考试历年填空

新GRE考试历年填空真题四

1. It is true that the seeds of some plants have ----

after two hundred years of dormancy, but reports

that viable seeds have been found in ancient

tombs such as the pyramids are entirely----

(A) revived.. empirical

(B) germinated.. unfounded

(C) endured.. irrelevant

(D) erupted.. reasonable

(E) proliferated.. substantiated

2. Even though many persons in the audience

jeered the star throughout the play, she ---- 来自

curtain calls.

(A) refused all

(B) adored some

(C) delayed several

(D) appeared for

(E) balked at

3. The most technologically advanced societies

have been responsible for the greatest ----;

indeed, savagery seems to be in direct proportion

to ----.

(A) wars.. viciousness

(B) catastrophes.. ill-will

(C) atrocities.. development

(D) inventions.. know-how

(E) triumphs.. civilization

4. The combination of ------and ------ in

Edmund’s speech can be starting, especially when

he slyly slips in some juicy vulgarity amid the

mellifluous circumlocutions of a gentleman of the

old school.

(A) tact.. innocence

(B) raciness.. ribaldry

(C) piousness.. modesty

(D) elegance.. earthiness

(E) propriety.. bashfulness

5. For many young people during the Roaring

Twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American

culture ---- a wanderlust to provoke an exodus

abroad.

(A) stymied

(B) overwhelmed

(C) reflected

(D) combined with

(E) conflicted with