GRE语文模拟试题

　　1.A computer program can provide information in ways

　　that force students to --- learning instead of being

　　merely ---- of knowledge.

　　 shore up .. reservoirs

　　 accede to .. consumers

　　 participate in .. recipients

　　 compensate for.. custodians

　　 profit from .. beneficiaries

　　2. The form and physiology of leaves vary according to

　　the ---- in which they develop: for example, leaves

　　display a wide range of adaptations to different

　　degrees of light and moisture.

　　 relationship

　　 species

　　 sequence

　　 patterns

　　 environment

　　3. One theory about intelligence sees ---- as the

　　logical structure underlying thinking and insists that

　　since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well.

　　 behavior.. inactive

　　 instinct.. cooperative

　　 heredity.. thoughtful

　　 adaptation.. brutal

　　 language.. mindless

　　4. Though ---- in her personal life, Edna St. Vincent

　　Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually

　　producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a

　　day.

　　 jaded.. feckless

　　 verbose.. ascetic

　　 vain.. humble

　　 impulsive.. disciplined

　　 self-assured.. sanguine

　　5. The childrens ---- natures were in sharp contrast

　　to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.

　　 mercurial

　　 blithe

　　 phlegmatic

　　 introverted

　　 artless

　　6. By ---- scientific rigor with a quantitative approach,

　　researchers in the social sciences may often have ---

　　their scope to those narrowly circumscribed topics that

　　are well suited to quantitative methods.

　　 undermining.. diminished

　　 equating.. enlarged

　　 vitiating.. expanded

　　 identifying.. limited

　　 imbuing.. broadened

　　7. As early as the seventeenth century, philosophers

　　called attention to the ---- character of the issue,

　　and their twentieth-century counterparts still approach

　　it with ----.

　　 absorbing.. indifference

　　 unusual.. composure

　　 complex.. antipathy

　　 auspicious.. caution

　　 problematic.. uneasiness

　　8. TRIPOD: CAMERA::

　　 scaffolding: ceiling

　　 prop: set

　　 easel: canvas

　　 projector: film

　　 frame: photograph

　　9. AQUATIC: WATER::

　　 cumulus: clouds

　　 inorganic: elements

　　 variegated: leaves

　　 rural: soil

　　 arboreal: trees

　　10. EMOLLIENT: SUPPLENESS::

　　 unguent: elasticity

　　 precipitant: absorption

　　 additive: fusion

　　 desiccant: dryness

　　 retardant: permeability

　　11. DRAW: DOODLE::

　　 talk: whisper

　　 travel: ramble

　　 run: walk

　　 calculate: add

　　 eat: gobble

　　12. CONSPICUOUS: SEE:

　　 repulsive: forget

　　 prohibited: discount

　　 deceptive: delude

　　 impetuous: disregard

　　 transparent: understand

　　13. IMMATURE: DEVELOPED::

　　 accessible: exposed

　　 theoretical: conceived

　　 tangible: identified

　　 irregular: classified

　　 incipient: realized

　　14. PERSPICACITY: ACUTE::

　　 adaptability: prescient

　　 decorum: complacent

　　 caprice: whimsical

　　 discretion: literal

　　 ignorance: pedantic

　　15. PLAYFUL: BANTER::

　　 animated: originality

　　 exaggerated: hyperbole

　　 insidious: effrontery

　　 pompous: irrationality

　　 taciturn: solemnity

　　16. QUARANTINE: CONTAGION::

　　 blockage: obstacle

　　 strike: concession

　　 embargo: commerce

　　 vaccination: inoculation

　　 prison: reform