GRE出国考试模拟试题17

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SECTION 6
Time –30 minutes
38 Questions

1. Some activists believe that because the health-care
system has become increasingly---- to those it
serves, individuals must ---- bureaucratic impedi-
ments in order to develop and promote new therapies.
(A) attuned.. avoid
(B) inimical.. utilize
(C) unresponsive ..circumvent
(D) indifferent.. supplement
(E) sensitized.. forsake

2. The acts of vandalism that these pranksters had
actually ---- were insignificant compared with those
they had ---- but had not attempted.
(A) hidden .. renounced
(B) advocated .. meditated
(C) inflicted .. dismissed
(D) committed .. effected
(E) perpetrated .. contemplated

3. Though one cannot say that Michelangelo was an
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) empirical
(D) skilled
(E) learned

4. Before adapting to changes in values, many prefer to
----, to ---- the universally agreed-on principles
that have been upheld for centuries.
(A) innovate .. protect
(B) resist ..defend
(C) ponder .. subvert
(D) vacillate ..publicize
(E) revert .. ignore

5. Although the records of colonial New England are
---- in comparison with those available in France
or England, the records of other English colonies in
America are even more ----.
(A) sporadic.. irrefutable
(B) sparse.. incontrovertible
(C) ambiguous.. authoritative
(D) sketchy.. fragmentary
(E) puzzling .. unquestionable

6. High software prices are frequently said to -------
widespread illegal copying, although the opposite
--- that high prices are the cause of the copying -- is
equally plausible.
(A) contribute to
(B) result from
(C) correlate with
(D) explain
(E) precede

7. Because early United States writers thought that the
mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance
not to be found in common speech, they ---- the
vernacular.
(A) dissected
(B) avoided
(C) misunderstood
(D) investigated
(E) exploited

8. OBSTRUCT: PROGRESS::
(A) reveal: information
(B) polish: illumination
(C) implicate: guilt
(D) inspire: artistry
(E) stunt: growth

9. INTERVIEW: APPLICANT::
(A) recital: pianist
(B) exercise: athlete
(C) audition: actor
(D) manuscript: writer
(E) flight plan: pilot

10. COMBUSTIBLE: IGNITE::
(A) impermeable: saturate
(B) impenetrable: pierce
(C) malleable: shape
(D) rigid: stretch
(E) sterile: extract

11. SLACKEN: TENSION::
(A) rarefy: expansion
(B) blunt: sharpness
(C) obscure: cloudiness
(D) quicken: animation
(E) oscillate: rotation

12. BIGOT: TOLERANCE::
(A) scoundrel: misdeed
(B) liar: honesty
(C) brat: annoyance
(D) outcast: respect
(E) snitch: information

13. IMPROVEMENTS: MASTERY::
(A) efforts: exertion
(B) savings: wealth
(C) performance: talent
(D) practice: intention
(E) diversification: proficiency

14. DILETTANTE: SUPERFICIALITY::
(A) partisan: bias
(B) crusader: passivity
(C) libertarian: authority
(D) champion: restlessness
(E) sage: argumentativeness

15. WINNOW: CHAFF::
(A) ferment: alcohol
(B) skim: cream
(C) pare: fruit
(D) refine: oil
(E) filter: impurities

16. STANZA: LINE::
(A) essay: theme
(B) scene: monologue
(C) play: vignette
(D) volume: issue
(E) concert: program