新GRE考试历年填空真题一

1. Faraday does not ---- any particular theory;
she believes that each theory increases our
understanding of some dreams but that no
single theory can ---- them all.
(A) endorse.. explain
(B) discuss.. simplify
(C) mention.. replace
(D) evaluate.. identify
(E) criticize.. eradicate
2. Although his outnumbered troops fought
bravely, the general felt he had no choice but wｗw.ExamＷ.CoM
to ---- defeat and ---- a retreat.
(A) hasten.. suggest
(B) seek.. try
(C) oversee.. reject
(D) overcome.. request
(E) acknowledge.. order
3. Despite some allowances for occupational
mobility, the normal expectation of seventeenth century
English society was that the child’s
vocation would develop along familial lines;
---- the career of one’s parents was therefore
----.
(A) disagreement with .. forbidden
(B) divergence from .. limited
(C) preparation for .. difficult
(D) reliance on .. unanticipated
(E) assumption of .. premature
4. The little-known but rapidly expanding use of
computers in mapmaking is technologically
similar to the more ---- uses in designing
everything from bolts to satellites.
(A) recent
(B) impromptu
(C) publicized
(D) ingenuous
(E) secure
5. The impact of a recently published collection
of essays, written during and about the last
presidential campaign, is lessened by its timing;
it comes too late to affect us with its –--- and
too soon for us to read it out of historical----.
(A) foresight.. anxiety
(B) research .. consistency
(C) assuredness.. skepticism
(D) immediacy.. curiosity
(E) veracity.. respect