GRE模拟试题:美国研究生入学考试试题(四)
Time–30 minutes 38 Questions
1. Because the monkeys under study are ____ the presence of human beings, they typically ____human observers and go about their business.
(A) ambivalent about ... welcome
(B) habituated to ... disregard
(C) pleased with ... snub
(D) inhibited by ... seek
(E) unaware of ... avoid
2. Give he previously expressed interest and the ambitious tone of her recent speeches, the senator's attempt to convince the public that she is not inter- ested in running for a second term is ____.
(A) laudable
(B) likely
(C) authentic
(D) futile
(E) sincere
3. Many of her followers remain ____ to her, and even those who have rejected her leadership are unconvinced of the ____ of replacing her during the current turmoil.
(A) opposed... urgency
(B) friendly... harm
(C) loyal... wisdom
(D) cool... usefulness
(E) sympathetic... disadvantage
4. Unlike many recent interpretations of Beethoven‘s piano sonatas, the recitalist’s performance was a delightfully free and introspective one; nevertheless,it was also, seemingly paradoxically, quite ____.
(A) appealing
(B) exuberant
(C) idiosyncratic
(D) unskilled
(E) controlled
5. Species with relatively ____ metabolic rates, including hibernators, generally live longer than those whose metabolic rates are more rapid.
(A) prolific
(B) sedentary
(C) sluggish
(D) measured
(E) restive
6. Belying his earlier reputation for ____ as a negotiator,Morgan had recently assumed a more ____ stance for which many of his erstwhile critics praised him.
(A) intransigence... conciliatory
(B) impropriety... intolerant
(C) inflexibility... unreasonable
(D) success... authoritative
(E) incompetence... combative
7. Although Irish literature continued to flourish after the sixteenth century, a ____ tradition is ____in the visual arts: we think about Irish culture in terms of the word, not in terms of pictorial images.
(A) rich... superfluous
(B) lively... found
(C) comparable... absent
(D) forgotten... apparent
(E) lost... extant
8. SILVER: TARNISH
(A) gold: burnish
(B) steel: forge
(C) iron: rust
(D) lead: cast
(E) tin: shear
9. DISLIKE: LOATHING
(A) appreciation: gratification
(B) hunger: appetite
(C) void: dearth
(D) pleasure: bliss
(E) pain: ache
10. CRAVEN: HEROIC
(A) unruly: energetic
(B) listless: attractive
(C) volatile: constant
(D) deft: trifling
(E) awkward: amusing
11. FILLY: HORSE
(A) antennae: butterfly
(B) pullet: chicken
(C) gaggle: goose
(D) duck: drake
(E) wasp: bee
12. PITHINESS: APHORISM
(A) craft: art
(B) detail: sketch
(C) illusion: story
(D) exaggeration: caricature
(E) sophistication: farce
13. EPHEMERAL: ENDURING
(A) infirm: healing
(B) insensitive: cooperating
(C) inanimate: living
(D) interminable: continuing
(E) ineffectual: proceeding
14. POSTURER: UNAFFECTED
(A) brat: insolent
(B) hypocrite: perceptive
(C) grouch: respected
(D) bigot: tolerant
(E) rogue: empathetic
15. FACETIOUS: SPEECH
(A) precocious: learning
(B) unbecoming: color
(C) exemplary: conduct
(D) craven: timidity
(E) antic: behavior
16. VAGARY: PREDICT
(A) quotation: misdirect
(B) investigation: confirm
(C) stamina: deplete
(D) turbulence: upset
(E) impossibility: execute
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