2017年GRE填空模拟题(18)
2017年GRE填空模拟题(18) Like Bela Bartok, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composer’s acumen to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked (i) ______ the task. This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details of a performance in a written text, and this (ii) ______ makes her work a landmark in ethnomusicology. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:reverence for D:fastidiousness B:detachment from E:didacticism C:curiosity about F:iconoclasm 答案:AD The (i) ______ of Vladimir Nabokov as one of North America’s literary giants has thrown the spotlight on his peripheral activities and has thus served to (ii) ______ his efforts as an amateur entomologist. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:stigmatization D:foreground B:lionization E:transcend C:marginalization F:obscure 答案:BD There is nothing quite like this movie, and indeed I am not altogether sure there is much more to it than its lovely (i) ______. At a moment when so many films strive to be as (ii) ______ as possible, it is gratifying to find one that is so subtle and puzzling. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:peculiarity D:indirect B:pellucidity E:assertive C:conventionality F:enigmatic 答案:AE There has been much hand-wringing about how unprepared American students are for college. Graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. In his analysis, the university culture is largely (i) ______ entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. Understandably, many students view academic life as (ii) ______ ritual. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:primed for D:an arcane B:opaque to E:a laudable C:essential for F:a painstaking 答案:BD The narratives that vanquished peoples have created of their defeat have, according to Schivelbusch, fallen into several identifiable types. In one of these, the vanquished manage to (i) ______ the victor’s triumph as the result of some spurious advantage, the victors being truly inferior where it counts. Often the winners (ii) ______ this interpretation, worrying about the cultural or moral costs of their triumph and so giving some credence to the losers’ story. Blank (I)Blank (II) A:construe D:take issue with B:anoint E:disregard C:acknowledge F:collude in 答案:AF 相关资料 |