(OG Text Completion Sample Questions 2) Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i) ______ as an artist increased, the more (ii) ______ his life became.
BLANK (i) (A) temperance (B) notoriety (C) eminence KEY: CD 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
BLANK (ii) (D) tumultuous (E) providential (F) dispassionate
关键字：冒号确定 blank1 中应该填入一个名词，表示 C 作为一名艺术家在某一方面的成绩， blank2 中应该填入一个形
容词，表示 C 的生活的变化形式；发现句子中有冒号，可以推断句子前后两部分是一种解释说明的关系，即句子前后两部分意思一致，前半句说 C 对于成功的把握很差，而且倾向于暴力；则后半句也应该是同样的意思；在后半句中，as an artist increased 应该对应的是―成功‖的意思，从 blank1 中选出―eminence‖，而 his life became，对应的是其倾向于暴力的部分，从 blank2 中选出―tumultuous‖。词语解释： (A) temperance：（抑制、温和）
moderation in action, thought, or feeling : RESTRAINT (B) notoriety：（臭名昭著）the quality or state of being widely and unfavorably known (C) eminence：（声名显赫）one that is eminent, prominent, or lofty (D) tumultuous：（暴力的）marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval (E) providential：（神意的）of, relating to, or determined by God conceived as the power sustaining and (F) dispassionate：（冷静的）not influenced by strong feeling
guiding human destiny
(OG Text Completion Sample Questions 3) In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so ______ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) permanently imperceptibly irregularly precariously relentlessly
KEY: B 1. 2. 关键字：“So ? that ?”结构―So ? that ?‖结构，that 后面的部分对于 so 后面的词进行解释说明，其表示的是 arcitic 附近的某些冰
层向海中伸出的程度，如果仅仅说是能够让人行走的话，选项中没有合适的词语进行对应，因而，形容的是给人们的一种感觉，对应部分如颜色标注。 3. [1]. 词语解释： (A) permanently：（永久地）continuing or enduring without fundamental or marked change : STABLE
[2]. [3]. [4]. [5].
(B) (C) (D) (E)
imperceptibly：（不被察觉地）not perceptible by a sense or by the mind irregularly：（不规则地）lacking continuity or regularity
especially of occurrence or activity precariously：（不安全地、随意地）dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or
relentlessly：（无情地、残酷地） showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength,
uncertain developments or pace
(OG Sentence Equivalence Sample Question 1) Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) orthodox eccentric original trifling conventional innovative
KEY: CF 1. 2. 3. 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 关键字：“Although A ?, A?”结构、hardly 表反义空格中应该填入一个形容词，作为 the work 的一种描述，由于存在 although，前后两个半句意思相反，由于后半句中存在 hardly，因此在选取词语的时候，还是要选取与―创新‖同义的词语进行填空。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) orthodox：（正统的、传统的）
conforming to established doctrine especially in religion eccentric：（举止怪异的）deviating from a circular path original：（原创的）
independent and creative in thought or action trifling：（无关紧要的）lacking in significance or solid worth conventional：（依循传统的）according with, sanctioned by, or based on convention innovative：（创新的）characterized by, tending to, or introducing innovations
因而前面说作品是有 pioneering ideas 的，也就是创新的，则后半句应该说其不是―创新的‖。
(OG Sentence Equivalence Sample Question 2) It was her view that the country’s problems had been ______ by foreign technocrats, so that to ask for such assistance would be counterproductive. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) ameliorated ascertained diagnosed exacerbated overlooked worsened
KEY: DF
1. 2.
关键字：“so that”结构空格中应该填入一个动词过去分词表示 foreign technocrats 对于这个国家问题所做的动作，而因为有 so
that 存在，前后两个半句意思一致。而后半句中―such assistance‖与前半句的―foreign technocrats‖实际上是指的同一种东西，因而对于―such
assistance‖的描述与前半句中对于―foreign technocrats‖的描述应当一致，故在空格中填入与―counterproductive‖同义的词语。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) ameliorated：（改善）make better or more tolerable ascertained：（确定）to make certain, exact, or precise diagnosed：（诊断）to recognize (as a disease) by signs and symptoms exacerbated：（加剧恶化）to make more violent, bitter, or severe overlooked：（忽视）to look past : MISS worsened：（恶化）to make worse
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q1, Easy) Dominant interests often benefit most from ______ of governmental interference in business, since they areable to take care of themselves if left alone. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) intensification authorization centralization improvisation elimination
KEY: E 1. 2. 3. 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5].
关键字：“since”表示因果同义空中应该填入一个名词，是对于政府管制的一种描述；后半句有 since 表示因果关系，因而找寻前后半
句中的同义对应词语；前半句中说的是大公司在一种对于政府干预的情况中可以获利，后半句说这些大公司如果对他们放任自
流的话效果会好，因此，前半句中所要表述的是―不要政府的干涉‖。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) intensification：（加强）to make intense or more intensive : STRENGTHEN authorization：（授权）the act of
authorizing centralization：（集中）to concentrate by placing power and authority in a center or central improvisation：（即席创作）the act or art of improvising elimination：（消除）the act, process, or an instance of eliminating or discharging
organization
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q2, Easy) Kagan maintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or ______ signs of adolescent anxiety. (A) (B) prophetic normal
(C) (D) (E)
monotonous virtual typical
KEY: A 1. 2. 3. 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 关键字：“A ? not B or C”模式（“三空格”模式的变体）―A ? not B or C‖模式，其中―B or C‖是同一个事物，与 A 相反。空中应该填入一个形容词，是对于 sign 的描述，其应该与 harbinger 是同义关系，与 natural process 是
反义关系。词语解释 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) prophetic：（预兆的）
foretelling events : PREDICTIVE normal：（普通的）conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern monotonous：（单一音调的）uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone virtual：（虚拟的）of, relating to, or being a hypothetical particle whose existence is inferred from typical：（典型的）constituting or having the nature of a type
indirect evidence
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q3, Easy) An investigation that is _______ can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) timely unguided consistent uncomplicated subjective
KEY: B 1. 2. 3.
关键字：“but”空中应该填入一个形容词，是对于―an investigation‖的一种形容；后半句中有 but 出现，应该是与前半句表达相反的意思，而后半句中的―a search‖是前半句中的―an
investigation‖的同义替换，因此空中应该填入一个与在后半句中形容 search 相反的词语，即―not in a definite direction‖。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) timely：（及时的）
appropriate or adapted to the times or the occasion unguided：（没有导向的）not to direct, supervise, or influence usually to a
particular end consistent：（一致的）marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity uncomplicated：（不复杂的）not difficult to analyze, understand, or explain subjective：（主要的）of or relating to the essential being of that which has substance, qualities,
attributes, or relations
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q4, Easy) It is (i) ______ that so many portrait paintings hang in art museums, since the subject matter
seems to dictate a status to pictures in the family photograph album than to high art. But perhaps it is the artistic skill with which the portraits are painted that (ii) _______ their presence in art museum.
BLANK (i) (A) surprising (B) understandable (C) irrelevant KEY: AE 1. 2. 3.
BLANK (ii) (D) challenges (E) justifies (F) changes
关键字：“since”表同义因果，“but”表转折 Blank1 中应该填入一个形容词，描述人们对于大量肖像画出现在艺术博物馆中这一事实的一些看法；而在第一句中，后半句中出现了 since，表示因果关系，因而应该选取前后半句中同义关系的词语，而后半
blank2 中应该填入一个动词，表现肖像画中的艺术技巧对于它们出现在艺术博物馆中的事实的影响。
句给出了人们对于肖像画出现在艺术博物馆中的看法的原因，即―它们原本是被用来为家族相册添光彩用的，而不是为了展现艺术而出现的‖，因此说，在人们看来，肖像画出现在博物馆中是属于出现在了不该出现的地方，因此说选取一个表达这种―出现在了不该有的地方‖色彩的词语最合适，即应该选取(A)选项； 4. 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 对于第二句，由于句首的―but‖的作用，因而这整个一句话应该体现一种与前一句话截然相反的意思，前
面说肖像画不应该在艺术博物馆中出现，那第二句话应该体现―肖像画可以出现在艺术馆中‖的作用。词语解释： (A) surprising：（令人惊讶的）to strike with wonder or amazement especially because unexpected (B) understandable：（可以理解的）have the power of comprehension (C) irrelevant：（不相关的）not relevant : INAPPLICABLE (D) challenges：（质疑）to dispute especially as being unjust, invalid, or outmoded (E) justifies：（表明或证明（某人[某事]）是正当的、有理的或公正的）to show to have had a sufficient (F) changes：（改变）to make different in some particular : ALTER
legal reason
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q5, Easy) In stark contrast to his later (i) _______, Simpson was largely (ii) ______ politics during his college years,despite the fact that the campus he attended was rife with political activity.
BLANK (i) (A) activism (B) apathy (C) affability KEY: AE 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) devoted to (E) indifferent to (F) shaped by
关键字：“in contrast to”，“despite”，时间对比 Blank1 中应该填入一个名词，表示 Simpson 对于政治的一种态度，blank2 中应该填入一个动词词
组，表
示 Simpson 在求学时对于政治的做法；
3. 4.
前半句中有 in contrast to，表现的是 Simpson 在大学期间与其之后对于政治态度的描述，因而根据时间根据后半句的 despite，Simpson 应该与其所在的大学中氛围相反，他所在的大学―was rife with political
对比，blank1 与 blank2 中应该体现的是一种完全相反的态度； activity‖，大家都热衷与政治活动，而他则应该是―不热衷于政治运动‖，即可以推出 blank2 中的词语，而同理，根据刚才的推断，blank1 中应该是―Simpson 现在对于政治运动很热衷‖的态度了。 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. activity [5]. [6]. (E) indifferent to：（对??冷淡）lack of interest or concern (F) shaped by：（被塑造成??）FORM, CREATE especially : to give a
particular form or shape to 词语解释： (A) activism：（实践主义）a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action
especially in (B) apathy：（冷淡）lack of interest or concern (C) affability：（和蔼可亲）being pleasant and at ease in talking to
others (D) devoted to：（为??奉献）to give over or direct (as time, money, or effort) to a cause, enterprise, or
support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q6, Easy) As my eyesight began to _______, I spent a lot of time writing about it – both poems and ―eye journals‖– describing what I saw as I looked out through damaged eyes. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) deteriorate sharpen improve decline recover adjust
KEY: AD 1. 2.
关键字：“as”，随着??，同义关系看到 as 结构以后，找寻其所描述事情的同义关系的结构即可；as 结构中所涉及到的是作者的 eyesight
的问题，后面句子中 eyes 是 eyesight 的同义转述，因而形容 eyes 的词语即形容 eyesight 的词语，因而选择(A)、 (D)选项。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) deteriorate：（受损）to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition sharpen：（锋利）to make sharp or sharper improve：（提高）to enhance in value or quality decline：（退化）to tend toward an inferior state or weaker recover：（恢复）to bring back to normal position or condition adjust：（改善）to bring to a more satisfactory state
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q7, Easy)
The judge’s standing in the legal community, though shaken by phony allegations of wrongdoing, emerged, at long last, _______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) unqualified undiminished undecided undamaged unresolved unprincipled
KEY: BD 1. 2.
关键字：though，转折关系，反义空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来形容法官判决的效力问题；though 引导的插入语可以提出来，表示与句子实际要表示相反的意思，而在 though 引导的句中，表现的意思是法官的观点被―shaken‖了，发生了动摇，因而在空格中应该填入一个―不动摇‖意思的词语。
3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) unqualified：（没有资格的）not having requisite qualifications undiminished：（没有减少的）not made one half step less than perfect or minor undecided：（未决定的）not free from doubt or wavering undamaged：（不受损的）not suffer from loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, unresolved：（未解决的）not deal with successfully unprincipled：（无原则的）not exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle
or reputation
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q8, Easy) Modern agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity of major food crops, yet despite heavy use of pesticides, ______ losses to diseases and pests are sustained each year. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) incongruous reasonable significant considerable equitable fortuitous
KEY: CD 1. 2.
关键字：yet、despite，表转折，反义前半句说杀虫剂功效显著，而后半句由 yet 与 despite 引导，表示与前半句相反的意思，那么应该是说杀虫剂的功效其实并不显著，尽管用了很多杀虫剂，最后的损失依旧―不小‖，故选取(C)(D) 选项。
3. [1]. [2].
词语解释： (A) (B) incongruous：（不连续的、不一致的）lacking congruity reasonable：（合理的）being in accordance with reason
[3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
(C) (D) (E) (F)
significant：（可观的）of a noticeably or measurably large amount
considerable：（可观的）large in extent or degree equitable：（平等的）having or exhibiting equity fortuitous：（偶然的）occurring by chance
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q1, Medium) It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be _______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) predictable unexpected admirable explicit confusing
KEY: B 1. 2. 3. 关键字：分号表复指、on the other hand 表反义前半句话与后半句话由分号连接，应该表示同义，由于前半句中存在 no，后半句中存在 on the other hand 进行取反，偶数个否定词不改变词语之间的方向逻辑，故对应单词之间应该是同义关系。前半句对于社会中所拥有的行为准则的存在的评价是 no surprise；而后文中同样是对于社会行为准则进行描述，故对应词语在 no surprise 上，通过 on the other hand 取反以后，应该填入
surprise 的同义词。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词汇解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) predictable：（可以预计的）to declare or indicate in advance unexpected：（预料之外的）not expected admirable：（值得赞扬的）deserving the highest esteem explicit：（详尽的）fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity confusing：（令人迷惑的）to make embarrassed
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q2, Medium) Like Béla Bartók, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composer’s acumen to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked (i) _______ the task. This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details of a performance in a written text, and this (ii) ______ makes her work a landmark in ethnomusicology.
BLANK (i) (A) reverence for (B) detachment from (C) curiosity about KEY: AD 1.
BLANK (ii) (D) fastidiousness (E) didacticism (F) iconoclasm
关键词：not only ? but also 变体表递进关系；“，+and”结构等同于分号。 2.
先看 blank(i)所在的第一句话，blank(i)中应该填入一个名词，用来描述 RC
这个人对于民乐的一种态度，而 RC 这个人对于民乐的态度是依据―not
only ? but also?‖这个结构的变体，即―not only ? also ?‖来连接的，因而在这两句中对于 RC 这个人对民乐的态度应该是程度不同的近义词，而且在 also 一句中的程度大于 not only 中的相关词语的程度。由于在前半句中给出的是 acumen，即―敏锐、敏感‖，是对于民乐的一种正态度，因而后面应该也填入一个正态度，即答案应该从 A、C 中选择。 3.
看第二句话中有―This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details‖，说明 RC 这个人对于民乐的态度是可以从她对于细节的把握来看出来的，因而其对待民乐应该是一种重视的态度，故选择 A 选项。 4.
接下来，在第二句中，由于―，+and‖结构可以视作分号来看待，因而前后两个半句应该是复指关系，前半句说 RC 努力体现民乐的细节，用到了
agonizing 一词，即―不懈努力‖之意，因而后半句也应该体现出她这种―努力‖的意思，故选择 D 选项。
5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) reverence for：（尊敬）honor or respect felt or shown : DEFERENCE (B) detachment from：（分离）the action or process of
detaching : SEPARATION (C) curiosity about：（喜好）interest leading to inquiry (D) fastidiousness：（近乎苛求的态度）reflecting a
meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude (E) didacticism：（说教主义）intended to convey instruction and information as well as
pleasure and (F) iconoclasm：（反传统主义）the doctrine, practice, or attitude of a person who attacks settled beliefs
entertainment or institutions (OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q3, Medium) Political advertising may well be the most (i) ______ kind of
advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)______, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
BLANK (i) (A) polemical (B) effective (C) deceptive KEY: CE 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) interchangeable (E) dissimilar (F) vocal
关键字：冒号解释说明，yet 表示转折 Blank(i)中应该填入一个形容词，用来
表示 political advertising 的属性，但就这一句话来说无法确定应该填入什么词语，发现有冒号存于句中，因而 political advertising 是什么样的广告可以通过后面的解释说明的语句来读出。 3.
Blank(ii)中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述参选人的特性。在冒号后面的句子中，由于 yet 的存在，表明两句话应该是反义关系。后半句话说广告将参选人的不同点隐藏起来而使之展现一样的形态，因此前半句话中说参选人的部分应该是他们具有―不同‖的特性。而在这里，广告的作用也体现出来了，即―掩盖‖，因此 blank(i)中应该填人一种―假冒‖色彩的词语进去。
4. [1]. [2]. [3].
词语解释： (A) polemical：（引起争论的）of, relating to, or being a polemic : CONTROVERSIAL (B) effective：（有效的）producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect (C) deceptive：（具有欺骗性的）tending or having power to deceive : MISLEADING
[4]. [5]. [6].
(D) interchangeable：（可互换的，潜台词是―相同的‖）capable of being interchanged (E) dissimilar：（不同的）UNLIKE (F) vocal：（声音相关的）relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q6, Medium) Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the object of ______ analyses by his contemporaries. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) exacting copious respectful acerbic scathing meticulous
KEY: AF 1. 2. 3. 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. details
关键词：likewise 表示同义空格中应该填人一个形容词，表示 Chase 作品所受到的来自于其同时代人们给予的研究是什么样子的。 Likewise 表示―正如??一样‖，因而，前后两句话是同义关系，没有否定词，因而对应词语之间是同义词关系，Chase 对于别人作品的态度即是别人对待他作品的态度。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) exacting：（苛求的）tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands copious：（丰富的）yielding something abundantly respectful：（令人尊敬的）marked by or showing respect or deference acerbic：（酸腐的）acid in temper, mood, or tone scathing：（严厉的）bitterly severe meticulous：（严苛的）marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q7, Medium) Her ______ should not be
confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has
always been willing to assist those who are in need. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) stinginess diffidence frugality illiberality intolerance thrift
KEY: CF
1. 2.
关键词：be confused with 表示否定，分号表示复指空格中应该填入一个名词，表示―她‖所具有的一种特质。而这种特质往往会被 confused with
miserliness，这里 be confused with 与 not 两个表示否定的结构同时存在，因而对应词语应该是同义关系。而本题中 miserliness 表示―不大方、吝啬之意‖，选项中有两组都可以表示―不大方‖的同义词，因此应该选什么，要看后半句说了什么。 3.
后半句与前半句通过分号连接，因而是复指关系，后半句说―她‖实际上并不是一个吝啬之人，而是非常热心帮助别人的人，在后半句中对于这个―她‖是一个正评价，因此在前半句中对于―她‖的描述也应该通过复指关系前后一致的特点，选取一组相对正的评价填进去。
4. [1]. 词） [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) stinginess：（吝啬）not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending（贬义 diffidence：（没自信）the quality or state of being hesitant in
acting or speaking through lack of frugality：（节俭）characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources illiberality：（吝啬）not generous : STINGY（贬义词） intolerance：（缺乏容忍）the quality or state of being intolerant thrift：（节约）careful management especially of money
self-confidence
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q8, Medium) A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought: the
more convoluted the structure, the more _______ the ideas. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) complicated engaged essential fanciful inconsequential involved
KEY: AF 1. 2.
关键字：冒号解释说明前半句说句子结构 mirrors 思想，这里 mirror 不仅表示―反映‖之意，还表示更深层次的―相同‖的感觉。因而后半句用冒号对前文进行解释说明时也应该反映出这种―一致‖的感觉。因而用来修饰结构的词语就可以直接迁移至修饰 ideas 即可。
3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) complicated：复杂的（consisting of parts intricately combined） engaged：忙碌的（involved in activity） essential：必要的（of, relating to, or constituting essence）
fanciful：奇怪的（marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and inconsequential：不重要的（of no significance） involved：复杂的（marked by extreme and often needless or excessive complexity）
experience）
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q1, Hard) For some time now, ______ has
been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that everybody has an angle is considered wisdom. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) rationality flexibility diffidence disinterestedness insincerity
KEY: D 1. 2.
关键字：冒号解释说明、not 取反、that 引导定语从句解释说明空格中应该填入一个名词，表示一种不被人们广泛接受的思想与态度，后面冒号解释说明，所描述的是被认为是智慧、即广泛存在的思想与态度是什么，因而选取对应词语的反义词就是空格中应该填入的词语。 3.
这里 cynical conviction 中的 conviction 是―信念、信仰‖的意思。由于犬儒主义涉及到的内容很多，因而我们看看是犬儒主义的什么部分被人们所广泛接受。其被接受的是 everybody has an angle 这样一个情况，即人与人之间存在着偏向与争端。因此选取―不相争、不偏向‖作为空格中应该填入的词语即可。
4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5].
词汇解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) rationality：理性（the quality or
state of being rational） flexibility：弹性、灵活性（capable of being flexed） diffidence：缺乏自信（the quality or state of being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of disinterestedness：公正无私
（the quality or state of being objective or impartial） insincerity：
不真诚（not sincere）
self-confidence）
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q2, Hard) Human nature and long distances have made exceeding the speed limit a (i) ______ in the state, so the legislators surprised no one when, acceding to public demand, they (ii) ______ increased penaltiesfor speeding.
BLANK (i) (A) controversial habit (B) cherished tradition (C) disquieting ritual
KEY: BF 1. 2. [1]. [2]. [3].
BLANK (ii) (D) endorsed (E) considered (F) rejected
功能确定： (i)空格处应该填入一个名词或名词性词组；(ii)空应该填入一个动词或动词词组相关关系确定：对于名词，应该注意找出谁在修饰，它发出或承受了什么动作，它对谁做了动作以及谁对它做了动作。对于动词，找出被谁修饰，谁发出动作以及被谁承受动作。 (i)是人们对于超速所持的一个观点。
[4]. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [1]. [2]. [3].
(ii) 是州立法委员对于提升超速罚金的一个动作。是否有反义？无，没有反义，有 so，前后句意相同是否有否定？无有几个否定？无结论：空中填入对应单词相同的意思
3. 与空格相关的逻辑关系的确定：
4. 与空格相关的对应词语确定： Legislator 与 they 对应 Human nature & long distance 造成了人们对与超速的态度（是正还是负？没有负面评价的词语，因此是州立法委员对于提升超速罚金的一个动作，―surprised no one‖同时―acceding to public demand‖，因此他
正态度，人们应该支持或至少是不反对超速）
们的对待超速的态度与公众一样，至少是不反对超速，因而对于增加罚金持消极或否定态度。 5. 选择与自主判读已知的词汇填空： [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. （A） controversial habit：（矛盾的习惯）（B） cherished tradition：（长期以来被珍视的传统）（C） disquieting ritual：（不平静的庆祝）（D） Endorsed：（支持）to approve openly; especially （E） Considered：（考虑）to think about carefully （F） Rejected：: （反对）to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use : to express support or approval of publicly
and definitely
6. 理解句意，看是否逻辑与语义契合：正是由于人类的本性与人与人之间的长距离，导致这个州里的人们将超速当作一种长久以来珍视的传统，因而当州立法委员否决了提高超速罚金额度的提案时，他们不但没有让任何人感到吃惊，更可以说是顺应了民意。
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q3, Hard) Serling’s account of his
employer’s reckless decision making (i) ______ that company’s image as (ii) ______bureaucracy full of wary managers.
BLANK (i) (A) belies (B) exposes (C) overshadows KEY: AF 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) an injudicious (E) a disorganized (F) a cautious
关键字：填入表示反义的词语★（特殊）先从第二空入手，blank(ii)中应该填入一个形容词，是对于这个机构的属性的描述，而这种描述是由于这
个机构自身特性所造成的，这个机构里面充满了 wary managers，因而机构特性也应该体现这些 wary managers 能够带来的作用，因此在 blank(ii)中应该填入 wary 的同义词。 3. 而 blank(i)中应该填入一个动词，表示 S 这个人对于他员工在做决定时候的鲁莽的描述与公司形象之间的关系，因为从
blank(ii)中可以知道，这个公司的形象是与 wary 相近的词语，即―谨慎‖的，而员工在 decision making 过程中却是 reckless（鲁莽）的，与之相反，因而填入一个表示―相反‖的词语即可。 4. 词语解释：
[1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
(A) belies：（与??不符）to present an appearance not in agreement with (B) exposes：（暴露）to submit or make accessible to a
particular action or influence (C) overshadows：（掩盖）to cast a shadow over (D) an injudicious：（浅薄的）not judicious : INDISCREET, UNWISE (E) a disorganized：（缺乏组织的）lacking coherence, system, or central guiding agency : not organized (F) a cautious：（谨慎的）marked by or given to caution
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q7, Hard) The government’s implementation of a new code of ethics appeared intended to shore up the ruling party’s standing with an increasingly ______ electorate at a time when the party is besieged by charges that it trades favors for
campaign money. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) aloof placid restive skittish tranquil vociferous
KEY: CD 1. 2. 3. 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7]. [8].
关键字：时间状语从句提供条件空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来形容现在执政党面临的 electorate 的属性。这里的 electorate 用作―选民群体‖来说更加合适一些，因为后面这个执政党所面临的问题就是由选民们所
提出来的，即执政党选情严峻，因为其被不断地 besiege——―诘问‖，而这一切都来自于选民们的不满等因素。词语解释： shore up ：（支持）
Electorate：（选民群体）a body of people entitled to vote (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) aloof：（疏远的）removed or distant either physically or emotionally placid：（平静的）serenely free of interruption or
disturbance restive（不满的）marked by impatience : FIDGETY skittish（挑剔的、怀疑的）lively or frisky in action : CAPRICIOUS tranquil（平静的）free from disturbance or turmoil vociferous（残暴的）marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q8, Hard) Overlarge, uneven, and ultimately disappointing, the retrospective exhibition seems too much like special pleading for a forgotten painter of real but ______ talent. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) limited partial undiscovered circumscribed prosaic hidden
KEY: AD 1. 2. 3.
关键字：平行结构、语气判断空格中词语空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述这个作家的 talent 所具有的特点。由于一开始的平行结构中连续使用了 overlarge、uneven、disappointing 三个词说明这个 exhibition 的特
点并不是很好，因而整个句子的基调也被这个平行结构所确定——贬义。而且，在这个平行结构中说这个展览是 overlarge、uneven、disappointing 的，因而这个作家的水平是因为被夸大而引起人们的不快，所以这个作家的水平是―有限‖的。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) limited：（有限的）lacking breadth and originality partial：（部分的）of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total undiscovered：（未被发现的）not make known or
visible circumscribed：（有限制的）to constrict the range or activity of definitely and clearly ; synonyms prosaic：（平庸的）EVERYDAY, ORDINARY hidden：（隐藏的）being out of sight or not readily apparent : CONCEALED
see LIMIT
(OG Verbal Practice Set 5 Q9, Hard) Newspapers report that the former executive has been trying to keep a low profile since his ______ exit
from the company. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) celebrated mysterious long – awaited fortuitous indecorous unseemly
KEY: EF 1. 2. 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
关键字：“自从??之后，一直??”结构表示同义这个经理离开公司以后一直保持一种低调的态度不愿意让人认出来，因此其离开公司的原因不是很光彩。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) celebrated：（著名的）widely known and often referred to ; synonyms see FAMOUS mysterious：（神秘的）of, relating to, or constituting mystery long – awaited：（等待已久的）to remain in abeyance for a long time fortuitous：（偶然的）occurring by chance indecorous：（不体面的）not conflicting with accepted standards of good conduct or good taste unseemly：（不体面的）not according with established standards of good form or taste
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q5)
In her later years, Bertha Pappenheim was an apostle of noble but already (i) ______ notions, always respected forher integrity, her energy, and her resolve but increasingly out of step and ultimately (ii) ______ even her own organization.
BLANK (i) (A) anachronistic (B) accepted (C) exotic KEY: AF 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) emulated by (E) appreciated by (F) alienated from
关键字：平行结构、特殊递进词语首先从 blank(ii)入手， blank(ii)中应该填入一个动词，在表示 BP 这个人被人最终对待的一种态度。 but 从
后面的部分看，increasingly out of step and ultimately (ii) ______，这里 increasingly 与 ultimately 都是表示递进关系的副词，因此应该选取对应词语的近义词填入 blank(ii)，且程度要比对应词语要深。在这个半句中没有否定词，所以说也就是最后要在 blank(ii)中填入 BP 这个人 out of step 的更深层次的意思。 3. 转过来看 blank(i)，在 blank(i)中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述 BP 这个人所具有的 notion 的特点。这里有两个完全对等的结构，即：an apostle of noble but already (i) ______ notions 与 respected for her integrity, her energy, and her resolve but
increasingly out of step。在后半句中 her integrity, her energy, and her resolve 是一个平行结构，实际上是要表示与前面一句话中对于 BP 是 apostle of noble 相同的正评价，两句话之间没有反义关联元素，应该是同义关系，同时结构一致，所以在 blank(i)中选取其在后半句中相同意思的词语即可。 4. 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 由于 already 与 increasingly 又是一对递进关系词，因此即在 blank(i)中填入比 out of step 程度略浅的
词
语即可。词语解释： (A) anachronistic：（跟不上时代的） person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one (B)
accepted：（被接受的）generally approved or used (C) exotic：（奇异的）strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual (D) emulated by：（被模仿）IMITATE; especially (E) appreciated by：（被欣赏） (F) alienated from：（被疏远）to cause to be withdrawn or diverted : to imitate by means of an emulator
from a former age that is incongruous in the present
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q6) The reception given to Kimura’s radical theory of molecular evolution shows that when ______ fights orthodoxy to a draw, then novelty has seized a good chunk of space from convention. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) imitation reaction dogmatism invention caution
KEY: D 1.
关键词：then 表示顺承 2.
空格中应该填入一个名词，与 orthodoxy 通过 fight 连接。前半句中说的是空格中的词语与 orthodoxy 发
生关系，而后半句是对于上文的顺承，且没有否定词出现，因此在后半句中找寻前半句对应词语的同义词填入即可。后半句中说的是关于 novelty 与 convention 之间的关系，这里 convention 与 orthodoxy 一样，都是指―传统‖，因此选取 novelty 的同义词即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) imitation：（模仿）something produced as a copy reaction：（反应）a response to some treatment, situation, or stimulus dogmatism：（教条主义） viewpoint or system of ideas based on insufficiently examined premises a invention：（创新）productive imagination : INVENTIVENESS caution：（小心）prudent forethought to minimize risk
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q7) The (i) ______ of Vladimir Nabokov as one of North America’s literary giants has
thrown the spotlight on hisperipheral activities and has thus served to (ii) ______ his efforts as an amateur entomologist.
BLANK (i) (A) stigmatization (B) lionization (C) marginalization
KEY: BD 1. 2. 3.
BLANK (ii) (D) foregrounded (E) transcend (F) obscure
关键字：thus 表示因果先从 blank(i)入手，前半句话再说 VN 是一个北美文学巨擘，因而在这里应该是对于 VN 的一个正评价，看 blank(ii)，其中说 VN 这个人被当作北美文学的巨擘以后对于他的其他一些周边小活动产生了一
看选项中无论是 stigmatization 还是 marginalization，都是相对负面的评价，因而只有 B 选项与语气对应。种―throw spotlight on‖的证明的影响，而后半句话用 thus 连接以后，两句话之间构成因果关系，由于没有否定词的存在，对应词语之间应该是同义关系。前文说对于 VN 的一些次要活动产生了一种证明效应，因而后面也要体现这种证明效应。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. group [4]. to [5]. [6]. (E) transcend：（超越）to rise above or go beyond the limits of (F) obscure：（使??模糊）to conceal or hide by or as if by covering (D) foregrounded：（着重强调）to bring to the
foreground especially : to give prominence or emphasis 词语解释： (A) stigmatization：（玷污）to mark with stigmata (B) lionization：（崇拜）to treat as an object of great interest or importance (C)
marginalization：（边缘化）to relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q8) Mathematicians have a distinctive sense of beauty: they strive to present their ideas and results in a clear and compelling fashion, dictated by ______ as well as by logic. (A) caprice
(B) (C) (D) (E)
aesthetics obligation methodologies intellect
KEY: B 1. 2. 3.
关键字：冒号解释说明空格中应该填入一个名词，与 logic 并列，是数学家们在展现自己的 ideas and results 所用方法的一种具
体属性。前半句话说数学家们有一种独特的审美观，冒号进行解释说明，后面的话是对前文的同义转述，因而两
者之间都是在阐述数学家与美学之间的关系。由于没有任何否定词的存在，因而选取对应单词的同义词即可，而后文中没有任何关于―美‖的词语，因而在空格中填入与―美‖相关的名词形式即可。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) caprice：（变化无常）a sudden usually unpredictable condition, change, or series of changes aesthetics：
（美学）of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful obligation：（义务）the action of obligating oneself to a course of action (as by a promise or vow) methodologies：（方法学）a body of
methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a intellect：（知识）the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the
particular procedure or set of procedures capacity for knowledge
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q14) Unenlightened
authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for the low levels of serious conflicts among members of democratically run work groups: a modicum of tolerance for dissent often prevents ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) demur schism cooperation compliance shortsightenedness
KEY: B 1. 2.
关键字：冒号解释说明，特殊词语表示否定空格中应该填入一个名词，是 prevent 的宾语。前后两句话之间通过冒号连接表示解释说明作用，因而
两句话之间是同义关系，前面一句话中所说的是民主地进行组织的团体中少有争端，后一句话对上文解释说明，也应该体现民主可以减少争端的作用。而―low levels of ...‖与―prevent‖是两个特殊的否定词，所以对应单词之间是同义词，即被减少的对象：―争端‖。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) demur：（反对）to take exception : OBJECT schism：（分裂）DIVISION, SEPARATION also : DISCORD, DISHARMONY cooperation：（合作）the action of cooperating : common effort
[4]. [5].
(D) (E)
compliance：（顺从）the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or shortsightenedness：（短视）lacking foresight
to coercion
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q15) The novelist devotes so much time to avoid descriptions of his characters’ clothes that such ______ concerns, although worthy of attention, have superseded any more directly literary aims. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) didactic syntactical irrelevant sartorial frivolous
KEY: D 1. 2. 关键字：so ? that ?表示同义关系空格里面应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰形容 concerns。本题中前后两个部分通过―so ? that ?‖结构连接，
表示―非常??所以??‖，因此说前后两个部分是同义关系。前面说小说家尽可能地避免描述角色的衣饰，后面也要说这个人不愿意去对其衣饰进行描述。而 devote time to avoid 的否定，与 supersede literary aim 都体现出来这种描述不是关于文学的描述，因而为了保证对应，还剩下对于―衣物‖的描述，这里 description 与 concern 都表示―对??的描述‖，因而其修饰限
定成分一样，都是―关于衣服的‖。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) didactic：（说教的）designed or intended to teach syntactical：（依据语法的）of, relating to, or according to the rules of syntax or syntactics irrelevant：（不相关的）not relevant : INAPPLICABLE sartorial：（关乎衣服的） or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes broadly : of or relating to clothes of frivolous：（轻浮的）lacking in seriousness
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q16) Belanger dances with an (i) ______ that draws one’s attention as if by seeking to (ii) ______ it; through finesse and understatement, he manages to seem at once intensely present and curiously detached.
BLANK (i) (A) undemonstrative panache (B) unrestrained enthusiasm (C) unattractive gawkiness KEY: AF 1.
BLANK (ii) (D) focus (E) overwhelm (F) deflect
关键字：with、by、through 表示修饰解释，分号表示复指，and 表示并列，seem at once 表示特殊对比 2.
在第一句话中没有任何可以作为填词依据的部分存在，而两句之间是通过分号连接的，因而两句话之间是复指关系，两句话结构相同且同义，从分号后面的话中直接找寻前一句的对应部分填入空格即可。 3.
先从 blank(i)入手， blank(i)应该填入一个名词或名词性结构，表示 B 这个人所跳舞所具有的特点。分号后面的那句话的―through finesse and
understatement‖其实是与前一句相同的伴随结构，因而这里所说的即为前句应该填入的特点，就是 B这个人跳舞跳得很美或者技巧高超的特点。
4.
然后看 blank(ii)，里面应该填入一个动词，表示 B 这个人跳舞所要展现的一种内涵。根据复指关系找后文中的对应部分，发现这个人的舞蹈―乍一看
是‖―intensely present‖，而―乍一看‖是一种特殊对比结构，所以说这个人的舞蹈其实不是紧密展现出来的，而是通过 and 并列连接中所体现出来的―detached‖的特点，即―分散开‖的特点。
5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) undemonstrative panache：（未加修饰的丰富表现） (B) unrestrained enthusiasm：（不受限制的热情） (C) unattractive
gawkiness：（不吸引人的笨拙） (D) focus：（重视）directed attention : EMPHASIS (E) overwhelm：（压倒）to overcome by superior force or numbers (F) deflect：（使??分开、岔开）to turn aside : DEVIATE
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q21) The plan, which the engineers said would save the aquifer by reducing pumping to ______ levels, has passed a governmental environmental review but faces
opposition from outdoor and environmental groups. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) innocuous feasible practicable minimal remedial benign
KEY: AF 1. 2. 3.
关键字：by 引导方式方法状语表示同义关系后面的一系列是否通过政府审核什么的内容与解题无关，因而在做题时直接简化句子为： plan The would save the aquifer by reducing pumping to ______ levels. 空格中应该填入一个形容词，表示所达到一种能够挽救 aquifer 的水平的程度。由于 by 引导的是方式方法状语，前后两个半句是同义关系，又没有否定词存在，因而对应词语之间是同义关系，也就是应该填入―拯救‖的作用的同义词。
4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) innocuous：（无害的）producing no injury : HARMLESS feasible：（可行的）capable of being done or
carried out practicable：（可行的）capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : minimal：（最小的）very small or slight remedial：（补救的）intended as a remedy benign：（良性的）of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
FEASIBLE
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q22) Though feminist in
its implication, Yvonne Rainer’s 1974 film ______ the filmmaker’s active involvement in feminist politics. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) antedated cloaked portrayed preceded renewed represented
KEY: AD 1. 2. 3. 关键字：though 表示转折（although A and B 结构的变体）这个题首先要明确指代对象，这里 feminist 是作为―女权主义思想、运动等‖而存在，并非―女权主义者‖，而 YR 这个人实际上是用 the filmmaker 来进行指代的。空格中应该填入一个动词，表示 YR 这个人在 1974 年所拍摄的电影中体现的思想与其在女权运动的中的作为之间的关系。另外，本题由于是 although A and B 结构的变体，因而可以使用完全对立的词语进行填空。A 结构说是―开始‖（implication），那 B 结构就应该填入―已经开始或完成‖之意。纵观后面的这句话，只有在空格中填入这种―已经开始‖的意思方正确。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7]. 1. 词语解释： Feminist: groups, ideas, and activities are involved in feminism (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) antedated：（先于）to date as of a time prior to that of execution cloaked：（遮盖）to cover or hide with or as if with a
cloak portrayed：（描绘）to make a picture of : DEPICT preceded：（先于）to be earlier than renewed：（更新）to make like new : restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection represented：（展示）to portray or exhibit in art : DEPICT
句意理解：尽管伊冯·雷诺 1974 年的电影带有女权主义的意蕴，但该电影却是先于该电影摄制者积极投身于女权主义政治而摄制完成的。
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q23) Congress is having great difficulty developing a consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objectives of various members of Congress rest on such ______ assumptions. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) commonplace disparate divergent fundamental trite trivial
KEY: BC
1. 2.
关键字：because 表示因果同义空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰 assumption，表示各个国会议员的目标的属性。由于两句话之间是通过
because 连接而构成因果关系，因此逗号前后两句话之间是同义关系，另外，由于没有否定词的存在，对应词语之间是同义关系。前半句话中说国会达成一致很困难，因此在后面的一句话中也应当体现困难或者一致的意思。但是由于存在 various 来修饰国会议员，因此应该是突出―人多混杂‖的特色，所以后文之间应该是体现―困难‖而非―一致‖的色彩，所以 assumption 应该体现―不一致‖的属性，才能有―困难‖一意。
3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) commonplace：（普通的）commonly found or seen : ORDINARY, UNREMARKABLE disparate：（不同的）containing or made up of fundamentally different and often
incongruous divergent：（不同的）differing from each other or from a standard fundamental：（基本的）serving as an original or generating source : PRIMARY trite：（陈腐的）hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original trivial：（琐碎的）of little worth or importance
elements
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q24) During the opera’s most famous aria, the tempo chosen by the orchestra’s conductor seemed _______, without necessary relation to what has gone before. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) arbitrary capricious cautious compelling exacting meticulous
KEY: AB 1. 2.
关键字：without 表示转折空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来形容 tempo 的特点。两句话之间没有反义关联元素的存在，但由于 without necessary
relation to 表示否定，因而对应词语之间是反义词关系。而这个所要填入的特点，按照后半句的来说，就是―与之前相关‖的反义词，因而体现―不同、特殊‖等含义均可。
3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) arbitrary：（恣意的）existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious capricious：（善变的）governed or characterized by caprice :
IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE cautious：（小心的）marked by or given to caution compelling：（强制的）that compels: as FORCEFUL exacting：（苛求的）tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
meticulous：（极其细心的） marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment
and unreasonable act of will
of details
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 3, Q25) Because they had expected the spacecraft Voyager 2 to be able to gather data only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn, scientists were ______ the
wealth of information it sent back from Neptune twelve years after leaving Earth. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) anxious for confident in thrilled about keen on elated by eager for
KEY: CE 1. 2.
关键字：because 表示因果关系空格中应该填入一个过去分词构成被动语态，表示科学家们因为来自海王星的信息所表现的情感。由于开头使用 because 进行连接，因而两句话之间是因果同义关系，而对于两句话之间没有任何否定词连接，因此前后两句话之间是同义关系，而且对应词语之间也是同义词关系。 3.
另外，本题特殊之处在于通过使用词语之间所体现的语气来判断所填内容。前半句话中说科学家们仅仅想到能够从木星与土星收集信息，因此对于从更远处的海王星收集到的信息应该是一种激动、欣喜的感觉。而在后半句中的 wealth，表明这些信息如同―宝藏、财富‖一般，进一步印证了这种情感。
4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) anxious for：（对??担心） confident in：（对??有信心） thrilled about：（因??欣喜若狂） keen on：（对??极度喜爱） elated by：（因??感到兴奋） eager for：（渴望??）
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q1) Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything other than a
______ solution to the company’s financial woes. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) complete fleeting momentary premature trivial total
KEY: BC 1. 关键字：ignore、other than 表示否定，by 表解释说明、conclude 表示同义重复 2.
空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰 solution。由于不存在反义的关联元素，两句话之间是同义关系；又由于 ignore、other than 表示特殊的否定，因此对应词语之间应该是同义关系。而修饰 solution 的形容词，可以根据前文中说这个公司对于资金等的运用情况得出。前文中说这个公司运营状况是―
mismanagement and inefficiency‖——不佳的状态，因此，对于这个注资行为的评价也应该是一种负面的态度，由于运营不佳，因而注资仅仅有一种―杯水车薪‖的感觉。
3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) complete：（完全的）fully carried out : THOROUGH fleeting：（短暂的）passing swiftly : TRANSITORY
momentary：（短暂的）continuing only a moment : FLEETING premature：（早熟的）happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper, usual, or trivial：（琐碎的）of little worth or importance total：（完全的）comprising or constituting a whole : ENTIRE
intended time
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q2) Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on Earth
because of the possibility of ______ resulting from the carbon atom’s ability to form an unending series of different molecules. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) diversity deviation variety reproduction stability invigoration
KEY: AC 1. 2. 关键字：because of、resulting from 表示因果关系空格中应填入一个名词，与前文的 possibility of 构成―某某的可能性‖的搭配。而这个可能性是结果，其原因在 resulting from 后面引导的部分中有所体现，因此依据因果关系―依因寻果‖的做法，看后面有什么原因，结果发现是因为碳元素能够形成―unending series of ?‖，所以说，这里是―多种多样‖的意思。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) diversity：（多样性）the condition of being diverse : VARIETY deviation：（背离）departure from an established ideology or party line variety：（多样性）the quality or state of having different forms or types : MULTIFARIOUSNESS reproduction：（复制）something reproduced : COPY stability：稳定） quality, state, or degree of being stable: as a : the strength to stand or endure : （ the
invigoration：（使??充满生机）to give life and energy to : ANIMATE
FIRMNESS
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q3)
Given the flood of information presented by the mass media, the only way for someone to keep abreast of the new is to rely on ______ accounts. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) synoptic abridged sensational copious lurid understand
KEY: AB 1. 2. 关键字：given 表示因果，the only way 特殊否定空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰 accounts。前后两句话之间通过 given 来连接，表示―鉴于??‖，构成因果同义关系。但后半句中有 the only way 作为特
殊否定词存在，因而应该选择与对应词语相反意思的词语填入空格中。前面说现今的信息很多，那后面所应该填入的就是一种―少‖的信息，这样才能够让人们能够有足够精力去―keep abreast of the new‖。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) synoptic：（概要的）affording a general view of a whole abridged：（删减的）shortened in duration or extent sensational：（轰动的）exceedingly or unexpectedly excellent or great copious：（丰富的、多的）a : yielding something abundantly ；b : plentiful in number lurid：（萎靡）wan and ghastly pale in appearance understand：词性错误，不应该填入动词 to grasp the meaning of
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q4) Always circumspect, she was reluctant to make judgments, but once arriving at a
conclusion, she was ______ in its defense. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) deferential intransigent lax negligent obsequious resolute
KEY: BF 1. 2.
关键字：but、once 表示转折空格中应该填入一个形容词，表示这个人在维护自己结论中的态度。前后两句话通过 but 连接表示句子与句子之间的反义，由于 once 相当于否定词再次对前文取反，因而对应词语之间是同义关系。前半句说这个人在作出评价方面由于小心谨慎而不愿轻易下结论，因此后半句中应该说这个人在对于维护其自己的结论方面是―不轻易的‖。
3. [1].
词语解释： (A) deferential：（恭敬的）showing or expressing deference
[2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
(B) (C) (D) (E) (F)
intransigent：（不妥协的）characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an extreme lax：（松弛的）deficient in firmness : not
stringent negligent：（粗心大意的）marked by a carelessly easy manner obsequious：（奉承的）marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness resolute：（有主见的、不变的）marked by firm determination : RESOLVED
position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q10) Ironically, the
writer so wary of (i) ______ was (ii) ______ with ink and paper, his novel running to 2,500 shagreen – bound folio pages – a fortune in stationery at the time.
BLANK (i) (A) probity (B) extravagance (C) disapprobation KEY: BF 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) acquisitive (E) illiberal (F) profligate
关键字：ironically 表示对比，so wary of 表示反义 Blank(i)中应该填入一个名词，表示这个作家所极力避免的事情，这里要注意，wary of 是指―知悉并避免
某事‖的意思，因此说其不愿意达成 blank(i)中所描述的东西。而对于 blank(ii)，应该填入一个形容词，表示这个作家对于笔墨的态度。前面的 ironically 实际上是对于这个作家自己的态度与其实际所作的事情之间表示一种对比关系，而 so wary of 又是―避免??‖表示否定，因此说 blank(i)与 blank(ii)中的词语应该表示同意中含义。 3. 后面的一句话与前文没有通过否定关联元素连接，因而是与前文同义的关系，且没有否定词的存在，对
应词语之间就应该是同义词。而后文中的―fortune‖一词，表示这个作家的作品实际上是在纸墨上耗费很多的意思，因此前文中就填入―多‖含义的词语即可。 4. [1]. danger [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7]. (A) probity：（正直）adherence to the highest principles and ideals : UPRIGHTNESS (B)
extravagance：（奢侈、铺张）an instance of excess or prodigality (C) disapprobation：（谴责）the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : (D) acquisitive：（一味索取的）strongly desirous of acquiring and possessing (E) illiberal：（狭隘的）not broad-minded : BIGOTED (F) profligate：（铺张浪费）wildly
extravagant : PRODIGAL 词语解释： Wary：（避免）marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping
CONDEMNATION
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q12) Just as the authors’ book on eels is often a key text for courses in marine vertebrate zoology, their ideas on animal development and phylogeny ______ teaching in this area. (A) (B) prevent defy
(C) (D) (E)
replicate inform use
KEY: D 1. 2. 关键字：just as 表示复指空格中应该填入一个动词，表示这些人的关于动物发展的观点在海洋脊椎动物学的教学过程中所发挥的
作用。由于 just as 表示复指，因而两句话之间是同义关系；另外由于没有否定词的存在，两句话中的对应单词是同义词。Courses 与 teaching 作为逻辑相关词，实际上都是在说关于教学的内容，因此修饰 courses 的形容词所表达的意思即是修饰 teaching 的形容词所具有的含义。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) prevent：（阻止）to hold or keep back : HINDER, STOP defy：（违抗）to challenge to do something considered impossible : DARE replicate：（复制）DUPLICATE, REPEAT inform：（构成核心）to give character or essence to use：（使用）the act or practice of employing something : EMPLOYMENT, APPLICATION
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q13) Mechanisms develop whereby every successful species can ______ its innate capacity for population growth with theconstraints that arise through its interactions with the natural environment. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) enhance replace produce surpass reconcile
KEY: E 1. 2.
关键字：that 引导定语从句进行修饰解释空格中应该填入一个动词，表示物种对于其种群增长与环境限制的动作，而这种限制是来自于物种与自
然环境的相互影响的。由于物种与自然的互动导致了限制，因而这种动作是一种会导致―妥协、限制、约束‖的动作。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) enhance：（增强）HEIGHTEN, INCREASE
replace：（代替）to take the place of especially as a substitute or successor produce：（产生）to give birth or rise to : YIELD surpass：（超越）to become better, greater, or stronger than : EXCEED reconcile：（妥协）to restore to friendship or harmony
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q17)
In the midst of so many evasive comments, this forthright statement, whatever its intrinsic merit, plainly stands out as ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) a paradigm a misnomer a profundity an inaccuracy an anomaly
KEY: E 1. 2. 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5].
关键字：填入对比性的词语表示对比★（特殊）空格中应填入一个名词，表示 forthright statement 与大环境相比较的地位结果。由于大环境是一种逃避
的语言，因此这种直白的话语与之相反，所以空格中应该填入一种―相
反‖、―相对‖的词语。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) a paradigm：（范例）EXAMPLE, PATTERN a misnomer：（误用名字）a use of a wrong or
inappropriate a profundity：（深刻）the quality or state of being profound or deep an inaccuracy：（不准确）the quality or state of being inaccurate an anomaly：（异常） something anomalous : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily
classified
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q18) The activists’ energetic work in the service of both woman suffrage and the
temperance movement in the late nineteenth century (i) ______ the assertion that the two movement were (ii) ______.
BLANK (i) (A) undermines (B) supports (C) underscores KEY: AE 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) diffuse (E) inimical (F) predominant
关键字：填入反义与对比性的词语表示转折与对比★（特殊）整个一句话没有反义关联元素没有否定词，因而应该是对应词语之间同义关系。Blank(i)中应该填入一个
动词，表示这些人对于 blank(ii)所应该填入的形容词的修饰两个运动之间的关系的态度。由于这些人同时参加了两个活动，因而这两个活动中有相同点。因此，这些人要么是对相同的特性做了正动作，要么对不同的特性做了负动作，依据选项判断。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A)
undermines：（削弱）to weaken or ruin by degrees (B) supports：（支持）to uphold or defend as valid or right : ADVOCATE (C) underscores：（强调）to make evident : EMPHASIZE, STRESS (D) diffuse：（分散的）not concentrated or localized (E) inimical：（对立的）being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence (F) predominant：（广泛的）having superior strength, influence, or authority : PREVAILING
(OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q19) There is nothing quite like this movie, and indeed I am not altogether sure there is much more to it than its lovely (i) ______. At a moment when so many films strive to be as (ii) ______ as possible, it is gratifying to find one thatis so subtle and puzzling.
BLANK (i) (A) peculiarity (B) pellucidity (C) conventionality KEY: AE 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) indirect (E) assertive (F) enigmatic
关键字：nothing 表示转折，“，+and”结构代替分号表示复指首先从
blank(i)入手，该空格应该填入一个名词，表示这部电影的一种属性。而由于前后两句话之间是通
过―，+and‖结构连接的，前后两句话是复指关系，句子之间同义，这前半句话是说没有任何其他电影与这部电影相像，因而后面也应该说这部电影―不同寻常‖；但是由于 nothing 的存在，对相关词语进行取反，对应词语应该是反义，为了体现―不同寻常‖，因而选取―不相像、特殊‖之意。 3. 对于
blank(ii)，其应该填入一个形容词，表示―其余‖或者说―主流‖电影的特点。这句话与前一句话之间没
有否定关联元素存在，因而继续上文中说这部电影―不同‖的特性，所以找到这部电影的特性进行取反就是―其他‖电影的特点。后面对这部电影的描述是―subtle & puzzling‖，因而选取其反义词，就是―直接的、缺乏细节的‖即可。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) peculiarity：（特殊性）the quality or state of being peculiar (B) pellucidity：（易懂性）easy to understand (C) conventionality：（传统性）a
conventional usage, practice, or thing (D) indirect：（不直接的）not direct (E) assertive：（直接的）disposed to or characterized by bold or confident assertion (F) enigmatic：（谜样的）of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : MYSTERIOUS
(GRE Official Site Sample Text Completion Questions Q3) The author's (i) ______ style renders a fascinating subject, the role played by luck in everyday life, extraordinarily (ii) ______.
BLANK (i) (A) soporific (B) lucid (C) colloquial KEY: AE 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) pedantic (E) tedious (F) opaque
关键字：render 表示因果关系在 blank(i)与 blank(ii)中军应该填入一个形容词，前者对于作者的写作风格进行修饰，而后者对于作者的
风格将一个有意思的主题变成的模样进行属性描述。由于 render 的存在，表示―导致‖，并且没有任何否定词在其之间存在，因而这两个形容词应该是同义或近义关系，看选项进行判断。 3. [1]. [2]. 词语解释： Render：（导致）to cause to be or become : MAKE (A) soporific：（无聊的、引人入睡的）tending to dull awareness or alertness
[3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7].
(B) lucid：（清晰明了的）clear to the understanding : INTELLIGIBLE ; synonyms see CLEAR (C) colloquial：（口语的）of or relating to conversation : CONVERSATIONAL (D) pedantic：（迂腐的）narrowly,
stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned (E) tedious：（乏味的）tiresome because of length or dullness : BORING (F) opaque：（晦涩难懂的）hard to understand or explain
(GRE Official Site Sample Text Completion Questions Q4) From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary
claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion — that of the _______ of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) promotion exploration surveying conservation appropriation
KEY: E 1. 2. 关键字：“be challenged by a contrary ?”表示对比空格中应该填入一个名词或名词性结构，表示另外一种说法对于海洋的一种属性的认知。两个半句之间
通过―be challenge by‖结构进行连接，因而前后两个半句话之间是反义关系，而在这里需要注意的是，―contrary‖用来修饰 notion 是进一步加强这种―不同‖的说法的，而不是对其二次取反，所以整个一句话虽然有两个反义结构，但应该视为一个大的反义结构进行处理。 3. 4. 所以前后 notion、concept 表示的是相反的观点，前面的说需要的是 freedom，那后面就应该是去除另外，请注意的是 D 选项 conservation 作为―保护‖讲，实际上是对于坏的东西有一种免疫的意味，但是
freedom 的意思。
对于是否自由没有提供任何依据。就比如，在自然保护区里面可以进行有规划的狩猎一样，只是避免过度狩猎的坏结果，但不一定是完全禁止狩猎。所以使用 E 选项最佳，表示一种―分离‖后去除其自由的态度。 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) promotion：（提升）the act or fact of being raised in position or rank : PREFERMENT exploration：（开发）the act or an instance of exploring surveying：（探查）
INSPECT, SCRUTINIZE conservation：（保护）a careful preservation and protection of something especially : planned appropriation：（占用）something that has been appropriated specifically : money set aside by
management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect formal action for a specific use
(GRE Official Site Sentence Equivalence Questions Q2) The corporation expects only _______ increases in sales next year despite a yearlong effort to revive its retailing business. (A) (B) (C) dynamic predictable expanding
(D) (E) (F)
modest slight volatile
KEY: DE 1. 2.
关键字：despite 表示转折空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰这家公司对于其销售增长的大小的态度。despite 表明前后两句话
的关系至转折关系，而两个半句中都没有任何否定词，因而相关对应词语之间是反义。而后半句中说这个公司努力振兴自己的零售业务，因而前面要表示反义，就直接写这个振兴工作不是很有效即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) dynamic：（动态的）marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change predictable：（可预计的）foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or
scientific reason expanding：（扩张的）to increase the extent, number, volume, or scope of : ENLARGE modest：（适度的）arising from or
characteristic of a modest nature slight：（细微的）small of its kind or in amount volatile：（波动的）characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q1) Dramatic literature often ______ the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the
important eventsthat have shaped and guided the culture. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) confounds repudiates recapitulates anticipates polarizes
KEY: C 1. 2. 3. 关系。 4. [1]. [2]. 前后两句话意思一致前半句：
Dramatic literature often __________ the history of a culture 表示 DL 对于一个文化的历史做出后半句：it takes as its subject matter the
important events that have shaped and guided the culture 实关键字：in that 表示因果关系，定语从句解释说明空格中应该填入一个动词，表示的是 DL 对于文化的历史所作出的动作。是否有反义？没有，所以分句与分句之间是同义关系；是否有否定？没有，因此空格与已知成分是同义
来一种动作
际上是 it takes the important events that have shaped and guided the culture as its subject matter，这句话又可以分为两个部分： [3]. [4]. 第一个层次：it takes the important events as its subject matter 说明 DL 主题所涉及到的东西都是一些重第二个层次：the important events that have shaped and guided the culture，这个后置定语从句对于 the
要的事件。
important events 进行修饰，说明这些重要事件对于历史的发展有着不可或缺的影响。
[5]. 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5].
因而结合这两个层面，说明 DL 所主要涉及的事件是对于历史的有着一种 shape & guide 的作用的，是对
于历史的发展有着不可或缺的影响的，因而其对于历史的表现是一种反映重点、体现核心的意味。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) confounds：（混淆）to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity repudiates：（因为有误而否定）a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as
unauthorized or recapitulates：（扼要重述）to repeat the principal anticipates：（预计、预知）to look forward to as certain : EXPECT polarizes：（分化）to break up into opposing factions or groupings
as having no binding force；b : to reject as untrue or unjust
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q2) Since she believed him to be both candid and trustworthy, she refused to consider the possibility that the statement had been ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) irrelevant facetious mistaken critical insincere
KEY: E 1. 2. 关键字：since 表示因果关系，both... and... 表示并列，refuse to 表示反义空格中应该填入一个形容词，表示―他‖的声明的一种属性。前后两句话之间是通过 since 连接的，表示前
后两句话因果同义，前一句话说这个女士相信这个男士是―candid and
trustworthy‖这样的正评价的，因而后半句话也应该说这个女士相信这个男士是―正评价‖的；但是由于―refuse to consider‖这一结构表示反义对其进行取反，因而女士为了保持与前一句话相同的态度，应该在后半句话中对―负评价‖持否定态度，于是空格中应该填入的词与句就是直接将前半句对于男士的评价取反即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) irrelevant：（不相关的）not relevant : INAPPLICABLE facetious：（滑稽的）meant to be humorous or funny : not serious mistaken：（误解）to identify wrongly : confuse with another critical：（批评的）of, relating to, or being a turning point or specially important juncture insincere：（不真诚的）not sincere : HYPOCRITICAL
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q3) Given how (i) ______ the shortcomings of the standard economic model are in its portrayal of human behavior, thefailure of many economists to respond to them is astonishing. They continue to fill the journals with yet more proofs of yet more (ii) ______ theorems. Others, by contrast, accept the criticisms as a
challenge, seeking to expand the basic model to embrace a wider range of things people do.
BLANK (i) (A) overlooked
BLANK (ii) (D) comprehensive
(B) occasional (C) patent KEY: CE 1. 2.
(E) improbable (F) pervasive
关键字：given 表示因果，continue、yet 表示递进从 blank(i)入手，这个空格应该填入一个形容词，用来描述标准经济模型缺点的特性。由于该空所在的这
句话以 given 作开头，表示―鉴于??‖，因而这里前后两个半句之间是同义关系，前文说的是缺点的特性，而后面说的是经济学家们对于这些缺点无动于衷令人―震惊‖。作为专业人士而言，对于明显的问题不做干涉的话才会使人感到―震惊‖，因而这些错误不是难以发现或者细小的问题，应该是―大‖或者―明显‖等类似特性的问题。 3. 再看 blank(ii)所在的句子，其与前文联系时没有任何表示反义的关联元素存在，因而与前文同义，还是
说问题明显或者是经济学家们犯错，或者二者兼有。然而主语是 they，指代的是经济学家，因而说这句话说的是关于经济学家们犯错的事情。 Continue、都表示递进关系， yet 所以在 blank(ii)中应该填入的就是―错误‖的同义词。 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7]. 词语解释： Yet：（进而??）in addition : BESIDES (A) overlooked：（被忽视的）a : to look past : MISS b : IGNORE 1 c : EXCUSE (B) occasional：（偶尔的）encountered, occurring, appearing, or taken at irregular or infrequent intervals (C) patent：（明显的）readily visible or intelligible : OBVIOUS (D) comprehensive：（全面的）covering completely or broadly : INCLUSIVE (E) improbable：（不可能的）unlikely to be true or to occur also : unlikely but real or true (F) pervasive：（遍布的）pervading or tending to pervade
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q4) There has been much hand – wringing about how unprepared American students are for college. Graff
reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. In his analysis, the university is largely (i) ______entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. Understandably, many students view academic life as (ii) ______ ritual.
BLANK (i) (A) primed for (B) opaque to (C) essential for KEY: BD 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) an arcane (E) a laudable (F) a painstaking
关键字：because 表示因果关系，understandably 表示顺承从 blank(i)入手，在这个空格中应该填入一个形容词，表示大学与它们所录取学生之间的一种关系，这种
关系在后面由 because 引导的这后半句话进行了解释说明，两句话是同义关系，同时―没有‖否定词的存在，对应词语之间是同义关系。依据因果关系―依因寻果‖的思路，我们直接可以从后面进行原因说明的部分了解前面应该填入什么样的词语，结果发现是大学对于学生种种特性―没有‖能够建立相关的联系，所以说，大学其实并―不了解‖其学生，因而空格中填入―不了解‖的同义词即可。 3. 再看 blank(ii)所在的那句话，其通过 understandably 对上文进行顺承连接，因而可以说前一句话说学校
与学生之间不了解的状态在这句话里得到了延续，因而对于学生而言，他们也一样―不了解‖自己的学校。
4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) primed for：（对??重要） (B) opaque to：（对??不透明） (C) essential for：（对??很重要） (D) an arcane：（神秘的）known or knowable only to the initiate : SECRET
broadly : (E) a laudable：（值得赞美）worthy of praise : COMMENDABLE (F) a painstaking：（勤勉的）taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
MYSTERIOUS, OBSCURE
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q5) The narratives that vanquished peoples have created of their defeat have, according to Schivelbusch, fallen into several identifiable types. In one of these, the vanquished manage to (i) ______ the victor’s triumph as the result of some
spurious advantage, the victors being truly inferior where it counts. Often the winners (ii) ______ this interpretation, worrying about the cultural or moral costs of their triumph and so giving some credence to the losers’ story.
BLANK (i) (A) construe (B) anoint (C) acknowledge KEY: AF 1. 2. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. 3.
BLANK (ii) (D) take issue with (E) disregard (F) collude in
关键字：―，+and”结构表示复指，现在分词表原因，and 表示并列简化句型： Vanquished peoples have created the narratives. The narratives have fallen into several identifiable types. In one of these, the
vanquished manage to (i) ______ the victor’s triumph is spurious, and prove that Often the winners (ii) ______ this interpretation and give some credence to the losers’从 blank(i)入手，其所在的句子虽然经过简化，但结构不变。Blank(i)中应该填入一个个动词，表示失败
thevictors are truly inferior. story, because theyworry about the cultural or moral costs of their triumph.
者所要对于胜利者的胜利所作的一个动作。而前后两个半句之间是通过―，+and‖结构连接的，构成复指关系，又没有否定词存在，所以直接在后半句中找寻对应词语的同义词填入即可。 4. 看 blank(ii)所在的句子，里面的―worrying??‖结构实际上是现在分词短语表示因果，其害怕的就是原因，
所以在 blank(ii)中填入一个动词，表示这些胜利者因为害怕而做的动作即可，这个动作其实来自于他们害怕道义成本过于高昂。但问题在于，即便是害怕道义成本高昂，但其动作的选择面也很广，所以接着看，发现有 and 表示并列，作为词语之间的关系，GRE 填空中的并列就意味着两个词语同义，因而选取―
give some credence to‖的同义词即可。 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4].词语解释： (A) construe：（诠释） understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with to (B) anoint：（如奉圣意般地选定、指定）to choose by or as if by divine election (C) acknowledge：（承认）to recognize the rights, authority, or status of (D) take issue with：（不同意）DISAGREE
respect to a given set of circumstances
[5]. [6].
(E) disregard：（忽视）to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice ; synonyms see (F) collude in：（暗暗同意）CONSPIRE, PLOT
NEGLECT
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q12) Early critics of Emily Dickinson’s poetry mistook for simplemindedness the surface of artlessness that she constructed with such ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) astonishment craft cunning innocence na veté vexation
KEY: BC 1. 2.
关键字：mistake 表示对比反义空格中应该填入一个名词或名词型结构，表示 ED 在完成其诗稿时候所进行的工作的属性。由于 mistook
的存在表示对比反义，因而人们认为 ED 这个人的诗歌是什么样的态度与其实际上要表示的内容是相反的。所以，找到人们认为的特点取反即是 ED 所作的事情的描述。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) astonishment：（令人讶异的事物）something that
astonishes : a cause of amazement or wonder craft：（技巧）skill in planning, making, or executing : DEXTERITY cunning：（技巧）dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (as skill or knowledge) innocence：（无辜）freedom from guilt or sin through being
unacquainted with evil : na veté：（天真）the quality or state of unaffected simplicity : ARTLESS, INGENUOUS vexation：（激怒）the quality or state of being vexed : IRRITATION
BLAMELESSNESS
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q13) The macromolecule RNA is common to all living beings, and DNA, which is found in all organisms except some bacteria, is almost as ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) comprehensive fundamental inclusive universal significant ubiquitous
KEY: DF 1.
关键字：“，+and”结构等同于分号表示复指，almost 表示递进
2. 3.
调整语序：
RNA is common to all living beings, and DNA is almost as ______ in all organisms except some bacteria. 根据调整语序后的句子，空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述 DNA 存在的范围的大小。前后两个半句之间通过―，+and‖结构连接表示复指关系，前后两句话同义。而由于 almost 表示递进，对于前后对应单词而言，后面一词的程度大于前面一词的程度。 4. 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 前面一句话中的 RNA 与后面一句话中的 DNA 实际是对应词语的关系，因而空格中填入比前面修饰 RNA
存在范围的形容词程度更深的词即可。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) comprehensive：（全面的、总括的）covering completely or broadly : INCLUSIVE fundamental：（基础的）serving as an original or generating source : PRIMARY inclusive：（宽泛的）broad in orientation or scope
universal：（普遍存在的）present or occurring everywhere significant：（有重要影响的）having or likely to have influence or effect :
IMPORTANT ubiquitous：无处不在的）（ existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered :
WIDESPREAD
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q14) While in many ways their personalities could not have been more different—she was ebullient where he was glum,relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was ________—they were surprisingly well suited. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) solicitous munificent irresolute laconic fastidious taciturn
KEY: DF 1. 2.
关键字：while 表示转折，破折号解释说明空格中应该填入一个形容词，是对于 he 的属性的描述。是否有反义？有，while 表示尽管，虽然；分句
之间反义关系；是否有否定？没有，对应词语之间反义关系。对应如颜色，破折号表示一种解释说明、修饰的作用，因此破折号中间的部分应该表现
different 的效果。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) solicitous：（殷勤）manifesting or expressing
solicitude munificent：（大度）characterized by great liberality or generosity irresolute：（犹豫不决）uncertain how to act or proceed : VACILLATING laconic：（寡言） using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming fastidious：（挑剔苛求）having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please taciturn：（寡言）temperamentally disinclined to talk
rude or mysterious
(PowerPrep II Section 2 Q15) Even in this business, where ______ is part of everyday life, a talent for lying is not something usually found on one’s resumé. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) aspiration mendacity prevarication insensitivity baseness avarice
KEY: BC 1. 2. 3.
关键字：even 表示转折通过调换语序，本题能够更方便地得出结论。转换语序如下：A talent for lying is not something usually
found on one’s resumé, even in business where ______ is part of everyday life. 空格中应该填入一个名词或名词性结构，表示一种在该职业中司空寻常的东西。前后两句话之间通过 even 连接，表示―即便是、哪怕‖的
转折含义，因而前后两句话之间是反义关系，不过由于存在一个否定词 not，因而前后两句话的对应词语之间是同义关系。 4. 前半句话说的是说谎的能力是否容易被发现的情况，前半句说撒谎的能力不容易被发现，那后半句与之
取反，就是说撒谎的能力司空寻常，由于―part of everyday life‖就表示称为日常生活的一部分，因而空格中应该填入的就是―说谎的能力‖。 5. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)
aspiration：（抱负）a strong desire to achieve something high or great mendacity：（扯谎）LIE prevarication：（说谎）to deviate from the truth : EQUIVOCATE ; synonyms see LIE insensitivity：（迟钝）not responsive or susceptible baseness：（卑微）low in place or position avarice：（贪婪）excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : GREEDINESS, CUPIDITY
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q1) In the 1950s, the country’s inhabitants were ______: most of them knew very little about foreign countries. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) partisan erudite insular cosmopolitan imperturbable
KEY: C 1. 2.
关键字：冒号解释说明，little 表示否定空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述这些居民的一种属性，前后两句话之间通过冒号连接，因而后半
句话是对于前半句话的解释说明，前后同义，因而直接把后半句话中对于 them 的描述搬到前面就行了。解释部
分说的是这些人们对于外界了解的程度，通过 little 进行否定以后，说明这些人对于外界知之甚少，所以他们的特点就是―不了解外界‖，选取相应词语即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) partisan：（偏袒的）blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance erudite：（饱学的）possessing or displaying erudition : LEARNED insular：（狭隘的、地域性的）characteristic of an isolated people; especially : being, having, or
reflecting a narrow provincial viewpoint cosmopolitan：（有全球视野的） having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing imperturbable：（不受打扰的）marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : SERENE
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q2) With the 1985 discovery of an ozone hole over Antarctica, an international ban on the production of
chlorofluorocarbons– implicated in causing the ozone hole – began to appear ______, especially since chemical companies’ opposition to
such a ban had weakened. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) imprudent fortuitous premature imminent unlikely
KEY: D 1. 2.
关键字：with 表示因果关系，破折号解释说明，ban 表示否定空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述对于禁止氟氯碳化合物生产的禁令的出台的一种态度。With 结构
可以表示伴随，但在这里用作因果关系了解起来更有效，而这个 with 结构所表示的―原因‖是臭氧层已经产生空洞了，而这些氟氯碳化合物的作用，通过破折号解释说明，就是来破坏臭氧层的，因此对于禁止其生产，应该持有一种正态度，故选取一个支持的态度填入即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) imprudent：（轻率的、鲁莽的）not
prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment fortuitous：（偶然的）occurring by chance premature：（早熟的）happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper, usual, or imminent：（迫在眉睫的）ready to take place especially : hanging threateningly over one's head unlikely：（不太可能的）not likely : IMPROBABLE
intended time
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q3) The (i) _____ nature of classical tragedy in Athens belies the modern image of tragedy: in the modern view tragedy is austere and stripped down, its representations of
ideological and emotional conflicts so superbly compressed that there’s nothing (ii) ______ for time to erode.
BLANK (i) (A) unadorned (B) harmonious
BLANK (ii) (D) inalienable (E) exigent
(C) multifaceted KEY: CF 1. 2.
(F) extraneous
关键字：belie表示反义，冒号表示解释说明，“so ? that ?”表示因果从 blank(i)入手，该空应该填入一个形容词，用来描述 classical tragedy in Athens 的一个特性，而后面紧跟的 belies 是一个表示反义的标志词，因此 classical tragedy in Athens 与 modern image of tragedy 是截然相反的，选取现代悲剧的特性的反义词填入即可。而这个特点由冒号进行解释说明，其后的部分与前面要表达的意思一致，所以从冒号后面说现代悲剧是―austere &
stripped down‖的，即―简洁的、没有波折顺下来的‖，所以雅典的经典悲剧是―不简洁的‖。 3.
而 blank(ii)所在句子中，有―so ? that ?‖结构存在，视其为因果关系，而 blank(ii)中应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰 nothing，即没有 blabla 被侵蚀。这一结果来自于 compressed 这样一个原因，即剧目十分紧凑，所以说，缺乏的是―不紧凑、多余‖的部分。
4. [1].
词语解释： Belie：（证明??为假、不同于??、掩饰） a : to give a false impression of； : to present an appearance 1 b
not in agreement with；2 a : to show (something) to be false or wrong b : to run counter to : CONTRADICT； 3 : DISGUISE [2]. SIMPLE [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7]. (B) harmonious：（和谐的、中庸的）marked by accord in sentiment or action (C) multifaceted：（多重的）many : multiple : much（not austere） (D) inalienable：（不可离间的、不可挑拨的）incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred (E) exigent：（要求多的）requiring or calling for much : DEMANDING (F) extraneous：（多余的）not forming an essential or vital part (A) unadorned：（未经修饰的、朴实无华的）not adorned : lacking embellishment or decoration : PLAIN,
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q5) Of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of Captain Clark’s journals knows that the Captain was one of the most (i) ______ spellers ever to write in English, but despite this (ii) ______ orthographical rules, Clark is never unclear.
BLANK (i) (A) indefatigable (B) fastidious (C) defiant KEY: CD 1. 2.
BLANK (ii) (D) disregard for (E) partiality toward (F) unpretentiousness about
关键字：but、despite、never 表示转折先从 blank(ii)入手，blank(ii)中应该填入一个动词或动词词组，用来表示 CC 这个人对于 orthographical rules 的态度。请注意，这里两句话是―despite this (ii) ______ orthographical rules, Clark is never unclear‖而非―but despite this (ii) ______ orthographical rules, Clark is never unclear‖，因而两句话之间是反义关系，但是由于存在一个否定词 never，故对应词语之间应该是同义关系。对应词语是 blank(ii)与 unclear，而 orthographical rules 是指拼写正确的
词语，因而只有在 blank(ii)中填入一个负态度，才能表明 CC 这个人不愿好好拼写。 3.
而对于 blank(i)，其中应该填入一个形容词，描述 CC 是什么样的一个拼写者。Blank(i)所在的句子与后面的半句话之间通过两个表示转折的词语 but 与 despite 连接，因而这两句话之间的对应单词之间也应该是同义关系。所以，后一句话的 blank(ii)中说 CC 不好好拼写，前一句话也要体现相同的含义。
4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7].
词语解释： Orthographical：（拼写正确的）correct in spelling (A) indefatigable：（不倦的）incapable of being fatigued : UNTIRING (B) fastidious：（挑剔的）having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please (C) defiant：（无视正统的人）full of defiance : BOLD (D) disregard for：（无视??） (E) partiality toward：（对??的偏爱） (F) unpretentiousness about：（谦虚）free from ostentation, elegance, or affectation : MODEST
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q13) The ex-minister’s real crime, in the eyes of his ______ political friends who subsequently abandoned him, was not so much that he was wrong as that he raised questions that must not be raised. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) erstwhile proxy false self – styled onetime surrogate
KEY: AE 1. 2. 关键词：定语从句修饰解释（，not so much as ?结构表示对比）空格中应该填入一个形容词，描述这个前首相的政治伙伴是什么样子的政治伙伴。由于后面有定语从句进行修饰，直接选取与定语从句中所体现意思相同的选项填入即可，定语从句中说这些伙伴最终抛弃了前首相，所以是―之前的、从前的‖或类似含义的政治伙伴。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) erstwhile：（从前的）in the past : FORMERLY proxy：（代理的）of, or relating to the authority or power to act for another false：（假的）not genuine self – styled：（自封的）called by oneself onetime：（曾经的）FORMER, SOMETIME surrogate：（代替）to put in the place of another
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q14) Dreams are ______ in and of themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer. (A) (B) astonishing disordered
(C) (D) (E) (F)
harmless inscrutable revealing uninformative
KEY: DF 1. 2. 3. 4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
关键字：but 表示反义直接对比。前后两句话是就 dreams 在不同情况下所能表述的内容进行的对比，由于 but 的存在使得两句话之间意思相反。后半句说 dreams 与其他信息结合的情况下可以提供更多关于 dreamer 的信息，而前半句话说 dreams 在单独被使用情况下的效果，则应该取相反意思，即―没有什么效果‖。词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) astonishing：（令人震惊的）causing astonishment : SURPRISING disordered：（混乱的）marked by disorder harmless：（无害的）free from harm, liability, or loss
inscrutable：（无法理解的）not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : MYSTERIOUS revealing：（有深刻见解的）allowing a look at or an understanding of something inner or hidden : uninformative：
（提供很少信息的）providing little or no information; not informative
INSIGHTFUL
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q15) International financial issues are typically ______ by the United States media because they are too
technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) neglected slighted overrated hidden criticized repudiated
KEY: AB 1. 2. 3. 关键字：because 表因果、and表并列，“too ? to ?”结构表示否定，who 引导定语从句修饰解释空格中应该填入一个动词过去分词表示国际金融类的故事被美国媒体所对待的态度。前半句话说的是国际金融问题被对待的态度，后半句由 because 连接，两个分句之间应该是同义关系。依据因果关系―依因寻果‖的做题方法，发现后面连用了两个―too ? to ?‖结构表示一种―太??而不能??‖的意思：这类的新闻太过―technical‖而不能用来编制吸引人的标题，同时又太过―inaccessible‖而不能让非专业的人士理解。所以说，给予的原因都是负面的原因，因而作者、包括美国媒体在内，实际上并不看好这些类型的新闻，因而填入一个―不重视‖态度即可。 4. [1]. [2]. 词语解释： (A) (B) neglected：（忽略）to give little attention or respect to : DISREGARD slighted：（轻视）to treat as slight or unimportant : make light of
[3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
(C) (D) (E) (F)
overrated：（高估）to rate, value, or estimate too highly hidden：（隐藏）a : to put out of sight : SECRETE b : to conceal for shelter or protection : SHIELD criticized：（批评）to find fault with : point out the faults of repudiated：（因为有误而否定）a : to refuse to
accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or
as having no binding force；b : to reject as untrue or unjust
(PowerPrep II Section 4 Q16) Despite the pride that the play’s
characters take in their worldly-wise absence of illusions, they are not above a degree of unjustified ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) prevarication satisfaction self-flattery affectation narcissism indolence
KEY: CE 1. 2.
关键字：despite 表示转折空格中应该填入一个名词，表示这些人实际的一种状态。前后两句话之间通过反义关联元素 despite 连接，两句话之间是反义，但由于否定词 not above a degree of 的存在，对应词语之间是同义词关系。前面说这些 play’s characters 对自己很骄傲，所以后面也写他们对自己骄傲即可。
3. [1]. LIE [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) prevarication：（支吾其词，不说真话）to deviate from the truth : EQUIVOCATE ; synonyms see
satisfaction：（满足）he quality or state of being satisfied : CONTENTMENT self-flattery：（自恋）the glossing over of one's own weaknesses or mistakes and the exaggeration affectation：（虚饰）the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural narcissism：（自恋）love of or sexual desire for one's own body indolence：（懒惰）inclination to laziness : SLOTH
of one's own good qualities and achievements to oneself or not genuinely felt
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 3 Q2) It is his dubious
distinction to have proved what nobody would think of denying, that Romero at the age of sixty-four writes with all the characteristics of ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) maturity fiction inventiveness art brilliance
KEY: A 1. 2. 3. [1]. [2]. story [3]. [4]. [5]. (C) inventiveness：（发明能力）adept or prolific at producing inventions : CREATIVE (D) art：（艺术）a : the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of (E) brilliance：（杰出）the quality or state of being distinguished by unusual mental keenness or
关键字：with 表示解释说明（伴随）空格中应该填入一个名词，表示 R 这个人创作时在作品中体现的特点，而这个特点是与其年龄伴随而来的（with），其 64 岁的年龄带给他的特点就是―成熟‖。词语解释： (A) (B) maturity：（成熟）the quality or state of being mature especially : full development fiction：（虚构故事）something invented by the imagination or feigned specifically : an invented
aesthetic objects also : works so produced b (1) : FINE ARTS (2) : one of the fine arts (3) : a graphic art alertness
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 3 Q5) Stories are a haunted genre; hardly (i) ______ kind of story, the ghost story is almost the
paradigm of the form, and (ii) ______ was undoubtedly one effect that Poe had in mind when he wrote about how stories work.
BLANK (A) a (B) a (C) a KEY: AE 1. 2.
(i) debased normative meticulous
BLANK (ii) (D) pessimism (E) goose bumps (F) curiosity
关键字：分号、“，+and”结构表示复指，hardly 表示否定，almost 表示递进先从 blank(i)入手，节选出其所在部分：
hardly (i) ______ kind of story, the ghost story is almost the
paradigm of the form 这两个短句之间通过 hardly 引导，表示两句话之间取反。两句话主语一致，因此 blank(i)中应该填入的对于这种故事的描述与后半句中的描述相反，后面说这些故事是―paradigm‖，是―典范、样本‖，是一种正评价，因此在前面我们就应该填入一个负评价与之对应取反。 1. 而对于 blank(ii)，里面应该填入一个名词或名词性结构。由于；与―，+and‖结构表示同一种意思，因而可以简化为： Stories are a haunted genre; (ii) ______ was undoubtedly one effect that Poe had in mind when he wrote about how stories work. 这两句话之间是复指关系，前文所说内容在后文中完全体现，因而前一句话中说有些文学作品是描写鬼魂的，后面就直接将鬼故事的特点搬上来填入即可。 1. [1]. [2]. [3]. 词语解释： (A) a debased：（低级的）lower in status, esteem, quality, or character (B) a
normative：（标准的）conforming to or based on norms (C) a meticulous：（一丝不苟的）marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment
of details
[4]. [5]. [6].
(D) pessimism：（悲观主义）an inclination to emphasize adverse
aspects, conditions, and possibilities or (E) goose bumps：（鸡皮疙瘩） roughness of the skin produced by erection of its papillae especially from a (F) curiosity：（引人入胜）one that arouses interest especially for uncommon or exotic characteristics
to expect the worst possible outcome cold, fear, or a sudden feeling of excitement
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 3 Q17) Since becoming commissioner, Mr. Vincente has snapped at the heels of the dominant firms in
European industry more ______ than his smoother predecessors and has consequently acquired many more enemies. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)
sporadically irascibly persistently pugnaciously fitfully judiciously
KEY: BD 1. 2. 关键字：特殊时间对比，more than 结构对比，consequently 表示因果关系空格中应该填入一个副词，表示这个 V 先生对于改变欧洲企业的根基方面做法的程度。由于―more ? than ?‖与 predecessor 均表示对比，选取较强的结构对比即可，V 先生与他的前任之间的态度不同，将两者态度取反即可。前任是 smooth 的，因此 V 先生不是 smooth 的，但具体填的词语我们应该从后面的因果关系得出，consequently 引导的是结果，依据因果关系―依果寻因‖的做法，这个人与好多人结了梁子，因此这个人态度不好，不易相处，选取这样的词语填空即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7]. [8]. 词语解释： Snap：（变革）to undergo a sudden and rapid change (as from one condition to another) Heel：（根基）a rear, low, or bottom part (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) sporadically：（偶尔地、零星地）occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances irascibly：（暴怒地）marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger persistently：（持续地）existing for a long or longer than usual time or continuously pugnaciously：（易怒地）having a quarrelsome or combative nature : TRUCULENT fitfully：（断断续续地）having an
erratic or intermittent character : IRREGULAR judiciously：（明智地）having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment : DISCREET
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 3 Q19) Economic competition among nations may lead to new forms of economic protectionism that hearken back to the mercantilism of an earlier age: there are signs today that such protectionism is indeed ______. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) evanescent resurgent recrudescent transitory controversial (F)
inimical
KEY: BC 1. 2. 3.
关键字：冒号解释说明空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述贸易保护主义的特点。前后两个半句话之间通过冒号连接，构成解释说明关系，故前后两个半句之间是同义。又因没有否定词存在，所以对应单词之间也是同义关系。前面半句话中定语从句中描述的是这个贸易保护主义的特点，后面直接将这个特点再次重复即可。这个特点就是―重复过去‖，因此填入―重复‖等相近意思即可。
4. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6].
词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) evanescent：（易逝的）tending to vanish like vapor ; synonyms see TRANSIENT resurgent：（复活的）undergoing or tending to produce resurgence recrudescent：（复发的）breaking out again : RENEWING transitory：（易逝的）of brief
duration : TEMPORARY ; synonyms see TRANSIENT controversial：（引起争端的）of, relating to, or arousing controversy inimical：（敌视的）having the disposition of an enemy : HOSTILE
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 4 Q2) Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960s portrayed him as______ thinker, eager to fill the young with his
political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) an adventurous a doctrinaire an eclectic a judicious a cynical
KEY: B 1. 2. 关键字：far from 表示转折，定语从句解释说明空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述 J 这个人是什么样的一个 thinker。这句话中前面的两个半句通过
far from 连接表示句子之间的否定，而由于没有否定词存在，两句话的对应词语之间应该是反义关系，但是前半句话中说这个 J 是 skeptical but
enlightened，可是选项中没有直接与之对应的词语，因此进一步向下看有没有相关线索。结果发现其实最后一个半句实际上是定语从句，因而直接把定语从句的意思照搬即可，就是这个人一味灌输―orthodoxy‖给别人，是一个学究一样的人。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) an adventurous：（创新的）INNOVATIVE a doctrinaire：教条主义的 of, relating to, or
characteristic of a doctrinaire : DOGMATIC ; synonyms （ an eclectic：（折衷的）selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles
see DICTATORIAL
[4]. [5].
(D) (E)
a judicious：（明智的）having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment : DISCREET ; a cynical：（犬儒的）having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic
synonyms see WISE
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 4 Q5) The playwright’s approach is (i) ______ in that her works (ii) ______ the theatrical devices normally used to create drama on the stage.
BLANK (i) (A) pedestrian (B) startling (C) celebrated KEY: BD 1. 2. 关键字：in that 表示因果关系
BLANK (ii) (D) jettison (E) experiment with (F) distill
在 blank(i)中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述这个剧作家的特点，而在 blank(ii)中应该填入一个动词，表
示这个剧作家对于惯常使用的剧目手法的态度。这前后两个半句之间通过 in that 连接构成因果关系，因而前后两句话意思一致，剧作家对于常用手法的态度导致了他自己的特点。因而根据选项搭配来确定最终内容。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) pedestrian：（平庸的）COMMONPLACE, UNIMAGINATIVE (B) startling：（惊诧人的）causing momentary fright, surprise, or astonishment (C) celebrated：（知名的）widely known and often referred to ; synonyms see FAMOUS (D) jettison：（抛弃）to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering (E) experiment with：（拿??做实验）TEST, TRIAL (F) distill：（过滤蒸馏）to let fall, exude, or precipitate in drops or in a wet mist
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 4 Q16) The vegetation at Stone Mountain, the best known of the large rock masses known as monad
nocks, is far from______, having been decimated by the hiking traffic. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) blighted endangered picturesque pristine undisturbed vulnerable
KEY: DE 1. 2. 关键字：far from 表示转折空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述 MN 的特点，而由于 far from 存在进行取反，这个特点与后面的
分词伴随结构所体现的意思相反。后面说这个东西被―decimated‖——―严重损毁‖了，所以说选一个―没有受损‖的意思填进去就可以了。 3. 词语解释：
[1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. [7].
Decimate：（严重伤害）to cause great destruction or harm to (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) blighted：（枯萎）suffer from or become affected with blight endangered：（危及）to bring into danger or peril picturesque：（生动的）evoking mental images : VIVID pristine：（纯净的）not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted (as by civilization) : PURE undisturbed：（纯净的）not touched, moved, or used by anyone vulnerable：（脆弱的）capable of being physically or emotionally wounded
(Revised GRE Practice Book Section 4 Q19) Once White stepped down
from a political platform, where his daring, ______ speeches provoked baying applause from audiences, he was courteous and considerate even to politicians he had just slandered in the speech. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) florid defamatory calumnious inveigling timorous diffident
KEY: BC 1. 2.
关键字：时间对比空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰 speech。在这句话中，―once‖表示―一旦??，当??‖之意，因而前后两句分句之间是前后时间的对比，white 这个人在
前后态度不同。而看后面的分句，其中说 white 这个人现在是 courteous & considerate，是一对正评价，因而前面用来形容 white 的应该是负评价，同时这种负评价也应该体现在他的 speech 中。具体是应该填什么词修饰他的 speech，我们继续向后面看，说到 he had just slandered in the speech，也就是说，这个人过去用 speech 来 slander 别人，因而为了形容其过去的 speech，填入 slander 的同义词即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) florid：（完全发展的）fully developed : manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome defamatory：（诽谤的）the act of defaming another : CALUMNY
calumnious：（诽谤的）a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation inveigling：（诱人的）to win over by wiles : ENTICE
timorous：（胆怯的）of a timid disposition : FEARFUL diffident：（不自信的）hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
(2006 Sample Test Q1) It is truly paradoxical that the Amazon, the
lushest of all rainforests, is rooted in the most ______ of all soils. (A) (B) (C) (D) acidic coarse stark impoverished
(E) (F)
infertile austere
KEY: DE 1. 2.
关键字：paradoxical 表示对比空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来描述土壤的特性，而 Paradoxical 存在的情况下，立即对于前后对应的
句子意思取反即可。因此发现只有两个形容词之间能够进行这样的反义对应，所以就选取 lush（丰富、肥沃的）的反义词即可。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) acidic：（酸性的）ACID coarse：（粗糙的）loose or rough in texture stark：（光秃秃的）having few or no ornaments : BARE impoverished：（贫瘠的）of a fauna or
flora : represented by few species or individuals infertile：（贫瘠的）not fertile or productive austere：（简朴的）markedly simple or unadorned
(2006 Sample Test Q2) Cynics believe that people who ______
compliments do so in order to be praised twice. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) conjure up covet deflect grasp shrug off understand
KEY: CE 1. 2. 关键字：in order to 表示目的（因果）空格中应该填入一个动词或动词词组，表示人们对于表扬的做法。而这些人的对于赞扬的态度导致了他
们对于表扬的做法，他们的终极目标——in order to——被别人多表扬，因而为了被多表扬，其实开始时候他们对于表扬应该是一种―负‖态度——欲擒故纵，从而让人多多表扬。 3. [1]. [2]. [3]. [4]. [5]. [6]. 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) conjure up：（想象）IMAGINE, CONTRIVE ― often used with up covet：（觊觎）to desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably deflect：（放弃）to turn aside : DEVIATE grasp：（抓牢）to make the motion of seizing : CLUTCH shrug off：（放弃）to remove (a garment) by wriggling out understand：（理解）to grasp the meaning of
(2006 Sample Test Q3)
A restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however, despite this restaurant’s ______ appearance it ispedestrian in the menu it offers. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) elegant tawdry modern traditional conventional chic
KEY: AF 1. 2. 关键字：分号表示复指、however 与 despites 表示转折空格中应该填入一个形容词，用来修饰这个酒店的外观的样子。前后两句话之间虽