GRE北美真题系列(七)A

1. It is true that the seeds of some plants have ---- after two hundred years of dormancy, but reports that viable seeds have been found in ancient tombs such as the pyramids are entirely----
    (A) revived.. empirical
    (B) germinated.. unfounded
    (C) endured.. irrelevant
    (D) erupted.. reasonable
    (E) proliferated.. substantiated
   
2. Even though many persons in the audience jeered the star throughout the play, she ---- curtain calls.
    (A) refused all
    (B) adored some
    (C) delayed several
    (D) appeared for
    (E) balked at
   
3. The most technologically advanced societies have been responsible for the greatest ----; indeed, savagery seems to be in direct proportion to ----.
    (A) wars.. viciousness
    (B) catastrophes.. ill-will
    (C) atrocities.. development
    (D) inventions.. know-how
    (E) triumphs.. civilization
   
4. The combination of ------and ------ in Edmund's speech can be starting, especially when he slyly slips in some juicy vulgarity amid the mellifluous circumlocutions of a gentleman of the old school.
    (A) tact.. innocence
    (B) raciness.. ribaldry
    (C) piousness.. modesty
    (D) elegance.. earthiness
    (E) propriety.. bashfulness
   
5. For many young people during the Roaring Twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American culture ---- a wanderlust to provoke an exodus abroad.
    (A) stymied
    (B) overwhelmed
    (C) reflected
    (D) combined with
    (E) conflicted with
   
6. Every new theory not only must ---- the valid predictions of the old theory, but must also explain why those predictions ---- within the range of that old theory.
    (A) organize.. failed
    (B) generate.. faltered
    (C) promote.. functioned
    (D) refute.. evolved
    (E) accommodate.. succeeded
   
7. Human reaction to the realm of thought is often as strong as that to sensible presences; our higher moral life is based on the fact that ---- sensations actually present may have a weaker influence on our action than do ideas of ----facts.
    (A) disturbing.. ordinary
    (B) material.. remote
    (C) emotional.. impersonal
    (D) definitive.. controversial
    (E) familiar.. symbolic
   
8. EPILOGUE: NOVEL::
    (A) lyric: poem
    (B) violin: sonata
    (C) title: sermon
    (D) song: cycle
    (E) coda: symphony
   
9. PLECE: JIGSAW PUZZLE::
    (A) clasp: bracelet
    (B) tile: mosaic
    (C) cue: dialogue
    (D) hint: answer
    (E) secret: mystery
   
10. DIAMETER: CIRCLE::
    (A) diagonal: rectangle
    (B) equator: hemisphere
    (C) altitude: triangle
    (D) noon: day
    (E) radius: cone
11. MANDATORY: COMPLY::
    (A) tacit: approve
    (B) vacant: occupy
    (C) arduous: avoid
    (D) forbidden: abstain
    (E) artistic: admit
   
12. EXEMPLARY: CRITICIZED::
    (A) periodic: counted
    (B) erratic: predicted
    (C) precocious: emulated
    (D) hypothetical: verified
    (E) fawning: reciprocated
   
13. CREDULITY: DUPE::
    (A) truculence: hero
    (B) discrimination: connoisseur
    (C) eloquence: sage
    (D) rationality: critic
    (E) perseverance: conqueror
   
14. CALLIGRAPHY: SCRIBBLE::
    (A) elegy: hymn
    (B) opera: libretto
    (C) document: source
    (D) sonnet: doggerel
    (E) epic: essay
   
15. RECOMMEND: LAUD::
    (A) suggest: deduce
    (B) assume: instigate
    (C) calculate: arrange
    (D) sanction: foster
    (E) believe: persuade
   
16. BALEFUL: MENACE::
    (A) competent: achievement
    (B) flirtatious: affection
    (C) placid: boredom
    (D) brusque: retort
    (E) solicitous: concern
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