GRE Verbal模拟题 16
GRE(VERBAL)强化填空模拟试卷17(题后含答案及解析)
GRE（VERBAL）强化填空模拟试卷17(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. PART ONEPART ONE （Time：30 minutes 38 Questions）SECTION 1Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.1．With its maverick approach to the subject, Shere Hite’s book has been more widely debated than most; the media throughout the country have brought the author’s ____ opinions to the public’s attention.A．controversialB．authoritativeC．popularD．conclusiveE．articulate正确答案：A解析：- 方程等号：分号，同义重复。
- 强词和对应：分号后的the author 指代Shere Hite，分号前面说她的书more widely debated，所以将widely debated 指向空格，根据分号取同，体现作者的观点是“受到广泛讨论的”。
controversial 有争论的，authoritative权威的，popular流行的，conclusive决定性，articulate 表达清晰的。
GRE(VERBAL)阅读模拟试卷4(题后含答案及解析)
GRE（VERBAL）阅读模拟试卷4(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. PART ONEPART ONE （Time：30 minutes 38 Questions）SECTION 3Directions: Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Late-eighteenth-century English cultural authorities seemingly concurred that women readers should favor history, seen as edifying, than fiction, which was regarded as frivolous and reductive. Readers of Marry Ann Hanway’s novel Andrew Stewart, or the Northern Wanderer, learning that its heroine delights in David Hume’s and Edward Gibbon’s histories, could conclude that she was more virtuous and intelligent than her sister, who disdains such reading. Likewise, while the na?ve, novel-addicted protagonist of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland, finds history a chore, the sophisticated, sensible character Eleanor Tilney enjoys it more than she does the Gothic fiction Catherine prefers. Yet in both cases, the praise of history is more double-edged than it might actually appear. Many readers have detected a protofeminist critique of history in Catherine’s protest that she dislikes reading books filled with men “and hardly any women at all.”Hanway, meanwhile, brings a controversial political edge to her heroine’s reading, listing the era’s two most famous religious skeptics among her preferred authors. While Hume’s history was generally seen as being less objectionable as his philosophy, there were widespread doubts about his moral soundness even as a historian by the time that Hanway was writing, and Gibbon’s perceived tendency to celebrate classical paganism sparked controversy from the first appearance of his history of Rome.1．The author’s primary purpose is thatA．the evidence used in support of a particular argument is questionableB．a distinction between two genres of writing has been overlookedC．a particular issue is more complex than it might appearD．two apparently different works share common featuresE．two eighteenth-century authors held significantly different attitudes toward a particular正确答案：A解析：A选项中的a particular argument指的是文化权威们认为“女人应该多读历史”的观点，evidence指的是第二、三句。
GMAT(VERBAL)逻辑推理模拟试卷16(题后含答案及解析)
GMAT（VERBAL）逻辑推理模拟试卷16(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 2.1．Medieval Arabs had manuscripts of many ancient Greek texts, which were translated into Arabic when there was a demand for them. Medieval Arab philosophers were very interested in Aristotle’s Poetics, an interest that evidently was not shared by medieval Arab poets, because a poet interested in the Poetics would certainly have wanted to read Homer, to whose epics Aristotle frequently refers. But Homer was not translated into Arabic until modern times. Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?A．A number of medieval Arab translators possessed manuscripts of the Homeric epics in their original Greek.B．Medieval Arabic story cycles, such as the Arabian Nights , are in some ways similar to parts of the Homeric epics.C．In addition to translating from Greek, medieval Arab translators produced Arabic editions of many works originally written in Indian languages and in Persian.D．Aristotle s Poetics has frequently been cited and commented on by modern Arab poets.E．Aristotle’s Poetics is largely concerned with drama, and dramatic works were written and performed by medieval Arabs.正确答案：A解析：本题的(B)、(C)、(D)和(E)都是很明显的无关选项；(A)中的一些中世纪的翻译家拥有希腊原文的荷马手稿表明，荷马的诗在中世纪的阿拉伯有一定的读者，翻译家们也曾打算过翻译荷马的诗，因此(A)为正确答案。
GRE_Verbal_Sample
SECTION 1Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 1.Agronomists are increasingly worried about “desert- ification,” the phenomenon that is turning many ofthe world’s ----fields and pastures into----wastelands, unable to support the people living onthem.(A) fertile.. barren(B) productive.. blooming(C) arid.. thriving(D) poorest.. marginal(E) largest.. saturated2. Old beliefs die hard: even when jobs became---the long-standing fear that unemployment couldreturn at a moment’s notice----.(A) vacant.. perished(B) easier.. changed(C) plentiful.. persisted(D) protected.. subsided(E) available.. receded3. Intellectual----and flight from boredom havecaused him to rush pell-mell into situations that less----spirits might hesitate to approach.(A) restlessness.. adventurous(B) agitation.. passive(C) resilience.. quiescent(D) tranquility.. versatile(E) curiosity.. lethargic4. Science advances in----spiral in that each newconceptual scheme----that phenomena explainedby its predecessors and adds to those explanations.(A) a discontinuous.. decries(B) a repetitive.. vitiates(C) a widening.. embraces(D) an anomalous.. captures(E) an explosive.. questions5. Politeness is not a----attribute of humanbehavior, but rather a central virtue, onewhose very existence is increasingly being----by the faddish requirement to “speakone’s mind.”(A) superficial.. threatened(B) pervasive.. undercut(C) worthless.. forestalled(D) precious.. repudiated(E) trivial.. affected6. The painting was larger than it appeared to be, for,hanging in a darkened recess of the chapel, it was----by the perspective.(A) improved (B) aggrandized(C) embellished (D) jeopardized(E) diminished7. Because folk art is neither completely rejected nor accepted as an art form by art historians, their finalevaluations of it necessarily remain----.(A) arbitrary (B) estimable (C) orthodox(D) unspoken (E) equivocalDirections: In each of the following questions, a related pair of words or phrases is followed by five lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.8. REFEREE: FIELD::(A) scientist: results (B) mediator: deadlock(C) gladiator: contest (D) teacher: classroom(E) judge: courtroom9. BLUSH: EMBARRASSMENT::(A) scream: anger (B) smile: pleasure(C) laugh: outrage (D) love: sentimentality(E) whine: indecision10. TANGO: DANCE::(A) arabesque: theme(B) tonality: instrumentation(C) rhyme: pattern (D) stanza: line(E) elegy: poem11. CELL: MEMBRANE::(A) door: jamb (B) yard: sidewalk(C) seed: hull (D) head: halo(E) mountain: clouds12. HYMN: PRAISE::(A) waltz: joy (B) liturgy: rite(C) lullaby: child (D) dirge: grief(E) prayer: congregation13. EMOLLIENT: SOOTHE::(A) dynamo: generate (B) elevation: level(C) precipitation: fall (D) hurricane: track(E) negative: expose14. IMPLACABLE: COMPROMISE::(A) perfidious: conspire(B) irascible: avenge(C) honest: swindle(D) amenable: deceive(E) hasty: prevail15. MISANTHROPE: PEOPLE::(A) patriot: country(B) reactionary: government(C) curmudgeon: children(D) xenophobe: strangers(E) miscreant: dogma16. MILK: EXTRACT::(A) squander: enjoy (B) exploit: utilize(C) research: investigate (D) hire: manage(E) wheedle: flatterMany critics of Eamily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights see its second part as a counterpoint thatcomments on, if it does not reverse, the first part,(5) where a “romantic” reading receives more confirmation.Seeing the two parts as a whole is encouraged by thenovel’s sophisticated structure, revealed in its complexuse of narrators and time shifts. Granted that thepresence of these elements need not argue an authorialawareness of novelistic construction comparable to that (10) of Henry James, their presence does encourage attemptsto unify the novel’s heterogeneous parts. However,any interpretation that seeks to unify all of the nove l’sdiverse elements is bound to be somewhat unconvincing.This is not because such an interpretation necessarily (15) stiffens into a thesis (although rigidity in any interpre- tation of this or of any novel is always a danger), but because Wuthering Heights has recalcitrant elements of undeniable power that, ultimately, resist inclusion in an all-encompassing interpretation. In this respect, Wuthering Heights shares a feature of Hamlet.17. According to the passage, which of the following isa true statement about the first and second parts ofWuthering Heights?(A) The second part has received more attentionfrom critics.(B) The second part has little relation to the firstpart.(C) The second part annuls the force of the firstpart.(D) The second part provides less substantiationfor a “romantic” reading.(E) The second part is better because it is morerealistic.18. Which of the following inferences about HenryJames’s awareness of novelistic construction isbest supported by the passage?(A) James, more than any other novelist, wasaware of the difficulties of novelisticconstruction.(B) James, was very aware of the details of novel-istic construction.(C) James’s awareness of novelistic constructionderived from his reading of Bronte.(D) James’s awareness of novelistic constructionhas led most commentators to see unity inhis individual novels.(E) James’s awareness of novelistic constructionprecluded him from violating the unity ofhis novels.19. The author of the passage would be most likely to agree that an interpretation of a novel should(A) not try to unite heterogeneous elements in thenovel(B) not be inflexible in its treatment of the elements in the novel(C) not argue that the complex use of narrators orof time shifts indicates a sophisticated struc-ture(D) concentrate on those recalcitrant elements ofthe novel that are outside the novel’s mainstructure(E) primarily consider those elements of novelisticconstruction of which the author of the novelwas aware20. The author of the passage suggests which of thefollowing about Hamlet?I.Hamlet has usually attracted critical interpreta-tions that tend to stiffen into theses.II.Hamlet has elements that are not amenableto an all-encompassing critical interpretation.III. Hamlet is less open to an all-encompassingcritical interpretation than is WutheringHeights.IV. Hamlet has not received a critical interpretationthat has been widely accepted by readers.(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and IV only(D) III and IV only (E) I, II, and III onlyThe determination of the sources of copper ore used in the manufacture of copper and bronze artifactsof Bronze Age civilizations would add greatly to ourknowledge of cultural contacts and trade in that era.(5) Researchers have analyzed artifacts and ores for theirconcentrations of elements, but for a variety of reasons,these studies have generally failed to provide evidence ofthe sources of the copper used in the objects. Elementalcomposition can vary within the same copper-ore lode, (10) usually because of varying admixtures of other elements,especially iron, lead, zinc, and arsenic. And high con-centrations of cobalt or zinc, noticed in some artifacts,appear in a variety of copper-ore sources. Moreover,the processing of ores introduced poorly controlled (15) changes in the concentrations of minor and trace ele-ments in the resulting metal. Some elements evaporateduring smelting and roasting; different temperaturesand processes produce different degrees of loss. Finally,flux, which is sometimes added during smelting to (20) remove waste material from the ore, could add quanti-ties of elements to the final product.An elemental property that is unchanged throughthese chemical processes is the isotopic composition of each metallic element in the ore. Isotopic composition, (25) the percentages of the different isotopes of an elementin a given sample of the element, is therefore particularlysuitable as an indicator of the sources of the ore. Ofcourse, for this purpose it is necessary to find an elementwhose isotopic composition is more or less constant (30) throughout a given ore body, but varies from one copperore body to another or, at least, from one geographicregion to another.The ideal choice, when isotopic composition is used to investigate the source of copper ore, would seem to (35) be copper itself. It has been shown that small butmeasurable variations occur naturally in the isotopiccomposition of copper. However, the variations arelarge enough only in rare ores; between samples ofthe common ore minerals of copper, isotopic variations (40) greater than the measurement error have not beenfound. An alternative choice is lead, which occurs inmost copper and bronze artifacts of the Bronze Age inamounts consistent with the lead being derived fromthe copper ores and possibly from the fluxes. The (45) isotopic composition of lead often varies from onesource of common copper ore to another, with varia-tions exceeding the measurement error; and preliminarystudies indicate virtually uniform isotopic composition of the lead from a single copper-ore source. While (50) some of the lead found in an artifact may have beenintroduced from flux or when other metals wereadded to the copper ore, lead so added in Bronze Age processing would usually have the same isotopic compo-sition as the lead in the copper ore. Lead isotope studies (55) may thus prove useful for interpreting the archaeo-logical record of the Bronze Age.21. The primary purpose of the passage is to(A) discuss the techniques of analyzing leadisotope composition(B) propose a way to determine the origin ofthe copper in certain artifacts(C) resolve a dispute concerning the analysis ofcopper ore(D) describe the deficiencies of a currently usedmethod of chemical analysis of certainmetals(E) offer an interpretation of the archaeologicalrecord of the Bronze Age22. The author first mentions the addition of flux during smelting (lines 18-21) in order to(A) give a reason for the failure of elementalcomposition studies to determine ore sources(B) illustrate differences between various BronzeAge civilizations(C) show the need for using high smeltingtemperatures(D) illustrate the uniformity of lead isotopecomposition(E) explain the success of copper isotopecomposition analysis23. The author suggests which of the following about a Bronze Age artifact containing high concentrationsof cobalt or zinc?(A) It could not be reliably tested for its elementalcomposition.(B) It could not be reliably tested for its copperisotope composition.(C) It could not be reliably tested for its leadisotope composition.(D) It could have been manufactured from orefrom any one of a variety of sources.(E) It could have been produced by the additionof other metals during the processing of thecopper ore.24. According to the passage, possible sources of thelead found in a copper or bronze artifact includewhich of the following?I.The copper ore used to manufacture theartifactII. Flux added during processing of the copper ore III. Other metal added during processing of thecopper ore(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only(D) II and III only (E) I, II , and III25. The author rejects copper as the “ideal choice”mentioned in line 33 because(A) the concentration of copper in BronzeAge artifacts varies(B) elements other than copper may beintroduced during smelting(C) the isotopic composition of copperchanges during smelting(D) among common copper ores, differencesin copper isotope composition are toosmall(E) within a single source of copper ore,copper isotope composition can varysubstantially26. The author makes which of the followingstatements about lead isotope composition?(A) It often varies from one copper-ore sourceto another.(B) It sometimes varies over short distances ina single copper-ore source.(C) It can vary during the testing of artifacts,producing a measurement error.(D) It frequently changes during smelting androasting.(E) It may change when artifacts are buriedfor thousands of years.27. It can be inferred from the passage that the useof flux in processing copper ore can alter thelead isotope composition of the resulting metalEXCEPT when(A) there is a smaller concentration of lead inthe flux than in the copper ore(B) the concentration of lead in the flux isequivalent to that of the lead in the ore(C) some of the lead in the flux evaporatesduring processing(D) any lead in the flux has the same isotopiccomposition as the lead in the ore(E) other metals are added during processingDirections: Each question below consists of a word printed in capital letters, followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best.28. MUTTER:(A) please oneself (B) resolve conflict(C) speak distinctly (D) digress randomly(E) omit willingly29. TRANSPARENT:(A) indelicate (B) neutral (C) opaque(D) somber (E) tangible30. ENSEMBLE:(A) complement (B) cacophony(C) coordination (D) preface(E) solo31. RETAIN:(A) allocate (B) distract (C) relegate(D) discard (E) misplace32. RADIATE:(A) approach (B) cool (C) absorb(D) tarnish (E) vibrate33. EPICURE:(A) a person ignorant about art(B) a person dedicated to a cause(C) a person motivated by greed(D) a person indifferent to food(E) a person insensitive to emotions34. PREV ARICATION:(A) tact (B) consistency (C) veracity(D) silence (E) proof35. AMORTIZE:(A) loosen (B) denounce(C) sudden ly increase one’s indebtedness(D) wisely cause to flourish(E) grudgingly make provision for36. EMACIATION:(A) invigoration (B) glorification(C) amelioration (D) inundation(E) magnification37. UNALLOYED:(A) destabilized (B) unregulated(C) assimilated (D) adulterated(E) condensed38. MINATORY:(A) reassuring (B) genuine(C) creative (D) obvious (E) awkward。
GRE(VERBAL)强化填空模拟试卷16(题后含答案及解析)
GRE（VERBAL）强化填空模拟试卷16(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. PART ONEPART ONE （Time：30 minutes 38 Questions）SECTION 1Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.1．Given the existence of so many factions in the field, it was unrealistic of Anna Freud to expect any ____ of opinion.A．freedomB．reassessmentC．uniformityD．expressionE．formation正确答案：C解析：- 方程等号：Given表示因果，同义重复。
unrealistic不现实的，负向，取反。
- 强词和对应：前文说这个领域中存在很多的派系，faction的释义是a group within a larger group that has different ideas and opinions than the rest of the group。
因此，空格和factions根据unrealistic取反，体现期待观点的“统一”是不现实的。
freedom自由，reassessment重新评估，uniformity统一，expression表达，formation形成。
GRE(VERBAL)强化填空模拟试卷19(题后含答案及解析)
GRE（VERBAL）强化填空模拟试卷19(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. PART ONEPART ONE （Time：30 minutes 38 Questions）SECTION 1Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.1．Even though formidable winters are the norm in the Dakotas, many people were unprepared for the ________ of the blizzard of 1888.A．inevitabilityB．ferocityC．importanceD．probabilityE．mildness正确答案：B解析：- 方程等号：Even though即使，反义重复。
-强词和对应：根据题意，unprepared(没有准备的)和norm根据Even though取反所以formidable指向空格，取同，体现人们没有准备好应对1888年的“可怕的”暴风雪。
inevitability必然性，ferocity猛烈，importance重要性，probability可能性，mildness温和。
答案选B。
知识模块：填空2．As the first streamlined car, the Airflow represented a (i)________ in automotive development, and although its sales were (ii)________, it had an immense influence on automobile design.A．milestone…disappointingB．breakthrough…significantC．regression…unimportantD．misjudgment…calculableE．revolution…tolerable正确答案：A解析：空格(ii)：- 方程等号：although即使，反义重复。
GRE测验verbal语文试题
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q1:During her presidency of the short-lived Woman’s State Temperance Society (1852-1853), Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as she was a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many of her most ardent supporters in her suggestion that drunkenness should be made sufficient cause for divorce.A.as she was a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many ofher most ardent supporters in her suggestion that drunkenness should beB.as she was a staunch advocate for liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many ofher most ardent supporters by her suggestion of drunkenness beingC.in being a staunch advocate for liberalized divorce laws, had scandalized many ofher most ardent supporters with the suggestion of drunkenness beingD.a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, scandalized many of her mostardent supporters by suggesting that drunkenness beE. a staunch advocate of liberalized divorce laws, she scandalized many of her mostardent supporters in suggesting that drunkenness should be------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q2:By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.A.their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent,a market rangingB.from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in thecountry, which rangesC.to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in thecountry, a market rangingD.in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in thecountry, which rangesE.to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market,which ranges------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q3:A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the greatest price the market will bear when they have such a product. But large profits on the mew product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the mew product’s capabilities. Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?A.The first is an assumption that forms the basis for a course of action that theargument criticizes; the second presents the course of action endorsed by theargument.B.The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; thesecond is a consideration raised to call into question the wisdom of adopting that strategy.C.The first is an assumption that has been used to justify a certain strategy; thesecond is a consideration that is used to cast doubt on that assumption.D.The first is a consideration raised in support of a strategy the argument endorses;the second presents grounds in support of that consideration.E.The first is a consideration raised to show that adopting a certain strategy isunlikely to achieve the intended effect; the second is presented to explain theappeal of that strategy.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q4 to Q6:The fields of antebellum (pre-CivilWar) political history and women’s his-tory use separate sources and focusLine on separate issues. Political histori-(5)ans, examining sources such as votingrecords, newspapers, and politicians’writings, focus on the emergence in the1840’s of a new “American politicalnation,” and since women were neither(10)voters nor politicians, they receive littlediscussion. Women’s historians, mean-while, have shown little interest in thesubject of party politics, instead draw-ing on personal papers, legal records(15)such as wills, and records of femaleassociations to illuminate women’sdomestic lives, their moral reformactivities, and the emergence of thewoman’s rights movement.(20) However, most historians haveunderestimated the extent and signifi-cance of women’s political allegiancein the antebellum period. For example,in the presidential election campaigns(25)of the 1840’s, the Virginia Whig partystrove to win the allegiance of Virginia’swomen by inviting them to rallies andspeeches. According to Whig propa-ganda, women who turned out at the(30)party’s rallies gathered informationthat enabled them to mold party-loyalfamilies, reminded men of moral valuesthat transcended party loyalty, and con-ferred moral standing on the party.(35)Virginia Democrats, in response,began to make similar appeals towomen as well. By the mid-1850’sthe inclusion of women in the rituals ofparty politics had become common-(40)place, and the ideology that justifiedsuch inclusion had been assimilatedby the Democrats.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q4:The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is toA.examine the tactics of antebellum political parties with regard to womenB.trace the effect of politics on the emergence of the woman’s rights movementC.point out a deficiency in the study of a particular historical periodD.discuss the ideologies of opposing antebellum political partiesE.contrast the methodologies in two differing fields of historical inquiry--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q5:According to the second paragraph of the passage (lines 20-42), Whig propaganda included the assertion thatA.women should enjoy more political rights than they didB.women were the most important influences on political attitudes within a familyC.women’s reform activities reminded men of important moral valuesD.women’s demonstrations at rallies would influence men’s voting behaviorE.women’s presence at rallies would enhance the moral standing of the party--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q6:According to the passage, which of the following was true of Virginia Democrats in the mid-1850’s?A.They feared that their party was losing its strong moral foundation.B.They believed that the Whigs’ inclusion of women in party politics had led to theWhigs’ success in many elections.C.They created an ideology that justified the inclusion of women in party politics.D.They wanted to demonstrate that they were in support of the woman’s rightsmovement.E.They imitated the Whigs’ efforts to include women in the rituals of party politics.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q7:A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.A.that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers,compared to a ratio of 42 timesB.that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, aratio that compares to 42 timesC.that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, ascompared to 42 times their pay, the ratioD.CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, ascompared to 42 times their pay, the ratioE.CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers,compared to the ratio of 42 times------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q8:The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.A.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet longand isB.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long andC.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long andbeingD.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feetlong and isE.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet longand it is------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q9 to Q12:Over the last 150 years, largestretches of salmon habitat havebeen eliminated by human activity:Line mining, livestock grazing, timber(5)harvesting, and agriculture as wellas recreational and urban devel-opment. The numerical effect isobvious: there are fewer salmonin degraded regions than in pris-(10)tine ones; however, habitat lossalso has the potential to reducegenetic diversity. This is mostevident in cases where it resultsin the extinction of entire salmon (15)populations. Indeed, mostanalysts believe that some kindof environmental degradationunderlies the demise of manyextinct salmon populations. (20)Although some rivers havebeen recolonized, the uniquegenes of the original populationshave been lost.Large-scale disturbances in (25)one locale also have the potentialto alter the genetic structure ofpopulations in neighboring areas,even if those areas have pristinehabitats. Why? Although the (30)homing instinct of salmon to theirnatal stream is strong, a fractionof the fish returning from the sea(rarely more than 15 percent)stray and spawn in nearby (35)streams. Low levels of strayingare crucial, since the processprovides a source of novelgenes and a mechanismby which a location can be (40)repopulated should the fishthere disappear. Yet high ratesof straying can be problematicbecause misdirected fish mayinterbreed with the existing stock (45)to such a degree that any localadaptations that are presentbecome diluted. Strayingrates remain relatively low whenenvironmental conditions are (50)stable, but can increase dramati-cally when streams suffer severedisturbance. The 1980 volcaniceruption of Mount Saint Helens,for example, sent mud and debris (55)into several tributaries of theColumbia River. For the nextcouple of years, steelhead trout(a species included among thesalmonids) returning from the(60)sea to spawn were forced tofind alternative streams. Asa consequence, their rates ofstraying, initially 16 percent,rose to more than 40 percent(65)overall.Although no one has quantifiedchanges in the rate of strayingas a result of the disturbancescaused by humans, there is no(70)reason to suspect that the effectwould be qualitatively differentthan what was seen in theaftermath of the Mount SaintHelens eruption. Such a dra-(75)matic increase in straying fromdamaged areas to more pristinestreams results in substantialgene flow, which can in turn lowerthe overall fitness of subsequentgenerations.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q9:The primary purpose of the passage is toA.argue against a conventional explanation for the extinction of certain salmonpopulations and suggest an alternativeB.correct a common misunderstanding about the behavior of salmon in response toenvironmental degradation caused by human activitypare the effects of human activity on salmon populations with the effects ofnatural disturbances on salmon populationsD.differentiate the particular effects of various human activities on salmon habitatsE.describe how environmental degradation can cause changes in salmon populationsthat extend beyond a numerical reduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q10:It can be inferred from the passage that the occasional failure of some salmon to return to their natal streams in order to spawn provides a mechanism by whichA.pristine streams that are near polluted streams become polluted themselvesB.the particular adaptations of a polluted stream’s salmon population can bepreserved without dilutionC.the number of salmon in pristine habitats decreases relative to the number inpolluted streamsD.an environmentally degraded stream could be recolonized by new salmonpopulations should the stream recoverE.the extinction of the salmon populations that spawn in polluted streams isaccelerated--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q11:According to the passage, human activity has had which of the following effects on salmon populations?A.An increase in the size of salmon populations in some previously polluted riversB. A decline in the number of salmon in some riversC. A decrease in the number straying salmon in some riversD.A decrease in the gene flow between salmon populations that spawn in pollutedstreams and populations that spawn in pristine streamsE. A decline in the vulnerability of some salmon populations to the effects ofnaturally occurring habitat destruction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q12:The author mentions the “aftermath of the Mount Saint Helens eruption” (lines 73-74) most likely in order toA.provide an example of the process that allows the repopulation of rivers whoseindigenous salmon population has become extinctB.indicate the extent to which the disturbance of salmon habitat by human activityin one stream might affect the genetic structure of salmon populations elsewhereC.provide a standard of comparison against which the impact of human activity onthe gene flow among salmon populations should be measuredD.show how salmons’ homing instinct can be impaired as a result of severeenvironmental degradation of their natal streamsE.show why straying rates in salmon populations remain generally low except whenspawning streams suffer severe environmental disturbance------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q13:In the United States, of the people who moved from one state to another when they retired, the percentage who retired to Florida has decreased by three percentage points over the past ten years. Since many local businesses in Florida cater to retirees, this decline is likely to have a noticeably negative economic effect on these businesses. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?A.Florida attracts more people who move from one state to another when they retirethan does any other state.B.The number of people who move out of Florida to accept employment in otherstates has increased over the past ten years.C.There are far more local businesses in Florida that cater to tourists than there arelocal businesses that cater to retirees.D.The total number of people who retired and moved to another state for theirretirement has increased significantly over the past ten years.E.The number of people who left Florida when they retired to live in another statewas greater last year than it was ten years ago.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q14:That the application of new technology can increase the productivity of existing coal mines is demonstrated by the case of Tribnia’s coal industry. Coal output per miner in Tribnia is double what it was five years ago, even though no new mines have opened.Which of the following can be properly concluded from the statement about coal output per miner in the passage?A.If the number of miners working in Tribnian coal mines has remained constant inthe past five years, Tribnia’s total coal production has doubled in that period oftime.B.Any individual Tribnian coal mine that achieved an increase in overall output inthe past five years has also experienced an increase in output per miner.C.If any new coal mines had opened in Tribnia in the past five years, then theincrease in output per miner would have been even greater than it actually was.D.If any individual Tribnian coal mine has not increased its output per miner in thepast five years, then that mine’s overall output has declined or remained constant.E.In Tribnia the cost of producing a given quantity of coal has declined over thepast five years.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q15:In parts of South America, vitamin-A deficiency is a serious health problem, especially among children. In one region, agriculturists are attempting to improve nutrition by encouraging farmers to plant a new variety of sweet potato called SPK004 that is rich in beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. The plan has good chances of success, since sweet potato is a staple of the region’s diet and agriculture, and the varieties currently grown contain little beta-carotene.Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the plan will succeed?A.The growing conditions required by the varieties of sweet potato currentlycultivated in the region are conditions in which SPK004 can flourish.B.The flesh of SPK004 differs from that of the currently cultivated sweet potatoes incolor and texture, so traditional foods would look somewhat different whenprepared from SPK004.C.There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is.D.The varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region contain someimportant nutrients that are lacking in SPK004.E.There are other vegetables currently grown in the region that contain more beta-carotene than the currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato do.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q16:Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.A.a greater proportion than it wasB. a greater proportion thanC. a greater proportion than they have beenD.which is greater than was soE.which is greater than it has been------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q17:The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scale—the seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance. Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians. Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?A.Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals.B.No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatomic scale is of an earlierdate than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite.C.The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flutefragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears.D.Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing adiatonic scale.E.The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been longenough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q18:It is illegal to advertise prescription medications in Hedland except in professional medical journals or by mail directly to physicians. A proposed law would allow generaladvertising of prescription medications. Opponents object that, in general, laypersons lack the specialized knowledge to evaluate such advertisements and might ask their physicians for inappropriate medications. But since physicians have the final say as to whether to prescribe a medication for a patient, the objection provides no grounds for concern.Which of the following would it be most useful to establish in order to evaluate the argument?A.Whether nonprescription medications can interact with and block the action ofany prescription medications that could be advertised to the general publicB.Whether most prescription medication advertisements directed at the generalpublic would be advertisements for recently developed medications newlyavailable by prescriptionC.Whether prescription medication advertisements directed at the general publicwould appear on television and radio as well as in printD.Whether physicians are more likely to pay attention to advertising directed to thegeneral public than to advertising directed to physiciansE.Whether physicians are likely to succumb to pressure from patients to prescribeinappropriate medications------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q19:Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach.A.not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, butB.not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are byC.caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but byD.caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, butE.caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q20:Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them.A.took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete themB.took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete itC.took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to completeD.700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to completeE.to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q21:That twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered during the excavating of a 1,000-year-old Hohokam village in Tempe, Arizona, has nearly doubled the number of these artifacts known to exist.A.That twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered during the excavatingB.Twenty-one ceramic dog figurines discovered at the excavationC.Discovering twenty-one ceramic dog figurines at the excavatingD.Ceramic dog figurines, twenty-one of which were discovered during excavatingE The discovery of twenty-one ceramic dog figurines during the excavation------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q22:City Official: At City Hospital, uninsured patients tend to have shorter stays and fewer procedures performed than do insured patients, even though insured patients, on average, have slightly less serious medical problems at the time of admission to the hospital than uninsured patients have. Critics of the hospital have concluded that the uninsured patients are mot receiving proper medical care. However, this conclusion is almost certainly false. Careful investigation has recently shown two things: insured patients have much longer stays in the hospital than necessary, and they tend to have more procedures performed than are medically necessary.In the city official’s argument, the two boldface portions play which of the following roles?A.The first states the conclusion of the city official’s argument; the second providessupport for that conclusion.B.The first is used to support the conclusion of the city official’s argument; thesecond states that conclusion.C.The first was used to support the conclusion drawn by hospital critics; the secondstates the position that the city official’s argument opposes.D.The first was used to support the conclusion drawn by hospital critics; the secondprovides support for the conclusion of the city official’s argument.E.The first states the position that the city official’s argument opposes; the secondstates the conclusion of the city official’s argument.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q23:Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear-cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning down individual trees but do not denude the forest.A.which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burningB.which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burnC.which removes only selected trees, along with surface fires that burnD.removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burningE.removing only selected trees, as well as surface fires that burn------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q24:By sucking sap from the young twigs of the hemlock tree, tree growth is retarded by the woolly adelgid, causing needles to change color from deep green to grayish green and to drop prematurely.A.tree growth is retarded by the woolly adelgid, causing needles to change colorfrom deep green to grayish green and to dropB.tree growth is retarded by the woolly adelgid, and this causes the color of needlesto change from deep green to grayish green, and their droppingC.the woolly adelgid retards tree growth, which causes needles to change color fromdeep green to grayish green, and droppingD.the woolly adelgid retards tree growth, causing needles to change color from deepgreen to grayish green and to dropE.the woolly adelgid retards tree growth, and this causes the color of needles tochange from deep green to grayish green, and the their dropping------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q25 to Q28:Recently biologists have beeninterested in a tide-associatedperiodic behavior displayed byLine the diatom Hantzschia virgata, a(5)microscopic golden-brown alga thatinhabits that portion of a shorelinewashed by tides (the intertidal zone).Diatoms of this species, sometimescalled “commuter” diatoms, remain(10)burrowed in the sand during hightide, and emerge on the sand sur-face during the daytime low tide.Just before the sand is inundated bythe rising tide, the diatoms burrow(15)again. Some scientists hypothesizethat commuter diatoms know that itis low tide because they sense anenvironmental change, such as analteration in temperature or a change(20)in pressure caused by tidal move-ment. However, when diatoms areobserved under constant conditionsin a laboratory, they still displayperiodic behavior, continuing to bur-。
GRE(VERBAL)阅读模拟试卷7(题后含答案及解析)
GRE（VERBAL）阅读模拟试卷7(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. PART ONEPART ONE （Time：30 minutes 38 Questions）Mary Barton, particularly in its early chapters, is a moving response to the suffering of the industrial worker in the England of the 1840s. What is most impressive about the book is the intense and painstaking effort made by the author, Elizabeth Gaskell, to convey the experience of everyday life in working class homes. Her method is partly documentary in nature: the novel includes such features as a carefully annotate reproduction of dialect, the exact details of food prices in an account of a tea party, an itemized description of the furniture of the Bartons’living room, and a transcription (again annotated) of the ballad “The Oldham Weaver”. The interest of this record is considerable, even though the method has a slightly distancing effect.As a member of the middle class, Gaskell could hardly help approaching working-class life as an outside observer and a reporter, and the reader of the novel is always conscious of this fact. But there is genuine imaginative re-creation in her accounts of the walk in Green Heys Fields, of tea at the Bartons’house, and of John Barton and his friend’s discovery of the starving family in the cellar in the chapter “Poverty and Death.”Indeed, for a similarly convincing re-creation of such families’emotions and responses (which are more crucial than the material details on which the mere reporter is apt to concentrate), the English novel had to wait 60 years for the early writing of D. H. Lawrence. If Gaskell never quite conveys the sense of full participation that would completely authenticate this aspect of Mary Bartons, she still brings to these scenes an intuitive recognition of feelings that has its own sufficient conviction.The chapter “Old Aice’s History”brilliantly dramatizes the situation of that early generation of workers brought from the villages and the countryside to the urban industrial centers. The account of Job Leigh, the weaver and naturalist who is devoted to the study of biology, vividly embodies one kind of response to an urban industrial environment: an affinity for living things that hardens, by its very contrast with its environment, into a kind of crankiness. The early chapters —about factory workers walking out in spring into Green Heys Fields, about Alice Wilson, remembering in her cellar the twig-gathering for brooms in the native village that she will never again see, about job Leigh, intent on his impaled insects—capture the characteristic responses of a generation to the new and crushing experience of industrialism. The other early chapters eloquently portray the development of the instinctive cooperation with each other that was already becoming an important tradition among workers.1．It can be inferred from examples given in the last paragraph of the passagethat which of the following was part of “the new and crushing experience of industrialism”for many members of the English working class in the nineteenth century.A．Extortionate food pricesB．Geographical displacementC．Hazardous working conditionsD．Alienation from fellow workersE．Dissolution of family ties正确答案：B解析：examples指最后一段给出的四个例子，主要讲述了工人从农村到城市经历的环境变化。