GRE出国考试模拟试题5

　　SECTION 4

　　Time—30 minutes

　　38 Questions

　　1. Since most if not all learning occurs through____, relating one observation to another, it would be strange indeed if the study of other cultures did not also illuminate the study of our own.

　　(A) assumptions

　　(B) experiments

　　(C) comparisons

　　(D) repetitions

　　(E) impressions

　　(A) specialization.. barriers between

　　(B) decline.. associations among

　　(C) redundancy.. complacency in

　　(D) disrepute.. concern for

　　(E) promulgation.. ignorance among

　　3. If a species of parasite is to survive, the host organ- isms must live long enough for the parasite to ____ ; if the host species becomes____, so do its parasites.

　　(A) atrophy.. healthy

　　(B) reproduce.. extinct

　　(C) disappear.. widespread

　　(D) succumb.. nonviable

　　(E) mate.. infertile

　　4. The author argues for serious treatment of such arts as crochet and needlework, finding in too many art historians a cultural blindness --- to their ____ textiles as a medium in which women artists pre- dominate.

　　(A) traceable.. prejudice against

　　(B) opposed.. distrust of

　　(C) referring.. need for

　　(D) reduced.. respect for

　　(E) corresponding.. expertise in

　　5. Those who fear the influence of television deliberately ____-- its persuasive power, hoping that they might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social change from being widely disseminated.

　　(A) promote

　　(B) underplay

　　(C) excuse

　　(D) laud

　　(E) suspect

　　6. Because the high seriousness of their narratives

　　resulted in part from their metaphysics, Southern

　　writers were praised for their ____ bent.

　　(A) technical

　　(B) discursive

　　(C) hedonistic

　　(D) philosophical

　　(E) scientific

　　7. Far from being ____, Pat was always ____ to

　　appear acquiescent.

　　(A) unctuous.. loath

　　(B) brazen.. reluctant

　　(C) ignoble.. concerned

　　(D) obsequious.. eager

　　(E) gregarious.. willing

　　8. CHUCKLE: LAUGHING::

　　(A) uproar: shouting

　　(B) whisper: speaking

　　(C) hum: whistling

　　(D) lecture: conversing

　　(E) murmur: mimicking

　　9. PARAGRAPH: ESSAY::

　　(A) object: verb

　　(B) phrase: preposition

　　(C) interjection: parenthesis

　　(D) clause: sentence

　　(E) colloquialism: expression

　　10. STUPOR: ALERT::

　　(A) rebellion: defiant

　　(B) despair: hopeful

　　(C) expectation: unfulfilled

　　(D) circumspection: careful

　　(E) ennui: listless

　　11. PAEAN: JOY::

　　(A) dirge: grief

　　(B) oratory: persuasion

　　(C) aria: opera

　　(D) chant: choir

　　(E) lecture: instruction