magoosh(一些很好的GRE模拟填空题)

1.

Refusing to ____________ his vituperative words, the ambassador only further ____________

members of the multinational committee.

Blank (i)

exacerbate

moderate

int ensify

Blank (ii)

intrigued

encouraged

incensed

Text Explanation

Answers: (B), (F)

?Vituperative? means harsh and scathing. By not moderating these angry words,

the ambassador is only going to make the committed more some negative word.

Only (F) incensed, or very upset/enraged works.

2.

The gossip columnist’s ____________ was __________

__ the number of her published

columns

–

the more articles she wrote, the more untruths she spread.

Blank (i)

calumny

ardor

flattery

Blank (ii)

commensurate with

inverse to

unconnected to

Text Explanation

Answers: (A), (D)

?The more untruths…? matches up with (A) calumny, or slander. (D)

commensurate describes the relationship between two things, in which when

one increases the other increases, or when one decreases the other decreases.

'In proportion to' is another way of s

aying ?commensurate with.?

3.

For all her brilliance, Ada was undone by her ______________: she vowed to apply herself far

more diligently in studying for her retake of the bar exam.

cleverness

insouciance< /p>

sagacity

insight

ear nestness

Text Explanation

Answer: (B)

'For', in this case, means 'despite.' Despite her brilliance, Ada did not pass the

exam. She was undone by her lack of effort (

(A), (C), and (D) are similar in meaning, and none contrast with 'brilliance.'

(E) means honesty and sincerity. If she possessed more of (E), she would have

likely passed the exam.

4.

The conception of time as parcelled out in ______________ intervals did not begin with the

advent of the clock; as such we must have a biological predisposition to not conceive of time as

simply an amorphous succession of moments.

fleeting

illusory

unbounded

discrete

ind iscernible

Text Explanation

Answer: (D)

The clue is

is bounded, not amorphous or shapeless.

(A) does not match the context, though is tempting because of the platitude,

(B) is not supported by context.

(C) is the opposite.

(D) means broken up into separate intervals. This opposes the idea of

amorphous intervals.

If anything, (E) is the opposite of the blank.

5.

Favoring quantity over substance, many amateur writers labor under the delusion that the more

____________ the sentence structure the more ____________ the thought being conveyed.

Blank (i)

rudimentary

involved

superficial

Blank (ii)

tactical

ironic

profound

Text Explanation

Answers: (B), (F)

?…quantity for substance…? indicates that writers are going to think that longer

or (B) involved sentences are of more value. The only answer choice that makes

sense in the context of conveying though, and quality thought at that, is (F)

profound.

6.

Because reading on the Web entails quickly scanning and sorting through a deluge of

information, many wonder if our level of engagement with the text has been ____________ or if

the ability to read closely and carefully is one that can be ____________ if we simply spend more

time immersed in a book.

Blank (i)

irreparably compromised

tentatively disrupted

Blank (ii)

fully reactivated

further degraded

summarily disregarded

permanently restored

Text Explanation

Answers: (A), (D)

It may be tempting to choose (B) tentatively disrupted. First off, it fits the

context. Secondly, (A) irreparably compromised is very extreme. However,

none of the answer choices for the second blank make sense if coupled with (B).

The most alluring, (D) fully reactivated, doesn't quite work, because if

something is tentatively disrupted it implies that it is only temporarily affected

and will change back (or be fully reactivated) soon.

(A) irreparably compromised, on the other hand, implies that

engagement

that we need an opposite to (A). (D) fully reactivated supplies this contrast.

7.

Managers who categorically squelch insights from low-tiered employees run the obvious

hazard of (i) ____________ creativity; conversely, these very same managers are more likely to

(ii)____________ any ideas that flow down from the top brass.

Blank (i)