GRE填空进阶练习.docx

GRE填空进阶练习韩巍第一组Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this _____ disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.(A) restriction(B) license(C) similarity(D) rigidity(E) imperativeA human being is quite _____ creature, for the gloss of rationality that covers his or her fears and _____ is thin and often easily breached.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A a logical D problemsB a frail E insecurityC a valiant F moralityHeavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when______was valued much more highly than it is today.(A) scent(B) fragrance(C) beauty(D) elegance(E) color(F) varietyThe proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to ______ federal regulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.(A) protest(B) institute(C) deny(D) encourage(E) disregardThe 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 _____.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A genre D deviationB feature E rigidityC achievement F grandiloquenceWinsor McCay, the cartoonist, could draw with incredible _____: his comic strip about Little Nemo was characterized by marvelous draftsmanship and sequencing.(A) sincerity(B) efficiency(C) virtuosity(D) rapid(E)energySome biologists argue that each specifically human trait must have arisen gradually and erratically, and that it is therefore difficult to isolate definite _____ in the evolution of species.(A) fluctuations(B) generations(C) predispositions(D) milestones(E) manifestationsThe losing animal in a struggle saves itself from destruction by an act of ______, an act usually recognized and ______ by the winner.Blank (i) Blank (ii)A bluffing D condemnedB anger E duplicatedC submission F acceptedUnenlightened authoritarian managers rarely