【绿皮】新GRE填空补充练习题Exercise1

　　Exercise 1

　　1.

　　Although adolescent maturational and developmental states occur in an

　　orderly sequence, their timing ______with regard to onset and duration.

　　(A lasts

　　(B varies

　　(C falters

　　(D accelerates

　　(E dwindles
 

　　2.

　　The prospects of discovering new aspects of the life of a painter as

　　thoroughly studied as Vermeer are not, on the surface, ______

　　(A encouraging

　　(B daunting

　　(C unpromising

　　(D superficial

　　(E challenging
 

　　3.

　　The Chinese, who began systematic astronomical and weather observations

　　shortly after the ancient Egyptians, were assiduous record-keepers, and because

　　of this, can claim humanity’s longest continuous _____ of natural events.

　　(A defiance

　　(B documentation

　　(C maintenance

　　(D theory

　　(E domination
 

　　4.

　　The current demand for quality in the schools seems to ask not for the

　　development of informed and active citizens, but for disciplined and productive

　　workers with abilities that contribute to civic life only _______, if at all.

　　(A indirectly

　　(B politically

　　(C intellectually

　　(D sensibly

　　(E sequentially
 

　　5.

　　Nearly two-thirds of the country’s mushroom crop is produced by 160

　　growers in a single county, the greatest_________ growers anywhere.

　　(A cause of

　　(B agreement among

　　(C indication of

　　(D interaction between

　　(E concentration of
 

　　6.

　　The development of containers, possibly made from bark or the skins of

　　animals, although this is a matter of _________, allowed the extensive sharing of

　　forage foods in prehistoric human societies.

　　(A record

　　(B fact

　　(C degree

　　(D importance

　　(E conjecture
 

　　7.

　　Contrary to the popular conception that it is powered by conscious

　　objectivity, science often operates through error, happy accidents, ______ and

　　persistence in spite of mistakes.

　　(A facts

　　(B controls

　　(C hunches

　　(D deductions

　　(E calculations
 

　　8.

　　Before about 1960, virtually all accounts of evolution assumed most

　　adaptation to be a product of selection at the level of populations; recent studies

　　of evolution, however, have found no basis for this______view of selection.

　　(A controversial

　　(B pervasive

　　(C unorthodox

　　(D innovative

　　(E renowned



 

　　答案：

　　Exercise1: B A B A E E C B