四!GRE填空重在考察考生对单词的掌握情况,考生要想在做GRE填空题时比较得心应手,就要在备考的过程中对单词多加记忆。接下来小编将为大家带来一些GRE填空练习题来检查一下考生单词的掌握情况。
119.Because of the excellent preservation of the fossil, anatomical details of early horseshoe crabs were for the first time, enabling experts to the evolution of the horseshoe crab.
(A)scrutinized...ensure
(B)verified...advance
(C)identified...distort
(D)obscured...illustrate
(E)clarified...reassess
122.The philosopher claimed that a person who must consciously his or her own indifference before helping another is behaving more nobly than one whose basic disposition allows such an act to be performed without .
(A)feign...enthusiasm
(B)censure...comment
(C)embrace...duplicity
(D)suffer...effort
(E)overcome...deliberation
123.The senator's attempt to convince the public that he is not interested in running for a second term is given the extremely fund-raising activities of his campaign committee.
(A)futile...clandestine
(B)sincere...visible
(C)specious...apathetic
(D)disingenuous...public
(E)straightforward... dubious
124.Although a change in management may appear to a shift in a company's fortunes, more often than not its impact is .
(A)hinder...measurable
(B)promote...demonstrable
(C)accelerate...profound
(D)betray...fundamental
(E)augur...inconsiderable
125.The skeleton of bird that was recently discovered indicated that this ancient creature today's birds in that, unlike earlier birds and unlike reptilian ancestors, it had not a tooth in its head.
(A)a primeval... obscured
(B)a unique... preempted
(C)a primitive...anticipated
(D)a contemporary... foreshadowed
(E)an advanced...differed from
126.While many people utilize homeopathic remedies to treat health problems, other people do not such alternative treatments, conventional medical treatments instead. (A) distrust...employing
(B)embrace...eschewing
(C)reject...envisioning
(D)countenance... relying on
(E)recommend... turning from
127.As businesses become aware that their advertising must the everyday concerns of consumers, their commercials will be characterized by a greater degree of .
(A)allay...pessimism
(B)address...realism
(C)evade....verisimilitude
(D)engage…fancy
(E)change...sincerity
128.Because the lawyer's methods were found to be , the disciplinary committee his privileges.
(A)unimpeachable...suspended
(B)ingenious...withdrew
(C)questionable...expanded
(D)unscrupulous...revoked
(E)reprehensible...augmented
129.People of intelligence and achievement can nonetheless be so and lacking in that they gamble their reputations by breaking the law to further their own ends.
(A)devious...propensity
(B)culpable...prosperity
(C)obsequious...deference
(D)truculent... independence
(E)greedy... integrity
130.A number of scientists have published articles global warming, stating __________ that there is no solid scientific evidence to support the theory that the Earth is warming because of increases in greenhouse gases.
(A)debunking...categorically
(B)rejecting...paradoxically
(C)deploring...optimistically
(D)dismissing...hesitantly
(E)proving...candidly
131.The senator's attempt to convince the public that she is not interested in running for a second term is as as her opponent's attempt to disguise his intention to run against her.
(A)biased
(B)unsuccessful
(C)inadvertent
(D)indecisive
(E)remote
132.MacCrory’s conversation was : she could never tell a story, chiefly because she always forgot it, and she was never guilty of a witticism, unless by accident.
(A)scintillating
(B)unambiguous
(C)perspicuous
(D)stultifying
(E)facetious
133.Despite its many , the whole-language philosophy of teaching reading continues to gain among educators.
(A)detractors...notoriety
(B)adherents...prevalence
(C)critics…currency
(D)enthusiasts...popularity
(E)practitioners… credibility
134.That she was rock climbing did not diminish her to join her friends on a rock-climbing expedition.
(A)attracted to ...eagerness
(B)timid about ... reluctance
(C)fearful of ... determination
(D)curious about ... aspiration
(E)knowledgeable about ... hope
135.Data concerning the effects on a small population of high concentrations of a potentially hazardous chemical are frequently used to the effects on a large population of lower amounts of the same chemical.
(A)verify
(B)redress
(C)predict
(D)realize
(E)augment
136.Conceptually, it is hard to reconcile a defense attorney's to ensure that false testimony is not knowingly put forward with the attorney's mandate to mount the most defense conceivable for the client.
(A)efforts ... cautious
(B)duty ... powerful
(C)inability ... eloquent
(D)failure ... diversified
(E)promises ... informed
137.The term “modern” has always been used broadly by historians, and recent reports indicate that its meaning has become more than ever.
(A)precise
(B)pejorative
(C)revisionist
(D)acceptable
(E)amorphous
138.He would no argument, and to this end he enjoined us to .
(A)brook ... silence
(B)acknowledge ... neglect
(C)broach ... abstinence
(D)fathom ... secrecy
(E)tolerate ... defiance
139.Originally, most intellectual criticism of mass culture was in character, being based on the assumption that the wider the appeal, the more the product.
(A)unpredictable ... undesirable
(B)ironic ... popular
(C)extreme ... outlandish
(D)frivolous ... superfluous
(E)negative ... shoddy
140.Surprisingly, given the dearth of rain that fell on the com crop, the yield of the harvest was ; consequently, the corn reserves of the country have not been ________.
(A)inadequate ... replenished
(B)encouraging ... depleted
(C)compromised ... salvaged
(D)abundant ... extended
(E)disappointing ... harmed