GRE-verbal-难题.docx

1. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I
found that______was very near the surface.
(A) seriousness
(B) confidence
(C) laughter
(D) poise
(E) determination

3. The breathing spell provided by the______arms shipments should give all the
combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions.
(A) plethora of
(B) moratorium on 暂停、终止
(C) reciprocation of
(D) concentration on
(E) development of

5. Even those who disagreed with Carmen’s views rarely faulted her for
expressing them, for the positions she took were as______as they were
controversial.
(A) complicated
(B) political
(C) subjective
(D) commonplace
(E) thoughtful

6. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic
fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable______the possibility
that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
(A) interest in
(B) uncertainty about
(C) enthusiasm for
(D) worry about
(E) experimentation on

7. Current data suggest that, although______states between fear and aggression
exist, fear and aggression are as distinct physiologically as they are
psychologically.
(A) simultaneous
(B) serious
(C) exceptional
(D) partial
(E) transitional

6. In contrast to the substantial muscular activity required for inhalation,
exhalation is usually a _____ process.
(A) slow
(B) passive
(C) precise
(D) complex
(E) conscious

6. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human
affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between
young and old in Western society during the current decade is ______critical.
(A) perennially
(B) disturbingly
(C) uniquely
(D) archetypically
(E) captiously

10. The Neoplatonists’ conception of a deity, in which perfection was
measured by abundant fecundity, was contradicted by that of the
Aristotelians, in which perfection was displayed in the _____ of creation.
(A) profusion
(B) precision
(C) variety
(D) clarity
(E) economy

1. The Muses are______deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those
who weary of their charms.
(A) rueful
(B) ingenuous
(C) solicitous
(D) vindictive
(E) dispassionate

5. A common argument claims that in folk art, the artist’s subordination of
technical mastery to intense feeling______the direct communication of emotion
to the viewer.
(A) facilitates
(B) averts
(C) neutralizes
(D) implies
(E) represses

7. The powers and satisfactions of primeval people, though few and meager,
were_______ their few and simple desires.
(A) simultaneous with 同时的
(B) commensurate with 等量的
(C) substantiated by 证实
(D) circumscribed by 界定、界限
(E) ruined by

10. Cezanne’s delicate watercolor sketches often served as______of a subject, a
way of gathering fuller knowledge before the artist’s final engagement of the
subject in an oil painting.
(A) an abstraction
(B) an enhancement
(C) a synthesis
(D) a reconnaissance 侦查、事先考察
(E) a transcription

4. Suspicious of too powerful a President, Americans nonetheless are _____
when a President does not act decisively.
(A) unified
(B) indifferent
(C) content
(D) uneasy
(E) adamant

7. James had idolized the professor so much for so long that even after lunching
with her several times, he remained quite _____ in her presence and as a result,
he could not really be himself.
(A) pleased
(B) disregarded
(C) heartened
(D) relaxed
(E) inhibited

8. Scholars’ sense of the uniqueness of the central concept of “the state” at the
time when political science became an academic field quite naturally led to
striving for a correspondingly______mode of study.
(A) thorough
(B) distinctive
(C) dependable
(D) scientific
(E) dynamic

10. From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary
claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion—that of the _____ of the
oceans for reasons of national security and profit.
(A) promotion
(B) exploration
(C) surveying
(D) conservation
(E) enclosure

10. From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary
claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion—that of the _____ of the
oceans for reasons of national security and profit.
(A) promotion
(B) exploration
(C) surveying
(D) conservation
(E) enclosure

4. The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and drive
us to______accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.
(A) insular
(B) investigative
(C) synoptic
(D) subjective
(E) sensational
(F) compendious

7. While the delegate clearly sought to______the optimism that has emerged
recently, she stopped short of suggesting that the conference was near collapse
and might produce nothing of significance.
(A) substantiate
(B) dampen
(C) encourage
(D) elucidate
(E) rekindle
(F) check

8. Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual,
historians of the 1960’s 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 doctrinaire
(C) an eclectic
(D) a dictatorial
(E) a judicious
(F) a cynical
9. Rather than enhancing a country’s security, the successful development of
nuclear weapons could serve at first to increase that country’s _________.
(A) boldness
(B) influence
(C) fragility
(D) responsibility
(E) moderation
(F) vulnerability

10. The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that
true appreciation of the music is an______process closed to the uninitiated
listener, however enthusiastic.
(A) unreliable
(B) arcane
(C) arrogant
(D) elementary
(E) intuitive