1、GRE-47及答案解析(总分：76.00，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.In spite of the_frequently observed in honeybee colonies, individual honeybees are characterized by_to a surprising extent. (A) determinism instinct (B) cooperation autonomy (C) cleanliness salubriousnes
2、s (D) aggression self-interest (E) infighting chaos（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.2.In contemporary usage, continents are understood to be large, continuous, _ masses of land, for they are almost always separated by expanses of water. (A) elevated (B) arable (C) identified (D) irregular (E) discrete（分数：1.00）A.B
3、.C.D.E.3.How any fetus survives gestation has baffled scientists for decades: the embryos tissues are half foreign and yet, unlike_organ transplant, it isnt normally rejected. (A) an adaptive (B) a mismatched (C) a successful (D) an obdurate (E) a preplanned（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.4.Real body fluids, lik
4、e those between our ceils, are less_than the model fluids that the researchers have used so far, and thus may introduce complications. (A) experimental (B) tested (C) numerous (D) unresponsive (E) foreboding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.5.These so-called facts are the product of considerable_in the analysis an
5、d exposition of statistical data, a sly attempt at giving the conclusions_credibility. (A) research a deserved (B) doctrines a lesser (C) authority a greater (D) artistry superficial (E) tenets specious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.6.This division of science into two distinct cultural traditions, located in di
6、fferent types of institution, is highly_, but in recent years these two cultures have begun to_one another. (A) influential disregard (B) unlikely join (C) suspect benefit (D) propitious separate from (E) pronounced merge with（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.7.Because of the_of alternative therapy in the West, Ch
7、inese physicians have greater confidence that the Chinese remedies with natural herbs are effective. (A) truthfulness (B) decocting (C) panacea (D) intrusion (E) efficacy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.三、Directions: In each (总题数：9，分数：9.00)8.DIMINUENDO : SOUND : (A) wavelength : voice (B) rarefaction: definition
8、(C) volume : smallness (D) ritardando : tempo (E) interruption : pattern（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.9.INCREDIBLE :BELIEVE : (A) elaborate : embellish (B) pompous : impress (C) indubitable: doubt (D) unmarred : defect (E) rigorous : comply（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.10.KNEEPAD : INJURY : (A) motive : frustration (B) m
9、edicine: fitness (C) amulet: evil (D) distraction : apprehension (E) tuxedo: conceit（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.11.RESCIND : STATUTE : (A) inculpate : verdict (B) renew: amelioration (C) revoke : license (D) praise : retribution (E) infringe : estate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.12.LARGE : GARGANTUAN : (A) drenched : h
10、umid (B) moist : saturated (C) critical : detrimental (D) cylindrical : rotund (E) pliant: porous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.13.TRICKLE : GUSH: (A) sprint : trot (B) repeal : rescind (C) skid : hydroplane (D) sip : swill (E) disappear : evanesce（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.14.INTRIGUED : ENRAPTURED: (A) respectful: re
11、verent (B) sacrosanct : impious (C) conscientious : alarmed (D) serene : mellow (E) anodyne : pleasant（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.15.CONFIDENCE : ARROGANCE : (A) timidity : reticence (B) salubriousness : salaciousness (C) frugality : miserliness (D) invincibility: successfulness (E) mirth : splendor（分数：1.00）
12、A.B.C.D.E.16.DOCENT: TOUR: (A) comedian : prop (B) philosopher : inspiration (C) chef : kitchen (D) guide : safari (E) surveyor : land（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.四、Directions: Each pas(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Through the very sym(总题数：4，分数：4.00)17.According to the passage, feminist art-production in the 1980s was typ
13、ified by which of the following? (A) an open liberality toward social freedoms (B) a rejection of openly political art (C) a male-dominated perspective (D) less effective didactic art (E) more irrational fears than in art of previous decades（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.18.It can be inferred from the passage t
14、hat an example of Hunters pre-1980s artwork would most likely be which of the following? (A) A painting of a mob of women rioting (B) A performance with a woman working in a kitchen (C) A mock commercial questioning womens right to workplace equality (D) A sculpture meant to represent the artists su
15、bconscious forces (E) A political manifesto demanding greater rights for women（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.19.The argument of the passage best supports which of the following contentions concerning political art? (A) It has been considered to be more effective in producing change among certain political class
16、es than among others. (B) Aesthetic judgments of artists are often positively reinforced by the political views of their critics. (C) Judgments of the value of an artists work made by his or her critics must be discounted before a true judgment can be made. (D) In order to be highly regarded, an art
17、ist cannot be solely identified with one particular degree of political consciousness in her artwork. (E) Flexibility is the most valuable quality a political artist can have in maintaining the longevity of her career.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.20.If Hunters artistic work were to return to its earlier polit
18、ical forum, assessments of it would be likely to contain which of the following? (A) An evaluation that accords high status to her work (B) Acknowledgement of her political acumen but dismissal of her subject matter as contentious (C) Agreements with assessments made prior to the 1980s but acknowled
19、gments of the evolution in her art work (D) Placement of her among the foremost artists of the pre-1980s (E) A reclassification of her work as psychoanalytical rather than political（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.六、Scientists researchi(总题数：7，分数：7.00)21.It can be inferred that researchers abandoned the skeptical
20、“vivid imagination“ hypothesis because (A) a new and more attractive hypothesis was suggested (B) no research was reported that supported the hypothesis (C) research results provided evidence to counter the hypothesis (D) the hypothesis was supported only by Szechtmans study, and not McGlashans (E)
21、the level of technical expertise in the field of hypnosis research did not permit adequate testing of the hypothesis（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.22.Which of the following best describes the organization of the argument that the author of the passage presents in the last two paragraphs? (A) Two approaches to t
22、esting a hypothesis is described, and the greater merits of each approach are compared. (B) The assumptions underlying a hypothesis are outlined, and evidence for and against the hypothesis is discussed. (C) A phenomenon is described, and hypothesis concerning its occurrence are considered and rejec
23、ted. (D) The reasoning behind a hypothesis is summarized, evidence supporting the hypothesis is presented, and research that counters the supporting evidence is described. (E) A hypothesis is discussed, evidence supporting the hypothesis is revealed and qualified, and a working model derived from th
24、e hypothesis is suggested.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.23.Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? (A) Research has suggested that positron emission tomography will soon answer most skeptical objections the existence of the phenomenon of hypnosis. (B) Researchers have spent an adequ
25、ate amount of time allaying skepticism concerning the effects of hypnosis, though more needs to be understood. (C) Research results strongly suggest that hypnosis techniques, especially those that create pain relief, may have a medicinal value in the future. (D) Researchers have recently made valuab
26、le discoveries concerning the potential of hypnosis in creating auditory hallucinations. (E) Researchers have failed to present incontrovertible evidence that skeptical explanations of the hypnosis phenomenon are unwarranted.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.24.The research described in the passage is primarily co
27、ncerned with answering which of the following questions? (A) How can researchers reproduce the useful effects of hypnosis in a medical setting? (B) How are experiments devoted to disproving the “vivid imagination“ objection to hypnosis different from those devoted to disproving the “placebo effect“
28、thesis? (C) What research guarantees the reality of the effects that hypnosis has on brain activity, and what is their causal mechanism? (D) What technical advances have permitted researchers to reject skeptical explanations of the phenomenon of hypnosis? (E) What relationship does brain activity ha
29、ve to the subjective experience of the hypnosis phenomenon?（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.25.Which of the following best defines “higher brain centers“ (line 40) as the term is used in the passage? (A) The parts of the brain known as the somatosensory cortex, where the sensations of pain are processed (B) The p
30、arts of the brain whose function is to distinguish the sensory aspects of pain from it suffering aspect (C) The parts of the brain associated with pain, which appear to be insusceptible to placebo effects (D) The parts of the brain that are less active in poorly hypnotizable subjects than in easily
31、hypnotizable subjects (E) The part of the brain known as the anterior cingulate cortex, whose activity is suppressed by hypnosis（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.26.According to the passage, which of the following is one of the primary factors that led researchers studying hypnosis to compare auditory hallucinatio
32、ns and imagined sounds? (A) The high level of realism involved in auditory hallucinations but not in the experience of external sounds (B) The fact that both auditory hallucinations and simple imagining are generated by the research subject (C) The observed similarities between visual and auditory h
33、allucinations in hypnotized subjects (D) The blood flow in areas activated by simple imagining but not by auditory hallucination (E) The tendency of the hallucinating brain to behave much like the brain at rest and unexposed to auditory stimulus（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.27.The authors attitude toward some
34、researchers thesis that hypnotic pain relief is distinct from a placebo effect can best be described as one of (A) complete agreement (B) reluctant support (C) subtle condescension (D) irreverent dismissal (E) strong opposition（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.七、Directions: Each que(总题数：11，分数：11.00)28.RANKLE: (A)
35、inveigle (B) approve (C) employ (D) appease (E) broaden（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.29.PREPOSTEROUS: (A) cowardly (B) reasonable (C) unassuming (D) theoretical (E) tedious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.30.COALESCE: (A) proliferate (B) disperse (C) debilitate (D) interrupt (E) harden（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.31.SUMMARY: (A) exte
36、nded (B) mitigating (C) ostensible (D) unsubstantiated (E) minimal（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.32.EXHILARATE: (A) criticize (B) diminish (C) implicate (D) disprove (E) depress（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.33.EXCRETE: (A) ingest (B) decide carefully (C) unite firmly (D) damage (E) arrest（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.34.EXOTIC: (A)
37、native (B) dispensable (C) taciturn (D) embedded (E) indisputable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.35.STRATIFY: (A) homogenize (B) mature (C) condense (D) reproduce (E) exalt（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.36.CIRCUMVENTION: (A) direct speech (B) requirement (C) direct meeting (D) without concentration (E) chief method（分数：1.00）
38、A.B.C.D.E.37.VIRTUOSITY: (A) venomousness (B) variability (C) depravity (D) mediocrity (E) trepidation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.38.DISGORGE: (A) encompass (B) bury (C) substitute (D) ingest (E) coagulate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.八、SECTION 2(总题数：0，分数：0.00)九、Directions: Each sen(总题数：7，分数：7.00)39.In the_era of the R
39、egency, she alone portended the Victorian ideal to come, which was to consist of Puritanism, frugality, and high morality. (A) exalted (B) decadent (C) foregone (D) contentious (E) gingerly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.40.The storyline of the novel was extremely involved and included many lesser characters _to
40、 the central events. (A) consequential (B) coeval (C) peripheral (D) indispensable (E) permeating（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.41.Despite the fact that the life span of animals is conveniently divided into separate stages, including the prenatal, adolescent, and senescent, these periods are not truly_. (A) co-
41、dependent (B) reflexive (C) distinct (D) coterminous (E) continuous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.42.British political scientists once had difficulty understanding how the unbalancing effects of affording greater representation to the wealthy was once the means of preserving the_of the commonwealth. (A) charact
42、er (B) equipoise (C) affluence (D) discontent (E) rectitude（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.43.Today, politicians everywhere routinely_their pledges of reliable leadership in the belief that any problem can be_by short-term fixes, spin doctors or character assassination. (A) renege on solved (B) repeal worsened (
43、C) defer exacerbated (D) observe ameliorated (E) deny confused（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.44.In_market for skilled labor, corporations are increasingly buying homes for hot new hires, a_once reserved for top executives. (A) a diminished perk (B) a nuanced benefit (C) a competitive perquisite (D) a specialize
44、d surcharge (E) an expanding remonstrance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.45.There was little to suggest Popper s future eminence until he came within the _of the Vienna Circle, the renowned group of philosopher-scientists whose _was to replace traditional metaphysics with the clean worldview of modern science. (
45、A) ken wisdom (B) ambit mission (C) control caprice (D) sphere downfall (E) sights ancestry（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.十、Directions: In each (总题数：9，分数：9.00)46.CRONYISM : FRIENDSHIP : (A) altruism : self (B) chauvinism : militarism (C) nemesis: ego (D) nepotism : kinship (E) idealism: notion（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E
46、.47.SUGGEST: URGE: (A) appeal : contemplate (B) utter : murmur (C) irk: enrage (D) appease : tranquilize (E) linger: forebode（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.48.NERVE: SENSATION: (A) stalk : plant (B) incident : correspondent (C) antenna : signal (D) telephone: receiver (E) milk : cheese（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.49.DEEP
47、 : PROFOUND : (A) sticky : fluid (B) verbose : sturdy (C) pliant : grotesque (D) cold : gelid (E) pellucid : opaque（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.50.REHABILITATE: ADDICTION: (A) succor : wound (B) persist : desolation (C) disregard : defect (D) slander: renown (E) identify : distinction（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.51.BOO
48、R : SENSITIVITY: (A) peddler : marketing (B) bettor : chance (C) yokel : sophistication (D) vagabond : orientation (E) introvert : grace（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.52.URBANE: POLISH: (A) resolute : hesitancy (B) blunt : hostility (C) feigned : vigilance (D) decorous : propriety (E) parsimonious : liberality（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.53.SYNOPSIS: CONCISENESS : (A) dilution : concentration (B) solution : solvency (C) tincture : flavor (D) distillate : purity (E) waveleng
