【精华汇总】GRE填空真题大放送之现代主义作曲家

SECTION 1

1. The composer has never courted popularity: her rugged modernism seems to defy rather than to

________ the audience.

A. ignore

B. discount

C. woo

D. teach

E. cow

2. The sight of a single actor portraying several characters in the same scene is no longer a shock to the average moviegoer, such special- effects trickery having become so ________.

A expensive

B specialized

C sinister

D commonplace

E unreliable

3. The figure-skating pair’s convincing victory last week was particularly ________ to their rivals. who were in peak form and complained privately about the judging. That the pair won when their rivals were _______ too is also impressive.

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A unsurprising D terrific

B irksome E nervous

C gratifying F inconsistent

4. In his initial works, the playwright made physical disease _______  factor in the action; from this, his early critics inferred that he had a predilection for focusing on _______ subject matter.

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A a pivotal D recondite

B a nonexistent E uncomplicated

C an obscure F morbid

5. We have yet to _______ the assessment of Canada’s biodiversity. Most of the vertebrates have been assessed, but our challenge will be the assessment of invertebrates and plants. This task is ________ not only because of the high number of species, but also because of the diversity, each species requiring a different approach.

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A initiate D repetitious

B complete E trivial

C limit F daunting

6. The company’s efforts to improve safety were apparently _______, at least according to the company’s own data, which showed that the ________ incidents with the potential to cause a serious accident declined significantly. Nevertheless, independent analysts argue that those statistics are _______. These analysts maintain that the company has consistently underestimated both the probability and the likely effects of accidents in the sensitive and poorly understood environment in which the company is operating.

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A innovative D frequency of G deceptive

B successful E impediments to H testable

C frustrated F attention to I consistent

7. In The simple Soybean, the author is much less restrained in his enthusiasm for the bean’s medical efficacy than he is in his technical writings, but he still cautions against treating soy as a _________. A staple

B supplement

C herald

D panacea

E cure-all

F harbinger

8. Parkin’s characterization of the movement as Neo-Scholastic is too ________ to be accepted without further investigation.

A cursory

B detailed

C perfunctory

D biased

E self-evident

F complete

8. A recent study suggests that vitamin E supplements, despite widespread belief in their _________, are no better than sugar pills for delaying the onset of the degenerative disease.

A potential

B misuse

C popularity

D efficacy

E prevalence

F usefulness

10. Despite her relaxed and flexible style, Ms. de la Fressange is _______ businesswoman who knows to market her brand: herself.

A a ruthless

B a creative

C a canny

D an industrious

E a shrewd

F an effective

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SECTION 2

1.  Early studies often concluded that the public was _______ the propagandistic influence of mass communications, but one recent study indicates that, on the contrary, mass communications seldom produce marked changes in social attitudes or actions.

A unaware of

B scornful of

C susceptible to

D unimpressed by

E coping with

2. In the recent history of the Renaissance, by showing how the artistic efflorescence of that era was _______ linked to its commercial vitality, Jardine demonstrated that the spirit of acquisitiveness may be _______ that of cultural creativity.

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A questionably D threatened by

B intimately E inseparable from

C skeptically F comparable to

3. The setting in which the concert took place ______: the group’s performance was elegant and polished, but the sound, which seeped across the cold, unresonant high school auditorium, was oddly

________, given the energy the players seemed to be putting into it.

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A exacted a toll D clangorous

B encouraged nervousness E tepid

C solved a dilemma F inviting

4. The governor has long been obsessed with exciting the media from the politician-public relationship.

That’s been the unifying aim of all her seemingly disconnected ventures since entering public life: a determination to _______, and eventually _________, the media’s hold on political communication.

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A conceal D augment

B erode E consolidate

C rejuvenate F end

5. Researchers trying to make it possible to trace counterfeit documents to the printer that produced them are _______ the fact that the rotating drums and mirrors inside laser printers are imperfect devices that leave unique patterns of banding in their output. Although these patterns are _______ to the naked eye, they can be ________ and analyzed by computer programs that the researchers have spent the past year devising.

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A exploiting D invisible G detected

B facing E obvious H implemented

C manipulating F unappealing I generated

6. In her startlingly original writing, she went further than any other twentieth century author in English

(perhaps in any language) in ________ literary language and form, ________ stylistic conventions, and

________ a rich and diverse structure of meaning.

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A reinventing D undoing G replicating

B canonizing E overpraising H borrowing

C stabilizing F misunderstanding I introducing

7. If researchers can determine exactly what is wrong with people who suffer from this condition, they may be able to suggest drug therapies or other treatments that could _________ the effects of the damage.

A mitigate

B exacerbate

C specify

D identify

E ameliorate

F stabilize

8. Some analysts worry about consumers’ perception that the electronics industry is always on the verge of major breakthroughs; that perception could hurt the industry by making consumers reluctant to buy products they believe will soon be ______.

A incompatible

B devalued

C obsolete

D ubiquitous

E everywhere

F outmoded

9. After people began to make the transition from gathering food to producing food, human societies followed markedly ________ courses; some adopted herding, others took to tillage, and still others stuck to foraging.

A divergent

B rural

C novel

D unfamiliar

E disparate

F quotidian

10. At nearly 450 pages, the novel is ________ : the author does not often resist the temptation to finish off a chapter, section, or even paragraph with some unnecessary flourish.

A instructive

B complex

C prolix

D educational

E long-waited

F explicit