gre填空备考资料:大全【Section45】!虽然填空题更多的考查的是单词的用法和精确含义,但是有些题目的句子本身也是很长的,掌握一些小技巧可以帮助大家顺利答题。
Section 45
1. He was so________ during the filming of the movie that crew members nicknamed his “The Angriest Man in the Word”
A. loquacious
B. irascible
C. perfidious
D. sanguine
E. voracious
A. paralyzes
B. demoralizes
C. assuages
D. galvanizes
E. exasperates
3. The benefits offered by information technology do not (i)________the need for individual reasoning; for example, Internet users should not allow the reasoning process to be (ii)________ the mere accumulation of raw data.
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A. disguise D. preceded by
B. signal E. supplemented with
C. diminish F. supplanted by
4. Not only is the field of behavioral genetics strewn with (i)________ finding, but even among those findings managed to survive, many have turned out to be (ii)________ a very restricted class of cases.
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A. convergent D. refuted by
B. disparate E. germane to
C. repudiated F. subordinate to
5. Because the book is largely concerned with an examination of various (i)________ often encountered in contemporary thinking, such as an exaggerated appreciation for meaningless coincidence and a credulous accept of pseudosciences, much of the writing has a (ii)________ quality to it. Nevertheless, it avoids the overly earned scolding tone common to many such endeavors.
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A. inadequacies D. debunking
B. abstractions E. speculative
C. complexities F. generalizing
6. To read Joanna Scott is to admire the work of a (i)________. From sentence to story, she narrates with great skill and (ii)________, so that the reader soon relaxes in the assurance that a hint or a brushstroke delivered in chapter1 will be (iii)________ before the novel comes to an end.
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A. proselytizer D. deliberation G. given import
B. sage E. enthusiasm H. largely forgotten
C. master F. flamboyance I. overwhelmed with details
7. In the northeastern United States, beaver populations had been critically reduce or even________ in large areas at the end of nineteenth century; as a result, several states instituted prohibitions on beaver trapping.
A. diminished
B. extirpated
C. eliminated
D. devalued
E. weakened
F. underrated
8. The _______ of ophthalmology as a field in the United States from 1820 to 1850 is evident in the opening of at least five eye hospitals during this period, offering new venues for ophthalmic treatment and experimentation.
A. sophistication
B. retrenchment
C. burgeoning
D. resurgence
E. curtailment
F. expansion
9. For all the________ the new CEO has received from the press recently, her staff have a decidedly less rosy view of her.
A. encomiums
B. tributes
C. evaluations
D. critiques
E. attention
F. publicity
10. The media have constantly disparaged the governor’s competence and have found a public only too eager to applaud their________.
A. assiduousness
B. stupefaction
C. mockery
D. incredulity
E. certitude
F. derision