2024年6月19日发(作者：)

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 consequence of

F. a delusion of

3. While serving as editor of the Anchorage Daily News, Katherine Fanning significantly

increased 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 because

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 set had few lasting effects: he was so 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

8. Carla draws ______ responses, reactions characterized by verbal abuse, from those 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

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 raise or be dismissed, ______

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 ______.

A. scholarly

B. prescient

C. erudite

D. unequivocal

E. anachronistic

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 sea otters ______ eaters because otters select only two or three

kinds of prey out of thirty potential food sources.

A. irregular

B. discriminating

C. finicky

D. carnivorous

E. temperate

F. abstemious

16. Patricia Roberts Harris is considered a ______, having been the first African American woman

to serve 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 make only

points that were truly necessary.

A. disguise

B. streamline

C. complicate

D. usefulness

E. verbosity

F. terseness

18. The foundation has been appropriately labeled ______ of the arts, as many painters and artists

have received its financial support.

A. a connoisseur

B. a friend

C. a virtuoso

D. a patron

E. an executor

F. a beneficiary

19. The senator never formally declared her opposition to the proposed legislation; instead, she

engineered a series of ______ actions that ultimately ______ passage of the bill.

A. expeditious

B. 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.

A. humble

B. unassuming

C. influential

D. reflective

E. aloof

F. weighty

21. Though the work of celebrated artist Eugene Delacroix ______ accolades from both art critics

and the public, he remain ______, someone shrouded in mystery.

A. distributed

B. garnered

C. excluded

D. a paradox