GRE等价(Barron模考)每日一题第45期_GRE填空

GRE等价(Barron模考)每日一题第45期

日期:2014-09-14 17:24

(单词翻译:单击)

GRE等价试题

Though the recent row between the much loved prime minister and the ambassador from the erstwhile colonial power will, in all likelihood, not foment outright protests--the way an incursion by this same foreign power into the country’s airspace did--surely such discord will only serve to further _____ ?a people long since wary of foreign influence.
A.gall
B.disabuse
C.demean
D.debase
E.rankle
F.marginalize

参考答案

正确答案：AE
解析：
Answers: (A), (E)

The clues here are "row...not foment..." and "discord." Do not fall for the trap to think that the 'though' at the beginning signals that the sentence is a classic shift. It is not - essentially it is saying that the fight will not lead to very bad consequences, but they will still upset a people.

(A) means to irritate. This can work in the context. True, it is not upset (my word), but we only need a word to show that the people are not happy.

(B) is actually a positive word. It means to correct a person's false notion.

Neither (C) nor (D) makes sense. How could the fight between the prime minister and the ambassador lower the dignity of the people? We want a word that is a lesser degree of people taking to the streets and protesting.

(E) means to irritate.

(F) means to treat someone as inferior.

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重点单词

fomentvt. 煽动，引发，[医]热敷

primeadj. 最初的，首要的，最好的，典型的 n. 青春，壮

likelihoodn. 可能性

incursionn. 侵犯，入侵

waryadj. 小心的，机警的

irritatev. 激怒，使 ... 发怒，使疼痛或发炎

classicn. 古典作品，杰作，第一流艺术家 adj. 第一流的，

contextn. 上下文，环境，背景

shiftn. 交换，变化，移动，接班者 v. 更替，移转，变声

trapn. 圈套，陷阱，困境，双轮轻便马车 v. 设圈套，陷入