GRE填空最新考题剖析和方法解构（二）

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2003年3.15考题
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1. The scientist found it puzzling that his theory encountered ______ despite widespread agreement that it was _______
A.        respect … crucial
B.        dismissal…simplistic
C.        skepticism…unfathomable
D.        opposition…indisputable
E.        acceptance…comprehensive                     
Answer: D
Analysis: This sentence is arranged by the utility of the conjunction “despite” telling us the fact that the content waiting for our supplement is going contrarily in contrast with the latter part, the “widespread agreement”, thus we can cross out immediately the choice A and E. And then no vacillation shall we expect to conjecture the second blank is used to support the anterior “agreement”, which “simplistic” and “unfathomable” all cannot exactly confess. Thereby the answer should belong to the panoply of choice D.

2. The rate at which soil can absorb water ______ with continuous wetting, so the longer a ______ lasts, or the greater the rate of precipitation, the higher the percentage of water that will flow across the ground as runoff and enter stream channels.
A.        rises… deluge
B.        diminishes… drought
C.        increases… shower
D.        decreases… rainstorm
E.        stabilizes…thaw                              
Answer: D
Analysis: Thank goodness! The crucial breakthrough can easily be made from the second blank, followed which is an apposition precisely indicating us the word necessary to fulfill this situation is the synonym of “precipitation” under the control of “longer” and “greater”. Then which one of the choices can supplant the “precipitation”. Right! Rainstorm can do it, and pick up D at ease!

3. The ideas expressed in the art historian’s book are more_____ than one would expect on the basis of her rather _____ treatment of her subject in the opening pages.
A.        compelling… intriguing
B.        accessible… recondite
C.        hidebound… reactionary
D.        insightful… innovative
E.        dispassionate… evenhanded                    
Answer: B
Analysis: The structure of the sentence is facilitated to grasp under the clues of “more than”, which intimates us the first blank and the second one constitute a pair of antonym, only then can we understand the particularly surprising tone of the writer tending to express. Hence let us give up the naïve intention like before to infer further to fix on a narrower range to make up our sensible choice but to begin to scan each of the five choices, searching for a pair of conspicuous antonyms. And B is perfect. The other four is easily to exclude for their attributes of synonyms.

4 The meeting on environmental issues produced ____ discussion but no commitment on a plan of action: the many uncertainties surrounding global climatic change and the huge cost of efforts to limit it made the policymakers ____.
A.        little… voluble
B.        heated… contentious
C.        cordial… quarrelsome
D.        frustrating… affable
E.        interminable… businesslike                    
Answer: B
Analysis: First, let us to primarily consider the first blank from the foothold of the tightly followed ingredient “but no commitment”, which help us to narrow the packet of possible choices in the realm of B, C and E. A and D cannot construct the atmosphere of “but” transition. Next, we read through the concomitant explanation of the acerbic fruit of “no commitment”, and the second blank requires our resonance with the policymakers restricted by the regulations listed above. Let us sift the three alternatives. The word “quarrelsome” is improper here for describing the controversial views harbored by different persons but emphasizes the shadow of anger and aggression gratuitous in this sentence. And too “businesslike” is entirely contrary to what the author intends to tell us, the couples of limitations enforced these policymakers to astray into a deadlock. So “contentious” in the choice B best to portray the picture of heated discussion and the dilemma lay in front of them, thus comes the right response.

5.Art that endures often makes an initially disturbing impact: the profound experience that such art seeks to provoke necessarily engenders a certain____.
A.        familiarity
B.        ennui
C.        upheaval
D.        intimacy
E.        tranquility                                 
Answer: C
Analysis: Another example to reveal the exact principle prevalent in sentence completion----“echo”. Vividly speaking, the sparkled word in the first part of this sentence, “disturbing” will lead us to the plinth of the correct response, under the game rule of “echo” for maintaining the integrity of the uniform meaning a single sentence can express. C is the proper one equivalent with the adjective of “disturbing”.

6. The history of film reflects the ____ inherent in the medium itself: film combines still photographs to represent continuous motion and, while seeming to present life itself, can also offer impossible and dreamlike unrealities.
A.        trivialities
B.        biases
C.        constraints
D.        paradoxes
E.        liabilities                              
Answer: D
Analysis: An apropos noun is demanded for our dealing to caulk the hiatus in this sentence. To ease our workload and enlighten the sensible direction, the next part of the sentence all focus their limited energy onto the elucidation of this particular noun. The purpose and meaning of the latter part is patent, film mirrors a continuous picture of life simultaneously contravening the fundamental principles of real life, then what the characteristic the author tends to intimate us? Think about it! Yeah, the condition of paradox, and D is attached to the essence of the sentence.

7. The ____ with which the politician peppers her speeches are so memorable that many people think of her as being far more ____ than she in fact is.
A.        superlatives… egalitarian
B.        pejoratives…optimistic
C.        examples… soporific
D.        diatribes… censorious
E.        malapropisms… straightforward              
Answer: D
Analysis: The two blanks here have the relationship of collocation, which can be concocted into a couple of analogy. The very finesse the speaker used in her talk makes it what far more than it really is. Then A, B and E is essentially opposite, which cannot be correct. And C, the word “soporific” is gratuitous out of any form of clues’ support. Thereby D is the right answer, “censorious” is reasonably in accordance with the object “diatribes”.

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