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1、新 6 套题 使用说明新 6 套题是GRE 备考 Verbal 部分的复习资料之一。6 套题采用与之前线上 155 A 段和 B 段、线下 325 计划完全不同的题目。更新 GRE重要的是的形式，填空和阅读部分进行整合，完全模拟测试的出题顺序与形式，做到所练即所考。6 套题适用所有阶段的 GRE 备考者：无论是你刚接触 GRE，想通过 6 套题掌握 ETS 出题思路； 无论是你已学习 GRE，需要相应的题目进行阶段测试；无论是你还有 1-2 月就要，要进行最后的冲刺模拟；这 6 套题目都是你最高效和优质的选择。在使用 6 套题的时候，各位同学应当在规定的时间内完成相应的题目，2 个Sectio

2、n 为 1 套，每个 Section 限定答题时间为 30 分钟，1 套题目的答题限定时间为 1 小时。在 6 套题目训练中，更重要的是好做题节奏，明白在考场的取舍（比如放弃三空题或者放弃一篇阅读文章）。通过 6 套题目的不断试验，找出最适合自己的答题节奏和答题方式，取得更优秀的成绩。训练完成之后更重要的是检查和反思，如果你想获得更详细的讲解和分析， 我们的 YY 频道：80313 【再要你命 3K】。GRE关注我们的公共平台：SECTION 11.The epidemiologist was worried: despitesigns of danger, few countries or

3、companies had taken the possibility of a pandemic seriously, and there was little interest in developing avaccine.2.The author presents the life of Zane Grey withunusual in a biographer: he is not evenconvinced that Grey was a good writer.3.The current (i)of format in electronic scholarly publicatio

4、n will not last beyond the point when amateur burnout occurs and amateurs are replaced by traditional publishing companies: in an effort to reduce costs through economies of scale, publishing firms tendtoward (ii) in the format of their electronic publication projects.Blank (i)Blank (ii)4.Because we

5、 assume the (i)of natural design, nature can often (ii)us: as the Wright brothers noted, the birds initially misled them in almost every particular, but their Flyereventually succeeded by being the least avian of the early flying machines.Blank (i)Blank (ii)A. quirkinessD. galvanizeB. preeminenceE.

6、befriendC. maladroitnessF. beguileA. diversityD. homogeneityB. monotonyE. sophisticationC. refinementF. extremesA. a zealB. a deftnessC. a detachmentD. an eloquenceE. an imaginativenessA. erroneousB. mountingC. tokenD. inconclusiveE. residual5.If one could don magic spectacleswith lenses that make t

7、he murky depths of the ocean become transparentand look back several centuries to an age before widespread abuse of the oceans began, even the most (i)observer would quickly discover that fish were formerly much more abundant. Likewise, many now-depleted species of marine mammalswould appear (ii). B

8、ut without such special glasses, the differences between past andpresent oceans arehard to (iii).Blank (i)Blank (ii)Blank (iii)6.This books strengths are the authors breadth of knowledge and the blending of ideas and findings from many disciplines, including history, the arts and the sciences. Ideas

9、 from diverse perspectives are (i)to provide a historical and cross-cultural understanding. But aweakness of the book is its (ii): sometimes there are leaps from one domain to anotherthat (iii)the readers ability to synthesize a coherent view of our current understandingof this subject.Blank (i)Blan

10、k (ii)Blank (iii)A. hyperbolizedD. organizationG. exaggerateB. interwovenE. intensityH. oversimplifyC. reversedF. uniformityI. undercutA. casualD. threatenedG. ignoreB. prescientE. plentifulH. discernC. clearheadedF. unfamiliarI. dismissSupernovas in the Milky Way are the likeliest source for most o

11、f the cosmic rays reaching Earth. However, calculations show that supernovas cannot produceultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), which have energies exceeding 1018 electron volts. It would seem sensible to seek the source of these in the universes most conspicuous energy factories: quasars and gamm

12、a-ray bursts billions of light-years away from Earth. But UHECRs tend to collide with photons of the cosmic microwave backgroundpervasive radiation that is a relic of the early universe. The odds favor a collision every 20 million light-years, each collision costing 20 percent of the cosmic rays ene

13、rgy. Consequently, no cosmic ray traveling much beyond 100 millionlight-years can retain the energy observed in UHECRs.For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select allthat apply.7.It can be inferred that the author of the passage would agree with which of thefollowi

14、ng about the origin of UHECRs that reach Earth?A The origin is something other than supernovas in the Milky Way.B The origin is most likely something other than very distant quasars or gamma-ray bursts.C The origin is most likely no more than a little over 100 million light-yearsaway from Earth.8.In

15、 the context of the authors argument, the last sentence performs which of thefollowing functions?A It explains a criterion that was employed earlier in the argument.B It shows that an apparently plausible position is actually self-contradictory.C It is adrawn in the course of refuting a potential ex

16、planation.D It overturns an assumption on which an opposing position depends.E It states the mainthat the author is seeking to establish.Animal signals, such as the complex songs of birds, tend to be costly. A bird, by singing, may forfeit time that could otherwise be spent on other important behavi

17、ors such as foraging or resting. Singing may also advertise an individuals location to rivals or predators and impair the ability to detect their approach. Although these types of cost may be important, discussions of the cost of singing have generally focused on energy costs. Overall the evidence i

18、s equivocal: for instance, while Eberhardt found increases in energy consumption during singing for Carolina wrens, Chappell found no effect of crowing on energy consumption in roosters.To obtain empirical data regarding the energy costs of singing, Thomas examined the relationship between song rate

19、 and overnight changes in body mass of male nightingales. Birds store energy as subcutaneous fat deposits or “body reserves”; changes in these reserves can be reliably estimated by measuring changes in body mass. If singing has important energy costs, nightingales should lose more body mass on night

20、s when their song rate is high. Thomas found that nightingales reached a significantly higher body mass at dusk and lost more mass overnight on nights when their song rate was high.These results suggest that there may be several costs of singing at night associated with body reserves. The increased

21、metabolic cost of possessing higher body mass contributes to the increased overnight mass loss. The strategic regulation of evening body reserves is also likely to incur additional costs, as nightingales must spend more time foraging in order to build up larger body reserves. The metabolic cost of s

22、inging itself may also contribute to increased loss of reserves. This metabolic cost may arise from the muscular and neural activity involved in singing or from behaviors associated with singing. For example, birds may expend more of their reserves on thermoregulation if they spend the night exposed

23、 to the wind on a song post than if they are in a sheltered roost site. Thomass data therefore show that whether or not singing per se has an important metabolic cost, metabolic costs associated with singing can have an important measurableeffect on a birds daily energy budget, at least in birds wit

24、h high song rates such as nightingales.9.The primary purpose of the passage is toA.B.C.D.E.compare the different types of cost involved for certain birds in singing question a hypothesis regarding the energy costs of singing for certain birdspresent evidence suggesting that singing has an important

25、energy cost for certain birdsdiscuss the benefits provided to an organism by a behavior that is costly in energydescribe an experiment that supports an alternative mof how birdsong functionsFor the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.10. The passage

26、implies that during the day before a night on which a male nightingales song rate is high, that nightingale probably does which of the following?A.B.C.Expends less of its reserves on thermoregulation than on other days Stores more energy as body reserves than on other daysHides to avoid predators11.

27、 Select the sentence in the first or second paragraph that presents empirical results in support ofa hypothesis about the energy costs of singing.For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.12.It can be inferred from the passage that compared with ot

28、her costs of singing, which of thefollowing is true of the energy costs of singing?A.B.C.They are the single greatest cost to an individual bird.They have generally received more attention from scientists. They vary less from one bird species to another.13.Alkan steadfastly refused toher responsibil

29、ities as an author: for her an author had tobe fearless and committed, and she was always both.14.If emissions of heat-trapping gases continue to accumulate in the atmosphere at the current rate, Earth could experience global transformations, and while some of these changes might be many could be do

30、wnright disruptive.15.It may be that most of this film footage was shown somewhere, but the documentary is designed to make audiences feel that this footage has never been seen, or that, having beenseen, it was deliberately.A. censoredB. imitatedC. suppressedD. underscoredE. counterfeitedF. misrepre

31、sentedA. catastrophicB. calamitousC. intolerableD. irremediableE. modestF. unremarkableA. undertakeB. shirkC. discloseD. revealE. rationalizeF. neglect16. Philby secretly loathed the host of the party that he was attending, but it seemedto sayso publicly.The plant called the scarlet gilia can have e

32、ither red or white flowers. It had long been thought that hummingbirds, which forage by day, pollinate its red flowers and that hawkmoths, which forage at night, pollinate its white flowers. To try to show that this pattern of pollination by colors exists, scientists recently covered some scarlet gi

33、lia flowers only at night and others only by day: plants with red flowers covered at nightbecame pollinated; plants with white flowers covered by day became pollinated.17. Which of the following, if true, would be additional evidence to suggest that hummingbirds are attracted to the red flowers and

34、hawkmoths to the whiteflowers of the scarlet gilia?A Uncovered scarlet gilia flowers, whether red or white, became pollinated at approximately equal rates.B Some red flowers of the scarlet gilia that remained uncovered at all times never became pollinated.C White flowers of the scarlet gilia that we

35、re covered at night became pollinated with greater frequency than white flowers of the scarlet gilia that were left uncovered.D Scarlet gilia plants with red flowers covered by day and scarlet gilia plants with white flowers covered at night remained unpollinated.E In late August, when most of the h

36、ummingbirds had migrated but hawkmoths were still plentiful, red scarlet gilia plants produced fruit morefrequently than they had earlier in the season.A. reconditeB. tactlessC. cleverD. malignE. deftF. impoliticWas Felix Was Felix Mendelssohn (18091847) a great composer? On its face, the question s

37、eems absurd. One of the most gifted prodigies in the history of music, he produced his first masterpiece at sixteen. From then on, he was recognized as an artist of preternatural abilities, not only as a composer but also as a pianist and conductor. But Mendelssohns enduring popularity has often bee

38、n at odds sometimes quite sharply with his critical standing. Despite general acknowledgment of his genius, there has been a noticeable reluctance to rank him with, say, Schumann or Brahms. As Haggin put it, Mendelssohn, as a composer, was a “minor master . . . working on a small scaleof emotion and

39、 texture.”18.Seleentence in the passage whose function is to indicate the range of Mendelssohnsmusical talents.The passage suggests that anyone attempting to evaluate Mendelssohns career must confront which of the following dichotomies?19.A.The tension between Mendelssohns career as a composer and h

40、is career as a pianist and conductorThe contrast between Mendelssohns popularity and that of Schumann and Brahms The discrepancy between Mendelssohns popularity and his standing among criticsThe inconsistency between Mendelssohns reputation during his lifetime and his reputation since his deathThe g

41、ap between Mendelssohns prodigious musical beginnings and his decline in lateryears.B.C.D.E.20.The author mentions Schumann and Brahms primarily in order toA.B.C.D.E.provide examples of composers who are often compared with Mendelssohn identify certain composers who are more popular than Mendelssohn

42、 identify composers whom Mendelssohn influencedestablish the milieu in which Mendelssohn workedestablish a standard of comparison for Mendelssohn as a composerSECTION 21.The books seemingly casually written, conversational style masksstructure.2.By pointing out the self-serving nature of the governo

43、rs motives for supporting the new healthcare policy, the columnist implied that the governors idealistic-sounding explanation of her position on the issue was almost certainly.3.Though somewhat less (i)than previous chapters and suffering from a minor rash ofacademic jargon, the final chapter of the

44、 book is nonetheless (ii)laypeople.Blank (i)Blank (ii)4.Although he has long had a reputation for (i), his behavior toward his coworkers hasalways been (ii), suggesting he may not be as insolent as people generally think.Blank (i)Blank (ii)A. inscrutabilityD. brazenB. venalityE. courteousC. impudenc

45、eF. predictableA. arcaneD. largely ignored byB. coherentE. accessible toC. subjectiveF. impenetrable toA. impracticalB. derivativeC. simplisticD. disingenuousE. ineffectualA. a loosely organizedB. a somewhat ramblingC. an overly diffuseD. a shrewdly craftedE. an unconventionally informal5.There is n

46、othing that (i)scientists more than having an old problem in their field solved by someone from outside. If you doubt this (ii), just think about the (iii) reaction of paleontologists to the hypothesis of Luis Alvareza physicistand Walter Alvareza geologistthat the extinction of the dinosaurs was ca

47、used by the impact of a largemeteor on the surface of the planet.Blank (i)Blank (ii)Blank (iii)6.Historical research makes two some what antithetical truths that sounded (i)come to seem profound: knowledge of the past comes entirely from written documents, giving written words great (ii), and the mo

48、re material you uncover, the more (iii)yoursubject becomes.Blank (i)Blank (ii)Blank (iii)A. deepD. consequenceG. elusiveB. portentousE. antiquityH. contemporaryC. banalF. simultaneityI. circumstantialA. amazesD. expositionG. contemptuousB. pleasesE. objurgationH. indifferentC. nettlesF. observationI

49、. insincereI enjoyed A Dream of Light & Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers for the same reasons that, as a child, I avidly consumed womens biographies: the fascination with how the biographical details of another females life are represented and interpreted.A Dream offers a rich r

50、ead, varied in both the lives and texts of the women portrayed, and the perspectives and styles of the sixteen essayists. Yet, as an adult, I have come to demand of any really “great” book a self-consciousness about the tenuous nature of representations of reality, a critical contextualization of fl

51、orid detail, and a self-awareness of the role of ideology in our lives. In thesecritical senses, A Dream is inadequate.For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.7.The author of the passage suggests that A Dream falls short in which of the following

52、 respects?A.B.C.It does not appear to recognize that representations of reality can be unreliable. It seems to focus on stylistic variety at the expense of accuracy of detail.It offers a wealth of detail without sufficient critical examination of that detail.8.Which of the following best describes t

53、he function of the second sentence (“A Dream. . .essayists”) in the context of the passage as a whole?A.To give examples of how A Dream presents fascinating portraits that display awareness of the tenuous nature of representations of realityTo elaborate on how A Dream fulfills the authors childhood

54、criteria for a pleasurable bookTo suggest that the author enjoyed A Dream for reasons more sophisticated than the reasons she enjoyed certain books as a childTo illustrate ways in which the author finds A Dream to be inadequate in certain critical sensesTo imply that A Dream is too varied in focus t

55、o provide a proper contextualization of thebiographical details it offersB.C.D.E.Some researchers contend that sleep plays no role in the consolidation of declarative memory (i.e., memory involving factual information). These researchers note that people with impairments in rapid eye movement (REM)

56、sleep continue to lead normal lives, and they argue that if sleep were crucial for memory, then these individuals would have apparent memory deficits. Yet the same researchers acknowledge that the cognitive capacities of these individuals have never been systematically examined, nor have they been t

57、he subject of studies of tasks on which performance reportedly depends on sleep. Even if such studies were done, they could only clarify our understanding of the role of REM sleep, not sleep in general.These researchers also claim that improvements of memory overnight can be explained by the mere passage of time, rather than attributed to sleep. But recent studies of memory performance after slee