GRE模拟题2018年(1)
(总分100,考试时间90分钟)
基础填空
1. The field of cinematography is evolving so rapidly that cinematographers must constantly ______ their skills to keep pace with the craft.
A. harvest
B. advance
C. rehash
D. dislodge
E. update
F. garner
2. True vertigo is not mere dizziness but ______ motion: an involuntary, erroneous perception that one is moving.
A. a precursor to
B. an illusion of
C. an effect of
D. a suspicion of
E. a conquence of
F. a delusion of
3. While rving as editor of the Anchorage Daily News, Katherine Fanning significantly incread the newspaper"s ______, marking it Alaska"s ______ paper.
A. integrity
B. liability
C. readership
D. underground
E. oldest
F. favorite
4. Commentators suggested that many students of the 1950s were ______ radical politics becau they saw nothing in American life against which they should revolt.
A. apathetic to
B. susceptible to
C. implicated in
D. indifferent to
E. discreet about
F. prudent in
5. Through his term, Governor Clayton was considered ______ and ______: he said little and did even less.
A. laconic
B. supercilious
C. loquacious
D. productive
E. energetic
F. ineffectual
6. The movie star"s often infuriating behavior on the t had few lasting effects: he was s
o adept at ______ his colleagues" irritation with a joke that he easily restored their ______.
A. defusing
B. prolonging
C. conceding
D. despondency
E. aloofness
F. equanimity
7. The archaeologist"s examination of the evidence was remarkably careful and thorough: indeed, it was nothing short of ______.
A. exhaustive
B. nominal
C. trifling
D. combative
E. vicarious
F. comprehensive
鱼杆8. Carla draws ______ respons, reactions characterized by verbal abu, from tho disagree with her most strongly.
A. languorous
B. adulatory
C. amicable
D. opprobrious
E. vituperative
F. sycophantic
9. Anishinabe activist Winona LaDuke has worked to ______ many parcels of tribal land that, over decades, have been lost through sales or foreclosures.
A. retrieve
B. publicize
C. repress
D. subdue
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boss是什么意思E. recover
F. abolish
10. The route was not ______: it was mazelike, confusing, and difficult to follow.
A. imperceptible
B. impalpable
C. unambiguous
D. substantial
E. straightforward
F. ascendant
11. Evan imperiously demanded that he be awarded a much-needed rai or be dismisd, ______ that ______ when he was summarily terminated.
A. an innuendo
B. an entreaty
C. an ultimatum
D. lingered
E. sufficed
F. backfired
12. Many animals are able to ______ the harmful effects of cold weather by means of feathers, fur, or blubber.
A. palliate
B. decry
C. mitigate
D. predict
E. simulate
F. imitate
13. To students accustomed to using calculators, the textbook"s suggestion **putations be made by hand was ______.medium是什么意思
A. scholarly
B. prescient
C. erudite
D. unequivocal
E. anachronistic
牛津英汉词典F. outdated
14. Many people mistakenly imagine that life in space is full of ______; in reality, an astronaut"s day includes many tasks so ______ as to be boring.
A. tedium
B. difficulty
C. excitement
D. sporadic
E. leisurely
F. routine
15. Marine biologists consider a otters ______ eaters becau otters lect only two or three kinds of prey out of thirty potential food sources.
A. irregular
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B. discriminatingdppe
C. finicky
D. carnivorous
E. temperate
F. abstemious
16. Patricia Roberts Harris is considered a ______, having been the first African American woman to rve in a presidential cabinet.
A. pioneer
B. visionary
C. pundit
D. groundbreaker
E. bureaucrat
F. polymath
17. In an effort to ______ her writing, Lauren attempted to eliminate the ______ and makavb
e only points that were truly necessary.
A. disgui
B. streamline见证奇迹的人生
C. complicate
D. ufulness
E. verbosity
F. terness
18. The foundation has been appropriately labeled ______ of the arts, as many painters and artists have received its financial support.
A. a connoisur
B. a friend
C. a virtuoso
D. a patron
E. an executor
F. a beneficiary
19. The nator never formally declared her opposition to the propod legislation; instead, she engineered a ries of ______ actions that ultimately ______ passage of the bill.
A. expeditious
baronB. proverbial
C. dilatory
D. facilitated
E. announced
F. forestalled
20. That Carl Stokes, former mayor of Cleveland, was truly ______ is evident from the significant impact he had in many different arenas.
