[GRE] 填空经典1290题 错题（五）

1. It seems foolish to refuse the offer of an expedient that is both so _____ success and so difficult to create them absent.

A reminiscent of

B lacking in

C distinct from

D indispensable to

E inimical to

来源：Section 31 Medium

解析：so difficult to create them absent（没他们不行）与空格并列，所以空格体现不可或缺，正确答案选 D 选项。

翻译：拒绝一个既对成功不可或缺又很难没有它的权宜之计似乎是愚蠢的。

2. Circulatory systems on organisms originated in widely separated epochs, according to the fossil record, and under a broad range of circumstances, the myriad forms they take attest to that ______ of origin.

A mysteriousness

B randomness

C ambiguity

D heterogeneity

E indeterminacy

F diversity

 来源：Section 31 Medium

解析：that 同义重复前文的特征 widely separated epochs，所以正确答案选 DF 选项。heterogeneity 多样性，diversity 差异。

翻译：根据化石记录，不同有机生物的循环系统产生于不同世，所处环境差异也很大，循环系统的不同形态证明了其迥异的起源。

3. Compared to their predecessors, who were more nationalist tha