GRE双空题解题策略
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在GRE填空题中,按照空格和选项的设置,分为单空题、双空题、三空题和六选二题目。掌握这些GRE填空题目的解题技巧对考生答题是十分有利的。下面小编就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。
专家指导GRE双空题解题策略
GRE填空双空题题型设置
1) 题干篇幅为1~5句话;
2) 题干中会出现2个空格;
3) 每个空格有三个候选选项;
4) 每个空格要独立进行判断和选择;
5) 每个空格只有一个正确答案,但只有把该题所有空格全部选对,该题才能得分,否则不计分
GRE填空双空题解题技巧
1. 在GRE解题中,考生需要记住重复是基本规律,同义重复和反义重复,解题就是找准中心词及其与空格的逻辑关系。要抓住空格所在的那层逻辑关系,不大用管其它层次的逻辑。同意重复一定是同义词,但是反义重复不一定是反义词,可以是上义词或下义词,而可以仅仅是程度的不同。
2. GRE填空基本的集体步骤是:先略读(找主谓宾),然后根据逻辑关系找到自己的答案,或是根据感情色彩判断答案,不要代入答案排除。必须看完所有备选答案。
GRE填空双空题实例讲解
实例1:Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i) ______ as an artist increased, the more (ii) ______ his life became.
BLANK (i) (A) temperance (B) notoriety (C) eminence
BLANK (ii) (D) tumultuous (E) providential (F) dispassionate
【解析】1. 关键字:冒号
2. 确定blank1中应该填入一个名词,表示C作为一名艺术家在某一方面的成绩,blank2中应该填入一个形容词,表示C的生活的变化形式;
3. 发现句子中有冒号,可以推断句子前后两部分是一种解释说明的关系,即句子前后两部分意思一致,前半句说C对于成功的把握很差,而且倾向于暴力;则后半句也应该是同样的意思;
4. 在后半句中,as an artist increased应该对应的是―成功的意思,从blank1中选出―eminence,而his life became,对应的是其倾向于暴力的部分,从blank2中选出―tumultuous。所以答案选CD。
实例2:The brief survey, published under the title The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us, is surprisingly (i)____. Indeed it makes several longer treatments of the effects of lost biodiversity seem (ii)____.
Blank (i) A. distorted B. objective C. comprehensive
Blank (ii) D. redundant E. pithy F. premature
【解析】在忽略斜体字内容的情况下,surprisingly提示句子中存在句意的取反,第一空选择和brief构成反义的选项,只有C项符合要求。第二句开头的indeed 提示两句话存在递进关系,可以按照同义重复处理,第二句话应该更进一步强调survey的内容丰富。由于本篇报告内容非常丰富,其他报告就应该显得差一些。就感情色彩而言D和F都符合要求,但F选项在含义上不符合整段话的主题,故选择D项
GRE考试《填空》模拟题及答案解析
【练习】
1. According to the newspaper critic, the performances at the talent contest last night ___ from acceptable to excellent.
(A) varied
(B) receded
(C) swept
(D) averaged
(E) declined
2. If those large publishers that respond solely to popular literary trends continue to dominate the publishing market, the initial publication of new writers will depend on the writers’ willingness to ___ popular tastes.
(A) struggle against
(B) cater to
(C) admire
(D) flout
(E) elude
3. Their ___ of loyalties is first to oneself, next to kin, then to fellow tribe members, and finally to compatriots.
(A) merging
(B) hierarchy
(C) definition
(D) judgment
(E) cognizance
4. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, ___.
(A) arbitrary
(B) superfluous
(C) interesting
(D) flexible
(E) constant
5. While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ___ by their lively criticism.
(A) humiliated
(B) discomfited
(C) deluded
(D) disgraced
(E) embarrassed
(F) tantalized
6. Though one cannot say that Michelangelo was impractical designer, he was, of all nonprofessional architects known, the most ___ in that he was the least constrained by tradition or precedent.
(A) pragmatic
(B) adventurous
(C) innovative
(D) empirical
(E) skilled
(F) learned
7. What is most important to the monkeys in the sanctuary is that they are a group; this is so because primates are inveterately ___ and build their lives around each other.
(A) independent
(B) stable
(C) curious
(D) social
(E) proprietary
(F) gregarious
8. Though ___ to some degree, telling a small lie sometimes enables one to avoid ___ another’s feelings.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A attractive | D considering |
B necessary | E mollifying |
C regrettable | F harming |
9. Carruthers’ latest literary criticism ___ her reputation for trenchant commentary; despit its intriguing title and the fulsome praise on its dust jacket, it is nothing more than a collection of ___ .
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A belies | D judgments |
B advances | E aphorisms |
C reinforces | F platitudes |
10. The Gibsons were little given to ___ in any form; not one of them was afraid of ___ , of being and seeming unlike their neighbors.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A conformism | D mediocrity |
B excellence | E singularity |
C humility | F absurdity |
【解释】
1. According to the newspaper critic, the performances at the talent contest last night ___from acceptable to excellent.
(A) varied
(B) receded
(C) swept
(D) averaged
(E) declined
翻译:报纸这样评价昨晚的选秀,有的表演差强人意,有的则相当优秀。
选A
vary 变化,呈现差异;
recede 倒退,后倾,变得模糊、消退,回撤;
sweep 扫除,彻底搜寻(以清除),轻拂,席卷,掠过。
非要说它比四级题难,可能只因五选一,单纯考搭配。
2. If those large publishers that respond solely to popular literary trends continue to dominate the publishing market, the initial publication of new writers will depend on the writers’ willingness to ___ popular tastes.
(A) struggle against
(B) cater to
(C) admire
(D) flout
(E) elude
翻译:只要那些仅回应文学流行趋势的大出版商仍然统治出版界,则新晋作家唯有迎合大众口味以换取出版机会。
选B
cater 为…提供饮食及服务、娱乐等,迎合…的需要;
flout 公然藐视(某人或某物);
elude 回避,(用计谋或智慧)逃避,(使人)无法记起、不能理解。
3. Their ___ of loyalties is first to oneself, next to kin, then to fellow tribe members, andfinally to compatriots.
(A) merging
(B) hierarchy
(C) definition
(D) judgment
(E) cognizance
翻译:他们首先忠于自己,其次是亲戚,然后是同族,最后是同胞。
选B
merge 合并,(~ into something)逐渐消失或变成(另一事物);
hierarchy 等级制度,等次。
纯良题。
4. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not followthat the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, ___.
(A) arbitrary
(B) superfluous
(C) interesting
(D) flexible
(E) constant
翻译:尽管词语的涵义不可避免地变迁,但并不意味着词典编纂者因此无法固定拼写。
选E
follow 在句中偶尔也可以引导因果关系。
follow 导致…的后果;
render 使…处于某种状态;
in a great measure 在很大程度上;
arbitrary 任性主观的,专横霸道、独断专行的;
superfluous 过剩的,不必要的;
flexible 柔韧的(易弯曲),灵活变通的,随机应变的,随遇而安的;
constant 持续的,恒常的,始终如一的,坚定的。
5. While not completely nonplussed by the unusually caustic responses from members of theaudience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly ___ by their lively criticism.
(A) humiliated
(B) discomfited
(C) deluded
(D) disgraced
(E) embarrassed
(F) tantalized
翻译:部分观众发出异常尖刻的批评,尽管演讲者没有完全慌乱,人们仍然看得出这些猛烈的批评带来的窘迫。
选BE
while 和 nonetheless 一起引导的让步关系。
nonplus 使迷惑,使不知所措, to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do(MWC);
lively 生动的,活跃的,猛烈狂暴的;
humiliate 羞辱,使丧失尊严;
discomfit 使窘迫;
delude 欺骗,哄骗;
disgrace 给…丢脸,使…受辱;
embarrass 使窘迫,使局促不安;
tantalize 挑逗,勾引。
6. Though one cannot say that Michelangelo was impractical designer, he was, of allnonprofessional architects known, the most ___ in that he was the least constrained by tradition or precedent.
(A) pragmatic
(B) adventurous
(C) innovative
(D) empirical
(E) skilled
(F) learned
翻译:尽管没人认为米开朗基罗的设计不切实际,但正如所有非专业设计师所知,他最富于冒险精神 / 善于创新,因为他从不被传统或先例束缚。
选BC
pragmatic 务实的,实用主义的;
empirical (知识等)以观察或实验为根据的(非理论的);
skilled 技能熟练的,有经验的;
learned 博学的,学术的,学者的。
(圣母怜子)
米开朗琪罗 [Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti)]
(1475.3.6,佛罗伦萨共和国 卡普雷塞~1564.2.18,教皇国 罗马)
意大利雕塑家、画家、建筑师和诗人。曾在佛罗伦萨短期随吉兰达约当学徒,后来开始为梅迪契(罗伦佐)制作第一座雕像,后来又作了好几个。1492年梅迪契死后,他前往波洛尼亚,后至罗马。他制作了《巴克斯》(1496~1497),建立起声誉。进而接受《圣母怜子》的订件(现藏圣彼得大教堂),这是他早年的杰作,作品证明他有能力利用一块大理石雕出2个分立的人形。他的《大卫》(1501~1504,受佛罗伦萨大教堂委托)至今仍被视为文艺复兴时期理想中完美人类的最高典范。另外,他还制作了几座私人委托的圣母像,还有赢得举世赞赏的惟一的架上绘画《圣家族》。受到野心勃勃的雕塑计划(他不是总能完成)的吸引,他不情愿地接下西斯廷礼拜堂的天花板绘画工作(1508~1512)。第一个场景描述诺亚方舟的故事,相当稳健而规模小。但随着工作进行,他信心渐增,而较后来完成的场景显示出大胆而繁复的心思。他在佛罗伦萨梅迪契礼拜堂(亦由他设计)的陵墓人像(1519~1533)属他最有成就的创作。他最后30年都致力于西斯廷礼拜堂《最后的审判》湿壁画,以及写诗(留下300多首十四行诗和牧歌)和建筑方面的工作。他受托完成圣彼得大教堂,这座教堂从1506年始建,1514年后没有什么进展。虽然米开朗琪罗死时教堂尚未完工,其外部却要归功于他而非其他任何建筑师。如今,他被视为地位最崇高的艺术家之一。
(大英袖珍百科)
7. What is most important to the monkeys in the sanctuary is that they are a group; this is sobecause primates are inveterately ___ and build their lives around each other.
(A) independent
(B) stable
(C) curious
(D) social
(E) proprietary
(F) gregarious
翻译:对于保护区的猴子来说,最重要的是它们来自同一个群体;因为灵长动物一直群居,有着根深蒂固的社会性。
选DF
proprietary 独家制造或销售的,专利的,私有的,所有权的;
gregarious 群居的,爱交际的。
本题讲群居动物的社会性,让我想起以前读过两首海桑的诗,海桑诗写得真挚朴实,很动人。
8. Though ___ to some degree, telling a small lie sometimes enables one to avoid ___another’s feelings.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A attractive | D considering |
B necessary | E mollifying |
C regrettable | F harming |
翻译:虽然觉得有点后悔,但撒个小谎有时可以避免伤害他人。
选CF
mollify 使…息怒,抚慰。
纯良题。
9. Carruthers’ latest literary criticism ___ her reputation for trenchant commentary; despit its intriguing title and the fulsome praise on its dust jacket, it is nothing more than a collection of ___ .
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A belies | D judgments |
B advances | E aphorisms |
C reinforces | F platitudes |
翻译:C最近的文学评论一改往日的犀利风格,除了抓人眼球的标题和封套上的溢美之词,只剩陈词滥调。
选AF
fulsome 过分而虚伪的;
dust jacket 书的封套;
nothing more than 仅仅,只不过;
belie 使人产生错误或不合实际的想法,不足以证明,未能实现,与…相矛盾或对立;
advance 推进,促进,提高;
aphorism 格言,警句;
platitude 陈词滥调。
10. The Gibsons were little given to ___ in any form; not one of them was afraid of ___ , ofbeing and seeming unlike their neighbors.
Blank (i) |
GRE考试《填空》模拟题及答案解析
1. Dramatic literature often ___ the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
(A) confounds
(B) repudiates
(C) recapitulates
(D) anticipates
(E) polarizes
2. Under ethical guideline recently adopted by the National Institutes of Health, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct disease for which ___ treatments are unsatisfactory.
(A) similar
(B) most
(C) dangerous
(D) uncommon
(E) alternative
3. Just as such apparently basic things as rocks, clouds, and clams are, in fact, intricately structured entities, so the self, too, is not an “elementary particle,” but is ___ construction.
(A) a complicated
(B) a convoluted
(C) a distorted
(D) an amorphous
(E) an illusory
4. In some cultures the essence of magic is its traditional integrity; it can be efficient only if it has been ___ without loss from primeval times to the present practitioner.
(A) conventionalized
(B) realized
(C) transmitted
(D) manipulated
(E) aggrandized
5. The discovery that, friction excluded, all bodies fall at the same rate is so simple to state and to grasp that there is a tendency to ___ its significance.
(A) underrate
(B) control
(C) overlook
(D) reassess
(E) praise
(F) eliminate
6. There is perhaps some truth in that waggish old definition of a scholar—a siren that calls attention to a fog without doing anything to ___ it.
(A) describe
(B) cause
(C) analyze
(D) dispel
(E) dissipate
(F) thicken
7. It was her view that the country’s problems had been ___ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counterproductive.
(A) ameliorated
(B) ascertained
(C) attacked
(D) exacerbated
(E) overlooked
(F) worsened
8. In Germany her startling powers as a novelist are widely ___ , but she is almost unknown in the English-speaking world because of the difficulties of ___ her eccentric prose.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A ignored | D revealing |
B admired | E translating |
C obscured | F editing |
9. As painted by Constable, the scene is not one of bucolic ___ ; rather it shows a striking emotional and intellectual ___ .
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A intensity | D tension |
B serenity | E detachment |
C nostalgia | F placidity |
10. Because medieval women’s public participation in spiritual life was not welcomed by the male establishment, a compensating ___ religious writings, inoffensive to the members of the establishment because of its ___ , became important for many women.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A involvement with | D profundity |
B dissatisfaction with | E privacy |
C attention to | F popularity |
呱】
1. Dramatic literature often ___ the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
(A) confounds
(B) repudiates
(C) recapitulates
(D) anticipates
(E) polarizes
翻译:戏剧文学经常把塑造和引领文化的重要事件作为创作的主题,从这个意义上说,它概括一个文化的历史。
选C
in that 基于……的理由,因为。
本题最大的意义在于给我们补充了一个因果关系的指示词,in that 相当于because, for the reason that 。
subject matter 作品的主题,著作或演讲探讨的问题;
confound 使困惑;
repudiate 回绝,拒绝承认,与(某人)断绝关系,不服从(权威),不遵守(协定);
recapitulate 重述或概括(讨论等)的要点;
anticipate 预期,预料,先与…做;
polarize 使分化,使相冲突,使有极性。
2. Under ethical guideline recently adopted by the National Institutes of Health, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct disease for which ___ treatments are unsatisfactory.
(A) similar
(B) most
(C) dangerous
(D) uncommon
(E) alternative
翻译:根据美国国立卫生研究院最近通过的伦理指导意见,只有当其他治疗方式均不奏效时,才允许使用基因疗法。
选E
National Institutes of Health 美国国立卫生研究院;
uncommon 不寻常的、罕见的,精彩的、杰出的;
alternative 可替代的,另一个的,其他的。
3. Just as such apparently basic things as rocks, clouds, and clams are, in fact, intricately structured entities, so the self, too, is not an “elementary particle,” but is ___ construction.
(A) a complicated
(B) a convoluted
(C) a distorted
(D) an amorphous
(E) an illusory
翻译:正如石头,云,蛤蜊这些貌似基本的事物实际上构造复杂,自我也不是“基本粒子”,而有着难以理解的结构。
选B
apparently 显而易见地,可见地,表面上地、似是而非地;
intricately 错综复杂地;
complicated 结构复杂的,(因复杂)难理解或解释的;
convoluted 盘绕卷曲的,复杂费解的;
amorphous 无形的,无组织的,杂乱的;
illusory 幻觉的,虚假的。
4. In some cultures the essence of magic is its traditional integrity; it can be efficient only if it has been ___ without loss from primeval times to the present practitioner.
(A) conventionalized
(B) realized
(C) transmitted
(D) manipulated
(E) aggrandized
翻译:在某些文化中,魔术的精髓在于保留完整的传统;只有当它能够完整地传承到现代艺人手中,才是有效的。
选C
primeval 早期的,原始的。
5. The discovery that, friction excluded, all bodies fall at the same rate is so simple to state and to grasp that there is a tendency to ___ its significance.
(A) underrate
(B) control
(C) overlook
(D) reassess
(E) praise
(F) eliminate
翻译:不考虑摩擦力的情况下,所有物体下落的速度相同,这个发现表述如此简单易于理解,以至于人们可能低估 / 忽略了它的重大意义。
选AC
纯良题。
6. There is perhaps some truth in that waggish old definition of a scholar — a siren that calls attention to a fog without doing anything to ___ it.
(A) describe
(B) cause
(C) analyze
(D) dispel
(E) dissipate
(F) thicken
翻译:以前的一个关于学者的搞笑定义不无道理——他们警告所大家注意雾但不想办法驱散之。
选DE
纯良题。
7. It was her view that the country’s problems had been ___ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counterproductive.
(A) ameliorated
(B) ascertained
(C) attacked
(D) exacerbated
(E) overlooked
(F) worsened
翻译:她认为这个国家的问题已经被外国的专家政治论者越帮越忙,所以请他们来解决只会适得其反。
选DF
so that 因果关系。
technocrat 专家政治论者,居管理或决策地位的技术专家;
counterproductive 反效果的;
ameliorate 改善;
ascertain 查明,确定;
exacerbate 使加剧,使恶化;
worsen 使恶化。
8. In Germany her startling powers as a novelist are widely ___ , but she is almost unknown in the English-speaking world because of the difficulties of ___ her eccentric prose.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A ignored | D revealing |
B admired | E translating |
C obscured | F editing |
翻译:作为一个小说家,她在德国影响巨大,但文风怪异难以翻译所以英语世界对她了解不多。
选BE
startling 惊人的;
obscured 模糊的,隐藏的;
eccentric 偏离轨道的,离心的,怪异的。
9. As painted by Constable, the scene is not one of bucolic ___ ; rather it shows a striking emotional and intellectual ___ .
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A intensity | D tension |
B serenity | E detachment |
C nostalgia | F placidity |
翻译:C画中的景致不是为了描绘田园风光的静谧;相反地,它表现出一种引人注目的情感与理性的张力。
选BD
rather 对比关系,此句中 rather 相当于 on the contrary 。
bucolic 乡下的,田园的;
intensity 强烈,颜色过度饱和;
serenity 平静;
nostalgia 怀旧,思乡;
detachment 冷漠,客观公正,分开,分遣;
placidity (景物)平静,(性情)温和文雅。
(John Constable: Flatford Mill from the lock)
康斯太布尔 [Constable, John]
(1776.6.11,英格兰 萨福克 东伯格霍尔特~1837.3.31,伦敦)
英国画家。1799年进入伦敦皇家美术学院,开始其绘画事业。从未出过国,其最佳作品是描写英国乡村的美景。1813年和1814年画了两大包速写本和油画稿,保存至今,完好无损。其中有200多幅风景画。他精于水彩画和油画。他最著名的成就是小幅油画习作的创作,这些画所表现的都是农村日常生活的景色,如变化的阳光、移动的云彩等,在色彩和光影上都有独到之处。1830年他的许多画被制成网线铜版画出版。他与J.M.W.特纳齐名,都是19世纪英国最伟大的风景画家。
康斯太布尔自画像,铅笔及水彩素描;现藏伦敦国立肖像画陈列馆。
By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
(大英袖珍百科)
10. Because medieval women’s public participation in spiritual life was not welcomed by the male establishment, a compensating ___ religious writings, inoffensive to the members of the establishment because of its ___ , became important for many women.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
A involvement with | D profundity |
B dissatisfaction with |
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