2006年6月GRE笔试填空分析
SECTION 1
1． Although Heron is well known for the broad comedy in the movies she has directed previously, her new film is less inclined to----------: the gags are fewer and subtler.
(A) understatement
(B) preciosity
(C) symbolism
(D) buffoonery
(E) melodrama
2． Bebop’s legacy is------ one: bebop may have won jazz the right to be taken riously as an art form, but it-------jazz’s mass audience, which turned to other forms of music such as rock and pop.
(A) a mixed……..alienated
(B) a troubled……..duced
(C) an ambiguous……….aggrandized
(D) a valuable…….refined
(E) a noble………plead
3． The exhibition’s importance lies in its-----------: curators have gathered a diver array of significant works from many different muums.
(A) homogeneity
(B) sophistry
(C) scope
(D) farsightedness
(E) insularity
4． Despite the fact that the commission’s report treats a vitally important topic, the report will be-----------read becau its pro is so---------that understanding it require an enormous effort.
(A) ldom…….transparent
(B) carefully……..pellucid
(C) little……….turgid
(D) eagerly……..digressive
(E) widely…….prolix
5． Carleton would still rank among the great----------------of nineteenth-century American art event if the circumstance of her life and career were less-------than they are.
(A) celebrities……….obscure
(B) failures……..illustrious
(C) charlatans……impeccable
(D) enigmas……mysterious
(E) success……….ignominious
6． Although bad on an actual event, the film lacks--------------: the director shuffles events, simplifies the tangle of relationships, and -------------documentary truth for dramatic power.
(A) conviction……..embraces
(B) expressiveness…..exaggerates
(C) verisimilitude…….sacrifices
(D) realism……….substitutes
(E) coherence……..utilizes
7． When Adolph Ochs became the publisher of The New York Times, he endowed the paper with a uniquely--------------tone, avoiding the ------------editorials that characterized other major papers of the time.
(A) abstru….scholarly
(B) dispassionate……..shrill
(C) argumentative…….tendentious
(D) whimsical…..capricious
(E) cosmopolitan…….timely
SECTION 2
1. Despite the fact that the amateur runner trained rigorously for six months before the race, he failed to----------it: the cour was so------------that even professional runners struggled to finish.
(A) complete……..demanding
(B) win………manageable
