GRE填空真题及答案解析：combining

　　Though many avant-garde writers _______ traditional distinctions among literary categories, combining elements of biography and fiction, prose and poetry, this fusion of forms has been slow to catch on with publishers.

　　A. flout

　　B. presuppose

　　C. exploit

　　D. imitate

　　E. illuminate

　　解析

　　答案：A

　　解析：avant-garde的特征是combining，这和traditional distinction是对立关系，所以空格要选一个体现对立的意思的词，正确答案选A选项。flout嘲笑。

　　翻译：尽管很多先锋派作家嘲笑文学类别之间的传统不同，结合了自传，虚构小说，散文和诗歌的所有元素，这个奇怪的结合格式一直不被出版人认可。