GRE出国考试模拟试题20
SECTION 2
Time- 30 Minutes
38 Questions
1. As businesses become aware that their advertising must____ the everyday concerns of consumers, their commercials will be characterized by a greater degree of ____.
(A) allay...pessimism
(B) address...realism
(C) evade....verisimilitude
(D) engage…fancy
(E) change...sincerity
2. Because the lawyer's methods were found to be ____, the disciplinary committee ____ his privileges.
(A) unimpeachable...suspended
(B) ingenious...withdrew
(C) questionable...expanded
(D) unscrupulous...revoked
(E) reprehensible...augmented
3. People of intelligence and achievement can nonetheless be so ____ and lacking in ____ that they
gamble their reputations by breaking the law to further their own ends.
(A) devious...propensity
(B) culpable...prosperity
(C) obsequious...deference
(D) truculent... independence
(E) greedy... integrity
4. A number of scientists have published articles ____ global warming, stating ____ that there is no solid scientific evidence to support the theory that the Earth is warming because of increases in greenhouse gases.
(A) debunking...categorically
(B) rejecting...paradoxically
(C) deploring...optimistically
(D) dismissing...hesitantly
(E) proving...candidly
5. The senator's attempt to convince the public that she is not interested in running for a second term is as ____ as her opponent's attempt to disguise his intention to run against her.
(A) biased
(B) unsuccessful
(C) inadvertent
(D) indecisive
(E) remote
6. MacCrory's conversation was ____: she could never tell a story, chiefly because she always forgot it, and she was never guilty of a witticism,
unless by accident.
(A) scintillating
(B) unambiguous
(C) perspicuous
(D) stultifying
(E) facetious
7. Despite its many ____, the whole-language philosophy of teaching reading continues to gain ____ among educators.
(A) detractors...notoriety
(B) adherents...prevalence
(C) critics…currency
(D) enthusiasts...popularity
(E) practitioners… credibility
8. CENSUS: POPULATION
(A) interrogation : guilt
(B) survey : price
(C) interview : personality
(D) questionnaire : explanation
(E) inventory : stock
9. AUTHENTICITY : FRAUDULENT
(A) morality : utopian
(B) intensity : vigorous
(C) sincerity : hypocritical
(D) particularity : unique
(E) plausibility : narrated
10. VARNISH : GLOSSY
(A) sharpen : blunt
(B) measure : deep
(C) sand : smooth
(D) approximate : precise
(E) anchor : unstable