GRE考試填空題練習及答案

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1. The Muses are ________ deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms.

GRE考試填空題練習及答案

(A) rueful

(B) ingenuous

(C) solicitous

(D) vindictive

(E) dispassionate

解析:這道題目注意冒號後面抓關鍵詞,叫做avenge themselves without mercy,毫無憐憫的復仇。因此前面就要體現出惡毒這樣一個意思,所以有這個意思的詞只有D選項。

vindictive - Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge:

weary of sth. 表示厭倦某事。

e.g. She wearied of the sameness of her life. 她厭倦了千篇一律的生活。

這裏面還要注意avenge 和 revenge的區別。

(1) avenge體現出爲自己復仇,revenge一般替別人復仇。

avenge - to punish or hurt somebody in return for something bad or wrong that they have done to you, your family or friends

revenge - Inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself:

(2) 要注意avenge / revenge + sb. 的時候表示替誰復仇,+sth. 的時候表示因爲什麼復仇。

It’s a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister. 不是說他報復他的妹妹,而是他替她妹妹復仇。

那麼復仇的對象呢,要接介詞on 。

e.g. She was determined to avenge herself on the man who had betrayed her. 誰背叛了她,她就會讓誰下地獄。

答案:D

2. Dreams are ________ in and of themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.

(A) uninformative

(B) startling

(C) harmless

(D) unregulated

(E) uncontrollable

解析:這是一道簡單題目。後面說他們可以告訴我們更多的事情,那麼前面就應該說他們什麼事情都告訴不了我們,有這樣一個意思的詞就只有A選項。

答案: A

3. Without the psychiatrist's promise of confidentiality, trust is ________ and the patient's communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in therapy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to ________ it.

(A) implicit.. extend

(B) ambiguous.. apply

(C) prevented.. uphold

(D) assumed.. examine

(E) impaired.. sacrifice

解析:注意confidential和自信無關,是保密的意思。比方說你們去考試GRE / TOEFL都會先簽署保密協議(confidentiality agreement) 。

這道題前後兩句話實際上體現出了一種矛盾感,雖然用“;”鏈接而且雖然沒有明顯的轉折詞,但是從意思上要判斷出是相反。前面的話說沒有保密的保證,信任就_____,病人的交流就受限,所以就是沒有信任唄。後面又說,即使信任很可貴,但是到的責任有的時候需要我們怎麼樣這種信任(it指的就是信任)。 那麼雖然建立信任很重要,但市場出於道義,有的時候我們也要破壞這種信任。比方說一個殺人犯跟你做諮詢說,很多年前的那場離奇殺人案是他乾的,雖然你是心理醫生,但這個時候你也要去檢舉揭發他。

所以選擇E選項,注意impaire是損害。C選項uphold是一個面熟生詞,表示支持。

這裏面有一句話 trust is impaired and the patient's communication limited。後半句省略了be動詞,完整的句子應該是the patient’s communication is limited. 在並列句中,常常省略前面相同的成分。

e.g. Reading makes a full man, conference (makes) a ready man and writing an exact man.

答案: E

4. Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by ________ , the leaders of the movement have recently ________ most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.

(A) intimidation.. issued

(B) participation.. moderated

(C) proclamation.. codified

(D) demonstration.. deliberated

(E) coercion.. repudiated

解析: 受限注意totalitarianism這個高端詞。

totalitarianism - Relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state: 即我們說的極權主義。

前面說的是他們支持一個belief,這裏面government是統治的意思,不是政府。以理服人(by persuasion 比以__服人(by____) 更好,所以他們怎麼樣之前的關於極權主義的言論,我們發現persuasion明顯跟totalitarianism 相反,所以第一個空格應該補充極權主義的意思,而第二個空格怎時對totalitarianism的負向動詞。所以選擇E。

coercion表示強迫,動詞原形是coerce。這個單詞要和coarse區分開,coarse表示粗糙的,反義詞是smooth。

答案:E

5. The powers and satisfactions of primeval people, though few and meager, were ________ - their few and simple desires.

(A) simultaneous with

(B) commensurate with

(C) substantiated by

(D) circumscribed by

(E) ruined by

解析:中間有個小讓步,雖然少(few and meager),卻也沒那麼少唄,所以和她們的無欲則剛(few and simple desires)是匹配的。所以選擇B選項。

注意A選項體現不出這兩者之間有什麼因果關係,只是單純的同時發生。D選選項不合適,他們沒有限制自己的powers and satisfactions。