GRE考試填空題模擬練習(xí)(3)

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1. If efficacious new medicines have side effects that are commonly observed and _____, such medicines are too often considered _____, even when laboratory tests suggest caution.
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    A salutary D outdated
    B unpredictable E safe
    C unremarkable F experimental
    答案:AE
    2. A number of writers who once greatly _____ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting _____ for their former criticism.
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    A disparaged D approbation
    B lauded E ambivalence
    C influenced F censure
    答案:AF
    3. The actual _____ of Wilson’s position was always _____ by his refusal to compromise after having initially agreed to negotiate a settlement.
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    A cowardice D betrayed
    B rigidity E foreshadowed
    C uncertainty F alleviated
    答案:AE
    4. Salazar’s presence in the group was so _____ the others that they lost most of their earlier _____; failure, for them, became all but unthinkable.
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    A mundane D practicable
    B visionary E appealing
    C eclectic F ignored
    答案:AE
    5. Although the architects concept at first sounded too _____ to be_____, his careful analysis of every aspect of the project convinced the panel that the proposed building was indeed, structurally feasible.
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    A unnoticed by D confidence
    B reassuring to E exhilaration
    C unexpected by F trepidation
    答案:CD   6. He was regarded by his followers, as something of _____, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _____ adherence to formal details.
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    A an acolyte D reluctant
    B a martinet E sporadic
    C a tyrant F rigid
    答案:BF
    7. The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _____ that permits very little _____.
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    A experience D scientifically
    B conjecture E empirically
    C surmise F aesthetically
    答案:AD
    8. Although _____ is usually thought to spring from regret for having done something wrong, it may be that its origin is the realization that one’s own nature is irremediably _____.
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    A remorse D innocent
    B skepticism E frivolous
    C certitude F flawed
    答案:CE
    9. Unlike philosophers who constructed theoretically ideal states, she built a theory based on _____; thus, although her constructs may have been inelegant, they were _____ sound.
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    A genre D deviation
    B feature E rigidity
    C achievement F grandiloquence
    答案:CD
    10. Even though political editorializing was not _____ under the new regime, journalists still experienced _____, though perceptible , governmental pressure to limit dissent.
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    A commended D clear
    B encouraged E discreet
    C forbidden F overt
    答案:CE