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Revised GRE 三空題匯總18道題OG 三空題目 GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice QuestionsSET 3 Discrete Question: Medium 【1】4 Richard M. Russell said 52 percent of the nations growth since the Second World War had(i) invention. He said, (ii) research, the governments greatest role in assuring continuing innovation is promoting a strong, modern patent office. “Unless we can(iii) original ideas, we will not have invention.” Mr. Russell said. Speculating on the state of innovation over the next century, several inventors agreed that the future lay in giving children the tools to think creatively and the motivation to invent.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A been at the expense ofD in addition to restrictingG evaluateB no bearing onE aside from supportingH protectC come throughF far from exaggeratingI disseminate【2】5 Statements presented as fact in a patent application are (i) unless a good reason for doubt is found. The invention has only to be deemed “more likely than not” to work in order to receive initial approval. And, although thousands of patents are challenged in court for other reasons, no incentive exists for anyone to expend effort (ii) the science of an erroneous patent. For this reason the endless stream of (iii) devices will continue to yield occasional patent.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A presumed verifiableD corroboratingG novelB carefully scrutinizedE advancingH bogusC considered capriciousF debunkingI obsoleteSET 5 Discrete Question: Hard【3】4 No other contemporary poets work has such a well-earned reputation for (i) , and there are few whose moral vision is so imperiously unsparing. Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection is the poets fourth book in six yearsan ample output even for poets of sunny disposition, let alone for one of such (ii) over the previous 50 years. Yet for all his newfound (iii) , his poetry is as thorny as ever.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A patent accessibilityD penitential austerityG taciturnityB intrinsic frivolityE intractable prolixityH volubilityC near impenetrabilityF impetuous prodigalityI pellucidity【4】5 Managers who think that strong environmental performance will (i) their companys financial performance often (ii) claims that systems designed to help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be (iii) to financial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a managers commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A eclipseD uncritically acceptG complementaryB bolsterE appropriately acknowledgeH intrinsicC degradeF hotly disputeI peripheral【5】6 Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, dose not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i) what is already closest to usthe experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our lives but that ordinarily escape our notice precisely because they are so familiar. Philosophy begins by finding(ii) the things that are (iii) .BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A attainment ofD essentially irrelevantG most prosaicB rumination onE utterly mysteriousH somewhat hackneyedC detachment fromF thoroughly commonplaceI refreshingly novelPractice TestSection 317【6】The most striking thing about the politician is how often his politics have been (i) rather than ideological, as he adapts his political positions at any particular moment to the political realities that constrain him. He does not, however, piously (ii) political principles only to betray them in practice. Rather, he attempts in subtle ways to balance his political self-interest with a (iii) , viewing himself as an instrument of some unchanging higher purpose.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A quixoticD brandishG profound cynicismB self-righteousE floutH deeply felt moral codeC strategicF followI thoroughgoing pragmatismSection 411【7】What readers most commonly remember about John Stuart Mills classic exploration of the liberty of thought and discussion concerns the danger of (i) : in the absence of challenge, ones opinions, even when they are correct, grow weak and flabby. Yet Mill had another reason for encouraging the liberty of thought and discussion: the danger of partiality and incompleteness. Since ones opinions, even under the best circumstances, tend to (ii) , and because opinions opposed to ones own rarely turn out to be completely (iii) , it is crucial to supplement ones opinions with alternative points of view.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A tendentiousnessD embrace only a portion of the truthG erroneousB complacencyE change over timeH antitheticalC fractiousnessF focus on matters close at handI immutable20【8】Wills argues that certain malarial parasites are especially (i) because they have more recently entered humans than other species and therefore have had (ii) time to evolve toward (iii) . Yet there is no reliable evidence that the most harmful Plasmodium species has been in humans for a shorter time than less harmful species.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A populousD ampleG virulenceB malignantE insufficientH benignityC threatenedF adequateI variabilityPREP 三空題目【9】SECTION1-6 The question of (i) in photography has lately become nontrivial. Prices for vintage prints(those make by a photographer soon after he or she made the negative) so drastically (ii) in the 1990s that one of these photographs might fetch a hundred times as much as a nonvintage print of the same image. It was perhaps only a matter of time before someone took advantage of the(iii) to peddle newly created “vintage”prints for profit.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A forgeryD balloonedG discrepancyB influenceE weakenedH ambiguityC styleF variedI duplicitySECTION3【10】4 Ive long anticipated this retrospective of the artists work, hoping it would make(i) judgments about him possible, but greater familiarity with his paintings highlights their inherent (ii) and actually makes ones assessment(iii) .BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A modishD gloomG similarly equivocalB settledE ambiguityH less sanguineC detachedF delicacyI more cynical【11】5 Higher energy prices would have many(i) effects on society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more(ii) in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not(iii) at current prices.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A perniciousD aggressiveG unstableB counterintuitiveE predictableH adaptableC salubriousF sparingI viable【12】6 But they pay little attention to the opposite and more treacherous failing: false certainty, refusing to confess their mistakes and implicitly claiming(i) ,thereby embarrassing the nation and undermining the Constitution, which established various mechanisms of self-correction on the premise that even the wisest men are sometimes wrong and need, precisely when they find it most(ii) , the benefit of(iii) process.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A infallibilityD discomfitingG an adaptableB immunityE expedientH a remedialC impartialityF imminentI an injudicious原ETS 官網(wǎng)題目【13】It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i) by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to(ii) his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the(iii) , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A overshadowedD enhanceG plausibility of our hypothesesB invalidatedE obscureH certainty of our entitlementC illuminatedF underscoreI superficiality of our theories【14】2006題目 Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (i)_, but the most (ii)_ of these paintings (iii)_ all doubts.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A partialityD problematicG exculpateB credulityE successfulH assuageC ambivalenceF disparagedI whet【15】2007題目 Having displayed his art collection in a vast modernist white space in (i)_ former warehouse, Mr. Saatchi has chosen for his new site its polar opposite, a riverside monument to civic pomposity that once housed the local government. There is nothing (ii)_ about the new location: the buildings design is bureaucratic baroque, (iii)_ style that is as declamatory as a task-force report and as self-regarding as a campaign speech.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A a decadentD atavisticG an asceticB a claustrophobicE spareH a grandioseC an unprepossessingF pretentiousI an understatedPRACTICE BOOK 題目【16】That the President manages the economy is an assumption (i)_ the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are (ii)_ the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are (iii)_. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A peripheral toD justifiably personified inG usually long-lastingB central toE erroneously attributed toH regrettably unnoticeableC at odds withF occasionally associated withI largely unpredictable【17】Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the rooms intended use. Music, for example, is best (i)_ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii)_. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii)_ to some extent.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A controlledD abrasiveG compromisedB appreciatedE intelligibleH eliminatedC employedF ubiquitousI considered【18】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 todays more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii)_.BLANK1BLANK2BLANK3A impenetrableD a makeshiftG resourceB inconsiderableE an unpropitiousH impedimentC uncultivatedF an unremarkableI passage參考答案：【1】CEH【2】AFH【3】CDH【4】BDI【5】BEG【6】CDH【7】BDG【8】BEH【9】ADG【10】BEG【11】CFI【12】ADH【13】AEI【14】CEH【15】CEH【16】BEI【17】BEG【18】AEH給新GRE課程班上童鞋使用的資料，是針對第一版教材的補(bǔ)充。考老GRE的考生可以忽略的飄過 E9.7-C1. Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving, _ the incipient _ among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.(A) engendering (D) consent(B) forestalling (E) rift(C) escalating (F) speculationANS: B E E35.7- C2. Though dealers insist that professional art dealers can make money in the art market, even an _ knowledge is not enough: the art world is so fickle that stock-market prices are _ by comparison.(A) amateurs (D) erratic(B) investors (E) predictable(C) insiders (F) sensibleANS: C E E7.7-C3. Whereas the art critic Vasari saw the painting entitled the Mona Lisa as an original and wonderful _ feat, the reproduction of a natural object, the aesthetes saw it as _ that required deciphering.(A) collaborative (D) an aberration(B) visual (E) a hieroglyph(C) technical (F) an illusion ANS: C E E38.5-C4. An obvious style, easily identified by some superficial quirk, is properly _ as a mere mannerism, whereas a complex and subtle style _ reduction to a formula.(A) avoided (D) risks(B) decried (E) consists of(C) prized (F) resistsANS: B F E63.2-C5. Honeybees tend to be more _ than earth bees: the former, unlike the latter, search for food together and signal their individual findings to one another.(A) insular(B) aggressive(C) differentiated(D) mobile(E) socialANS: E E17.3C6. Walpoles art collection was huge and fascinating, and his novel The Castle of Otranto was never out of print; none of this mattered to the Victorians, who _