1、GRE考试填空进阶练习GRE填空进阶练习第一组1. Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this _ disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.(A) restriction(B) license(C) similarity(D) rigidity(E) imperative2. A human being is quite _ creature, for the g
2、loss of rationality that covers his or her fears and _ is thin and often easily breached.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A a logical D problemsB a frail E insecurityC a valiant F morality3. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when _ was va
3、lued much more highly than it is today.(A) scent(B) fragrance (C) beauty(D) elegance(E) color(F) variety4. The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to _ federal regulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall proposed state and local controls that
4、 might be even stiffer.(A) protest(B) institute(C) deny(D) encourage(E) disregard5. The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _ that permits very little _.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A genre D deviationB featu
5、re E rigidityC achievement F grandiloquence6. Winsor McCay, the cartoonist, could draw with incredible _: his comic strip about Little Nemo was characterized by marvelous draftsmanship and sequencing.(A) sincerity(B) efficiency(C) virtuosity(D) rapid(E) energy 7. Some biologists argue that each spec
6、ifically human trait must have arisen gradually and erratically, and that it is therefore difficult to isolate definite _ in the evolution of species.(A) fluctuations(B) generations(C) predispositions(D) milestones(E) manifestations8. The losing animal in a struggle saves itself from destruction by
7、an act of _, an act usually recognized and _ by the winner.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A bluffing D condemnedB anger E duplicatedC submission F accepted9. Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for the low levels of serious conflict among members of democratically run work gr
8、oups: a modicum of tolerance for dissent often prevents _.(A) demur(B) schism(C) cooperation(D) compliance(E) shortsightedness10. The old man could not have been accused of_ his affection; his conduct toward the child betrayed his_her.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A promising D adoration ofB stinting E sympat
9、hy forC lavishing F tolerance of11. Although Mount Saint Helens has been more_ during the last 4,500 years than any other volcano in the coterminous United States, its long dormancy before its recent eruption_ its violent nature.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A awe-inspiring D confirmedB explosive E suggestedC
10、 gaseous F belied12. Sponsors of the bill were _ because there was no opposition to it within the legislature until after the measure had been signed into law.(A) unreliable(B) well-intentioned(C) persistent(D) relieved(E) detained13. She writes across generational lines, making the past so _ that o
11、ur belief that the present is the true locus of experience is undermined(A) runic(B) distant(C) vivid(D) mysterious(E) mundane14. Given her previously expressed interest and the ambitious tone of her recent speeches, the senators attempt to convince the public that she is not interested in running f
12、or a second term is _.(A) laudable(B) sound(C) authentic(D) futile(E) sincere15. It is true that the seeds of some plants have _ after two hundred years of dormancy, but reports that viable seeds have been found in ancient tombs such as the pyramids are entirely_.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A germinated D e
13、mpiricalB precipitated E unfoundedC endured F substantiated16. The functions of the hands, eyes, and brain are so _ that using the hands during early childhood helps to promote the childs entire _ development.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A intertwined D perceptualB individualized E adolescentC enigmatic F so
14、cial17. Many of the earliest colonial houses that are still standing have been so modified and enlarged that the _ design is no longer_. Blank (i) Blank (ii)A embellished D discernibleB initial E applicableC appropriate F attractive18. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants
15、of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in Western society during the current decade is _critical.(A) perennially(B) disturbingly(C) uniquely(D) archetypically(E) captiously19. Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can
16、 _ the “Augustan peace” only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.(A) decry(B) applaud(C) ridicule(D) demand(E) disprove20. Some activists believe that because the health-care system has become increasingly_ to those it serves, individuals must _ bureaucra
17、tic impediments in order to develop and promote new therapies.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A unresponsive D forsakeB sensitized E supplementC attuned F circumvent21. The nature of social history and lyric poetry are _, social history always recounting the _ and lyric poetry speaking for unchanging human natu
18、re, that timeless essence beyond fashion and economics.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A antithetical D evanescentB indistinguishable E unnoticedC interdependent F unalterable22. To avoid annihilation by parasites, some caterpillars are able to _ periods of active growth by pre-maturely entering a dormant state
19、, which is characterized by the _of feeding.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A mediate D continuationB foster E suspensionC curtail F stimulation23. To test the _ of borrowing from one field of study to enrich another, simply investigate the extent to which terms from the one may, without forcing, be _ the other
20、.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A universality D utilized byB decorum E superseded byC efficacy F confused with24. Social tensions among adult factions can be _ by politics, but adolescents and children have no such _ for resolving their conflict with the exclusive world of adults.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A intensi
21、fied D attitudeB frustrated E mechanismC adjusted F justification25. Because medieval womens public participation in spiritual life was not welcomed by the male establishment, a compensating _ religious writings, inoffensive to the members of the establishment because of its_, became important for m
22、any women.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A involvement with D profundityB dissatisfaction with E privacyC attention to F popularity26. In order to _ her theory that the reactions are _, the scientist conducted many experiments, all of which showed that the heat of the first reaction is more than twice that of
23、the second.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A comprehend D differentB evaluate. E constantC support F problematic27. Unlike many recent interpretations of Beethovens piano sonatas, the recitalists performance was a delightfully free and introspective one; nevertheless, it was also, seemingly paradoxically, quite
24、 _.(A) appealing(B) exuberant(C) idiosyncratic(D) unskilled(E) controlled28. Liberty is not easy, but far better to be an _fox, hungry and threatened on its hill, than a_ canary, safe and secure in its cage.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A angry D well-fedB imperious E lethargicC unfettered F content29. The po
25、pularity 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 _.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A sophisticated D pragmatistsB rational E idealistsC credulous F skeptics30. Social
26、 scientists have established fairly clear-cut _ that describe the appropriate behavior of children and adults, but there seems to be _ about what constitutes appropriate behavior for adolescents.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A functions D confusionB estimates E rigidityC norms F indirectness31. Although the m
27、ental process that creates a fresh and original poem or drama is doubtless _ that which originates and elaborates scientific discoveries, there is clearly a discernible difference between the creators.(A) peripheral to (B) contiguous with(C) opposed to(D) analogous to(E) inconsistent with32. Althoug
28、h the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, .(A) arbitrary(B) superfluous(C) intriguing(D) flexible(E) constant33. Although the feeding activities of whales and walruses give the se
29、afloor of the Bering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually_to the area, _its productivity.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A beneficial D encumberingB detrimental E redirectingC superfluous F enhancing34. Although some of her fellow scientists _ the unorthodox laboratory methodology
30、 that others found innovative, unanimous praise greeted her experimental results: at once pioneering and _.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A decried D unexceptionableB complimented E mundaneC welcomed F inconclusive35. Natures energy efficiency often_human technology: despite the intensity of the light fireflie
31、s produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical lightproducing systems whose efficiency_ the fireflys system.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A outstrips D stimulatesB inhibits E rivalsC determines F reproduce36. Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so_as to be almost_, ther
