2016年5月21日GRE填空机经
本次考试加试Verbal。逻辑总体比较简单(除sec3第6题),单词基本佛脚词全cover, 一个双空题选项出现新词cupidity, 但是靠排除法可以选出。其中Section 1重复率较高,5-6题来自直通车/冲分讲义,Section2、3每个1-2道原题。
原题(按section 顺序):
1. Glass, by definition, is _____ in its structure: its atoms lack order and are arranged in every which ways.
A. friable
B. refractive
C. malleable
D. amorphous
E. amalgamated
答案:amorphous(无定形的,无明确晶体结构的)
2. Within the culture as a whole, natural science has been so successful that the word scientific is used in (i) ______ manner; it is often assumed that to call something “scientific” is to imply that its reliability has been (ii) ______ by research whose results cannot reasonably be (iii)______.
A. an ironic D. maligned G. exaggerated
B. a literal E. challenged H. anticipated
C. an honorific F. established I. disputed
答案:honorific established disputed
分析:一空描述scientific, 同句中对其正态度successful, 修饰一致性,一空选正向C,二空某件事特征是scientific, 其reliability 加强,选F
三空前有否定词cannot, 方向取反,选I。
3. William Perkins, his _____ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been seen as the moderate fare of his political party.
A. fiery B. genteel C. bumbling
D. unremarkable E. affable F. impassioned
答案:fiery & impassioned
分析:有trigger: notwithstanding, 空格里他的特征要和已知信息moderate(适度的,有节制的)取反,选AF热烈的,充满激情的
4. The economic recovery was somewhat lopsided: (i)______ in some of the industries economics while (ii)______ in others of them.
A. unexpected D. robust
B. feeble E. turbulent
C. swift F. predictable
答案:swift robust
分析:由 lopsided 不平衡知答案选一对反义词。AF, BD 两组备选,由于描述经济恢复情况(都已知),选AF。
新题:1. 他下台是因为他的sheer ____ 是 _____的:他过着非常simple, 朴素的生活。
空一选项:A. callowness(年轻无经验) B. 是个超简单的词,回忆不起来了 C. cupidity(贪心)
空二选项:D. untenable E. predictable F. \
参考答案:cupidity untenable
分析:一空的内容一定要和简朴相关,取同或取反,只能选C,
2. 人们对gorilla有着长期的 ____, 认为他们是savage狂暴,还会攻击没主动惹到他们的人。caricature by S ____ 了这个说法,认为它们在人群里还是非常 ____ 的。
二空选项:introduced dispelled corroborated
参考答案:misunderstanding dispelled tranquil
分析:三空描述gorilla的特征,在原文中有对应,所以先从三空入手,内容确定,方向不定,选狂暴有攻击性的同义或反义词,只有tranquil合适。继而二空选削弱的词dispelled,一空选误解。
3. 尽管艺术作品很多都是被同时代的具有_____ 特征的同行评价的,它们也会被评论家评价。
参考答案:subjective, discriminative
分析:六选二题目。根据句义不是很好预判,从选项入手的。两对广义的同义词,另一对确定不选。