新GRE填空双空题例题解析
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例子1
At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ---------- evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.
(A) addresses
(B) creates
(C) alters
(D) suppresses
(E) substitutes
〖解答〗
句末的现在分词短语"tailoring it to his needs"在复述空格所代表的那一特定的行为动作,it即指代evidence。空格只需从tailoring求取一同义词即可。答案为(C)。
〖词汇〗
tailor: 1.裁制 2.针对特定目的(或对象)作修改,使适应特定需要
address: 1.对…发表讲话,称呼 2.对付,处理
〖解答〗
在其讨论的某几处,当证据难于为其立论提供依据时,格雷夫斯事实上就对这些证据改弦易辙,将其改头换面以满足其需要。
例子2
The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an ---------- process closed to the uninitiated listeners, however enthusiastic.
(A) unreliable
(B) arcane
(C) arrogant
(D) elementary
(E) intuitive
〖解答〗
如果音乐欣赏正是过去分词短语中所描述的那样,是"closed to the uninitiated listeners"的话,那全然是因为这一过程已变成(B) arcane的缘故。
〖词汇〗
cant: 1.言不由衷之辞 2.黑话 3.行业术语,惯用套语
uninitiated: 1. 未被接纳入会的 2.缺乏某种特定知识和经验的
arcane: 神秘的,晦涩难解的
〖中译〗
唱片套上音乐家们妄自尊大的行话常常表明,真正的音乐欣赏实乃一种秘不可宣的过程,对尚未入门的听众全然封闭,不管他们是何等的热忱。
C:形容词短语
例子3
The newborn human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively --------- one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.
(A) adaptive
(B) selective
(C) inquisitive
(D) receptive
(E) intuitive
〖解答〗
从空格之后表示伴随状况的形容词短语"attentive to...”中可求得与其最接近贴切的近义词(D) receptive。此外,代入的正确选择须与另一形容词"passive"有关。
〖中译〗
新诞生的人类婴儿既不是个被动的人物,亦不是个主动的人物,而是那样一个可被称为以主动的.方式显示出较强接受力的人物,实际上热切地注意着各种情景和声响。
例子4
The state is a network of exchanged benefits and beliefs, --------- between rulers and citizens based on those laws and procedures that are --------- to the maintenance of community.
(A) a compromise ... inimical
(B) an interdependence. .. subsidiary
(C) a counterpoint ... incidental
(D) an equivalence ... prerequisite
(E) a reciprocity ... conducive
〖解答〗
空格Ⅰ需代入一名词,与此前的"a network of exchanged benefits"在语法上构成同位语,以突出强调“互惠互利”这一概念。(E) reciprocity最好地体现了这一概念。(A) compromise 和(B) interdependence尽管尚能达意,但针对性不强。当然,在空格Ⅱ处,(A)(B)前后不通,(E) "be conducive to"(有利于…)为正确。
〖词汇〗
inimical: 1.敌意的 2.有害的,不利的
subsidiary: 附属的,次要的,补贴的
counterpoint: 对位法,对比法
incidental: 伴随的,次要的,偶发的
equivalence: 相等
prerequisite: 先决条件的,必要的
〖中译〗
国家是一个互惠和互信的结构,是统治者与公民之间的一种互利关系,以那些有利于维持一个社会的法律和程序为其基础。
例子5
An investigation that is ---------- can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
(A) timely
(B) unguided
(C) consistent
(D) uncomplicated
(E) subjective
〖解答〗
在以but连接的两个句子中分别两次涉及“研究”(investigation search)这一概念。从search后面的介词结构in a definite direction可求取其反义词(B) unguided。
〖中译〗
一种漫无目的,无的放矢式的研究偶尔能揭示出新的事实,甚至是引人瞩目的事实;但是,普遍而言,此类事实的出现是有着明确方向的探索带来的结果。
例子6
The Gibsons were little given to ---------- in any form; not one of them was afraid of ----------, of being and seeming unlike their neighbors.
(A) humility ... absurdity
(B) excellence ... mediocrity
(C) anger ... confrontation
(D) conformism ... singularity