最新GRE模拟试题八

Time –30 minutes 38 Questions
　　1. In the nineteenth century， novelists and unsympathetic travelers portrayed the American West as a land of_____ adversity, whereas promoters and idealists created_____image of a land of infinite promise.
　　(A) lurid…… a mundane
　　(B) incredible…… an underplayed
　　(C) dispiriting…… an identical
　　(D) intriguing…… a luxuriant
　　(E) unremitting…… a compelling
　　2. Honeybees tend to be more_____than earth bees：the former， unlike the latter， search for food together and signal their individual findings to one another.
　　(A) insular
　　(B) aggressive
　　(C) differentiated
　　(D) mobile
　　(E) social
　　3. Joe spoke of superfluous and_____matters with exactly the same degree of intensity， as though for him serious issues mattered neither more nor less than did _____。
　　(A) vital…… trivialities
　　(B) redundant…… superficialities
　　(C) important…… necessities
　　(D) impractical…… outcomes
　　(E) humdrum…… essentials
　　4. The value of Davis‘ sociological research is com- promised by his unscrupulous tendency to use materials_____ in order to substantiate his own claims， while_____information that points to other possible conclusions.
　　(A) haphazardly…… deploying
　　(B) selectively…… disregarding
　　(C) cleverly…… weighing
　　(D) modestly…… refuting
　　(E) arbitrarily…… emphasizing
　　5. Once Renaissance painters discovered how to _____volume and depth， they were able to replace the medieval convention of symbolic， two-dimensional space with the more_____illusion of actual space.
　　(A) reverse…… conventional
　　(B) portray…… abstract
　　(C) deny…… concrete
　　(D) adumbrate…… fragmented
　　(E) render…… realistic
　　6. He had expected gratitude for his disclosure， but instead he encountered_____bordering on hostility.
　　(A) patience
　　(B) discretion
　　(C) openness
　　(D) ineptitude
　　(E) indifference
　　7. The diplomat， selected for her demonstrated patience and skill in conducting such delicate negotiations，_____ to make a decision during the talks because any sudden commitment at that time would have been _____。
　　(A) resolved…… detrimental
　　(B) refused…… apropos
　　(C) declined…… inopportune
　　(D) struggled…… unconscionable
　　(E) hesitated…… warranted
　　8. CONDUCTOR： INSTRUMENTALIST：：
　　(A) director： actor
　　(B) sculptor： painter
　　(C) choreographer： composer
　　(D) virtuoso： amateur
　　(E) poet： listener
　　9. QUARRY： ROCK
　　(A) silt： gravel
　　(B) sky： rain
　　(C) cold： ice
　　(D) mine： ore
　　(E) jewel： diamond
　　10. STICKLER： EXACTING：：
　　(A) charlatan： forthright
　　(B) malcontent： solicitous
　　(C) misanthrope： expressive
　　(D) defeatist： resigned
　　(E) braggart： unassuming
　　11. WALK： AMBLE：：
　　(A) dream： imagine
　　(B) talk： chat
　　(C) swim： float
　　(D) look： stare
　　(E) speak： whisper
　　12. JAZZ： MUSIC：：
　　(A) act： play
　　(B) variety： vaudeville
　　(C) portraiture： painting
　　(D) menu： restaurant
　　(E) species： biology
　　13. REPATRIATE： EMIGRATION：：
　　(A) reinstate： election
　　(B) recall： impeachment
　　(C) appropriate： taxation
　　(D) repeal： ratification
　　(E) appeal： adjudication
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