GRE模拟试题及答案卷五.docx

1、GRE模拟试题及答案卷五2020年GRE模拟试题及答案（卷五）Investors are grateful that the attorney general has stepped in to pursue inquiries into misfeasance on the financial markets, given that the regulators officially charged with policing the industry have been _.A：diffidentB：meticulousC：straightforwardD：implacableE：tena

2、cious答案：AA significant element of the Gothic genre, the literary grotesque is sometimes inaccurately discussed as if it were a _Gothic or, conversely, as if it were something entirely different from Gothic.A：synonym forB：characteristic ofC：counterweight toD：ramification ofE：deviation from答案：AIn his

3、study of Senegambian cleric Shaykh Mass Kah (1827-1936), Bala S. K. Saho notes that it is difficult to fully (i) _many of the oral accounts on which the study relies. Sahos work shows, however, that despite this absence of (ii)_ , oral history can provide useful sources from which historians can rec

4、onstruct the past.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：comprehend D：partialityB：reproduce E：argumentationC：validate F：corroboration答案：CFThe citys traffic-planning department has been working hard to (i) _drivers. Closely spaced stop lights have been added on roads into town, causing delays. Pedestrian underpasses d

5、esigned to allow traffic to flow freely across major intersections have been (ii)_ .Blank (I)Blank (II)A：assist D：enhancedB：calm E：stabilizedC：discourage F：removed答案：CFThe (i) _current-generation solar cells are (ii)_ : although experimental cells have reached efficiencies greater than 40 percent, m

6、ost commercially available cells in the early part of the twenty-first century still struggle to get past about 20 percent.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：attractions of D：clearB：limitations of E：unmatchedC：improvements in F：misunderstood答案：BDEven those observers who are the most _about genetic privacy issues

7、would have to concede that genetic discrimination is rare: there have only been two cases of any notoriety.A：sanguineB：zealousC：candidD：objectiveE：apathetic答案：BShe constantly _herself for not living up to her own idealsfor not working hard enough or not having motives that were pure enough.A：exalted

8、B：coddledC：excoriatedD：mollifiedE：deluded答案：CAncient cart ruts found on Malta were created in soft limestone that begins to dissolve when exposed to rainfall. Their forms thus necessarily become (i)_over time and their original features are (ii)_ .Blank (I)Blank (II)A：solidifed D：refinedB：degraded E

9、：replicatedC：conspicuous F：obscured答案：BFMaking loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but remarkably enough put the two together, and you have an economic innovation that has become not just (i) _but downright (ii) _.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：popular D：chicB：p

10、ointless E：unfathomableC：dangerous F：sensible答案：ADConvinced of the gravity of her poetry, Voigt must have found the reviews of her most recent collection (i)_ reading: one amused reviewer thought that it was unrecognizable as poetry but decidedly (ii)_ .Blank (I)Blank (II)A：tempting D：inspiringB：dep

11、ressing E：irritatingC：thrilling F：diverting答案：BFCommon and easily accessible resources (prey for predators or hosts for parasites) should be, all other things being equal, used frequently, yet in some environments apparently accessible and suitable resources remain _.A：vulnerableB：unobtainableC：sust

12、ainableD：depletedE：unexploited答案：EEven though the authors repeatedly_ their own shrewdness, they show a remarkable credulousness toward far-fetched ideas such as carbon-eating trees and cloud-making machinery.A：soft-pedalB：extolC：deprecateD：broadenE：compromise答案：BThe (i)_ of molecular oxygen on Eart

13、h-sized planets around other stars in the universe would not be (ii)_sign of life: molecular oxygen can be a signature of photosynthesis(a biotic process) or merely of the rapid escape of water from the upper reaches of a planetary atmosphere (an abiotic process).Blank (I)Blank (II)A：dearth D：a cont

14、roversialB：presumption E：an unambiguousC：detection F：a possible答案：CEIn reviewing cases decided by lower courts, Supreme Court justices search for precedents to justify their arguments. Reliance on precedent (i)_ judicial restraint: the precedent (ii)_ a judges ability to determine the outcome of a c

15、ase in a way that he or she might choose if there were no precedent.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：promotes D：establishesB：compromises E：constraintsC：promulgates F：prioritizes答案：AEAs he has matured as a scholar, Felmar has come to see the merit of qualification. His conclusions, which early in his career he (

16、i) _, are now often (ii) _.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：stated as absolute D：hedgedB：refused to reveal E：simplifiedC：backed up extensively F：reiterated答案：ADThe inconspicuous location and lack of striking vistas that characterize the villa reflect the_ aspect of its creators personality.A：volatileB：grandiose

17、C：gregariousD：self-effacingE：imperious答案：DThe chairman, faced with the need to forge a consensus on a number of proposals,acknowledged that it would be difficult to reconcile the push for a radical overhaul with the stance of those who want _change.A：deliberateB：indiscriminateC：genuineD：immediateE：w

18、holesale答案：ARecently released statistics on the prevalence of heart disease in the United States, while (i)_ , nevertheless reflect a decline from heights reached in the 1960s, before health officials began publicly (ii)_ people to guard against heart disease.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：definite D：entreati

19、ngB：sobering E：defyingC：implausible F：absolving答案：BDThe humor in this play derives from its (i)_ . The new production, however, inexplicably goes in the opposite direction; it is so (ii)_ that the audience does not even seem to realize that the play is supposed to be a comedy.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：ve

20、rbal nimbleness D：accessibleB：political allusions E：ploddingC：deadpan dialogue F：implausible答案：AETo say the actors were (i)_ their director is an understatement: a director who is visibly bored by his cast and their performances is hard to (ii)_ .Blank (I)Blank (II)A：disappointed in D：lambastB：accep

21、ting of E：displeaseC：motivated by F：suffer答案：BFWhen pulsars were first discovered, some of the astrophysicists involved briefly (i)_ these types of stars might be (ii)_extraterrestrial intelligence. Specifically, the pulsars periodic radiation pattern was initially interpreted as (iii)_ rather thana

22、s it turned out to bethe natural product of the spinning of a neutron star.Blank (I)Blank (II)Blank (III)A：ignored whether D：suggestive of G：a deliberate hoaxB：thought that E：unrelated to H：an episodic phenomenonC：disavowed that F：evidence against I：a constructed code答案：BDIThere has been great enthu

23、siasm in the United States for reducing fossil fuel dependence by increasing production of biofuels from crops such as corn and switchgrass, but this (i)_ about biofuels potential should be (ii)_ by a realistic appraisal of the costs and challenges of biofuel production.Blank (I)Blank (II)A：forbeara

24、nce D：temperedB：exuberance E：delineatedC：obduracy F：exacerbated答案：BDUntil now,old snapshots and home movies faded and crumbled and were eventually (i)_.Only a few precious mementos were preserved and passed along. But as photography moves into the digital realm, family albums and home videos seem ca

25、pable of (ii)_: our capacity to store them is, for all practical purposes, approaching the infinite. Is such a transformation a good thing? The natural world teaches us that (iii)_ are vital to ecological health. Does a similar principle apply to communal memory?Blank (I)Blank (II)Blank (III)A：archi

26、ved D：transmission G：death and decayB：discarded E： immortality H： predator and preyC：reproduced F：revolution I：reproduction and renewal答案：BEGThe threat of litigation makes the art authentication industry _ realm: connoisseurs refuse to communicate in writing and confidential agreements bind authenti

27、cators to silence.A：an opportunisticB：a clandestineC：a moralizingD：a xenophobicE：an anarchistic答案：BRecent research runs counter to the long-cherished notion that a small drop in body temperature during and after surgery is either _ or actually protects the patient by slowing metabolism and reducing

28、the bodys demand for blood and oxygen.A：beneficialB：immaterialC：inconsequentialD：preventiveE：prophylacticF：redundant答案：BCThe automation of many of the functions performed at the factory, although initially inspiring_ in many of the companys employees, has had none of the deleterious effects forecast

29、 either within or beyond the organization.A：indifferenceB：optimismC：ambitionD：arroganceE：trepidation答案：EOne thing both authors have in common is a striking amount of _: they claim to know how massive institutions, some of them richly endowed, all of them central to American society and culture, shou

30、ld be reshaped.A：hubrisB：proprietyC：biasD：prescienceE：indolence答案：AMaking the shift to the 90-nanometer manufacturing process has been (i) _for semiconductor companies. This process effectively doubles the manufacturing capacity of the industry, but it (ii)_ enormous technical challenges because some components of the new semiconductor chips are no more than five to seven molecules thick.Bla