2017新GRE填空练习题详解精选

时间:2021-08-31

  1、The newborn human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively --------- one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.

  (A) adaptive

  (B) selective

  (C) inquisitive

  (D) receptive

  (E) intuitive

  〖解答

  从空格之后表示伴随状况的形容词短语"attentive to...”中可求得与其最接近贴切的近义词(D) receptive。此外,代入的正确选择须与另一形容词"passive"有关。

  〖中译

  新诞生的人类婴儿既不是个被动的人物,亦不是个主动的人物,而是那样一个可被称为以主动的方式显示出较强接受力的人物,实际上热切地注意着各种情景和声响。

  D:同位语短语

  2、The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an ---------- process closed to the uninitiated listeners, however enthusiastic.

  (A) unreliable

  (B) arcane

  (C) arrogant

  (D) elementary

  (E) intuitive

  〖解答

  如果音乐欣赏正是过去分词短语中所描述的那样,是"closed to the uninitiated listeners"的话,那全然是因为这一过程已变成(B) arcane的缘故。

  〖词汇

  cant: 1.言不由衷之辞 2.黑话 3.行业术语,惯用套语

  uninitiated: 1. 未被接纳入会的 2.缺乏某种特定知识和经验的

  arcane: 神秘的,晦涩难解的

  〖中译

  唱片套上音乐家们妄自尊大的行话常常表明,真正的音乐欣赏实乃一种秘不可宣的过程,对尚未入门的听众全然封闭,不管他们是何等的热忱。

  At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ---------- evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.

  (A) addresses

  (B) creates

  (C) alters

  (D) suppresses

  (E) substitutes

  〖解答

  句末的现在分词短语"tailoring it to his needs"在复述空格所代表的那一特定的行为动作,it即指代evidence。空格只需从tailoring求取一同义词即可。答案为(C)。

  〖词汇

  tailor: 1.裁制 2.针对特定目的(或对象)作修改,使适应特定需要

  address: 1.对…发表讲话,称呼 2.对付,处理

  〖解答

  在其讨论的某几处,当证据难于为其立论提供依据时,格雷夫斯事实上就对这些证据改弦易辙,将其改头换面以满足其需要。

  B:过去分词短语