2016年9月4日GRE填空真题回顾及解析

2022-05-29 21:10:18

  下面是小编带来的2016年9月4日

  1. His _____ speaking style notwithstanding, William Perkins has long been seen as the moderate face of his political party.

  A.
genteel

  B.
mundane

  C
.affable

  D
.captivating

  E
.vehement

  答案:E

  解析:通过notwithstanding,对后面的moderate取反,因此选E。

  翻译:尽管William Perkins的说话风格是(非常激烈的),在他的党派中,他还是被看做温和的面孔。

  这个题在我们的冲分班讲义,是另一个版本,换汤不换药:

  William Perkins,his _____ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been seen as the moderate face of his political party.

  A.
fiery

  B
.genteel

  C
.bumbling

  D
.unremarkable

  E
.affable

  F
.impassioned

  答案:AF

  解析:同上。

  2. Not all paleontologists agree that connections between the continents were (i)_____ just after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Some hold the view that North America, Asia, and South America had (ii)_____ immediately following the dinosaur extinction, pointing to (iii)_____ between ancient kinds of mammals that existed on all three continents at this time in support of their argument.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
A. significant D. lasting differences G. similarities
B. permanent E. extensive contacts H. intermediaries
C. limited F. trivial likeness I. hostilities
 

  答案:CEG

  解析:通过分析题目,发现空格(ii)和空格(iii)需要一起做,即“两空联动”,并且通过pointing out可以断定,两空方向相同。两个空格的备选项中,可以构成同方向的只有EG,(“有联系”和“相似性”),有同学会认为D和I也是同方向,但是放进去检验,发现陆地之间的“不同”和动物之间的“敌对性”,是没有必然联系的。因此确定后面两个空格为EG。如此,后面的意思就完整了,表达的意思是“陆地之间是有联系的,因为在这些大陆上的不同的动物有一些相似性”。由此推断第一句话表达同样的意思,即“有联系”。因为第一句话前面有not all否定,因此空格处选C,有限的。

  翻译:关于“恐龙灭绝之后,不同陆地之间的联系是局限性的”这一观点,并不是所有的古生物学家都认同。一些人认为,北美、亚洲、南美在恐龙灭绝后立刻出现了广泛的联系。他们指出,这一时期三个陆地上存在的远古哺乳动物之间是有一些相似性的,以此来支持他们的论断。

  3. The stories of silent drama may often have been _____; yet, within those basic outlines, the true artists among silent-film actors could express emotional shadings that had no immediate analogue in language.

  A
.implausible

  B
.incredible

  C
.conventional

  D
.elemental

  E
.rudimentary

  F
.confusing

  答案:DE

  解析:从做题技巧来讲,这个题很简单,即根据第二句话中的those basic outline,前一句话的story同意替换为outline,因此空格处只需要填和basic相同的词即可,选择DE. 从逻辑上分析,句中yet提示句中存在反义逻辑,前后内容取反。后面转折的部分说表演默剧的艺术家had no immediate analogue in language,推断前面应该是有analogue的情况,选择DE.

  4. Though it may seem as if more than a century of _____ has made the electrical grid an all-encompassing web connecting the whole of the continent, many vast and beautiful areas remain without power.

  A.
refinement

  B.
expansion

  C
.ubiquity

  D
.augmentation

  E
.omnipresence

  F
.isolation

  答案:BD

  解析:关键词though, all-encompassing以及后面的remain without power,体现逻辑链完整,因此空格处只要填不改变方向的词即可。看答案发现有两对近义词,一对是BD,一对是CE.并且方向都对。而CE不选的原因是,空格前面的a century of,提示空格处需要一个表示过程的词,而CE表示的是结果,因此不能选。再者说,如果选择CE,表示普遍存在,和后半句中的remain without power 就自相矛盾了。

  5. Progressive and reactionary populist movements are not necessarily _____: each may, and usually does, possess features of the other.

  A
.dichotomous

  B
.untenable

  C
.unsustainable

  D
.contradictory

  E
.subversive

  F
.efficacious

  答案:AD

  解析:两句话之间是冒号连接,提示前后同义重复。后面讲这些movements彼此会具有彼此的特征,即相互联系的。因此前面表示相互联系即可。空格处填“没有联系”这类的词即可。根据推断,选择答案为AD,意思为“对立的”。

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