新GRE考试历年填空真题一

1. Faraday does not ---- any particular theory;

she believes that each theory increases our

understanding of some dreams but that no

single theory can ---- them all.

(A) endorse.. explain

(B) discuss.. simplify

(C) mention.. replace

(D) evaluate.. identify

(E) criticize.. eradicate

2. Although his outnumbered troops fought

bravely, the general felt he had no choice but wｗw.ExamＷ.CoM

to ---- defeat and ---- a retreat.

(A) hasten.. suggest

(B) seek.. try

(C) oversee.. reject

(D) overcome.. request

(E) acknowledge.. order

3. Despite some allowances for occupational

mobility, the normal expectation of seventeenth century

English society was that the child’s

vocation would develop along familial lines;

---- the career of one’s parents was therefore

----.

(A) disagreement with .. forbidden

(B) divergence from .. limited

(C) preparation for .. difficult

(D) reliance on .. unanticipated

(E) assumption of .. premature

4. The little-known but rapidly expanding use of

computers in mapmaking is technologically

similar to the more ---- uses in designing

everything from bolts to satellites.

(A) recent

(B) impromptu

(C) publicized

(D) ingenuous

(E) secure

5. The impact of a recently published collection

of essays, written during and about the last

presidential campaign, is lessened by its timing;

it comes too late to affect us with its –--- and

too soon for us to read it out of historical----.

(A) foresight.. anxiety

(B) research .. consistency

(C) assuredness.. skepticism

(D) immediacy.. curiosity

(E) veracity.. respect