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GRE历年真题填空题精华(四)

1、Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the anufacturers, to the environmentalists’ dismay, ------ the use of these herbicides on lawns.

 A, defy

 B, defer

 C, defend

 D, assail

 E, disparage

 

environmentalist: n.1.环境保护论者,人类生态学者 2.环境论者 3.环境艺术家

target: v.以…为攻击目标

herbicide: n.除莠剂,灭草剂

potentially: adv.潜在地,可能地  

to somebody’s dismay: prep.令人气馁(失望、绝望、幻灭,惊愕等)

defy: v.1.违抗,反抗,蔑视 2.经受得住 3.使成为不可能 4.挑,激

defer: v.1.推迟,拖延,使推迟 2.尊敬,服从,敬重(to)

assail: v.1.攻击,袭击 2.质问,责骂 3.着手解决,毅然对付

disparage: v.1.贬低,轻视 2.底毁,损害…的名声

 

虽然环保专家们将抨击的矛头指向某些除草剂,抨击某潜在的危险性,但是,令环保专家们沮丧的是,制造商们却对这些除草剂在草坪上的使用大加辨护。

2、To believe that a culture’s achievement can be measured by the -------of its written material requires one to accept that a page of junk mail is as ------- as a page of great literature.

 A, nature.. readable

 B, quality.. prevalent

 C, timelessness.. understandable

 D, applicability.. eloquent

 E, volume.. valuable

 

junk mail: n.三级邮件,(成批大量发出的)邮寄广告宣传品

prevalent: a.流行的,盛行的,普遍的

timelessness: n.永恒,无时间性,永不改变,无始无终

eloquent: a.1.雄辩的,有说服力的 2.富于表情的,明白显示出的(of)

volume: n.1.份量,量,额 2.体积,容积,容量

 

若要人相信某一文化的成就可凭藉其书面材料的总量来衡量的话,这就需要我们接受这样一种说法,即一页三级邮件的价值可与一页伟大的文学作品相提并论。

3、Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate the results of Dr. Johnson’s experiment, only the most ------- supporters of her hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been adequately -------.

 A, fastidious.. defined

 B, partisan.. verified

 C, vigilant.. publicized

 D, enlightened.. researched

 E, fervent.. undermined

 

given a.1.规定的,特定的 2.有癖好的,有倾向的(to) 3.已知的,假设的

replicate: v.复制,摹写

adequately: adv.1.适当地,胜任地 2.足够地 3.勉强够地,差强人意地

fastidious: a.爱挑剔的,过分讲究的

partisan: v.党派的,派性的,偏袒的

verify: v.1证明,证实 2.核实,查对,查清

vigilant: a.警戒的,警觉的,警惕的

publicize: v.引起公众对…的注意,宣传

enlightened: a.开明的,有知识的,摆脱偏见(或迷信)的,文明的

fervent: a.1.炽热的 2.热情的,热诚的,强烈的

undermine: v.1.侵蚀…的基础 2.暗中破坏,逐渐损害(或削弱)

 

鉴于独立的实验室无法复制出约翰逊博士的实验结果,因此,唯有其假设最偏袒的支持者才会愚顽至极,竟会声称它早已得到了充分的验证。

4、Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can -------the "Augustan peace" only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.

 A, decry

 B, applaud

 C, ridicule

 D, demand

 E, disprove

decry: v.1.(强烈)反对,(公开)谴责 2.诋毁(名声)

applaud: v.1.向…喝彩,给…捧场 2.称赞,赞许,赞成

ridicule v.嘲笑,戏弄,嘲弄

disprove: v.证明…不能成立,证明…虚假(或不正确),反驳

 

研究公元前30年至公元180年这一时期的罗马史学家们,他们之所以能对“奥古斯都的太平盛世”大加颂扬,只是因为他们无从认识到,这种所谓的“太平盛世”其实在诸多方面与死气沉沉相差无几。

5、Although Tom was aware that it would be ------ to display annoyance publicly at the sales conference, he could not -------- his irritation with the client’s unreasonable demands.

 A, inadvisable.. evince

 B, efficacious.. suppress

 C, pragmatic.. counter

 D, captious.. express

 E, impolitic.. hide

 

annoyance: n.1.恼怒,烦恼 2.打拢,骚扰

irritation: n.1.激怒,恼怒,生气 2.刺激物,恼人事

inadvisable: a.不可取的,不妥当的,失策的

evince: v.表明,显示

efficacious: a.灵验的,奏效的  

pragmatic: a.1.实干的,重实效的 2.实用主义的 3.国事的,国务的

counter: v.1.反对,反击,对抗,反驳,抵消,制止 2.(拳击时)还击

captious: 难以讨好的,吹毛求疵的

impolitic: a.失策的,不当的,不审慎的,没见识的

 

尽管汤姆意识到,在销售会上公然展示恼怒甚为不妥但面对顾客的无理要求,他却再也无法掩饰其满腔怒火。

6、It is no accident that most people find Davis’ book disturbing, for it is ------ to undermine a number beliefs they have long -------.

 A, calculated.. cherished 

 B, annotated.. assimilated

 C, intended.. denied

 D, anxious.. misunderstood

 E, reputed.. anticipated

undermine: v.1.侵蚀…的基础 2.暗中破坏,逐渐损害(或削弱)

calculated: a.精心计划的,蓄意的

cherish: v.1.珍视,珍爱 2.抱有,怀有(思想,感情等)

annotate: v.给…作注解(或译注)

assimilate: v.吸收消化,使同化,使趋于一致

reputed: a.1.驰名的 2.被一般认定的,普遍认为的

 

大多数人发现戴维斯的著作令人不安,这决非偶然,因为它刻意要摧毁人们长期以来所怀有的信念。

7、One virus strain that may help gene therapists cure genetic brain diseases can enter the peripheral nervous system and travel to the brain, ------- the need to inject the therapeutic virus directly into the brain.

 A, suggesting

 B, intensifying

 C, elucidating

 D, satisfying

 E, obviating

 
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