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1、GRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！GRE 最新真题150 Section混编版2014 年 8 月 3 日，当我得知 ETS 最新出版了一本 verbal 的练习册时，我立刻登陆了亚马逊，购买了这本书籍，并邮寄给了我本科的大学室友，让他一张一张照片传回给我。我想，我们应该是在中国第一个看到了这些题目的人，并且是第一个把这些题目展示给学生的人。所以我快马加鞭的和团队的成员将这些题目录入电子版，但是由于暑假课程太多，一直想做一件事情确没有完成，就是把这些题目编排成适合于机考 GRE 考试的 section 形式。今天我们终于完成了这项工作，用 section 练才是模考，其

2、他都是耍流氓。这 8 个section 的分量，作为备考 GRE 的你懂的！韩冰、潘晨光、谢雨辰、付蔷、刘辰刚2014.8.25Mock Test 1SECTION 11. The composer has never courted popularity: her rugged modernism seems to defy rather than to_ the audience. A. ignoreB. discount C. woo D. teach E. cow2. The sight of a single actor portraying several characters i

3、n the same scene is no longer a shock to the average moviegoer, such special- effects trickery having become so _.A expensive B specialized C sinisterD commonplace E unreliable3. The figure-skating pairs convincing victory last week was particularly _ to their rivals. whowere in peak form and compla

4、ined privately about the judging. That the pair won when their rivals were _ too is also impressive.Blank iiBlank iiA unsurprisingD terrificB irksomeE nervousC gratifyingF inconsistent4. In his initial works, the playwright made physical disease _factor in the action; from this,his early critics inf

5、erred that he had a predilection for focusing on _ subject matter.Blank iiBlank iiA a pivotalD reconditeB a nonexistentE uncomplicatedC an obscureF morbid5. We have yet to _ the assessment of Canadas biodiversity. Most of the vertebrates have beenassessed, but our challenge will be the assessment of

6、 invertebrates and plants. This task is _not only because of the high number of species, but also because of the diversity, each speciesrequiring a different approach.Blank iiBlank iiA initiateD repetitiousB completeE trivialC limitF daunting6. The companys efforts to improve safety were apparently

7、_, at least according to thecompanys own data, which showed that the _ incidents with the potential to cause a seriousaccident declined significantly. Nevertheless, independent analysts argue that those statistics are_. These analysts maintain that the company has consistently underestimated both th

8、eprobability and the likely effects of accidents in the sensitive and poorly understood environment in which the company is operating.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA innovativeD frequency ofG deceptiveB successfulE impediments toH testableC frustratedF attention toI consistent7. In The simple Soybean, th

9、e author is much less restrained in his enthusiasm for the beans medicalefficacy than he is in his technical writings, but he still cautions against treating soy as a _.A stapleB supplementC heraldD panaceaE cure-allF harbinger8. Parkins characterization of the movement as Neo-Scholastic is too _ to

10、 be accepted withoutfurther investigation.A cursoryB detailedGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！C perfunctoryD biasedE self-evidentF complete8. A recent study suggests that vitamin E supplements, despite widespread belief in their _, are no better than sugar pills for delaying the onset of the degenerativ

11、e disease.A potential B misuseC popularity D efficacy E prevalence F usefulness10. Despite her relaxed and flexible style, Ms. de la Fressange is _ businesswoman who knows to market her brand: herself.A a ruthless B a creative C a cannyD an industrious E a shrewdF an effectiveGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训

12、练才最有效！SECTION 21. Early studies often concluded that the public was _ the propagandistic influence of mass communications, but one recent study indicates that, on the contrary, mass communications seldom produce marked changes in social attitudes or actions.A unaware of B scornful of C susceptible t

13、oD unimpressed by E coping with2. In the recent history of the Renaissance, by showing how the artistic efflorescence of that era was_ linked to its commercial vitality, Jardine demonstrated that the spirit of acquisitiveness may be _ that of cultural creativity.Blank iiBlank iiA questionablyD threa

14、tened byB intimatelyE inseparable fromC skepticallyF comparable to3. The setting in which the concert took place _: the groups performance was elegant andpolished, but the sound, which seeped across the cold, unresonant high school auditorium, was oddly_, given the energy the players seemed to be pu

15、tting into it.Blank iiBlank iiA exacted a tollD clangorousB encouraged nervousnessE tepidC solved a dilemmaF inviting4. The governor has long been obsessed with exciting the media from the politician-public relationship. Thats been the unifying aim of all her seemingly disconnected ventures since en

16、tering public life: a determination to _, and eventually _, the medias hold on political communication.Blank iiBlank iiA concealD augmentGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！B erodeE consolidateC rejuvenateF end5. Researchers trying to make it possible to trace counterfeit documents to the printer that prod

17、uced them are _ the fact that the rotating drums and mirrors inside laser printers are imperfect devices that leave unique patterns of banding in their output. Although these patterns are _ to the naked eye, they can be _ and analyzed by computer programs that the researchers have spent the past yea

18、r devising.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA exploitingD invisibleG detectedB facingE obviousH implementedC manipulatingF unappealingI generated6. In her startlingly original writing, she went further than any other twentieth century author in English (perhaps in any language) in _ literary language and fo

19、rm, _ stylistic conventions, and_ a rich and diverse structure of meaning.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA reinventingD undoingG replicatingB canonizingE overpraisingH borrowingC stabilizingF misunderstandingI introducing7. If researchers can determine exactly what is wrong with people who suffer from thi

20、s condition, they may be able to suggest drug therapies or other treatments that could _ the effects of the damage.A mitigate B exacerbate C specify D identify E ameliorate F stabilize8. Some analysts worry about consumers perception that the electronics industry is always on theverge of major break

21、throughs; that perception could hurt the industry by making consumers reluctant to buy products they believe will soon be _.GRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！A incompatibleB devaluedC obsoleteD ubiquitousE everywhereF outmoded9. After people began to make the transition from gathering food to producing f

22、ood, human societies followed markedly _ courses; some adopted herding, others took to tillage, and still others stuck to foraging.A divergent B ruralC novelD unfamiliar E disparate F quotidian10. At nearly 450 pages, the novel is _ : the author does not often resist the temptation to finish off a c

23、hapter, section, or even paragraph with some unnecessary flourish.A instructive B complex C prolixD educational E long-waited F explicitGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！Mock Test 2SECTION 11. The media once portrayed the governor as anything but ineffective; they now, however, make her out to be the epi

24、tome of _.A fecklessness B brilliance C dynamism D egoismE punctiliousness2. For most of the first half of the nineteenth century, science at the university was in _ state, despite the presence of numerous luminaries.A a scintillating B a patheticC a controversial D an incendiary E a veracious3. Ins

25、tant celebrity is often _ asset because if there is no _ to interest the public- no stage or screen triumphs, no interesting books, no heroic exploits- people quickly become bored.Blank iiBlank iiA a fleetingD competing attractionB an incomparableE continuity of exposureC an untappedF real achieveme

26、nt4. Female labor was essential to the growth of eighteenth-century European textile industries, yet it remains difficult to _. Despite significant _ in research about women, the role of female labor remains the single most glaring omission in most economic analyses of the history of European indust

27、rialization. Women far outnumbered men as workers in the textile industries, yet wage indices and discussions of growth, cost of living, and the like _ about the male labor force.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA trackD advancesG incorporate data onlyB overestimateC ignoreE gapsF disinterestH suppress most

28、 informationI too rarely talk5. It is a sad but just indictment of some high school history textbooks that they frequently report as_ claims that historians hotly debate or that are even completely _ by _primary sources.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA factualD resolvedG dubiousB controversialE corroborat

29、edH incompleteC sensationalF contradictedI reliable6. The reason minimum temperatures are going up more rapidly than maximums may involve cloud cover and evaporative cooling. Clouds tend to keep the days coolers by reflecting sunlight, and thenights warmer by _ loss of heat from Earths surface. Grea

30、ter amounts of moisture in the soilfrom additional precipitation and cloudiness _ the daytime temperature increases because partof the solar energy is _ the evaporation of that moisture.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA inhibitingD augmentG intensified byB exacerbatingE maskH unrelated toC replicatingF res

31、trainI used up in7. Retrofitted with stabilizing devices, some of which _ its aesthetics, the bridge has been reopened, no longer prone to excessive swaying but not quite the breathtaking structure it originally was.A impair B resist C improve D enhance E restoreF compromiseGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才

32、最有效！8. Although cosmic objects have struck Earth since the planets very formation, humanity has onlyrecently become aware of these events: two centuries ago the idea that objects orbiting the Sun could collide with Earth was widely _.A ridiculedB doubtedC disseminatedD promulgatedE marginalizedF dis

33、believed9. That people _ the musical features of birdsongs suggests that despite the vast evolutionary gulf between birds and mammals, songbirds and humans share some common auditory perceptual abilities.A mimicB recognize C relishD are confounded by E can make outF are puzzled by10. Torpeys study h

34、as turned a seemingly _ topic, the passport, into a fascinating one bymaking an original contribution to the sociology of the state.A ironicB banalC provocativeD wittyE insipidF stimulatingGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！SECTION 21. When she first came to France from Bulgaria, she was hardly the _ stud

35、ent she late made herself out to be, since she had access to considerable family wealth.A naveB precocious C impecunious D ambitious E assiduous2. Researchers have observed chimpanzees feigning injury in order to influence other members of the group, thus showing that the capacity to _ is not unique

36、ly human.A cooperate B instruct C conspire D dissemble E dominate3. At their best, _ book reviews are written in defense of value and in the tacit hope that the author, having had his or her _ pointed out, might secretly agree that the book could be improved.Blank iiBlank iiA abstruseD strengthsB ad

37、verseE transgressionsC hortatoryF assumptions4. The gaps in existing accounts of the playwrights life are not _, since much of thedocumentary evidence on which historians have relied is _.Blank iiBlank iiA triflingD credibleB obviousE extantC implicitF incomplete5. That todays students of American c

38、ulture tend to _ classical music is understandable. In ourown time, Americans musical high culture has degenerated into a formulaic entertainment divorced from the contemporary moment. Thus, to miss out on what our orchestras are up to is not to _much. In the late Gilded Age, however, music was wide

39、ly esteemed as the “ queen of the arts.” Classical music was in its American heyday, _ the culture at large.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA promoteD sacrificeG antagonistic towardB reinterpretE appreciateH generally rejected byC ignoreF malignI centrally embedded in6. The serious study of popular culture

40、 by intellectuals is regularly credited with having rendered obsolete a once-dominant view that popular culture is inherently inferior to high art. Yet this alteration of attitudes may be somewhat _. Although it is now academically respectable to analyze popular culture, the fact that many intellect

41、uals feel compelled to rationalize their own _ action movies or mass-market fiction reveals, perhaps unwittingly, their continued _ the old hierarchy of high and low culture.Blank iiBlank iiBlank iiiA counterproductiveD penchant forG aversion toB underappreciatedE distaste forH investment inC overst

42、atedF indifference toI misunderstanding of7. Britain is attractive to worldwide advertisers because it is _ market, so there is no need to tailor advertisements for different parts of the country.A a globalB an uncomplicated C a vastD a homogeneous E a uniformF an immenseGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效

43、！8. The bands long-standing strategy of laying leisurely explorations atop a steady funk beat has proven to be surprisingly _: a concert in Cologne from 1972 sounds as if it could have taken place today.A fortuitousB foresightedC prescientD popularE serendipitousF lucrative9. Factory production made

44、 an absence of imperfections so blandly commonplace that the _of hand-produced goods were now cherished where they once might have been shunned. A advantagesB revivals C benefits D pretentious E blemishes F defects10. Though its state associations, the American Medical Association controlled who cou

45、ld become a physician and dominated _ professions like nursing and occupational therapy.A commensurate B proportionate C kindredD affiliated E imperative F voluntaryGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！Mock Test 3SECTION 11. The name of the Sloane Matthew Library has long been _ ; even longtime city residen

46、ts assume it is a run-of-the-mill library, never suspecting what art treasures it contains.A. reversedB. proposedC. misleadingD. elevatedE. intriguing2. although economic growth has conventionally been viewed as the _ for poverty inunderdeveloped regions, this prescriptions negative environmental si

47、de effects a re becoming a concern.A. culpritB. recipeC. panaceaD. explanationE. refuge3. even as the economy struggled, the secretary stood by his _ long-term outlook, saying that technology was allowing business to make deep-rooted improvements in their productivity, the bestindicator of an econom

48、ys ability to growA. arcaneB. sanguineC. equivocalD. ambivalentE. irresolute4. The villas and compounds that proliferated during the building boom of the 1990s were (i)_, far too(ii) _ for people of average means.Blank IBlank IIA.opulentD. bucolicGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！B.eclecticE. expensiveC.

49、enigmaticF. mundane5. The governor has considerable political talents, but as a speaker he is far less (i) _ than his opponent, whose oratorical skills are (ii) _.Blank IBlank IIA.adroitD. unpretentiousB.unconvincingE. spuriousC.prolixF. breathtaking6. There is no point in combing through the direct

50、ors work for hints of ideological significance. It isunnecessary: his ideology Marxist, anti-imperialist, aligned with the perceived interests of the powerless and the marginal is the (i) _ of his films. The clarity and force of that ideology areconsiderable, but its (ii) _ sometimes bothers critics

51、, who often scold the director for lacking (iii)_.Blank IBlank IIBlank IIIA. hidden focusD. bluntnessG. lucidityB. chief impetusE. obscurityH subtletyC murky lessonF. feeblenessI courage7. In a strong indication of the way the entire party is _ the candidate with moderate credentials, the outspokenl

52、y conservative former mayor of a major city has promised to raise a substantial amountof money for the candidates campaign.A rallying behindB incensed overC undecided aboutD mortified overE embarrassed aboutF coalescing aroundGRE 精讲精练课程必备材料section 训练才最有效！8. Mr. Hirsch says he will aim to preserve th

53、e foundations support of _ thinkers, individualswho are going against the trends in a field or an acknowledged set of opinions.A iconoclasticB integrativeC doctrinaireD heterodoxE dogmaticF synthesizing9. In France cultural subsidies are _: producers of just about any film can get an advancefrom the government against box-office receipts, even though most such loans are never fully repaid. A ubiquitousB invaluable C sporad