1、GRE-70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.It is the mark of an educated mind to rest_with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject_and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible. (A) satisfiedly admits (B) convi
2、vially assumes (C) fitfully allows (D) contentedly rejects (E) sporadically entails（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.2.The_employed in this book is overly flamboyant, _the scientific proof intended to corroborate it. (A) structure exaggerating (B) organization simplifying (C) rhetoric inflating (D) hypothesis outd
3、istancing (E) explanation galvanizing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.3.His undoubtedly aggressive behavior only served to further endear him to all who had dealings with him, for they recognized that behind the_facade, there beat a compassionate heart. (A) restrictive (B) self-pitying (C) hospitable (D) retiring
4、 (E) bellicose（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.4.Scientists have acknowledged that to interpret an animals thought processes in a sound manner requires a heavy dose of_from our own mental patterns, which we access (A) estimation vicariously (B) calculation egotistically (C) guesswork methodically (D) inference in
5、trospectively (E) skepticism analogously（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.5.Childhood memoirs often gain their poignancy through a sense of displacement: each lesson in experience is accompanied by a loss of_. (A) perspective (B) innocence (C) veracity (D) pessimism (E) probity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.6.The medias depic
6、tion of America as a drug-ridden society is not only_, but leads to bad policy, for the tendency of some leaders to conflate both innocuous and serious drug abuse into_and dreadful statistic is often motivated by nothing more than paranoia. (A) contemptuous an accurate (B) dishonest a secret (C) res
7、ilient a realistic (D) inaccurate a single (E) remorseful a unified（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.7.As a genre the musical has a great deal to_it: its dramatic rhythmic beats of alternating failure and success are_to the musical form, and the singing and dancing emerge naturally from the story. (A) occupy inimi
8、cal (B) recommend apposite (C) distract unknown (D) encumber endemic (E) abet exogamic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.三、Directions: In each (总题数：9，分数：9.00)8.CISTERN : LIQUIDS : (A) cantilever : crowbar (B) stalagmite: grotto (C) landfill : refuse (D) armory : countermeasures (E) breviary : wildlife（分数：1.00）A.B.C
9、.D.E.9.BREVITY : EPIGRAM: (A) pith : epitaph (B) wit : ode (C) paucity: diatribe (D) fame : aphorism (E) distortion : caricature（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.10.CAVIL : CRITICIZE: (A) chafe : scrub (B) entice : lure (C) mandate : require (D) inundate : deluge (E) assume : suppose（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.11.WARNING :
10、 ADMONITORY : (A) decision : ambiguous (B) alibi : exculpatory (C) deformity : congenital (D) stratagem : antagonistic (E) analysis : holistic（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.12.DEHYDRATE: WATER: (A) infiltrate : insecurity (B) wither : vitality (C) ossify : strength (D) desecrate : piety (E) contaminate : viabil
11、ity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.13.EARMARK : FUNDS : (A) identify : culprit (B) export : product (C) schedule : time (D) embezzle : bursar (E) adjourn : meeting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.14.INSURGENT : REBEL : (A) architect : renovate (B) fallacy : distract (C) quartermaster : maintain (D) private : marshal (E) provo
12、cateur : agitate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.15.CONDENSATION : APHORISM : (A) subversion: assertion (B) invention: neologism (C) exaggeration : caricature (D) truncation : heuristics (E) extradition : legislation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.16.ADDENDUM : DOCUMENT: (A) duplication : original (B) postscript : letter (C)
13、correspondence : epistolary (D) canon : apocrypha (E) epigraph : preface（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.四、Directions: Each pas(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Feminist critics hav(总题数：4，分数：4.00)17.The passage provides information that answers which of the following questions? (A) In what tradition do feminist critics usually pl
14、ace Dorothy Allison? (B) What are the main themes found in the fiction of Dorothy Allisons post-modern contemporaries? (C) What political values does Allison attempt to address through her fiction? (D) What views does Allison hold concerning the production of narratives of the commonplace in womens
15、literature? (E) How was the development of Allisons fiction affected by the arrogance of modernist essentialism?（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.18.The passage suggests which of the following about Dorothy Allisons work?. Non-feminist writers have been less successful in producing historically situated narratives
16、. Allisons fiction successfully negotiates between essentialist arrogance and a reactionary response. Allison is more interested in her female antagonists than male protagonists, as characters. (A) only (B) only (C) and only (D) and only (E) , and （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.19.The author mentions womens “cu
17、lpability in her protagonists predicaments“ most likely in order to illustrate (A) the extent to which Allisons characters have been marginalized by totalizing forces and ideas (B) Allisons gift for rendering the moral complexity of women that allows them to commit both good and evil acts (C) the sc
18、ope and variety of the female characters found in Allisons body of fiction (D) the degree to which Allison embraces the notion of feminist literature as deriving from a tradition of negativity and reaction (E) the strength of the political interests Allison expresses through her characters（分数：1.00）A
19、.B.C.D.E.20.It can be inferred from the passage that the author views the transcendent justification through literature as a concept that (A) derives from a negative stance toward feminism (B) predates the birth of postmodernism as a literary movement (C) encourages writers to tell humdrum stories (
20、D) limits the construction of morally complex characters (E) contributes to the politicization and historical orientation of texts（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.六、Darwin proposed the (总题数：7，分数：7.00)21.Which of the following illustrative devices is NOT used in the passage? (A) A contrast of different points of v
21、iew (B) An analogy that seeks to illustrate (C) An example of a theorys applications (D) Expostulation of a theorys predictions (E) Repetition of key ideas and expressions（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.22.According to the passage, theorists throughout history have considered all of the following as possible rea
22、sons for the ornamentation of male plumage EXCEPT (A) Adornment attracts females on the basis of unconscious aesthetic preferences, increasing their evolutionary advantage. (B) Adornment attracts females to males who resemble their preferred food source, thus contributing to the mating process. (C)
23、Adornment among males signifies heightened physical activity to females, thereby indicating evolutionary superiority. (D) Adornment reduces the amount of energy necessary to frighten rival males, thereby conserving resources. (E) Adornment in plumage frightens rivals away from a limited food source,
24、 thereby ensuring a dominant males survival.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.23.It may be inferred from the passage that the most recently accepted theory of peafowl “eyespots“ contradicts, in particular, the ideas of (A) Jacobs (B) Wallace (C) Austin (D) Darwin (E) Huxley（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.24.The passage is prim
25、arily concerned with (A) contrasting the role of domination and courtship in determining the evolution of bird plumage (B) illustrating the effectiveness of a particular approach to categorizing various evolutionary innovations (C) documenting the origins of a currently accepted scientific theory ab
26、out food and courtship (D) proposing a new explanation for the evolutionary reasons behind the ornamentation of male bird plumage (E) showing that physical adaptation plays an integral role in contributing to species identification of birds（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.25.The passage suggests that a semblance
27、between a species plumage and the food available in a given ecological niche (A) is an evolutionary advantage because it allows the males and females of the species to forage for food more efficiently (B) is an evolutionary advantage because it tends to permit the isolation of the species population
28、, thus increasing food supply (C) is an evolutionary advantage because it reduces the necessity for rivalry between males of different species by helping identify females (D) is an evolutionary advantage because it minimizes the amount of energy necessary for the courtship process (E) is an evolutio
29、nary advantage because it provides a marker for the species territory, thus reducing the energy necessary for controlling the niches food supply（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.26.According to the passage, which of the following determines the shape and coloring of the plumage of a given species of bird within a
30、given ecological niche? (A) The emergence of a competing species who rely upon the same food source as the first species (B) The physical appearance of the food supply available in the niche to the given species (C) The ability of the first species to collect and make use of the nutritional properti
31、es of the food within in the niche (D) The physical appearance of rival males within the species who compete for both the same food supply and females (E) The physiological effects on fertility of the food available in the niche（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.27.Which of the following, if true, would provide the
32、 best proof of the food-courtship theory developed by Austin? (A) The crested guan has a red throat pouch, giving the impression to its mate that the throat contains a red fruit found in its niche. (B) The blue bowerbird spreads food of the same color around his nest, teaching its female young to id
33、entify the food as nutritious. (C) Insect-eating birds are less successful from an evolutionary perspective than birds which bear resemblance and subsist upon bright fruit. (D) The purple finch relies upon a variety of food sources, but the most nutritious food for birds general happens to be the sa
34、me color as the finchs coat. (E) A species of endangered sparrows resembles a food source no longer available in its niche, but the species continues to survive.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.七、Directions: Each que(总题数：11，分数：11.00)28.ABEYANCE: (A) discussion (B) excitement (C) continuance (D) certitude (E) obed
35、ience（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.29.TEETOTALISM: (A) patriotism (B) bigotry (C) overindulgence (D) tendency (E) broadmindedness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.30.ANARCHY : (A) discipline (B) significance (C) civility (D) trust (E) impartiality（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.31.EXTANT: (A) additional (B) removable (C) broad (D) vanish
36、ed (E) irrelevant（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.32.PUNGENCY: (A) tastelessness (B) impassiveness (C) unimportance (D) monotony (E) repetitiveness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.33.DIVESTITURE: (A) sponsor (B) domination (C) discussion (D) endorsement (E) attainment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.34.DISPATCH: (A) dislike (B) obliviousnes
37、s (C) peacefulness (D) abnormality (E) unhurriedness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.35.SPIRITUAL: (A) corrupt (B) corporeal (C) metaphorical (D) assorted (E) transient（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.36.ENDORSE: (A) resist openly (B) incite disapproval (C) execute speedily (D) acquiesce reluctantly (E) obtain money（分数：1.00）A.
38、B.C.D.E.37.METAMORPHOSIS: (A) diverse activity (B) recurring movement (C) pause from pressure (D) prolongation without alteration (E) rigid determination（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.38.TRACTABILITY: (A) doubtfulness (B) impassability (C) sterility (D) persistence (E) tirelessness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.八、SECTION 2
39、(总题数：0，分数：0.00)九、Directions: Each sen(总题数：7，分数：7.00)39.It is odd that many philosophers argue in support of meritocracy that a persons worth to society is measured by their wealth, when instead peoples_should be measured by their_to society. (A) affluence contribution (B) behavior adjustment (C) rep
40、utation consideration (D) ardor benevolence (E) character value（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.40.In no sense_, the billionaires fortunes survived yet another financial panic that saw the bankruptcy of thousands of more prudent investors. (A) realistic (B) immutable (C) mercurial (D) impecunious (E) considerable
41、（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.41.A serious critic faces a dilemma: he must recognize the artistic element of uniqueness that_subjective reaction; yet he must not be unduly_by such a reaction. (A) requires prejudiced (B) denies limited (C) warrants repelled (D) invalidates attracted (E) repudiates approbated（分数
42、：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.42.Politicians, activists and parents owe it to their children to_educational opportunity, whether that means confronting school boards to_ better-trained teachers, forming charter schools, or going to court to ensure equality of funding for schools in poor areas. (A) appraise intere
43、st (B) increase replenish (C) investigate discover (D) question impugn (E) equalize demand（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.43.The discoveries of the social sciences, once isolated and labeled, are_conventional wisdom, whereupon they_their distinctiveness as scientific advances, being for this reason less likely t
44、han other intellectual enterprises to establish unique identities. (A) rejected by establish (B) confirmed by consolidate (C) disproved by display (D) incorporated into lose (E) absorbed by gain（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.44.This confounding issue_activists across the board: even when a movement does have sp
45、ecific demands and recommendations, the media and the status quo _acknowledge them. (A) angers frequently (B) confronts judiciously (C) puzzles rarely (D) applies to seldom (E) unites passionately（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.45.Many politicians are characterized by an inconsistency of platform during crises,
46、to the extent that they are rarely _ encouraging and _similar behavior in their colleagues. (A) averse to facilitating (B) abhorrent of foreshadowing (C) confident about dissuading (D) diffident in triggering (E) radical about quelling（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.十、Directions: In each (总题数：9，分数：9.00)46.MAVEN
47、: EXPERIENCE : (A) siren : intensity (B) brigand : disloyalty (C) provocateur : reticence (D) luminary : eminence (E) firebrand : idealism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.47.CABAL : ASSOCIATION : (A) archbishop : archdiocese (B) mansion : palace (C) factory : manufacturer (D) plot : plan (E) confrontation : spat（
48、分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.48.MELLIFLUOUS: SOUND : (A) raucous : voice (B) ambrosial : taste (C) furious : anger (D) olfactory : scent (E) insipid : apathy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.49.NIL: QUANTITY: (A) quandary : restriction (B) vacuum: matter (C) cipher : confusion (D) quorum : presence (E) paradox : truth（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.50.CONVOLUTED : COMPLEXITY : (A) immutable : temporality (B) tra
