4月gre考試:gre填空題的應(yīng)用技巧(二)

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    相對于GRE閱讀來說,GRE填空題是可以下功夫得高分的一種題型,在GRE verbal每個section的38道題當(dāng)中,填空題占了7道題。下面我們一起來看一下GRE填空題滿分解題技巧。
    在談GRE填空題技巧之前要注意自己的基礎(chǔ),首先是詞匯是基礎(chǔ),記住GRE詞匯書上的百分之八、九十的詞匯;其次,很好的閱讀理解能力和清晰的邏輯頭腦。這是最基本的兩點。詳細(xì)的解題方法如下:
    3. 對于含義晦澀的句子,判斷語氣或感情色彩是有效地解決方法,有時候甚至是唯一的方法。
    Johnson never ___ to ignore the standards of decent conduct mandated by company policy if ___ compliance with instructions from his superiors enabled him to do so, whatever the effects on his subordinates.
    A. deigned.. tacit B. attempted.. halfhearted C. intended.. direct
    D. scrupled.. literal E. wished.. feigned
    這句話對于英語閱讀能力較差的學(xué)生來說,通過正常的閱讀理解來做還是有些難度的。但是如果注意到whatever the effects on his subordinates(無論對下級產(chǎn)生什么影響)的語氣,就可以判斷第一空格填入后應(yīng)表示johnson干的不是什么好事,唯一符合這一判斷的是D選項。
    Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater ___ their efforts to build a progressive party than the ___ of the progressives already elected to the legislature.
    A. support for.. advocacy B. threat to.. promise C. benefit from.. success
    D. obstacle to.. resistance E. praise for.. reputation
    如果知道encounter的正確用法,就可以判斷第一空格應(yīng)填入一個負(fù)面色彩的詞,這樣就輕松排除了A、C、E三個選項,結(jié)合后面的意思來看,只能選D。
    Although ___ is usually thought to spring from regret for having done something wrong, it may be that its origin is the realization that one's own nature is irremediably ___.
    A. contrition.. resilient B. certitude.. confident C.skepticism.. innocent
    D. remorse.. flawed E. resignation. frivolous
    第二空格被副詞irremediably(不可救藥地)修飾,根據(jù)這個詞帶出的語氣可以判斷第二空格應(yīng)填入一個負(fù)面色彩的詞,符合這一判斷的只有D、E兩個選項。第一空格remorse的意思完全地對應(yīng)“regret for having done something wrong”,故選D。
    Any language is a conspiracy against experience in the sense that it is a collective attempt to ___ experience by reducing it into discrete parcels.
    A. extrapolate B. transcribe C. complicate D. amplify E. manage
    這句話如果沒有看過相關(guān)背景的書籍幾乎是不可理解的,但是我們可以通過語氣和感情色彩的判斷來排除錯誤的選項,最終剩下一個看不出錯的選項,也就是正確選項了。因為語言是對抗經(jīng)驗的陰謀(conspiracy against),所以空格應(yīng)填入一個負(fù)面色彩的動作,只有C選項(使復(fù)雜化、使變得麻煩)和E選項(manage除了中性的經(jīng)營管理之外,還可以表示負(fù)面的操縱控制)符合這一判斷。結(jié)合方式狀語by reducing(減少、分解、簡化)來看,C選項應(yīng)被排除,最后剩下仍然看不懂句意的E選項就對了。
    4.推理判斷時注意避免發(fā)散思維
    Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases; consequently, hereditary diseases that are ___ would be expected to be very ___, but, surprisingly, they are not.
    A. lethal.. rare B. untreated.. dangerous C. unusual.. refractory
    D. new.. perplexing E. widespread.. acute
    根據(jù)consequently提示的上下因果關(guān)系我們可以判斷第一空格應(yīng)填入severe的同義或反義,表示嚴(yán)重或不嚴(yán)重的詞只有A選項。B選項表示未曾治療的,D不用說了。C、E兩個選項其實和是否嚴(yán)重沒有關(guān)系,很多時候干擾選項的設(shè)置上利用了我們的習(xí)慣思維不縝密的、容易想當(dāng)然的弱點。很多人會認(rèn)為不尋常的、很少見的疾病就是嚴(yán)重的,尋常的、隨處可見的疾病就是不嚴(yán)重的。但是只要稍微想一下就知道這里面沒有任何必然的關(guān)系。
    Although ___, almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong ___ publicity and controversy.
    A. conventional.. interest in B. monotonous.. reliance on C. shy.. aversion toward
    D. retiring.. penchant for E. evasive.. impatience with
    第二空格根據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系顯然只能選A、D兩個選項,第一空格會有很多人覺得A選項可以選,因為覺得傳統(tǒng)的人就是不喜歡拋頭露面的,不喜歡與人爭吵的。同樣只要想想就該知道這里面沒有任何必然的關(guān)系,并且即便我們中國傳統(tǒng)的人真是這樣,這里也沒說他是中國人。這種干擾選項的設(shè)置路數(shù)和上一道題的感覺是完全一樣的。
    Considering how long she had yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously ___.
    A. meditative B. tepid C. categorical D. unoriginal E. insightful
    干擾選項的設(shè)置和上兩道題完全一樣,A選項的沉思冥想并不表示她所應(yīng)具有的高興振奮的態(tài)度的相反,正確選項應(yīng)為B選項(微溫的,缺乏熱情或激情的),直接表明了與興奮激動的態(tài)度的相反特征。