GRE词汇练习 A.docx

1、GRE词汇练习 A词汇学填空练习1) Hydrogen is the element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.A steadiest B expendable C lightest D final E fundamental2) Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural doin

2、g so.A aptitude for B repugnance to C interest inD ignorance of E reaction after3) The primary criterion for a school is its recent performance: critics are to extend credit for earlier victories.A evaluation . prone B investigating . hesitantC judging . reluctant D improving . eagerE administering

3、. persuaded4) In failing to see that the justices pronouncement merely previous decisions rather than actually establishing a precedent, the novice law clerk the scope of the justices judgment.A synthesized . limited B endorsed . nullifiedC overturned . misunderstood D qualified . overemphasizedE re

4、capitulated . defined5) When theories formerly considered to be in their scientific objectivity are found instead to reflect a consistent observational and evaluative bias, then the presumed neutrality of science gives way to the recognition that categories of knowledge are human .A disinterested .c

5、onstructions B callous .errorsC verifiable . prejudicesD convincing . imperativesE unassailable . fantasies6) Although the minuet appeared simple, its steps had to be studied very carefully before they could be gracefully in public.A progressive . revealed B intricate . executedC rudimentary . allow

6、ed D minute . discussedE entertaining . stylized7) The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the methodology into question.A provocative . prevailingB predictable . contempo

7、raryC inconclusive . traditionalD intriguing . projected E specious . original8) Despite the of many of their colleagues, some scholars have begun to emphasize “pop culture” as a key for myths, hopes, and fears of contemporary society.A antipathy . entanglingB discernment . evaluatingC pedantry . re

8、instatingD skepticism . decipheringE enthusiasm . symbolizing9) In the 17th century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as , even as a sign of madness.A adventurous B frivolous C willful D impermissible E irrational10) Because outlaws were denied under medieval law

9、, anyone could raise a hand against with them with legal . A propriety . authority B protection . impunityC collusion . consent D rights . collaborationE provisions . validity11) Rather than enhancing a countrys security, the successful development of nuclear weapons could serve at first to increase

10、 that countrys .A boldness B influence C responsibilityD moderation E vulnerability12) Physicists rejected the innovative experimental technique because, although it some problems, it also produced new .A clarified . data B eased . interpretationC resolved . complication D caused . hypothesesE revea

11、led . inconsistencies13) The pressure of population on available resources is the key to understanding history; consequently, any historical writing that takes no cognizance of facts is flawed.A demographic . intrinsicallyB ecological . marginallyC cultural . substantivelyD psychological . philosoph

12、icallyE political . demonstratively14) It is puzzling to observe that Joness novel has recently been criticized for its structure, since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious is its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework.A attention to . preoccupation B speculation ab

13、out . characteristicC parody of . disparityD violation of . contradiction E lack of . flaw15) The characterization of historical analysis as a form of fiction is not likely to be received by either historians or literary critics, who agree that history and fiction deal with orders of experience.A qu

14、ietly . significant B passively . unusualC enthusiastically . shiftingD sympathetically . distinct E contentiously . realistic 16) For some time now, has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that everybody has an angle is considered wisdom.A rationality B flexibility C diffidenceD disi

15、nterestedness E insincerity 17) The of mass literacy coincided with the first industrial revolution; in turn, the new expansion in literacy, as well as cheaper printing, helped to nurture the of popular literature.A building . mistrust B reappearance . displayC receipt . source D selection . influen

16、ceE emergence . rise18) Although ancient tools were preserved, enough have survived to allow us to demonstrate an occasionally interrupted but generally progress through pre-history.A partially . noticeable B superficially . necessaryC unwittingly . documentedD rarely . continual E needlessly . ince

17、ssant19) In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the land-fast ice so that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.A permanently B imperceptibly C irregularlyD precariously E slightly20) An investigation that is can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, bu

18、t typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.A timely B unguided C consistentD uncomplicated E subjective21) Like many 18th-century scholars who lived by cultivating those in power, Winckelmann neglected to neutralize, by some gesture of comradeship, the

19、 resentment his peers were bound to feel because of his the high and the mighty.A quixotic . intrigue withB enigmatic . familiarity withC propitiatory . involvement withD salutary . questioning of E unfeigned . sympathy22) Her should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she

20、 has always been willing to assist those who are in need.A intemperance B intolerance C apprehensionD diffidence E frugality23) Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that causes inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases; consequently, hereditary diseases that are

21、 would be expected to be very , but, surprisingly, they are not.A lethal . rare B untreated . dangerousC unusual . refractory D new . perplexingE widespread . acute24) Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramification of the economic policy have been by his wholehearted acceptance of that poli

22、cys underlying assumptions.A supplemented B undermined C wastedD diverted E redeemed25) During the operas most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestras conductor seemed , without necessary relation to what had gone before.A tedious B melodious C capriciousD compelling E cautious26) In the mach

23、ine-like world of classical physics, the human intellect appears , since the mechanical nature of classical physics does not creative reasoning, the very ability that had made the formulation of classical principles possible.A anomalous . allow for B abstract . speak toC anachronistic . deny D endur

24、ing . valueE contradictory . exclude27) During the 1960s assessments of the family shifted remarkably, from endorsement of it as a worthwhile, stable institution to widespread it as an oppressive and bankrupt one whose was both imminent and welcome.A flight from . restitutionB fascination with . cor

25、ruptionC rejection of .vogue D censure of.dissolutionE relinquishment of . ascent28) Documenting sciences philosophy would be , since it is almost axiomatic that many philosophers use scientific concepts as the foundations for their speculations.A distrust of . elementary B influence on . superfluou

26、sC reliance on . inappropriateD dependence on . difficultE differences from . impossible29) The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.A exploited B quantifiable C controversialD inexhaustible E remarkable30) For cent

27、uries animals have been used as for people in experiments to assess the effects of therapeutic and other agents that might later be used in humans.A benefactors B companions C examples D precedent E surrogates31) Social tensions among adult factions can be by politics, but adolescents and children h

28、ave no such for resolving their conflict with the exclusive world of adults.A intensified . attitude B complicated . reliefC frustrated . justificationD adjusted. mechanism E revealed. opportunity32) The state is a network of exchanged benefits and beliefs, between rulers and citizens based on those

29、 laws and procedures that are to the maintenance of community.A a compromise . inimicalB an interdependence . subsidiaryC a counterpoint . incidentalD an equivalence . prerequisiteE a reciprocity . conducive33) Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the

30、 1960s portrayed him as thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.A an adventurous B a doctrinaireC an eclectic D a judicious E a cynical34) To have true disciples, a thinker must not be too : any effective intellectual leader depends on the ability of other people to thought processes that did not originate with them.A popular . dismiss B methodical . i