GRE
填空进阶练习
第一组
1. Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this _____
disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.
(A) restriction (B) license (C) similarity (D) rigidity (E) imperative
2. A human being is quite _____ creature, for the gloss of rationality that covers his or her fears
and _____ is thin and often easily breached.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) A a logical D problems B a frail E insecurity C a valiant F morality
3. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the
eighteenth century, when ______ was valued much more highly than it is today. (A) scent
(B) fragrance (C) beauty (D) elegance (E) color (F) variety
4. The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to ______ federal regulation of
their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer. (A) protest (B) institute (C) deny
(D) encourage (E) disregard
5. The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the
years, has become a very strict form, a literary _____ that permits very little _____.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) A genre D deviation B feature E rigidity
C achievement F grandiloquence
6. Winsor McCay, the cartoonist, could draw with incredible _____: his comic strip about Little
Nemo was characterized by marvelous draftsmanship and sequencing. (A) sincerity (B) efficiency (C) virtuosity (D) rapid (E) energy
7. Some biologists argue that each specifically human trait must have arisen gradually and
erratically, and that it is therefore difficult to isolate definite _____ in the evolution of species. (A) fluctuations (B) generations (C) predispositions (D) milestones (E) manifestations
8. The losing animal in a struggle saves itself from destruction by an act of ______, an act usually
recognized and ______ by the winner.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) A bluffing D condemned B anger E duplicated C submission F accepted
9. Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for the low levels of
serious conflict among members of democratically run work groups: a modicum of tolerance for dissent often prevents _____. (A) demur (B) schism
(C) cooperation (D) compliance
(E) shortsightedness
10. The old man could not have been accused of______ his affection; his conduct toward the child
betrayed his______her.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A promising D adoration of B stinting E sympathy for C lavishing F tolerance of
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