试卷详情
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GRE-24(无案例题干,混乱)
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[单项选择]Hardly convincing was his______near the end of the play, where the swordplay, though scripted, took on a thoroughly amateurish aspect.
A. (A) ploy
B. (B) feint
C. (C) ad-lib
D. (D) error
E. (E) flourish
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[单项选择]Which of the following can be inferred as to the relationship between Ellison's work and political movements of his time
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[单项选择]VACCINATION : INOCULATION::
A. (A) office : promotion
B. (B) ban : business
C. (C) quarantine : isolation
D. (D) hindrance : encouragement
E. (E) negotiation: satisfaction
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[单项选择]REFUTATION:
A. (A) augmentation
B. (B) calculation
C. (C) vindication
D. (D) sanction
E. (E) accord
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[单项选择]BRAVE: INTIMIDATED::
A. (A) vigilant : ambushed
B. (B) reticent : spurred
C. (C) audacious : confronted
D. (D) timid: contented
E. (E) ardent : persuaded
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[单项选择]PROPAGATE:
A. (A) to not reproduce
B. (B) decide to consent
C. (C) resist involvement
D. (D) start to waver
E. (E) desire wealth
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[单项选择]TALK : LOQUACIOUS::
A. (A) speak : prating
B. (B) expend : extravagant
C. (C) behave : rude
D. (D) walk : ebullient
E. (E) cower : craven
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[单项选择]IMPROMPTU:
A. (A) deliberately unclear
B. (B) restrictive
C. (C) thoroughly practiced
D. (D) universally acknowledged
E. (E) innocently amusing
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[单项选择]ANOMALY:
A. (A) ongoing procedure
B. (B) impermanent answer
C. (C) simple dilemma
D. (D) repeated interruption
E. (E) regular happening
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[单项选择]MOLLIFY:
A. (A) instigate
B. (B) instill
C. (C) ire
D. (D) subside
E. (E) combat
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[单项选择]Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage
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[单项选择]According to the passage, which of the following is true concerning the development of GHBs
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[单项选择]IMPRUDENT: INDISCREET::
A. (A) judicious : discrete
B. (B) insolent: venerable
C. (C) churlish : sensitive
D. (D) impeccable : faultless
E. (E) industrious : indolent
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[单项选择]REPRIMAND: IRE ::
A. (A) cringe : threat
B. (B) disregard : affliction
C. (C) languish : surveillance
D. (D) blush : discomfiture
E. (E) fuss: restriction
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[单项选择]SUPPLANT: REPLACE::
A. (A) taste: devour
B. (B) sacrifice : rebuke
C. (C) sue : arrest
D. (D) pilfer : embezzle
E. (E) beseech: request
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[单项选择]It can be inferred that Leonard would most likely consider which of the following hypothetical cases of Civil War women the LEAST supportive of her thesis
A. (A) A widow who patriotically refused to remarry, even after her soldier husband was killed in battle
B. (B) A woman who shifted from working as a seamstress to running an army uniform factory
C. (C) A woman who dressed as a Southern soldier in order to cross enemy lines as a spy
D. (D) A woman who established a charity in order to collect money for prostheses for war amputees
E. (E) A woman who gave public speeches on the necessity of conserving for the war effort
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[单项选择]TURBULENCE:
A. (A) geniality
B. (B) tranquility
C. (C) resistance
D. (D) mutuality
E. (E) reflection
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[单项选择]According to the passage, Leonard asserts that women's activities during the Civil War had all of the following positive effects EXCEPT
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[单项选择]PERPETUAL:
A. (A) abrupt
B. (B) indolent
C. (C) sporadic
D. (D) instantaneous
E. (E) precursory
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[单项选择]EXAGGERATED : HYPERBOLIC ::
A. (A) incredible : euphemistic
B. (B) elaborate : fluent
C. (C) expressed : ambiguous
D. (D) burnished : lustrous
E. (E) distinguished : cryptic
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[单项选择]It is intriguing that those two views are thought to be______; as a matter of fact, this opposition masks their inherent______.
A. (A) tangential … obtuseness
B. (B) irreconcilable … compatibility
C. (C) choleric … antagonism
D. (D) insupportable … validity
E. (E) consistent… plausibility
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[单项选择]Where Linda has her______charm, and Robert has sense of verve and suavity, Polly has only her superficial______.
A. (A) genteel… uncertainty
B. (B) infectious … pulchritude
C. (C) idolatrous… pluck
D. (D) obsequious … vivacity
E. (E) insufferable … vapidity
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[单项选择]According to the passage, the fireball which emits the initial GRBs differs from the stage in which it produces aftershocks in that
A. (A) the former lacks the accelerated velocity of the latter
B. (B) the former is easier to observe than the latter
C. (C) the former has higher photon density than the latter
D. (D) the former contains a greater number of positrons than the latter
E. (E) the former is in a state of expansion while the latter is in a state of contraction
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[单项选择]The plaintiff could only recover payment for her services if there was evidence of an implied or express contract to______her for the work which she had done.
A. (A) sanction
B. (B) congratulate
C. (C) remunerate
D. (D) promote
E. (E) impeach
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[单项选择]Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage
A. (A) Though the forces which influence GRBs are now established, scientists have yet to establish their cause.
B. (B) Scientists have now established the role that kinetic energy plays in the existence of GRBs.
C. (C) Certain aspects of GRBs have finally allowed scientists to link them to specific kinds of collapsed stars.
D. (D) Though still perplexed by the cause of GRBs, scientists have discovered how they manage to escape the gravity of black holes.
E. (E) Fireballs can transform explosive energy into observed radiation, as had long been hypothesized.
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[单项选择]The passage suggests that scientists consider their understanding of gamma-bursts to be
A. (A) incomplete because they still have yet to establish a taxonomy of the various types of GHBs they have observed
B. (B) adequate enough to redirect research toward other more perplexing aspects of black holes
C. (C) unsurprising, given that scientists have long felt kinetic energy to play a role in the emergence of GHBs
D. (D) disappointing because the mechanism by which GHBs become visible is still poorly understood
E. (E) in need of confirmation through comparison with another astronomical phenomenon that involves electromagnetic bursts
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[单项选择]SWAN: BIRD::
A. (A) branch: stalk
B. (B) lion: feline
C. (C) gale : downpour
D. (D) worm : butterfly
E. (E) tortoise : turtle
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[单项选择]Mild electric current had been thought to______overactive brain regions that cause disease, but in some cases, it may boost nerves' activity and change their firing patterns.
A. (A) elucidate
B. (B) damage
C. (C) alter
D. (D) stifle
E. (E) confuse
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[单项选择]ESTIMABLE:
A. (A) stubborn
B. (B) parsimonious
C. (C) misleading
D. (D) notorious
E. (E) disobedient
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[单项选择]By actual measurement ravens are the most percipient of birds, and on______evidence they seem more______than most other living creatures.
A. (A) anecdotal… cognizant
B. (B) reliable … contumelious
C. (C) preliminary … retiring
D. (D) subjective … sapient
E. (E) unavailable … intelligent
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[单项选择]FALLACY:
A. (A) legitimate line of reasoning
B. (B) unconfirmed view
C. (C) creative thought
D. (D) unverified hypothesis
E. (E) individual belief
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[单项选择]The passage mentions that all of the following issues were at stake in the conflict between antebellum ideology and the values born in the Civil War EXCEPT
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[单项选择]NARRATIVE: ANECDOTE::
A. (A) poem : rhapsody
B. (B) performance : drama
C. (C) play : skit
D. (D) travesty : ridicule
E. (E) prose : piece
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[单项选择]MOROSE:
A. (A) charismatic
B. (B) jocular
C. (C) glib
D. (D) clever
E. (E) relaxed
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[单项选择]ACCOLADE:
A. (A) extended negotiation
B. (B) disparagement
C. (C) limited supply
D. (D) restrained feeling
E. (E) consequence
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[单项选择]NEOLOGISM:
A. (A) exclusion
B. (B) deductive reasoning
C. (C) practice based on fatherhood
D. (D) archaism
E. (E) optimism
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[单项选择]In terms of its tone and its form, the passage can best be characterized as
A. (A) a critical analysis
B. (B) a speculative study
C. (C) a dispassionate presentation
D. (D) an indignant denial
E. (E) a dogmatic explanation
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[单项选择]The idea of______, whether the biblical version or the Enlightenment's, is at bottom a tragic notion, for it implies that individual human choices count for nothing against the weight of______, overwhelming protective force.
A. (A) godlessness … a heretic
B. (B) providence … an inexorable
C. (C) destiny … a resentful
D. (D) disaster … a catastrophic
E. (E) fate … a paternal
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[单项选择]With which of the following criticisms of Leonard's theory would the author of the passage be most likely to agree
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[单项选择]Warm and diplomatic in manner, devoted to his wife and sons, Smith fits the stereotype of the______critic in only one particular: he detests bad artists as much as bad art.
A. (A) philanthropic
B. (B) bilious
C. (C) unbiased
D. (D) pacifistic
E. (E) irrelevant
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[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that hypernovae are best at explaining which of the following questions faced by scientists
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[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following might be an example of an inhibitor mechanism already proven to operate in nature
A. (A) Preying mantis females cannibalize their mates, limiting population growth of their species.
B. (B) Beetles tend to collect in large groups, causing internecine battles between colonies.
C. (C) Sea turtles tend to avoid laying their eggs very close to one another, causing their progeny to distribute evenly throughout the ocean.
D. (D) Birds which settle upon the peak of a mountain naturally tend to build nests together to achieve safety in numbers.
E. (E) Oysters tend to develop only to a certain size, due to the limiting effects of bacteria growth within their shells.
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[单项选择]The author considers the example of the creation of ant cemeteries to be novel for which of the following reasons
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[单项选择]Nathan was a fiercely ambitious and competitive man, as quick to take offence as to give it in his business dealings, and it is not difficult to imagine him responding ______to such______.
A. (A) mysteriously … an entreaty
B. (B) fractiously … a pleasantry
C. (C) self-effacingly … an invitation
D. (D) impetuously … a contretemps
E. (E) gravely … a leitmotif
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[单项选择]PRODIGALITY:
A. (A) penury
B. (B) indifference
C. (C) submissiveness
D. (D) remorse
E. (E) treachery
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[单项选择]EXPERIENCE : PRACTICING ::
A. (A) fitness : developing
B. (B) lucidity : composing
C. (C) strength : exercising
D. (D) edification : acquiring
E. (E) wisdom : contemplating
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[单项选择]Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage
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[单项选择]The author is primarily concerned with
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[单项选择]SHALLOW:
A. (A) insightful
B. (B) penitent
C. (C) conscientious
D. (D) fidgety
E. (E) random
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[单项选择]PROSCENIUM : STAGE ::
A. (A) music : light
B. (B) armchair : cushion
C. (C) bulb: cap
D. (D) television: screen
E. (E) window : room
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[单项选择]CRUCIAL: PERTINENT::
A. (A) loathsome: impossible
B. (B) false : vague
C. (C) peculiar : tangential
D. (D) conspicuous : perceptible
E. (E) central : peripheral
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[单项选择]RAREFY:
A. (A) behave
B. (B) perplex
C. (C) relegate
D. (D) condense
E. (E) envision
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[单项选择]POEM : METAPHOR::
A. (A) orchid : plant
B. (B) airplane : wing
C. (C) sonata : arpeggio
D. (D) gallery : painters
E. (E) ballerina : drama
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[单项选择]AVID:
A. (A) curious
B. (B) apathetic
C. (C) rapid
D. (D) oblivious
E. (E) autonomous
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[单项选择]ENLIST : DRAFT ::
A. (A) nominate: commit
B. (B) endow : reduce
C. (C) elect : frame
D. (D) emigrate : banish
E. (E) apprehend : arrest
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[单项选择]REVERE:
A. (A) blaspheme
B. (B) reject
C. (C) emulate
D. (D) confound
E. (E) degrade
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[单项选择]The obtuse believe that to be truthful is a matter of______; only the artist, the great artist, knows that probity is acquired______.
A. (A) morality … indiscriminately
B. (B) practice … innately
C. (C) determination… remotely
D. (D) luxury… easefully
E. (E) taste … obsessively
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[单项选择]CAUSTIC:
A. (A) innocuous
B. (B) tortuous
C. (C) inflexible
D. (D) deadening
E. (E) sterile
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[单项选择]The main idea of the passage is that
A. (A) explanations of the process by which higher organisms explain themselves have remained elusive until now
B. (B) self-amplifying activation processes may one day explain most natural processes
C. (C) scientists have discovered the first proof of Turing patterns to higher organism communities
D. (D) explanations of how organisms organize themselves into patterns are no longer so elusive as they once were
E. (E) activation processes are essential to the survival of many ant species
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[单项选择]AFFABLE:
A. (A) devious
B. (B) defiant
C. (C) sappy
D. (D) irascible
E. (E) vague
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[单项选择]The discussion of the means by which GHBs escape black holes that is offered in the second paragraph suggests that which of the following must be assumed if the conclusions described in lines 3 - 5 are to he validly drawn
A. (A) The light emissions from GHBs always degrade from gamma rays to x-rays to visible light and, finally, to radio waves.
B. (B) Particles in GHBs include not only photons but electrons and their antimatter counterpart, positrons.
C. (C) The expansion of a fireball as it moves away from the black hole lowers photon density.
D. (D) Shock waves almost always form at the boundary between the fireball and the external medium.
E. (E) The timescale by which we witness astronomical phenomenon is always ruled by the principles of relativity.
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[单项选择]SYCOPHANTIC : RESPECTFUL::
A. (A) dedicated : ethical
B. (B) fanatical : enthusiastic
C. (C) scrupulous : fastidious
D. (D) ostentatious : flashy
E. (E) scholastic: cultivated
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[单项选择]Baudelaire saw the writer as a detached______, a mocking dandy in the big-city crowd, alienated, isolated, anonymous, and thus______.
A. (A) socialite…free
B. (B) wanderer … soulful
C. (C) trifler … irresponsible
D. (D) idler… melancholic
E. (E) socialite … unnoticed
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[单项选择]It may be inferred from the passage that at the time Invisible Man was published, many blacks contributed more to American life than Ellison by
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[单项选择]Creating a relatively simple model of the known ecosystem requires a tremendous amount of work even with______set of data at our disposal; creating an accurate model for less well-understood ecosystems might well prove______pursuit.
A. (A) a comprehensive … a quixotic
B. (B) an expansive … a realistic
C. (C) a consequential … a viable
D. (D) an unproven … a feasible
E. (E) an incomplete … an impossible
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[单项选择]LULL:
A. (A) increased activity
B. (B) strong fascination
C. (C) improved execution
D. (D) hot debate
E. (E) quick solution
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[单项选择]ERUDITION:
A. (A) naivety
B. (B) forethought
C. (C) prosperity
D. (D) crudeness
E. (E) ignorance
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[单项选择]The passage suggests that the amount of time it takes to observe a gamma burst from a fireball would be increased if
A. (A) the fireball in question expanded at a greater rate than normal
B. (B) the fireball in question expanded at a slower rate than normal
C. (C) the fireball in question occupied less space than normal
D. (D) the fireball in question occupied more space than normal
E. (E) the fireball in question failed to sweep up surrounding gas clouds
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[单项选择]PAINTING : GALLERY ::
A. (A) ensemble : chamber
B. (B) genre : exhibition
C. (C) chord : extemporization
D. (D) symphony : auditorium
E. (E) choir : rehearsal
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[单项选择]ATHLETE : STADIUM ::
A. (A) aerodrome : plane
B. (B) gladiator : arena
C. (C) nurse : hospital
D. (D) representative : conclave
E. (E) ally : faction
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[单项选择]New York City is full of people like Mr. O'Neal-life-long bibliophiles with a accumulation, holed up in compact spaces in the intimate company of thousands upon thousands upon thousands of books.
A. (A) distaste for
B. (B) tolerance toward
C. (C) prohibition against
D. (D) proclivity for
E. (E) phobia of
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[单项选择]ACCELERATE : SPEED ::
A. (A) plummet : altitude
B. (B) invigorate : vitality
C. (C) declare : honesty
D. (D) spoil : perishable
E. (E) lance: tumescence
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[单项选择]A fool, especially if he has the misfortune of knowing anything, should______it as well as he can.
A. (A) conceal
B. (B) invalidate
C. (C) protect
D. (D) inspect
E. (E) improve
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[单项选择]SOLVENT:
A. (A) inert material
B. (B) moisturizer
C. (C) cleanser
D. (D) precipitant
E. (E) instigator