(OGVerbal Practice Set 5 Q3, Hard)
Serling’saccount of his employer’sreckless decisionmaking (i) ______that company’s image as (ii) ______ bureaucracy full of wary managers.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii)
(A) belies (D) an injudicious
(B) exposes (E) a disorganized
(C) overshadows (F) a cautious
KEY:AF
1.关键字:填入表示反义的词语★(特殊)
2.先从第二空入手,blank(ii)中应该填入一个形容词,是对于这个机构的属性的描述,而这种描述是由于这个机构自身特性所造成的,这个机构里面充满了wary managers,因而机构特性也应该体现这些wary managers能够带来的作用,因此在blank(ii)中应该填入wary的同义词。
3.而blank(i)中应该填入一个动词,表示S这个人对于他员工在做决定时候的鲁莽的描述与公司形象之间的关系,因为从blank(ii)中可以知道,这个公司的形象是与wary相近的词语,即“谨慎”的,而员工在decision making过程中却是reckless(鲁莽)的,与之相反,因而填入一个表示“相反”的词语即可。
4.词语解释:
[1].(A) belies:(与……不符)topresent an appearance not in agreement with
[2].(B) exposes:(暴露)to submit or make accessible to aparticular action or influence
[3].(C) overshadows:(掩盖)to cast a shadow over
[4].(D) an injudicious:(浅薄的)not judicious : INDISCREET, UNWISE
[5].(E) a disorganized:(缺乏组织的)lacking coherence, system, or centralguiding agency : not organized
[6].(F) a cautious:(谨慎的)markedby or given to caution
(OGVerbal Practice Set 5 Q7, Hard)
Thegovernment’s implementation of a new code of ethics appeared intended to shoreup the ruling party’s standing with an increasingly ______ electorate at a time when theparty is besieged bycharges that it trades favors for campaign money.
(A) aloof
(B) placid
(C) restive
(D) skittish
(E) tranquil
(F) vociferous
KEY:CD
1.关键字:时间状语从句提供条件
2.空格中应该填入一个形容词,用来形容现在执政党面临的electorate的属性。
3.这里的electorate用作“选民群体”来说更加合适一些,因为后面这个执政党所面临的问题就是由选民们所提出来的,即执政党选情严峻,因为其被不断地besiege——“诘问”,而这一切都来自于选民们的不满等因素。
4.词语解释:
[1].shore up :(支持)
[2].Electorate:(选民群体)a body of people entitled to vote
[3].(A) aloof:(疏远的)removed or distant eitherphysically or emotionally
[4].(B) placid:(平静的)serenely free ofinterruption or disturbance
[5].(C) restive(不满的)marked by impatience : FIDGETY
[6].(D) skittish(挑剔的、怀疑的)lively or frisky in action : CAPRICIOUS
[7].(E) tranquil(平静的)free from disturbance orturmoil
[8].(F) vociferous(残暴的)marked by or given tovehement insistent outcry
(OGVerbal Practice Set 5 Q8, Hard)
Overlarge, uneven, andultimately disappointing,the retrospective exhibition seems too much like special pleading for aforgotten painter of real but ______ talent.
(A) limited
(B) partial
(C) undiscovered
(D) circumscribed
(E) prosaic
(F) hidden
KEY:AD
1.关键字:平行结构、语气判断空格中词语
2.空格中应该填入一个形容词,用来描述这个作家的talent所具有的特点。
3.由于一开始的平行结构中连续使用了overlarge、uneven、disappointing三个词说明这个exhibition的特点并不是很好,因而整个句子的基调也被这个平行结构所确定——贬义。而且,在这个平行结构中说这个展览是overlarge、uneven、disappointing的,因而这个作家的水平是因为被夸大而引起人们的不快,所以这个作家的水平是“有限”的。
4.词语解释:
[1].(A) limited:(有限的)lacking breadth and originality
[2].(B) partial:(部分的)of or relating to a partrather than the whole : not general or total
[3].(C) undiscovered:(未被发现的)not make known or visible
[4].(D) circumscribed:(有限制的)to constrict the range or activity of definitely andclearly ; synonyms see LIMIT
[5].(E) prosaic:(平庸的)EVERYDAY, ORDINARY
[6].(F) hidden:(隐藏的)being out of sight or notreadily apparent : CONCEALED
新gre填空更加注重实际运用语言能力的考察,减少了对单词纯意义的考察,所以备考新gre填空考试的考生可以根据以上gre官方指南对三空题型的解析进行备考。