GRE网络课堂词汇填空笔记-沈辉主讲(六)

　　9. The chances that a species will ____ are reduced if any vital function is restricted to a single kind of organ;____ by itself possesses an enormous survival advantage.

　　 degenerate.. complexity

　　 expire.. size

　　 disappear.. variety

　　 flourish.. symmetry

　　 persist.. redundancy

　　10. Despite many decades of research on the gasification of coal, the data accumulated are not directly ____ to environmental questions; thus a new program of research specifically addressing such questions is ____.

　　 analogous.. promising

　　 transferable.. contradictory

　　 antithetical.. unremarkable

　　 applicable.. warranted

　　 pertinent.. unnecessary

　　11. In response to the follies of todays commercial and political worlds, the author does not ____ inflamed indignation, but rather ____ the detachment and smooth aphoristic prose of an eighteenth-century wit.

　　 display.. rails at

　　 rely on.. avoids

　　 suppress.. clings to

　　 express.. affects

　　 resort to.. spurns

　　12. Vaillant, who has been particularly interested in the means by which people attain mental health, seems to be looking for ____ answers: a way to close the book on at least a few questions about human nature.

　　 definitive

　　 confused

　　 temporary

　　 personal

　　 derivative

　　13. Imposing steep fines on employers for on-the-job injuries to workers could be an effective ____ to creating a safer workplace, especially in the case of employers with poor safety records.

　　 antidote

　　 alternative

　　 addition

　　 deterrent

　　 incentive