1、GRE-44及答案解析(总分：58.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、SECTION 1(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Directions: Each sen(总题数：7，分数：7.00)1.A faux paswhether in social circles or in privatecan be_, as it focuses us on our shortcomings in ways that would otherwise go unnoticed, and helps create self-awareness. (A) embarrassment (B) useless (C
2、) utile (D) rancorous (E) spontaneous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.2.Regardless of what might be said about the vehement diatribes of the Minnesota senator, one cant argue that he was any less than utterly_his beliefs and his constituents, for invariably, he voted his_. (A) opposed to politics (B) committed to
3、 whims (C) conflicted in inclinations (D) considerate in platform (E) dedicated to conscience（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.3.Regardless of the_he evinces, especially when articulating his purportedly innate affinity for tennis, he is nevertheless a less than_player once actually upon the court. (A) passion san
4、guine (B) disapprobation mediocre (C) alacrity pliant (D) vivacity vitiated (E) torpor ebullient（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.4.Because many of the blacklists in the communications and entertainment industries were secret, the number of playwrights, script writers, novelists, and journalists who were_to stop w
5、riting permanently is_. (A) happy astounding (B) forced unknown (C) unafraid impressive (D) inclined unsurprising (E) remiss inconceivable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.5.Despite certain_habits of the North American screech owl, it performs the majority of its hunting alone, in alpine forests, unfettered by_ (A
6、) predatory ecology (B) instinctual behavior (C) exogamous kinship (D) omnivorous diet (E) diurnal darkness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.6.Though_in his youth, Muir grew in the fullness of time to acquire truly_habits envied by even the most hardened of his fellow survivalists. (A) a stoic gourmet (B) a sycoph
7、ant humble (C) an eccentric practical (D) a sensualist spartan (E) an ideologue catholic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.7.While mimicking the thought of his mentor Socrates, who conceived of forms as existing on an ethereal, heavenly and_plane, Plato also argued that forms become_in objects. (A) abstract rationa
8、l (B) condensed ratified (C) sacrilegious profane (D) transcendent immanent (E) imaginative earthbound（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.三、Directions: In each (总题数：9，分数：9.00)8.VERIFY: DOUBTFUL: (A) embellish : austere (B) depurate : rare (C) vary : conspicuous (D) compress : volatile (E) instruct: awkward（分数：1.00）A
9、.B.C.D.E.9.RATIOCINATION: LOGIC : (A) comprehension : pedagogy (B) interpretation: language (C) orthography : philately (D) badminton : athletics (E) oration : elocution（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.10.ATOMS: CRYSTAL: (A) substance : air (B) water : density (C) level: ramification (D) numbers : matrix (E) agen
10、ts : reaction（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.11.SOUND : ECHO: (A) sight: rainbow (B) episode : television (C) light: reflection (D) affection : attachment (E) observation : microscope（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.12.SCHOOL: FISH: (A) television : programs (B) pride : lions (C) committee : organization (D) fowl : birds (E)
11、corral : livestock（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.13.FLAX : LINEN : (A) cinder : coal (B) clay : china (C) bar: gold (D) mud : deposit (E) porcelain : mosaic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.14.ROE : FISH : (A) skin : whale (B) shell: mollusk (C) pincer : crab (D) egg : bird (E) web : seal（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.15.SCRUTINIZE : ADM
12、IRE : (A) imprison: host (B) forewarn : rage (C) vacillate : resolve (D) duplicate : imitate (E) impel : push（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.16.PERFIDY : LOYAL: (A) exorbitance : moderate (B) perjury : ardent (C) affection : faithful (D) precision : accurate (E) loathing : comely（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.四、Directions:
13、Each pas(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Previously, the sack(总题数：4，分数：4.00)17.The passage provides information in support of which of the following assertions? (A) Lymphoid tissue somehow involved in the bodys ability to recognize foreign antigens in ingested material is a primary cause of ulcerative colitis. (B)
14、The appendix is an anomaly among mammals, existing in rabbits and humans largely as an evolutionary fluke. (C) Microscopic research is insufficient to give even the vaguest suggestion of what the human appendixs function may be. (D) The digestive process in human beings is less dependent on the hind
15、gut fermentation process than is the digestive process in rabbits. (E) Lymphoid tissue that recognize foreign antigens is absent in the digestive systems of animals that lack appendixes.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.18.Which of the following hypothetical discoveries, if made, would cast MOST doubt on the most
16、recent conclusions regarding the function of the human appendix? (A) After laboratory experiments, scientists discover evidence to reject the notion that the human appendix is a “vestigial“ organ. (B) Certain animal species which had not previously been given attention are discovered to possess an a
17、ppendix resembling that of humans. (C) Lymphoid tissue is discovered, after careful study, not to play a role in the recognition of foreign antigens in ingested material. (D) After re-examination of the evidence, ulcerative colitis is discovered to be caused by factors wholly unrelated to the human
18、appendix. (E) It is discovered that in rabbits, hindgut fermentation does not require the presence of an organ acting as reservoir for bacteria.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.19.Which of the following best describes the relationship of the second paragraph to the first? (A) The second paragraph relies on differ
19、ent evidence in drawing a conclusion similar to that expressed in the first paragraph. (B) The second paragraph provides further elaboration on why an assertion made at the end of the first paragraph proves true in most cases. (C) The second paragraph provides additional information in support of a
20、hypothesis stated in the first paragraph. (D) The second paragraph provides an example of a case in which the assumption described in the first paragraph is unwarranted. (E) The second paragraph describes a phenomenon that has the same cause as the phenomenon described in the first paragraph.（分数：1.0
21、0）A.B.C.D.E.20.It can be inferred from the passage that the author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following assertions about the appendix? (A) Scientists have ruled out the possibility that the appendix is involved in hindgut fermentation in all species, including rab
22、bits. (B) As an organ, the appendix is more useful to the immune response of human beings in their first development than later in life. (C) The human appendix contains greater amounts of lymphoid tissue than the aggregates of which that are found in other areas of the gastrointestinal tract. (D) Th
23、e appendix in a human child is generally less well developed than the appendix in a human adult. (E) The presence of the appendix in humans suggests that the human digestive process resembles the rabbit digestive process more than that of other animal species.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.六、Most words are “lex
24、i(总题数：7，分数：7.00)21.Which of the following best describes the authors statement that “an emphasis on reality as invariably perceptually seamless may be an exaggeration“ (lines 27-28)? (A) An assumption based on evidence already presented (B) A concession to the view opposing that of the authors (C) A
25、 hypothesis concerning a possible problem with the nomenclaturist view (D) An allusion to an argument presented earlier in the passage (E) An example of the application of the authors view of language（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.22.The author offers all of the following ideas as proof that there is no direct
26、correspondence between words and things EXCEPT (A) Language has other functions than that of reference. (B) Once a word is grouped into a class, no one-to-one correspondence exists between it and what it signifies. (C) Many words refer to objects that do not exist in the world. (D) Function words do
27、 not refer to objects. (E) Proper nouns usually refer to unique entities.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.23.It can be inferred from the passage that the author is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following? (A) Words can be categorized into different grammatical functions. (B) Some relationship between si
28、gnifier and signified can be articulated. (C) Every signifier points to a single pre-existing signified. (D) Words may name imaginary, non-physical things. (E) The use of categories is essential to the operation of language.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.24.It can be inferred from the passage that the term “red
29、uctionist“ would most likely apply to which of the following views concerning language? (A) A number of words exist with identical meanings. (B) .Several words with different connotations may refer to the same object. (C) A word used two centuries ago might refer to the same object today. (D) Realit
30、y is constructed, not discovered, by the medium of language. (E) A word may refer to non-existent objects, categories, and carry multiple connotations.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.25.The author of the passage is primarily concerned with (A) refuting a belief held by one school of linguistics (B) reviewing an
31、interesting feature of language (C) illustrating the confusion that can result from the improper use of language (D) suggesting a way in which languages can be made more nearly perfect (E) surveying new interesting areas of research in the field of linguistics（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.26.According to the p
32、assage, which of the following assumptions would the “nomenclaturist“ most likely agree with? (A) The seamlessness of reality complicates the notion of linguistic categories, such that those categories must be questioned. (B) The experience of reality largely varies from that of the experience of la
33、nguage, weakening the reliability of both experiences. (C) Ideas invariably precede, in their existence and meaning, the language that subsequently articulates them. (D) Language, although capable of developing categories, can never articulate more than particular instances. (E) The meaning of a wor
34、d is not fixed historically, and may evolve over time due to a variety of factors.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.27.According to the passage, the word “violation“ would best be classified as a (A) Function word (B) Lexical word (C) Concept word (D) Category word (E) Grammatical word（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.七、Directio
35、ns: Each que(总题数：11，分数：11.00)28.DAMPED: (A) auditory (B) ductile (C) amplified (D) focused (E) changeable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.29.INFINITY: (A) minute difference (B) deficient capacity (C) limited area (D) indefinite voltage (E) resistance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.30.EBULLIENCE: (A) clumsiness (B) measured se
36、lf-control (C) incapability (D) meticulous plan (E) infertility（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.31.HACKNEYED: (A) careful (B) acceptable (C) handy (D) gaudy (E) original（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.32.EXTEMPORANEOUS: (A) limited (B) peaceful (C) premeditated (D) adept (E) supplementary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.33.DISTEND: (A) con
37、tract (B) decay (C) bend (D) focus (E) deteriorate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.34.TORTUOUS: (A) meandering (B) rational (C) impassive (D) meager (E) straightforward（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.35.PATHOLOGICAL: (A) normal (B) sharp (C) sufficient (D) erratic (E) provisional（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.36.CAPRICIOUS: (A) profound
38、(B) direct (C) faithful (D) logical (E) deficient（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.37.CRUX: (A) peripheral element (B) commencement (C) conviction (D) affliction (E) gratuity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.38.CODA: (A) restriction (B) increment (C) soliloquy (D) preface (E) unprepared act（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.八、SECTION 2(总题数：0，分数
39、：0.00)九、Directions: Each sen(总题数：7，分数：7.00)39.The request to censor the art work of criminals, to which the courts sometimes surrender, might be more reasonable if exposure were somehow_to the criminals, instead of humbling them. (A) ennobling (B) intriguing (C) beneficial (D) nebulous (E) tangentia
40、l（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.40.It is clear that many institutional investors once voted_; now after so many scandals, some managers admit that they should have done more to_corporate excesses. (A) imprudently curb (B) insolently insinuate (C) intelligently observe (D) precariously expose (E) insensitively b
41、rook（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.41.After the investigations and_that are both necessary and inevitable after a calamity such as the recently ended crisis, it may turn out that authorities could have handled the problem in a less_way. (A) observation convenient (B) analyses fashionable (C) second-guessing cos
42、tly (D) footwork organized (E) solutions abstruse（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.42.Leaving no stone unturned in your_for the fugitive, gentlemen, I wish you every advantage, for the individual we seek is swift-witted, wily, and capable of the swiftest_. (A) adamancy vengeance (B) wrath chicanery (C) search elus
43、ions (D) consanguinity maneuvers (E) hunt delusions（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.43.These_over details are an indication of more serious battles to come, between those who want a strong centre at the heart of the Union and those who want to _the power ceded by national governments. (A) sympathies boost (B) agr
44、eements measure (C) adjudications consolidate (D) assumptions inscribe (E) skirmishes limit（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.44.It may be _ to obtain soap that is not antibacterial, given its _ as a household cleansing product, but according to a new study, such products may be a waste of time. (A) difficult ubiqu
45、ity (B) imprudent weakness (C) traditional relevance (D) revolutionary innovation (E) extravagant expense（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.45.The word “civilization“ was just coming into use in the 18th century, in French and in English, when conservative men of letters preferred to avoid it as a newfangled (A) or
46、thography (B) homonym (C) cognomen (D) misnomer (E) neologism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.十、Directions, In each (总题数：9，分数：-9.00)46.SCRIBBLE: WRITE: (A) reflect : contemplate (B) listen : overhear (C) jot : doodle (D) simper : smile (E) glance : ogle（分数：-1.00）A.B.C.D.E.47.ASTRONOMER : TELESCOPE: (A) astrologer
47、 : constellation (B) surgeon : pipette (C) conductor : baton (D) carpenter : trowel (E) cartographer : foolscap（分数：-1.00）A.B.C.D.E.48.POSTSCRIPT : LETTER : (A) inscription: souvenir (B) appendix : textbook (C) foundation : column (D) signature : epistolary (E) dialogue : opera（分数：-1.00）A.B.C.D.E.49.
48、ACT: SCENE: (A) stanza : line (B) comedy : mock (C) poem : assonance (D) ballet : pirouette (E) choir : ensemble（分数：-1.00）A.B.C.D.E.50.TAILOR: SCISSORS: (A) physician : pestilence (B) photographer : tripod (C) butcher : cleaver (D) gardener : hose (E) editor : keyboard（分数：-1.00）A.B.C.D.E.51.SURMOUNT : ABOVE : (A) insert: across (B) permeate : through (C) deviate : toward (D) center: round (E) pursue : straight（分数：
