2016年GRE考试填空考点习题及详细解析(2)
Contrary to the antiquated idea that the eighteenth century was a island of elegant assurance, evidence reveals that life for most people was filled with uncertainty and insecurity.
(A) Clannish
(B) Serene
(C) Declining
(D) Tranquil
(E) Recognized
(F) Sprawling
Answer: B D
Clannish排他的，serene平静的，declining倾斜的、衰退的，tranquil安静的，recognized公认的，sprawling不规则生长的、无计划扩展的。
翻译：与这个古老过时的想法-18世纪是一个充满优雅舒适的生活保障的宁静安详小岛-相反，证据表明大多数人的生活充满了无常和不安全感。
Certain weeds that flourish among rice crops resist detection until maturity by the seedling stage in the rice plant’s life cycle, thereby remaining indistinguishable from the rice crop until the flowering stage.
(A) Deterring
(B) Displacing
(C) Augmenting
(D) Imitating
(E) Nurturing
(F) Simulating
Answer: D F
Deter威慑、阻止，displace换置、使某人离开原位，augment提升，imitate模仿，nurture养育，simulate模仿。
翻译：某些在稻谷中繁荣生长的野草在成熟之前通过模仿稻谷生命周期的发芽阶段而难于发现，因而他们直到开花期之前一直和稻谷真假难辨。
Although the feeding activities of whales and walruses give the seafloor of the Bering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually to the area, its productivity.
(A) Beneficial
(B) Detrimental
(C) Superfluous
(D) Encumbering
(E) Redirecting
(F) Enhancing
Answer: A F
Beneficial有益的，detrimental有害的，superfluous多余的，encumber阻碍，redirect使改变方向，enhance提升。
翻译：尽管鲸鱼和海象的觅食活动给BS的海底一个被毁灭的外观，但这些活动看上去事实上对该地区有益，增进了它的生产率。
Although the feeding activities of whales and walruses give the seafloor of the Bering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually to the area, its productivity.
(A) Beneficial
(B) Detrimental
(C) Superfluous
(D) Encumbering
(E) Redirecting
(F) Enhancing
Answer: A F
Beneficial有益的，detrimental有害的，superfluous多余的，encumber阻碍，redirect使改变方向，enhance提升。
翻译：尽管鲸鱼和海象的觅食活动给BS的海底一个被毁灭的外观，但这些活动看上去事实上对该地区有益，增进了它的生产率。
A human being is quite creature, for the gloss of rationality that covers his or her fears and is thin and often easily breached.
(A) A logical
(B) A frail
(C) A valiant
(D) Problems
(E) Insecurity
(F) Morality
Answer: B E
Breach(对伦理、法律、准则的)破坏、违背。Gloss(欺骗性的)光鲜外表、简短解释、敷衍潦草做事(甚至忽略)、开脱(罪名)。
Logical逻辑的，frail脆弱的，valiant勇敢的，problem问题，insecurity不安全感，morality道德。
翻译：人类是一种非常脆弱的动物，因为掩盖他或她的害怕和不安全感的理性光辉是非常的薄弱并且很容易被击碎。
The popularity of pseudoscience and quack medicines in the nineteenth century suggests that people were very , but the gullibility of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed .
(A) Sophisticated
(B) Rational
(C) Credulous
(D) Pragmatists
(E) Idealists
(F) Skeptics
Answer: C F
People in the nineteenth century和citizens of yesterday同义，public today与其反义，所以第1空与gullibility同义，第2空与第1空反义。
Hard-nosed固执的。Gullible易受骗的。
Sophisticated老于世故的、精密的，rational理性的，credulous轻信的，pragmatic实际的，ideal理想的，skeptic怀疑的。
翻译：伪科学和庸医药物在19世纪的流行就说明那时候人们是非常容易上当受骗的，但是今天公众轻易上当受骗的性格使昨天的臣民看上去好像精明的怀疑主义者。
