2002年11月23日美国GRE笔考题
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　　2002年11月23日美国GRE笔考题

　　VERBAL部分

　　Section 1 填空

　　1. Although she gives badly _______ titles to her musical compositions, they _______ unusual combinations of materials including 美国GREgorian chant, Asian scale patterns and rhythms, electronic sounds, and bird songs.

　　A. exotic … belie

　　B. eccentric … deploy

　　C. traditional … exclude

　　D. imaginative … disguise

　　E. conventional … incorporate

　　2. Even though the folktales Perroult collected and retold were not solely French in origin, his versions of them were so decidedly French in style that later anthologizes of French folktales have never _______ them.

　　A. excluded

　　B. admired

　　C. collected

　　D. promoted

　　E. comprehended

　　3. In arguing against assertions that environmental catastrophe is imminent, her book does not ridicule all predictions of doom but rather claims that the risks of harm have in many cases been _________.

　　A. exaggerated

　　B. ignored

　　C. scrutinized

　　D. derided

　　E. increased

　　4. There seems to be no ________ the reading public’s thirst for books about the 1960’s: indeed, the normal level of interest has ______ recently be cause of a spate of popular television documentaries.

　　A. quenching … moderated

　　B. whetting … mushroomed

　　C. curtailing … warned

　　D. ignoring … transformed

　　E. slaking … increased

　　5.Despite a tendency to be overtly _______, the poetry of the Middle Ages often sparks the imagination and provides lively entertainment, as well as pious sentiments.

　　A. diverting

　　B. emotional

　　C. didactic

　　D. romantic

　　E. whimsical

　　6. One of the first ______ of reduced burning in Amazon rain forests was the chestnut industry: smoke tends to drive out the insect that, by pollinating chestnut tree, allow chestnuts to develop.

　　A. reformers

　　B. discoveries

　　C. casualties

　　D. critics

　　E. beneficiaries

　　7. The research committee urged the archaeologist to _______ her claim that the tomb she has discovered was that of Alexander the 美国GREat, since her initial report has been based only on ______.

　　A. disseminate … supposition

　　B. withdraw … evidence

　　C. undercut … caprice

　　D. document … conjecture

　　E. downplay … facts

　　类比词

　　8. STOMACH: DIGESTION

　　A. heart : pulsation　　B. eye : recognition　C. muscle : exertion　D. skin : irritation　　　E. lung : respiration

　　9. DEHYDRATE : WATER

　　A. melt : liquid　　　　B. wither : vitality　 C. anchor : stability　 D. emote : enthusiasm　E. shrivel : winkle