GRE考试填空题模拟练习(10)

1、GRE 考试填空题模拟练习( 10 )1. Certain weeds that flourish among rice crops resist detection until maturity by the seedling stage in therice plant s life cycle, thereby remaining indistinguishable from the rice crop until the flowering stage.(A) deterring(B) displacing(C) augmenting(D) imitating(E) nurturing

2、分析：空格填入一个现在分词，表示“某些杂草(some weeds) ”对于“幼苗期 (seedling stage) ”做的动作， thereby 表示前后一致， remaining 表示空格 1 要体现“不容易和水稻区分 (indistinguishable from the rice crop)”的含义。A阻止;B移动，取代;C扩大，增加；D模仿;E养育，培养。D选项准确。翻译：一些在水稻丛中生长茂盛的杂草要到成熟才会被发现，它 们通过模仿水稻生命周期中的幼苗来做到这个点，所以直到开花阶段 它们才能和水稻区分开来。扩展：本题能够作为动植物自我保护机制的例子实行积累和扩展， 杂草通过模仿 (

3、类似动物的拟态 )相似的植物来避免自己被发现。我们 也能够积累其他动植物实行自我保护的手段和具体的实例。2. Contrary to the antiquated idea that the eighteenth century was a island of elegant assurance, evidencereveals that life for most people was filled with uncertainty and insecurity.(A) clannish(B) serene(C) declining(D) tranquil(E) recognized3. T

4、hough environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the manufactures, to the environmentalists dismay, the use of these herbicideson lawns.(A) defy(B) defer(C) defend(D) assail(E) support4. Paradoxically, Englands colonization of NorthAmerica was by its success ： the incr

5、easing prosperityof the colonies diminished their dependence upon, and hence their loyalty to, their home country.(A) demonstrated(B) weakened(C) determined(D) altered(E) undermined5. Because time in India is conceived statically rather than dynamically, Indian languages emphasize nouns rather than

6、verbs, since nouns express the more aspects of athing.(A) paradoxical(B) stable(C) prevalent(D) unvarying(E) temporal6. Because it has no distinct and recognizable typographical form and few recurring narrative conventions, the novel is, of all literary genres, the least susceptible to .(A) misuse(B) imprecision(C) inquiry(D) definition(E) innovation7. Although ordinarily skeptical about the purity of Robinson s motives, in this instance Jenkins di