2012新GRE考試 填空例題解答一

字號(hào):

Vainand prone to violence,Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i) ______ as an artistincreased, the more (ii) ______ hislife became.
    

    BLANK (i)
    

    BLANK (ii)
    

    (A) temperance
    

    (D) tumultuous
    

    (B) notoriety
    

    (E) providential
    

    (C) eminence
    

    (F) dispassionate
    

    KEY:CD
    1.關(guān)鍵字:冒號(hào)
    2.確定blank1中應(yīng)該填入一個(gè)名詞,表示C作為一名藝術(shù)家在某一方面的成績(jī),blank2中應(yīng)該填入一個(gè)形容詞,表示C的生活的變化形式;
    3.發(fā)現(xiàn)句子中有冒號(hào),可以推斷句子前后兩部分是一種解釋說(shuō)明的關(guān)系,即句子前后兩部分意思一致,前半句說(shuō)C對(duì)于成功的把握很差,而且傾向于暴力;則后半句也應(yīng)該是同樣的意思;
    4.在后半句中,as an artist increased應(yīng)該對(duì)應(yīng)的是“成功”的意思,從blank1中選出“eminence”,而his life became,對(duì)應(yīng)的是其傾向于暴力的部分,從blank2中選出“tumultuous”。
    5.詞語(yǔ)解釋:
    [1].(A) temperance:(抑制、溫和)moderation in action, thought, orfeeling : RESTRAINT
    [2].(B) notoriety:(臭名昭著)the quality or state of being widelyand unfavorably known
    [3].(C) eminence:(聲名顯赫)onethat is eminent, prominent, or lofty
    [4].(D) tumultuous:(暴力的)markedby violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval
    [5].(E) providential:(神意的)of, relating to, or determined by Godconceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny
    [6].(F) dispassionate:(冷靜的)not influenced by strong feeling
    (OGText Completion Sample Questions 3)
    Inparts 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 hiddensea.
    (A) permanently
    (B) imperceptibly
    (C) irregularly中華考試網(wǎng)
    (D) precariously
    (E) relentlessly
    KEY:B
    1.關(guān)鍵字:So … that …
    
  2.“So … that …” 結(jié)構(gòu),that后面的部分對(duì)于so后面的詞進(jìn)行解釋說(shuō)明,其表示的是arcitic附近的某些冰層向海中伸出的程度,如果僅僅說(shuō)是能夠讓人行走的話,選項(xiàng)中沒(méi)有合適的詞語(yǔ)進(jìn)行對(duì)應(yīng),因而,形容的是給人們的一種感覺(jué),對(duì)應(yīng)部分如顏色標(biāo)注。
    3.詞語(yǔ)解釋:
    [1].(A) permanently:(永久地)continuing or enduringwithout fundamental or marked change : STABLE
    [2].(B) imperceptibly:(不被察覺(jué)地)not perceptible by a sense or by the mind
    [3].(C) irregularly:(不規(guī)則地)lacking continuity orregularity especially of occurrence or activity中華考試網(wǎng)(www.Examw。com)
    [4].(D) precariously:(不安全地、隨意地)dependent on chancecircumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
    [5].(E) relentlessly:(無(wú)情地、殘酷地)showing or promising noabatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace