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甘肃GRE考试考前冲刺卷（7） 本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。 严格遵守考试纪律，维护考试秩序！ 一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.The aspect of Houstons work most extensively discussed in the passage is its A．(A) psychological canninessB．(B) judicial complexityC．(C) fundamental efficiencyD．(D) radical intellectualismE．(E) exaggerated idealism 参考答案：AIn assessing the possible effects on judges of race mixing in the lower grades, Houston was psychologically canny, shrewd in seeing potential dangers and in figuring strategies to avoid these dangers. 2.Book publishing has long been ______ profession, partly because, for younger editors, the best way to win a raise or a promotion was to move on to another publishing house. A．(A) an innovativeB．(B) a prestigiousC．(C) an itinerantD．(D) a rewardingE．(E) an insular 参考答案：CThe key phrase here is move on. If editors have to travel from firm to firm to succeed in their field, then publishing can be classified as an itinerant profession, a profession marked by traveling. 3.The primary purpose of the passage is to A．(A) describe the relative speed of continental movementB．(B) predict the future configuration of the continentsC．(C) refute a radical theory postulating continental movementD．(D) describe the reasoning behind a geological theoryE．(E) explain how to calculate the continental drift per year 参考答案：DThe author takes the reader through Wegeners reasoning step by step, describing what led Wegener to reach his conclusions. 4.AGITATOR : FIREBRAND :: A．(A) miser : spendthriftB．(B) renegade : turncoatC．(C) anarchist : backsliderD．(D) maverick : scapegoatE．(E) reprobate : hothead 参考答案：BAgitator (troublemaker) is a synonym for fire-brand. Renegade (traitor) is a synonym for turncoat. (Synonym) 5.Although most people who acquire West Nile have no and those who do normally suffer little more than flu-like illness, it is believed they still can carry amounts of the virus in their blood for several days. A．(A) recourse … negligibleB．