[外语类试卷]GRE(VERBAL)基础填空模拟试卷37及答案与解析.doc
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1、GRE( VERBAL)基础填空模拟试卷 37及答案与解析 SECTION 1 Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as
2、a whole. 1 In a production process that is complex and often unpredictable, roles that start out discretely defined may become quite _. ( A) confused ( B) perfunctory ( C) independent ( D) overt ( E) exacting 2 Though humanitarian emergencies are frequent features of television news, such exposure s
3、eldom _ the public, which rather seems to resign to a sense of impotency. ( A) paralyzes ( B) demoralizes ( C) assuages ( D) galvanizes ( E) exasperates 3 Though the volume of radioactive waste produced by nuclear power plants is_, the problem of how to dispose of that waste is not: rather, it is of
4、 major importance. ( A) unmanageable ( B) troubling ( C) significant ( D) small ( E) deceptive 4 It is a paradox of the Victorians that they were both _ and, through their empire, cosmopolitan. ( A) capricious ( B) insular ( C) mercenary ( D) idealistic ( E) intransigent 5 The idea of a “language in
5、stinct” may seem _ to those who think of language as the zenith of the human intellect and of instincts as brute impulses. ( A) jarring ( B) plausible ( C) gratifying ( D) inevitable ( E) conciliatory 6 Even if he wants to serve again-and given his obvious love for the job, the assumption among insi
6、ders is that he is more likely to stay than go- there is at least _his serving another term. ( A) impediment to ( B) incentive for ( C) precedent for ( D) benefit in ( E) rationale for 7 In protoscientific times (for example, in ancient Greece), claims about the physical world were often accepted as
7、 true if they were reasonable; experimental verification, if thought necessary at all, was _. ( A) utilitarian ( B) perfunctory ( C) egregious ( D) empirical ( E) inductive 8 Instead of demonstrating the _ of archaeological applications of electronic remote sensing, the pioneering study became, to s
8、ome skeptics, an illustration of the imprudence of interpreting sites based on virtual archaeology. ( A) ubiquity ( B) limitation ( C) promise ( D) redundancy ( E) complexity 9 Investors are grateful that the attorney general has stepped in to pursue inquiries into misfeasance in the financial marke
9、ts, given that the regulators officially charged with policing the industry have been _. ( A) diffident ( B) meticulous ( C) straightforward ( D) implacable ( E) tenacious 10 Barring the discovery of new letters, hidden diaries, or the like, fresh information about eminent people is hard to find bec
10、ause their lives have been so intensely _. ( A) ridiculed ( B) scrutinized ( C) admired ( D) embellished ( E) underrated 11 Many creative photographers were delighted to find in instant photography a mode that encouraged them to stop viewing photography as_ and start viewing it as something they cou
11、ld handle with spontaneity, even derision. ( A) sacrosanct ( B) ephemeral ( C) malleable ( D) egalitarian ( E) autonomous 12 Some ethicists worry that a deeper understanding of the brain may be tantamount to_: if we discover that free will is an illusion of neural circuitry, how will we hold people
12、responsible for their actions? ( A) vindication ( B) proscription ( C) ministration ( D) valediction ( E) exculpation 13 A new television documentary focuses on one of the prime ministers defining contradiction, portraying her as a woman who cultivated an image of _, but who liked to live grandly. (
13、 A) irascibility ( B) abstemiousness ( C) contentiousness ( D) insouciance ( E) surreptitiousness 14 Carmens affection for her sister, though not_, was plainly too great to permit a painless departure. ( A) unsteady ( B) ambivalent ( C) careless ( D) unbounded ( E) noticeable 15 While the writer was
14、 best known for her much-ballyhooed _, her impact reached far beyond memorable quips. ( A) pensiveness ( B) drollness ( C) stoicism ( D) fastidiousness ( E) congeniality 16 The paleontologist examined the problem afresh, believing that the accepted classification_ the essential continuity of the spe
15、cimens by making specious distinctions among them. ( A) disproved ( B) belied ( C) conflated ( D) divulged ( E) relaxed 17 The identity of hominid remains found in a cave in the Altai Mountains was_ until Paabo and his colleagues ended the speculation by showing that DNA sequences indicated the bone
16、s belonged to Neanderthals. ( A) extraneous ( B) conjectural ( C) improbable ( D) demonstrable ( E) consistent 18 Unlike some mammals-cows and sheep, for instance-that are notably _, lions have a wide range of facial expressions. ( A) tractable ( B) impassive ( C) solitary ( D) social ( E) sluggish
17、19 History teaches us that science is not _ enterprise, indeed, it is quite the opposite, a motley assortment of tools designed to safeguard researchers against their own biases. ( A) an opportunistic ( B) an anomalous ( C) a haphazard ( D) a collective ( E) a monolithic 20 Politicians who invoke th
18、e founders of the United States in support of their views seem to imply that the founders consistently concurred in their own views when in reality they were a highly _ group of thinkers. ( A) erudite ( B) innovative ( C) predictable ( D) contentious ( E) methodical 21 The space travels described in
19、 science fiction stories always used to be epic adventures, in comparison to which current journals in space seem quite _. ( A) mundane ( B) exciting ( C) dramatic ( D) risky ( E) heroic 22 What once seemed a quixotic vision - the “Subway to the Sea,”connecting Union Station in downtown Los Angeles
20、to the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica - no longer seems quite so _. ( A) impracticable ( B) prescient ( C) banal ( D) viable ( E) beneficial 23 The science of astronomy was begun by amateurs and today remains dependent on their contributions, which are incisive by virtue of being _ by the a priori as
21、sumptions that often vitiate the work of professional research scientists. ( A) characterized ( B) unencumbered ( C) supported ( D) contradicted ( E) inspired 24 By pointing out the self-serving nature of the governors motives for supporting the new health care policy, the columnist implied that the
22、 governors idealistic-sounding explanation of her position on the issue was almost certainly_. ( A) impractical ( B) derivative ( C) simplistic ( D) disingenuous ( E) ineffectual 25 The science communitys perennial lament over inadequate budgets has come to seem increasingly _, because government su
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