GRE历年真题-1.doc

GRE出国考试历年真题之选择题精华(1) 1、In some cultures the essence of magic is its traditional integrity; it can be efficient only if it has been ------- without loss from primeval times to the present practitioner. 　　A, conventionalized 　　B, realized 　　C, transmitted 　　D, manipulated 　　E, aggrandized 　　magic: n.魔术，法术，巫术 　　integrity: n.1.正真，廉正，诚实，诚恳 2.完整，完全 3.完善，健全 　　primeval: a.原始的，早期的，远古的 　　efficient: a.1.效率高的，有能力的，能胜任的 2.直接产生效果的，有效的，生效的 　　conventionalize: a.使符合习俗，使惯例化，按传统手法表现 　　aggrandize: v.扩大…权势，提高…地位，增进，扩充 　　在某些文化中，巫术的本质在于其传统的完整性：只有当它被完好无损地从远古时期传递到当今术士的手中，它方能显得卓有成效。 　　2、Although skeptics say financial problems will probably --------- our establishing a base on the Moon. Supporters of the project remain ------, saying that human curiosity should overcome such pragmatic constraints. 　　A, beset.. disillusioned 　　B, hasten.. hopeful 　　C, postpone.. pessimistic 　　D, prevent.. enthusiastic 　　E, allow.. unconvinced 　　sceptic: n.怀疑(论)者，〔哲〕不可知论者 　　pragmatic: a.1.讲究实际的，实干的，重实效的 2.实用主义的 3.国事的，国务的 　　constraint:n.1.约束，限制 2.强迫，强制 3.克制，抑制，拘束 　　beset: v.1.困扰，使苦恼 2.包围，围攻 　　disillusion: v.使幻灭 　　postpone: v.1.延迟，延缓，使延期 2.把…放在后面 　　pessimistic: a.悲观(主义)的 　　尽管怀疑论者声称，经济问题将有可能阻碍我们在月球上建立一个基础，但这一计划的支持者却热情不减，宣称人类的求知欲理应克服这些实际障碍。 　　3、Before the Second World War, academics still questioned whether the body of literature produced in the United States truly ------- a ------- literature, or whether such literature was only a provincial branch of English literature. 　　A, symbolized.. local 　　B, constituted.. national 　　C, defined.. historical 　　D, outlined.. good 　　E, captured.. meaningful 　　academic: n.1.大学生，大学教师 2.学者，学会会员 　　provincial: a.1.狭隘的，地方性的 2.外省的，外地的 　　symbolize: v.象征，标志 　　第二次世界大战之前，学者们依然感到疑惑，即在美国创作的全部文学作品是否真正能构成一种民族文学，抑或这种文学只能算作英国文学的一个地方性分支。 　　4、Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until very recently, been regarded merely as ------- fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers. 　　A, a controversial 　　B, a statistical 　　C, a