2017年GRE填空模拟题(32)
2017年GRE填空模拟题(32) The painter’s problem, like that of an author whose early literary masterpiece exhausts the themes it embodies, is how to_____his first highly acclaimed efforts with works of comparable significance and presence. A:combine B:illuminate C:realize D:amend E:follow 答案:E Since many African farmers face a soil fertility problem, providing funding for fertilizer seems_____ ; closer examination of the data raises some troubling questions, however. A:imprudent B:expensive C:unimpeachable D:modern E:worrisome 答案:C In years prior to the Civil War, Philadelphia’s African American press encouraged readers to be vaccinated against the smallpox.This journalistic campain was initially (i)_____,appealing to readers’ sense of communal duty, and became even more(ii)_____once the war started, as smallpox outbreaks began to occur on Philadelphia’s city skirts. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:hortatory D:controversial B:ineffective E:urgent C:widespread F:inopportune 答案:AE A hallmark of certain nineteenth-century mystery novels was the reform agenda of their authors, who ostensibly sought to expose economic injustice while depicting the seamy underside of urban life. In reality, however,these claims to a radical political agenda were often (i)_____, meant to give lurid thrillers the appearance of (ii)_____. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:authentic D:escapist appeal B:complicated E:high-minded purpose C:disingenuous F:gripping suspense 答案:CE It remains a mystery how Theobroma cacao, which scholars believe originated in lowland Amazonia, was introduced to tropical Mesoarnerica. It must have been a (i)_____process: cacao trees do not easily sprout from seed,need years to mature, and grow only in humid lowland forest. Moreover, in a tropical climate, cacao pods spoil quickly,rendering their transport from lowland Amazonia to tropical Mesoamerica in a single journey by foot or canoe (ii)_____. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:clandestine D:unlikely B:protracted E:redundant C:spontaneous F:expeditious 答案:BD 相关资料 |