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1、2021年GRE考试真题卷（1）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.Lee, who refrained from excesses in his personal life, differed markedly from Grant, who_ notorious drinking bouts with his cronies.A：deprecatedB：minimizedC：indulged inD：shunnedE：compensated for2.Left to endu

2、re a penniless old age, the_ man lived to regret his_ youth.A：miserly . friendlessB：reclusive . affableC：eccentric . fleetingD：egotistical . frugalE：improvident . prodigal3.Lexys joy at finding the perfect Christmas gift for John was_ , for she still had to find presents for the cousins and Uncle Bo

3、b.A：transientB：antitheticalC：exuberantD：exhaustiveE：incontrovertible4.Life is a_ of the sacred and the profane, of good and evil; to_ them is futile.A：rejection . embraceB：commingling . separateC：misalliance . endureD：defamation . reformE：confusion . promulgate5.Like Machiavelli before him, Henry Ki

4、ssinger has a keen appreciation for the hard-headed, even_ , use of power, to the point of admiring some traits in leaders who were otherwise_ .A：cynical . benevolentB：gentle . insignificantC：ruthless . detestableD：resentful . charismaticE：forceful . exemplary6.Like a balloon that is_ , aneurysms (s

5、wellings in the walls of arteries) sometimes enlarge so much that they_ .A：expanding . contractB：punctured . dilateC：elastic . stratifyD：weightless . stretchE：overinflated . burst7.Like a martinet, Norman_ his subordinates to_ rigidly to the rules.A：disciplined . adaptB：constrained . adhereC：coaxed

6、. referD：accustomed . objectE：coerced . demur8.Like doctors exploring the mysteries concealed within the human body, astronomers are finding that X rays offer an invaluable means for examining otherwise_ structures.A：inconsequentialB：hiddenC：ambivalentD：diseasedE：ephemeral9.Like foolish people who c

7、ontinue to live near an active volcano, many of us are_ about the_ of atomic warfare and its attendant destruction.A：worried . possibilityB：unconcerned . threatC：excited . powerD：cheered . possessionE：irritated . news10.Like many other pioneers, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, founder of the New York Infir

8、mary, the first American hospital staffed entirely by women, faced ridicule from her contemporaries but has received great honor_ .A：posthumouslyB：anonymouslyC：privatelyD：prematurely11.Just as sloth is the mark of the idler,_ is the mark of the_ .A：grief . miserB：obsequiousness . toadyC：wanderlust .

9、 trespasserD：suspicion . tyrantE：brevity . wit12.Just as the earliest stone tools left by humans may seem nothing more than rock fragments to a layperson, so a lot of fossils require a trained eye to_ them.A：excavateB：appreciateC：disseminateD：antedateE：educate13.Justice Harry Blackmuns retirement, w

10、hile unlikely to bring about a drastic change at the Supreme Court, will remove a distinctly_ voice from the Courts often featureless mix.A：blandB：personalC：moderateD：neutralE：derivative14.Keplers observations of the supernova would have been more_ and valuable had they been made with a telescope; u

11、nfortunately, Keplers supernova lighted the night skies five full years before Galileo made the first_ telescopic scan of the heavens.A：remote . skepticalB：solemn . unseemlyC：infamous . extraneousD：detailed . documentedE：fortuitous . recorded15.Known for his commitment to numerous worthy causes, the

12、 philanthropist deserved_ for his_ .A：recognition . follyB：blame . hypocrisyC：reward . modestyD：admonishment . wastefulnessE：credit . altruism16.Lamenting that something horrid had recently befallen the craft of biography, biographer Arthur Schlesinger_ the glut of gossipy new lives on the market.A：

13、deploredB：forgotC：acclaimedD：composedE：abridged17.Land is no less_ just because it has not yet been_ .A：eroded . subdividedB：exhausted . cultivatedC：imaginary . discoveredD：fallow . settledE：real . charted18.Lavish in visual beauty, the film Lawrence of Arabia also boasts_ of style: it knows how muc

14、h can be shown in a shot, how much can be said in a few words.A：extravaganceB：economyC：autonomyD：frivolityE：arrogance19.Learned though she was, her_ never degenerated into_ .A：erudition . pedantryB：knowledge . ignoranceC：scholarship . researchD：speculation . thoughtE：education . inquiry20.Leavening

15、his decisions with humorous, down-to-earth anecdotes, Judge Wapner was not at all the_ legal scholar.A：considerateB：pedanticC：indecisiveD：competentE：pragmatic21.It is the task of the International Wildlife Preservation Commission to prevent endangered species from becoming_ in order that future gene

16、rations may_ the great diversity of animal life.A：tamed . recollectB：evolved . valueC：extinct . enjoyD：specialized . anticipateE：widespread . appreciate22.It is wise to begin to treat a progressive disease while it is still in its_ stage.A：climacticB：clinicalC：incipientD：terminalE：pharmaceutical23.I

17、t was only the first day of summer vacation, but his nerves were already_ by the constant clamor of the children.A：eliminatedB：alleviatedC：repleteD：vacillatedE：frayed24.It would be beneficial if someone so radical could be brought to believe that old customs need not necessarily be_ and that change

18、may possibly be_ .A：defensible . prematureB：outdated . requiredC：evil . salutaryD：invaluable . temporaryE：worthless . inadvisable25.Janet Malcolm depicts the biographer as a nosy, intrusive figure,_ his subjects private papers.A：annotatingB：restoringC：invadingD：acknowledgingE：compiling26.John Gielgu

19、d crowns a distinguished career of playing Shakespearean roles by giving a performance that is_ .A：mediocreB：outmodedC：superficialD：unsurpassableE：insipid27.John Keats, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Rimbaud-all these were poets who had to be poets, whom no one or nothing short of death could have_ their cour

20、ses.A：confirmed inB：derailed fromC：lauded forD：interested inE：convinced of28.Just as all roads once led to Rome, all blood vessels in the human body ultimately_ the heart.A：detour aroundB：shut offC：empty intoD：look afterE：beat back29.Just as an_ dish lacks flavor, an inane remark lacks_ .A：intriguin

21、g . spiceB：insipid . senseC：inedible . listenersD：occasional . implicationsE：offensive . taste30.Just as an orchestra cannot consist only of violins, a society cannot consist only of managers, for society is an_ in which different parts have different_ .A：anarchy . powersB：edifice . complaintsC：orga

22、nism . functionsD：institution . resultsE：urbanity . ambitions31.Instead of taking exaggerated precautions against touching or tipping or jarring the bottle of wine, the waitress handled it quite_ , being careful only to use a napkin to keep her hands from the cool bottle itself.A：fastidiouslyB：rever

23、entlyC：nonchalantlyD：tentativelyE：ambivalently32.Irony can, after a fashion, become a mode of escape: to laugh at the terrors of life is in some sense to_ them.A：overstateB：revitalizeC：corroborateD：evadeE：license33.Isozakis love for detail is apparent everywhere in the new museum, but fortunately th

24、e details are_ to the buildings larger formal composition, which is_ by the busyness of much recent architecture.A：important . harmedB：irrelevant . fragmentedC：subordinated . unencumberedD：appropriate . echoedE：incidental . nullified34.It is_ to try to destroy pests completely with chemical poisons,

25、 for as each new chemical pesticide is introduced, the insects gradually become_ to it.A：useless . drawnB：pointless . vulnerableC：futile . resistantD：wicked . indifferentE：worthwhile . immune35.It is a relief to see people who can be interested in the arts without being arty collectors who collect f

26、or their own_ rather than for_ .A：enjoyment . satisfactionB：interest . pleasureC：reputation . amusementD：delight . showE：education . fulfillment36.It is a spotty sort of book, with many pages that, if not exactly_ , are less than_ .A：bland . tediousB：pretentious . conventionalC：dull . excitingD：even

27、tful . newsworthyE：murky . obscure37.It is all but impossible today to_ the ferocity with which Russian thinkers at the turn of the century_ the materialism that had dominated their countrys intellectual life since the 1850s.A：forget . relishedB：believe . concededC：grasp . assailedD：emulate . ignore

28、dE：challenge . extolled38.It is possible to analyze a literary work to death,_ what should be a living experience as if it were a laboratory specimen.A：questioningB：dissectingC：amendingD：nurturingE：reviving39.It is remarkable that a man so in the public eye, so highly praised and imitated, can retai

29、n his_ .A：magniloquenceB：dogmasC：bravadoD：idiosyncraciesE：humility40.It is said that the custom of shaking hands originated when primitive men held out empty hands to indicate that they had no_ weapons and were thus_ disposed.A：lethal . clearlyB：concealed . amicablyC：hidden . harmfullyD：murderous .

30、illE：secret . finally41.In discussing Rothkos art, Breslin is_ in keeping to the facts and resisting the_ of fanciful interpretation.A：scrupulous . temptationB：meticulous . integrityC：ungainly . rewardD：uninterested . echoE：inept . bias42.In giving a speech, the speakers goal is to communicate ideas

31、 clearly and_ , so that the audience will be in no_ about the meaning of the speech.A：effectively . hasteB：indirectly . distressC：vigorously . discomfortD：unambiguously . confusionE：tactfully . suspense43.In his address, the superintendent exhorted the teachers to discover and_ each students_ talent

32、s.A：suppress . unrecognizedB：develop . intrinsicC：redirect . speciousD：belittle . dormantE：justify . gratuitous44.In judging the degree of his guilt, the question remains whether he acted out of purely_ motives or whether he acted with thoughts of his own_ in mind.A：benevolent . fameB：disinterested

33、. advantageC：selfish . benefitD：mercenary . profitE：malicious . cleverness45.In one instance illustrating Metternichs consuming_ , he employed several naval captains to purchase books abroad for him, eventually adding an entire Oriental library to his_ collection.A：foresight . indifferentB：altruism

34、. eclecticC：bibliomania . burgeoningD：avarice . inadvertentE：egocentricity . magnanimous46.In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him, reading was purposeful, not_ .A：deliberateB：retentiveC：criticalD：desultoryE：exhaustive47.In the 1920s Hollywood beca

35、me a magnet for men and women on the cutting edge_ artists genuinely excited by the possibilities of the up-and-coming film medium.A：irritableB：innovativeC：untalentedD：outdatedE：inferior48.In the absence of native predators to stop their spread, imported deer_ to such an inordinate degree that they

36、overgrazed the countryside and_ the native vegetation.A：thrived . threatenedB：propagated . cultivatedC：suffered . abandonedD：flourished . scrutinizedE：dwindled . eliminated49.In the constant battle for newsstand supremacy, with newsstands groaning from the weight of specialty publications, the bigge

37、st challenge facing any new magazine is_ itself from the crowed, making its mission_ .A：transforming . plausibleB：separating . impossibleC：distinguishing . clearD：acquiring . publicE：distancing . futile50.In the light of Dickenss description of the lively, even_ dance parties of his time ,Sharps app

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