masked

(B) Bolstered

(C) Enhanced

(D) A direct

(E) A needless

(F) A circumspect

Answer: A D

Mask掩饰，bolster支撑，enhance提升，direct直接的，needless不需要的，circumspect谨慎小心的。

翻译：JC的信的语调是谨慎提防的，并且她的感情总是被巧妙的言语和骄傲所掩饰，这就使得直接请求别人的同情对他而言总是根本不可能的事。

Nurturing the Royal Ballet’s artistic growth while preserving its institutional stability has been difficult, because the claims of the latter seem inescapably to development; apparently, attaining artistic success is simpler than it.

(A) Modify

(B) Inhibit

(C) Supplement

(D) Resurrecting

(E) Perpetuating

(F) Appreciating

Answer: B E

nurturing the Royal Ballet’s artistic growth与attaining artistic success同义，第2空与preserving its institutional stability同义。第1空与difficult同义。

Modify改进，inhibit抑制，supplement补充，resurrect使复活，perpetuate使永存，appreciate欣赏、感激。

翻译：培养皇家芭蕾舞剧团艺术上的成长，同时又保持它的机制的稳定是困难的，因为后者的目标看上去不可避免地抑制了发展;很明显，获得艺术的成功比使之永恒要简单得多。