GRE出国考试模拟试题16
SECTION 6
Time—30 minutes
38 Questions
1. Some activists believe that because the health-care system has become increasingly____ to those it
serves, individuals must ____ bureaucratic impediments in order to develop and promote new therapies.
(A) attuned.. avoid
(B) inimical.. utilize
(C) unresponsive ..circumvent
(D) indifferent.. supplement
(E) sensitized.. forsake
2. The acts of vandalism that these pranksters had actually ____ were insignificant compared with those they had ____ but had not attempted.
(A) hidden .. renounced
(B) advocated .. meditated
(C) inflicted .. dismissed
(D) committed .. effected
(E) perpetrated .. contemplated
3. Though one cannot say that Michelangelo was an impractical designer, he was, of all nonprofessional
architects known, the most ____ in that he was the least constrained by tradition or precedent.
(A) pragmatic
(B) adventurous
(C) empirical
(D) skilled
(E) learned
4. Before adapting to changes in values, many prefer to ____, to ____ the universally agreed-on principles that have been upheld for centuries.
(A) innovate .. protect
(B) resist ..defend
(C) ponder .. subvert
(D) vacillate ..publicize
(E) revert .. ignore
5. Although the records of colonial New England are ____ in comparison with those available in France
or England, the records of other English colonies in America are even more ____.
(A) sporadic.. irrefutable
(B) sparse.. incontrovertible
(C) ambiguous.. authoritative
(D) sketchy.. fragmentary
(E) puzzling .. unquestionable
6. High software prices are frequently said to ____ widespread illegal copying, although the opposite
that high prices are the cause of the copying is equally plausible.
(A) contribute to
(B) result from
(C) correlate with
(D) explain
(E) precede
7. Because early United States writers thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, they ____ the vernacular.
(A) dissected
(B) avoided
(C) misunderstood
(D) investigated
(E) exploited
8. OBSTRUCT: PROGRESS::
(A) reveal: information
(B) polish: illumination
(C) implicate: guilt
(D) inspire: artistry
(E) stunt: growth
9. INTERVIEW: APPLICANT::
(A) recital: pianist
(B) exercise: athlete
(C) audition: actor
(D) manuscript: writer
(E) flight plan: pilot
10. COMBUSTIBLE: IGNITE::
(A) impermeable: saturate
(B) impenetrable: pierce
(C) malleable: shape
(D) rigid: stretch
(E) sterile: extract
11. SLACKEN: TENSION::
(A) rarefy: expansion
(B) blunt: sharpness
(C) obscure: cloudiness
(D) quicken: animation
(E) oscillate: rotation
12. BIGOT: TOLERANCE::
(A) scoundrel: misdeed
(B) liar: honesty
(C) brat: annoyance
(D) outcast: respect
(E) snitch: information
13. IMPROVEMENTS: MASTERY::
(A) efforts: exertion
(B) savings: wealth
(C) performance: talent
(D) practice: intention
(E) diversification: proficiency
14. DILETTANTE: SUPERFICIALITY
(A) partisan: bias
(B) crusader: passivity
(C) libertarian: authority
(D) champion: restlessness
(E) sage: argumentativeness
15. WINNOW: CHAFF
(A) ferment: alcohol
(B) skim: cream
(C) pare: fruit
(D) refine: oil
(E) filter: impurities
16. STANZA: LINE
(A) essay: theme
(B) scene: monologue
(C) play: vignette
(D) volume: issue
(E) concert: program