新GRE考试填空例题解答七

新gre填空增加了双空空题型，自去年新gre改革以来更加侧重基础能力的考察，新gre填空题型更多的考察单词的用法和精确含义，同时天空中加深了阅读理解能力的考察，因此考生在备考新gre填空时大量的阅读训练也必不可少。

例8. (PowerPrep II Section 4 Q6)(AEH)

To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii) ______.

BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)

(A) impenetrable (D) a makeshift (G) resource

(B) inconsiderable (E) an unpropitious (H) impediment

(C) uncultivated (F) an unremarkable (I) passage

(一) 选取第一、二个空格所在部分：

… the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army …

在第一句话中没有表示反义的关联元素，也没有否定词，故相关词语之间应当表达同一个含义。

Blank1中应该填入一个形容词，是对于Ardennes hills around Sedan的一项属性的描述，而Ardennes hills around Sedan的特点是tightly forested，而后面说的是关于让军队通过的问题，故茂密的森林对于军队通过是一项不利的影响，因为林木阻挡了通路。

前半句说树木茂密，后面应该是树木茂密的结果，即军队难以通过。

Blank2中应该填入一个形容词，描述阿登森里对于通过现代化军队的难易程度。

选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空：

[1]. impenetrable：(不可穿越的)incapable of being penetrated or pierced 中华考试网(www．Examw。com)

[2]. inconsiderable：(琐碎的)not considerable : TRIVIAL

[3]. uncultivated：(荒芜的)not to prepare or not prepare and use for the raising of crops

[4]. makeshift：(临时的)a usually crude and temporary expedient : SUBSTITUTE

[5]. unpropitious：(不方便的)not favorably disposed : BENEVOLENT

[6]. unremarkable：(平凡的)not worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary