2016年GRE考试填空考点习题及详细解析(9)

Early critics of Emily Dickinson’s poetry mistook for simplemindedness the surface of artlessness that in fact she constructed with such .

(A) astonishment

(B) Craft

(C) Cunning

(D) Innocence

(E) Naiveté

(F) vexation

Answer: B C

Mistake A for B=mistake for B, A: 把A误认为是B。本题中，B是simplemindedness，A是the surface of artlessness。She constructed (artlessness省略了，宾语缩略) 空格，空格与simplemindedness反义。

Astonishment震惊，craft精巧，cunning巧妙(引申为狡猾，中评价)，innocence清白，naiveté幼稚，vexation烦恼。

翻译：早期的ED的诗歌的评论人误把表面上朴实无华的诗歌以为是他头脑简单，而实际上他非常巧妙地构建了朴实无华的诗歌。

In scientific studies, supporting evidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypotheses, but, in fact, the of errors is more likely to be than is the establishment of probable truth.

(A) Detection

(B) Refinement

(C) Formulation

(D) Ignored

(E) Conditional

(F) Useful

Answer: A F

In fact引导证据的支持和假设的否定的反义对比，in fact前是A>B，in fact后是A

Detection发现，refinement精制，formulation公式化、构想、规划，ignore忽视，conditional有条件的、假定的，useful有用的。

翻译：在科学研究中，支持的证据要比不足信的假设汇报起来更令人满意，但是，事实上，发现错误要比支持一个可能的真理或许更为有用。

Although Johnson great enthusiasm for his employees project, in reality his interest in the project was so as to be almost non-existent.

(A) Generated

(B) Demanded

(C) Feigned

(D) Preemptive

(E) Redundant

(F) Perfunctory

Answer: C F

Generated造成，demanded命令，feigned伪装，preemptive抢占、占先，redundant冗余，perfunctory做事不认真、敷衍了事。

翻译：尽管J在他的员工项目上伪装出巨大的热情，而实际上，在这个项目上，他的兴趣是如此敷衍了事，以至于几乎不存在。