值得仔细做的老GRE填空No.9

Intellectual-and fight from boredom have caused him to rush pell-mell into situations that less-spirits might hesitate to approach.A restlessness. adventurousB agitation. passive5 n5 i5 X8 % r4 j hC resilience. quiescent+ Y9 X; ! t* y0 V% q1 N PD tranquility. versatile% I3 w7 " f- d" g4 g8 ME curiosity. lethargic选 A第一个空可以看出来，是有 fight 的意思的，排除 cde，后面主句说 fight 使他 rush 到一种状态，从句解释这种状态，对于较少的空格精神会 hesitate to approach，这里 rush 和 hesitate 形成对比，说明后面的精神和 he 所有的特质相反，前面 fight 后面就是不 fight，就是 less fight，空格处找 fight 同义词。Restlessness：坐立不安，躁动符号标注：fight 指向空格和两个符号勾起来，两个符号分别跟“rush vs hesitate”“less”连起来。智方面的焦躁不安，加诸对无聊厌倦的逃避，致使他仓促匆忙地一头扎入到那样一些情形中，而那些较缺乏冒险精神的人面临这些情形则有可能踌躇犹豫，避而远之。Science advances in - spiral in that each new conceptual scheme - the phenomena explained by its predecessors and adds to those explanations.(A) a discontinuous . decries(B) a repetitive . vitiates(C) a widening . embrace(D) an anomalous . captures(E) an explosive . questions解答本题主从句之间以"in that"(即等于 because)连接，示意两部分之间的因果关系。在表示原因的题目后半部分中，以 and 连接了两个动词谓语结构，标志着两项原因的存在。与此相对应，在题目前半部分中，"in.spiral" 表示着两项结果 。those explanations=the phenomena explained by its predecessors 同义重复，那么 and 连接的两个动词也是同一个方向，明显排除 ABE。按线索互补的原则，将"adds to those explanations"形容词化后代入空格，则求得(C) widening；名词 spiral 动词化之后代入空格，则求得(C) embraces。词汇decry: 反对，谴责，低毁vitiate: 使变质，使堕落，(使契约等) 无效embrace: 1.拥抱 2.接受，包括，采取anomalous: 不规则的，异常的中译科学以一不断拓宽着的螺旋形这一方式发展，因为每一种全新的概念体系不仅承继旧体系业已解释过的现象，并且在原有的解释上增添新的内涵。Politeness is not a-attribute of humanbehavior, but rather a central virtue, one whosevery existence is increasingly being-by thefaddish requirement to "speak one's mind."superficial. threatenedpervasive. undercut worthless. forestalledprecious. repudiatedtrivial. affected答案：(A)faddish: a.1.喜欢赶时髦的 2.一时流行的superficial: a.1.表面的，外部的，外表的 2.草率粗略的 3.肤浅，浅薄的 undercut: v.1.从下部切开，用浮雕法雕出花样 2.削价以竞争，抢生意第一个空：与 central 反第二个空：礼貌 与 直言不讳（speak one's mind）是对立的两个方面。所以空格应该填否定类词汇。礼貌客气并不是人类行为的一种表面的特征，而是一种主要的美德，而这一美德的存在却正日益受到“有话直说”这一时髦要求的威胁。Consider the universal cannibalism of the sea,all of whose creatures-one another.hide fromferret outprey onglide amongcompete against答案：(C)universal: a.1.宇宙的，全世界的 2.普遍的，全体的 3.通用的，万能的cannibalism: n.吃（人）肉习性，同类相食creature: n.1.创造物 2.生物，动物ferret(out): v.1.用雪貂猎取，追逐 2.搜出，查获prey(on, upon): v.1.（猛禽）捕食，攫食 2.掠持，诈取 3.（疾病）折磨，损害glide: v.1.滑行（动） 2.悄悄地走，流逝，渐变compete: v.1.比赛 2.竞争，对抗不防考虑一下海洋中普遍存在的那种同类相食的现象，海洋中的所有的生物体相互间均会捕食对方。Even though they tended to be-strangers, fifteenth-century Europeans did not automatically associate-and danger.(A) trusting of. diversity)(B) haughty with. nonconformity(C) interested in. enmity(D) antagonistic to. rudeness (E) hostile to. foreignness*后句的空肯定是 stranger 的同义，意思是 E 人没有把 stranger 和 danger 联系起来，那么前句就联系起来了，对 danger 的一个态度是负向的。E 合适d 的第一个空也是对的，是后面 rudeness 没有对应。automatically：自动的，机械的To ensure the development and exploitation of a new technology, there must be a constant_of several nevertheless distinct activities.(A) interplay(B) implementation(C) comprehending(D) improvement(E) exploration不定时表示结果目的所以应该是后面能保证新技术的发展。nevertheless 做副词表示 on another condition,所以与 distinct 反义，选择有联系，选择 AAlthough in eighteenth-century England an active cultural life accompanied the beginning of middle-class consumerism,the- of literary was-% p, K( H" u' |; X1 j2 Lwith the rise of such consumerism in the different areas of the country.A.repudiation D. reconciled 7 1 A/ C1 L' H; s fB. renewal E. compatible; i! 3 L+ z3 U- y' v$ 3 C RC. degree F. uncorrelated前面半句表示 cultural life 与 consumerism 有关，但是有了 although 转折之后后面半句应该是无关，所以第二个空是 uncorrelated，第一个空 a 明显不对， active= tending to become more severe or wider in scope，degree=a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality，在范围上有对应。renewal 用的不好前面没有说他衰退了，故没有 renewal 的可能性，所以b 不对。故答案为 CF。+ I% D& h9 L3 K IThe trainees were given copies of a finished manual to see whether they could themselves begin to_the inflexible, though tacit, rules for composing more of such instructional materials.(A) design(B) revise (C) disrupt(D) standardize(E) derive这题不知道为什么选 derive？我选的是 revise。 。 。不知道哪里有对应，求解答。 。 。推测：跟后面 composing 有关系tacitadj.沉默的; 不言而喻的依法的, 按惯例的培训生拿到的 finished manual 是为了？虽然固定但不言而喻的规则，用这些规则来制定更多的指导文件。这里填推导比设计、标准化更符合意思。解释：a manual= such instructional materials. 同义重复，给你看 finished 是看你能否怎么样 rules 来写更多类似的，这个 material 肯定是有 rule 的，看 finished one 就是为了得到 rule。填 derive这个题的对应真是非常不明显了。Compared mathematically to smoking and driving,almost everthing else seems relatively risk-free,- almost nothing seems worth regulating. 选项分别是 yet since so even though 以及 as long as答案是 so ,这个句子怎么翻译？为什么选 so从数学的角度上比较吸烟和驾驶，其他一切看上去几乎都是没有危险的了，所以没有任何行为是值得来约束的了！ 是因果关系！因为没有危险所以没有约束的必要。相反，你说不值得约束是推不出来没有危险的。Ironically, Carver's precision in sketching lives on the edge of despair ensures that his stories will sometimes be read too narrowly, much as Dickens' social-reformer role once caused his broader concerns to be_.(A) ignored(B) reinforced(C) contradicted(D) diminished(E) diversifiedIronically 说明后面应是二元对立。Narrowly 和 broader 是反方向， 而 much as 表示正如，前后应该保持一致态度，所以后面一空应该填负方向的词。AD 都是负方向，不过解释是说，A 表示人们主观性地遗漏掉他更加广泛的主题。而 diminish 有一种主题消失得感觉，而这种形成于作品中的灵魂是不可能自动消失的。Concern 变得不 concern 就是 ignoreThe demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that.the study of subjects previously thought.as part of school learning.a,advocated .necessaryb,enhanced.indispensablec,restricted.impractical d,undermined.populare,sanctioned.inappropriate*The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum 来自 the progressive rhetoric ，那么必定是该 the progressive rhetoric 宣称 the rigorous academic curriculum 存在各种问题。d 的话，句意不通。e 更为合适While some see in practical jokes a wish for mastery in miniature over a world that seems very_,others believe that the jokes purpose is to disrupt,by reducing all transactions to_ .a.dubious,confusionb.disorderly,symmetryc.harmonious,dissonanced.unruly,chaose.turbulent,uniformitySome vs otherA wish 对应 purposeMastery vs dirupt到这里 主句上的对比已经用完了那么 world 是具有相同属性的，后面说它乱，前面也是乱。Aspartame, a new artificial sugar substitute, isonly-replacement for saccharin because,unlike saccharin, it breaks down and loses itssweetening characteristics at high temperatures,making it-for baking.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A a significant D excellentB an apparent E versatileC a partial F unsuitable后面说了件坏事，前面的评价也是负的In the days before the mass marketing of books, censorship was _source of_, which helped the sale of the book and inspired Ralph Waldo Emerson to remark: "Every burned book enlightens the world".(A) a respected. opinion(B) a constant. guidance(C) a prime. publicity(D) an unnoticed. opposition(E) an unpromising. criticismBorrowing a copyrighted book from a library amounts to a form of theft _ by entrenched custom: the copyright owners property, the book, is used repeatedly without _ for such use.A) engendered. application)B) anticipated . acknowledgmentC) sanctioned . compensation *D) provoked . adjustmentE) perpetrated . permission从图书馆借书是一种（意味着偷窃，但被批准、认可）的约定俗成的规定： 书、版权所有者的财产，都可以被无数次使用而无需赔偿。the notion that a parasite can alter the behavior of a host is not mere fiction; indeed the phenomen is not even.不是 fiction，甚至更不是填一个负向词汇rare imaginable Darwin's method did not really-the idea of race as an important conceptual category; even the much more central idea of species was little more than a theoretical-. A require. convenienceB apply. measurement C exclude. practice D subsume. validation E reject. factD 没有把 idea 作为 an important conceptual category（空格） ，第一空肯定是个正向词汇，前面的否定与 important 形成对应，后面 even，让步更重要更中心的 idea 也不过是理论上的（空格） ，categoryDu Bois' foreign trips were the highlight, not the -, of his travels; he was habitually on the go across and around the United States. A idiosyncrasy B result C precursor D culmination E totalityDu Bois' foreign trips were the highlight, not the -, of his travels; he was habitually on the go across and around the United States. (A) idiosyncrasy(B) result(C) precursor(D) culmination(E) totality前半句谈论国外旅行，后半句谈论国内 go across +国外 around 旅行，所以，前面的不是全部。GRE 是美国的考试 Habitually：习惯于Business forecasts usually prove reasonably accurate when the assumption that the future will be much like the past is-; in times of major-in the business environment, however, forecasts can be dangerously wrong. A specified. discontinuities B questioned. surges C contradicted. improvements D entertained. risks E satisfied. shiftsThere has been a tendency among art historians not so much to revise as to eliminate the concept of Renaissance/ to _not only its uniqueness, but its very existence.not so much to revise as to eliminate 这里的意思是与其说是修改不如说是删除，后面 “to”是表示目的，前面删除后面肯定也是一个负向的词，比如削弱。Contest 质疑争辩 dispute 正好。