GRE出国考试模拟试题10

　　1. Though ____ to some degree, telling a small lie sometimes enables one to avoid ____ another's feelings.

　　(A) necessary.. mollifying

　　(B) regrettable.. harming

　　(C) unfortunate.. exaggerating

　　(D) attractive.. considering

　　(E) difficult.. resisting

　　2. Perhaps because scientists have been so intrigued by dogs' superior senses of smell and hearing, researchers have long ____ their eyesight, assuming that they inhabit a drab, black-and-white world, devoid of color.

　　(A) studied

　　(B) coveted

　　(C) appreciated

　　(D) resented

　　(E) underestimated

　　3. Despite a string of dismal earnings reports, the two-year-old strategy to return the company to

profitability is beginning to ____.

　　(A) falter

　　(B) disappoint

　　(C) compete

　　(D) work

　　(E) circulate

　　4. The President reached a decision only after lengthy ____, painstakingly weighing the ____opinions

expressed by cabinet members.

　　(A) deliberation.. divergent

　　(B) confrontation.. unanimous

　　(C) relegation.. consistent

　　(D) speculation.. conciliatory

　　(E) canvassing.. arbitrary

　　5. Although just barely ____ as a writer of lucid prose, Jones was an extremely ____ editor who worked superbly with other writers in helping them improve the clarity of their writing.

　　(A) deficient.. muddling

　　(B) proficient.. contentious

　　(C) adequate.. capable

　　(D) appalling.. competent

　　(E) engaging.. inept

　　6. The accusations we bring against others should be

　　____ ourselves; they should not ____ complacency

　　and easy judgments on our part concerning our own

　　moral conduct.

　　(A) definitions of.. produce

　　(B) instructions to.. equate

　　(C) denigrations of.. exclude

　　(D) warnings to.. justify

　　(E) parodies of.. satirize

　　7. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, ____.

　　(A) arbitrary

　　(B) superfluous

　　(C) interesting

　　(D) flexible

　　(E) constant

　　8. ELEGIAC: SORROW::

　　(A) polemical: resolution

　　(B) fictional: humor

　　(C) devotional: reverence

　　(D) didactic: inspiration

　　(E) literary: emotion

　　9. ROSTRUM: ORATOR::

　　(A) stage: audience

　　(B) bench: judge

　　(C) shelf: clerk

　　(D) municipality: citizen

　　(E) crosswalk: pedestrian

　　10. MISUNDERSTOOD: CLARIFY

　　(A) fanatical: espouse

　　(B) popular: renounce

　　(C) fantastic: shock

　　(D) erroneous: retract

　　(E) conspicuous: flaunt

　　11. REFINERY: PETROLEUM:

　　(A) mill: grain

　　(B) mine: ore