GRE填空教程31-76.doc

Exercise 31 1. The Chinese, who began systematic astronomical and weather observations shortly after the ancient Egyptians, were assiduous record-keepers, and because of this, can claim humanity’s longest continuous _____ of natural events. (A) defiance (B) documentation (C) maintenance (D) theory (E) domination 2. Although the discovery of antibiotics led to great advances in clinical practice, it did not represent a _______ bacterial illness, for there are some bacteria that cannot be _________ treated with antibiotics. (A) breakthrough in...consistently (B) panacea for...effectively (C) neglect of...efficiently (D) reexamination of...conventionally (E) resurgence of...entirely 3. Many industries are so ________ by the impact of government sanctions, equipment failure, and foreign competition that they are beginning to rely on industrial psychologists to_________ what remains of employee morale. (A) estranged...guard (B) beleaguered...salvage (C) overruled...undermine (D) encouraged...determine (E) restrained...confirm 4. A human being is quite _________ creature, for the gloss of rationality that covers his or her fears and _________ is thin and often easily breached. (A) a blems (B) a frail...insecurity (C) a valiant...phobias (D) an ambitious...morality (E) a ludicrous...laughter 5. The current demand for quality in the schools seems to ask not for the development of informed and active citizens, but for disciplined and productive workers with abilities that contribute to civic life only _______, if at all. (A) indirectly (B) politically (C) intellectually (D) sensibly (E) sequentially 6. The popularity of pseudoscience and quack medicines in the nineteenth century suggests that people were very_______, but the gullibility of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed _________ (A) cators (B) sophisticated...realists (C) rational...pragmatists (D) naive...idealists (E) credulous...skeptics 7. Although normally _________, Alison fe