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GRE填空练习18道题及答案汇总

2012-11-27来源:和谐英语
  SECTION3
  【10】4 I’ve long anticipated this retrospective of the artist’s work, hoping it would make
  (i)_________ judgments about him possible, but greater familiarity with his paintings highlights their inherent (ii)_________ and actually makes one’s assessment(iii)_________ .  

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A modish D gloom G similarly equivocal
B settled E ambiguity H less sanguine
C detached F delicacy I more cynical

  【11】5 Higher energy prices would have many(i)_________ effects on society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more(ii)_________ in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not(iii)_________ at current prices. 

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A pernicious D aggressive G unstable
B counterintuitive E predictable H adaptable
C salubrious F sparing I viable

  【12】6 But they pay little attention to the opposite and more treacherous failing: false certainty, refusing to confess their mistakes and implicitly claiming(i)_________ ,thereby embarrassing the nation and undermining the Constitution, which established various mechanisms of self-correction on the premise that even the wisest men are sometimes wrong and need, precisely when they find it most(ii)_________ , the benefit of(iii)_________ process. 

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A infallibility D discomfiting G an adaptable
B immunity E expedient H a remedial
C impartiality F imminent I an injudicious

  原ETS 官网题目
  【13】It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)_________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to(ii)_________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the(iii)_________ , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet. 

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A overshadowed D enhance G plausibility of our hypotheses
B invalidated E obscure H certainty of our entitlement
C illuminated F underscore I superficiality of our theories

  【14】2006题目 Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (i)___________________, but the most (ii)___________________ of these paintings (iii)___________________ all doubts.

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A partiality D problematic G exculpate
B credulity E successful H assuage
C ambivalence F disparaged I whet

  【15】2007题目 Having displayed his art collection in a vast modernist white space in (i)_______________ former warehouse, Mr. Saatchi has chosen for his new site its polar opposite, a riverside monument to civic pomposity that once housed the local government. There is nothing (ii)_______________ about the new location: the building’s design is bureaucratic baroque, (iii)_______________ style that is as declamatory as a task-force report and as self-regarding as a campaign speech.

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A a decadent D atavistic G an ascetic
B a claustrophobic E spare H a grandiose
C an uNPRepossessing F pretentious I an understated

  PRACTICE BOOK 题目
  【16】That the President manages the economy is an assumption (i)______________ the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are (ii)______________ the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are (iii)______________. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results.

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A peripheral to D justifiably personified in G usually long-lasting
B central to E erroneously attributed to H regrettably unnoticeable
C at odds with F occasionally associated with I largely uNPRedictable

  【17】Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i)______________ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii)________________. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii)_______________ to some extent.

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A controlled D abrasive G compromised
B appreciated E intelligible H eliminated
C employed F ubiquitous I considered

  【18】To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i)_______________, (ii)________________place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii)_______________.

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A impenetrable D a makeshift G resource
B inconsiderable E an uNPRopitious H impediment
C uncultivated F an unremarkable I passage