2016年5月21日GRE填空机经

本次考试加试Verbal。逻辑总体比较简单(除sec3第6题)，单词基本佛脚词全cover, 一个双空题选项出现新词cupidity, 但是靠排除法可以选出。其中Section 1重复率较高，5-6题来自直通车/冲分讲义，Section2、3每个1-2道原题。

原题(按section 顺序)：

1. Glass, by definition, is _____ in its structure: its atoms lack order and are arranged in every which ways.

A. friable

B. refractive

C. malleable

D. amorphous

E. amalgamated

答案：amorphous(无定形的，无明确晶体结构的)

2. Within the culture as a whole, natural science has been so successful that the word scientific is used in (i) ______ manner; it is often assumed that to call something “scientific” is to imply that its reliability has been (ii) ______ by research whose results cannot reasonably be (iii)______.

A. an ironic D. maligned G. exaggerated

B. a literal E. challenged H. anticipated

C. an honorific F. established I. disputed

答案：honorific established disputed

分析：一空描述scientific, 同句中对其正态度successful, 修饰一致性，一空选正向C，二空某件事特征是scientific, 其reliability 加强，选F

三空前有否定词cannot, 方向取反，选I。

3. William Perkins, his _____ speaking style notwithstanding, has long been seen as the moderate fare of his political party.

A. fiery B. genteel C. bumbling

D. unremarkable E. affable F. impassioned

答案：fiery & impassioned

分析：有trigger: notwithstanding, 空格里他的特征要和已知信息moderate(适度的，有节制的)取反，选AF热烈的，充满激情的

4. The economic recovery was somewhat lopsided: (i)______ in some of the industries economics while (ii)______ in others of them.

A. unexpected D. robust

B. feeble E. turbulent

C. swift F. predictable

答案：swift robust

分析：由 lopsided 不平衡知答案选一对反义词。AF, BD 两组备选，由于描述经济恢复情况(都已知)，选AF。

新题：1. 他下台是因为他的sheer ____ 是 _____的：他过着非常simple, 朴素的生活。

空一选项：A. callowness(年轻无经验) B. 是个超简单的词，回忆不起来了 C. cupidity(贪心)

空二选项：D. untenable E. predictable F.

参考答案：cupidity untenable

分析：一空的内容一定要和简朴相关，取同或取反，只能选C，

2. 人们对gorilla有着长期的 ____, 认为他们是savage狂暴，还会攻击没主动惹到他们的人。caricature by S ____ 了这个说法，认为它们在人群里还是非常 ____ 的。

二空选项：introduced dispelled corroborated

参考答案：misunderstanding dispelled tranquil

分析：三空描述gorilla的特征，在原文中有对应，所以先从三空入手，内容确定，方向不定，选狂暴有攻击性的同义或反义词，只有tranquil合适。继而二空选削弱的词dispelled，一空选误解。

3. 尽管艺术作品很多都是被同时代的具有_____ 特征的同行评价的，它们也会被评论家评价。

参考答案：subjective, discriminative

分析：六选二题目。根据句义不是很好预判，从选项入手的。两对广义的同义词，另一对确定不选。