GRE出国考试模拟试题1

    GRE出国考试模拟试题1

    1.A computer program can provide information in ways

    that force students to --- learning instead of being

    merely ---- of knowledge.

    (A) shore up .. reservoirs

    (B) accede to .. consumers

    (C) participate in .. recipients

    (D) compensate for.. custodians

    (E) profit from .. beneficiaries

    2. The form and physiology of leaves vary according to

    the ---- in which they develop: for example, leaves

    display a wide range of adaptations to different

    degrees of light and moisture.

    (A) relationship

    (B) species

    (C) sequence

    (D) patterns

    (E) environment

    3. One theory about intelligence sees ---- as the

    logical structure underlying thinking and insists that

    since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well.

    (A) behavior.. inactive

    (B) instinct.. cooperative

    (C) heredity.. thoughtful

    (D) adaptation.. brutal

    (E) language.. mindless

    4. Though ---- in her personal life, Edna St. Vincent

    Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually

    producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a

    day.

    (A) jaded.. feckless

    (B) verbose.. ascetic

    (C) vain.. humble

    (D) impulsive.. disciplined

    (E) self-assured.. sanguine

    5. The children's ---- natures were in sharp contrast

    to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.

    (A) mercurial

    (B) blithe

    (C) phlegmatic

    (D) introverted

    (E) artless

    6. By ---- scientific rigor with a quantitative approach,

    researchers in the social sciences may often have ---

    their scope to those narrowly circumscribed topics that

    are well suited to quantitative methods.

    (A) undermining.. diminished

    (B) equating.. enlarged

    (C) vitiating.. expanded

    (D) identifying.. limited

    (E) imbuing.. broadened

    7. As early as the seventeenth century, philosophers

    called attention to the ---- character of the issue,

    and their twentieth-century counterparts still approach

    it with ----.

    (A) absorbing.. indifference

    (B) unusual.. composure

    (C) complex.. antipathy

    (D) auspicious.. caution

    (E) problematic.. uneasiness

    8. TRIPOD: CAMERA::

    (A) scaffolding: ceiling

    (B) prop: set

    (C) easel: canvas

    (D) projector: film

    (E) frame: photograph

    9. AQUATIC: WATER::

    (A) cumulus: clouds

    (B) inorganic: elements

    (C) variegated: leaves

    (D) rural: soil

    (E) arboreal: trees

    10. EMOLLIENT: SUPPLENESS::

    (A) unguent: elasticity

    (B) precipitant: absorption

    (C) additive: fusion

    (D) desiccant: dryness

    (E) retardant: permeability

    11. DRAW: DOODLE::

    (A) talk: whisper

    (B) travel: ramble

    (C) run: walk

    (D) calculate: add

    (E) eat: gobble

    12. CONSPICUOUS: SEE:

    (A) repulsive: forget

    (B) prohibited: discount

    (C) deceptive: delude

    (D) impetuous: disregard

    (E) transparent: understand

    13. IMMATURE: DEVELOPED::

    (A) accessible: exposed

    (B) theoretical: conceived

    (C) tangible: identified

    (D) irregular: classified

    (E) incipient: realized

    14. PERSPICACITY: ACUTE::

    (A) adaptability: prescient

    (B) decorum: complacent

    (C) caprice: whimsical

    (D) discretion: literal

    (E) ignorance: pedantic

    15. PLAYFUL: BANTER::

    (A) animated: originality

    (B) exaggerated: hyperbole

    (C) insidious: effrontery

    (D) pompous: irrationality

    (E) taciturn: solemnity

    16. QUARANTINE: CONTAGION::

    (A) blockage: obstacle

    (B) strike: concession

    (C) embargo: commerce

    (D) vaccination: inoculation

    (E) prison: reform