GRE填空真题详细讲解:1994年10月

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Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the anufacturers, to the environmentalists’ dismay, ------ the use of these herbicides on lawns.

defy
defer
defend
assail
disparage

答案:(C)
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environmentalist: n.1.环境保护论者,人类生态学者 2.环境论者 3.环境艺术家
target: v.以…为攻击目标
herbicide: n.除莠剂,灭草剂
potentially: adv.潜在地,可能地  
to somebody’s dismay: prep.令人气馁(失望、绝望、幻灭,惊愕等)
defy: v.1.违抗,反抗,蔑视 2.经受得住 3.使成为不可能 4.挑,激
defer: v.1.推迟,拖延,使推迟 2.尊敬,服从,敬重(to)
assail: v.1.攻击,袭击 2.质问,责骂 3.着手解决,毅然对付
disparage: v.1.贬低,轻视 2.底毁,损害…的名声
 
虽然环保专家们将抨击的矛头指向某些除草剂,抨击某潜在的危险性,但是,令环保专家们沮丧的是,制造商们却对这些除草剂在草坪上的使用大加辨护。

To believe that a culture’s achievement can be measured by the -------of its written material requires one to accept that a page of junk mail is as ------- as a page of great literature.

nature.. readable
quality.. prevalent
timelessness.. understandable
applicability.. eloquent
volume.. valuable

答案:(E)
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junk mail: n.三级邮件,(成批大量发出的)邮寄广告宣传品
prevalent: a.流行的,盛行的,普遍的
timelessness: n.永恒,无时间性,永不改变,无始无终
eloquent: a.1.雄辩的,有说服力的 2.富于表情的,明白显示出的(of)
volume: n.1.份量,量,额 2.体积,容积,容量
 
若要人相信某一文化的成就可凭藉其书面材料的总量来衡量的话,这就需要我们接受这样一种说法,即一页三级邮件的价值可与一页伟大的文学作品相提并论。

Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate the results of Dr. Johnson’s experiment, only the most ------- supporters of her hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been
adequately -------

fastidious.. defined
partisan.. verified
vigilant.. publicized
enlightened.. researched
fervent.. undermined
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答案:(B)

given a.1.规定的,特定的 2.有癖好的,有倾向的(to) 3.已知的,假设的
replicate: v.复制,摹写
adequately: adv.1.适当地,胜任地 2.足够地 3.勉强够地,差强人意地
fastidious: a.爱挑剔的,过分讲究的
partisan: v.党派的,派性的,偏袒的
 
verify: v.1证明,证实 2.核实,查对,查清
vigilant: a.警戒的,警觉的,警惕的
publicize: v.引起公众对…的注意,宣传
enlightened: a.开明的,有知识的,摆脱偏见(或迷信)的,文明的
fervent: a.1.炽热的 2.热情的,热诚的,强烈的
undermine: v.1.侵蚀…的基础 2.暗中破坏,逐渐损害(或削弱)
 
鉴于独立的实验室无法复制出约翰逊博士的实验结果,因此,唯有其假设最偏袒的支持者才会愚顽至极,竟会声称它早已得到了充分的验证。

Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can -------the "Augustan peace" only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.

decry
applaud
ridicule
demand
disprove
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答案:(B)

decry: v.1.(强烈)反对,(公开)谴责 2.诋毁(名声)
applaud: v.1.向…喝彩,给…捧场 2.称赞,赞许,赞成
ridicule v.嘲笑,戏弄,嘲弄
disprove: v.证明…不能成立,证明…虚假(或不正确),反驳
 
研究公元前30年至公元180年这一时期的罗马史学家们,他们之所以能对“奥古斯都的太平盛世”大加颂扬,只是因为他们无从认识到,这种所谓的“太平盛世”其实在诸多方面与死气沉沉相差无几。

Although Tom was aware that it would be ------ to display annoyance publicly at the sales conference, he could not -------- his irritation with the client’s unreasonable demands.

inadvisable.. evince
efficacious.. suppress
pragmatic.. counter
captious.. express
impolitic.. hide
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答案:(E)

annoyance: n.1.恼怒,烦恼 2.打拢,骚扰
irritation: n.1.激怒,恼怒,生气 2.刺激物,恼人事
inadvisable: a.不可取的,不妥当的,失策的
evince: v.表明,显示
efficacious: a.灵验的,奏效的  
pragmatic: a.1.实干的,重实效的 2.实用主义的 3.国事的,国务的
counter: v.1.反对,反击,对抗,反驳,抵消,制止 2.(拳击时)还击
captious: 难以讨好的,吹毛求疵的
impolitic: a.失策的,不当的,不审慎的,没见识的
 
尽管汤姆意识到,在销售会上公然展示恼怒甚为不妥但面对顾客的无理要求,他却再也无法掩饰其满腔怒火。

It is no accident that most people find Davis’ book disturbing, for it is ------ to undermine a number beliefs they have long -------

calculated.. cherished
annotated.. assimilated
intended.. denied
anxious.. misunderstood
reputed.. anticipated
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答案:(A)

undermine: v.1.侵蚀…的基础 2.暗中破坏,逐渐损害(或削弱)
calculated: a.精心计划的,蓄意的
cherish: v.1.珍视,珍爱 2.抱有,怀有(思想,感情等)
annotate: v.给…作注解(或译注)
assimilate: v.吸收消化,使同化,使趋于一致
reputed: a.1.驰名的 2.被一般认定的,普遍认为的
 
大多数人发现戴维斯的著作令人不安,这决非偶然,因为它刻意要摧毁人们长期以来所怀有的信念。

One virus strain that may help gene therapists cure genetic brain diseases can enter the peripheral nervous system and travel to the brain, ------- the need to inject the therapeutic virus directly into the
brain.

suggesting
intensifying
elucidating
satisfying
obviating
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答案:(E)

virus: n.1.[微]病毒,滤过性病毒 2.病毒病 3.毒液
strain: n.种类
therapist: n.治疗专家
peripheral: a.1.外围的,周边的 2.表面的,周围的 3.无关紧要的
therapeutic: a.1.治疗的,有疗效的 2.有益于健康的
elucidate: v.阐明,解释,澄清
obviate: v.1.排除 2.使成为不必要,避免
 
某种能帮助基因治疗专家治愈遗传性大脑疾病的病毒种类能进入周围神经系统并传播到大脑,从而免除了将治疗性病毒直接注射到大脑里的必要。

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