GRE出国考试模拟试题5

    GRE出国考试模拟试题5

    SECTION 4

    Time –30 minutes

    38 Questions

    1. Since most if not all learning occurs through----, relating one observation to another, it would be strange indeed if the study of other cultures did not also illuminate the study of our own.

    (A) assumptions

    (B) experiments

    (C) comparisons

    (D) repetitions

    (E) impressions

    (A) specialization.. barriers between

    (B) decline.. associations among

    (C) redundancy.. complacency in

    (D) disrepute.. concern for

    (E) promulgation.. ignorance among

    3. If a species of parasite is to survive, the host organ- isms must live long enough for the parasite to ---- ; if the host species becomes----, so do its parasites.

    (A) atrophy.. healthy

    (B) reproduce.. extinct

    (C) disappear.. widespread

    (D) succumb.. nonviable

    (E) mate.. infertile

    4. The author argues for serious treatment of such arts as crochet and needlework, finding in too many art historians a cultural blindness --- to their ---- textiles as a medium in which women artists pre- dominate.

    (A) traceable.. prejudice against

    (B) opposed.. distrust of

    (C) referring.. need for

    (D) reduced.. respect for

    (E) corresponding.. expertise in

    5. Those who fear the influence of television deliberately ------ its persuasive power, hoping that they might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social change from being widely disseminated.

    (A) promote

    (B) underplay

    (C) excuse

    (D) laud

    (E) suspect

    6. Because the high seriousness of their narratives

    resulted in part from their metaphysics, Southern

    writers were praised for their ---- bent.

    (A) technical

    (B) discursive

    (C) hedonistic

    (D) philosophical

    (E) scientific

    7. Far from being ----, Pat was always ---- to

    appear acquiescent.

    (A) unctuous.. loath

    (B) brazen.. reluctant

    (C) ignoble.. concerned

    (D) obsequious.. eager

    (E) gregarious.. willing

    8. CHUCKLE: LAUGHING::

    (A) uproar: shouting

    (B) whisper: speaking

    (C) hum: whistling

    (D) lecture: conversing

    (E) murmur: mimicking

    9. PARAGRAPH: ESSAY::

    (A) object: verb

    (B) phrase: preposition

    (C) interjection: parenthesis

    (D) clause: sentence

    (E) colloquialism: expression

    10. STUPOR: ALERT::

    (A) rebellion: defiant

    (B) despair: hopeful

    (C) expectation: unfulfilled

    (D) circumspection: careful

    (E) ennui: listless

    11. PAEAN: JOY::

    (A) dirge: grief

    (B) oratory: persuasion

    (C) aria: opera

    (D) chant: choir

    (E) lecture: instruction

    12. RENEGADE: ALLEGIANCE::

    (A) revolutionary: reform

    (B) aesthete: discernment

    (C) apostate: faith

    (D) politician: challenge

    (E) criminal: imprisonment

    13. DEVOTED: ZEALOUS::

    (A) affectionate: demonstrative

    (B) animated: lively

    (C) rabid: extreme

    (D) objective: indifferent

    (E) careful: fastidious

    14. VESTIGE: REMAINDER::

    (A) figurine: statue

    (B) knife: cutlery

    (C) hub: wheel

    (D) angle: slope

    (E) inventory: goods

    15. EPHEMERAL: ENDURE::

    (A) insensitive: cooperate

    (B) infirm: react

    (C) ineffectual: proceed

    (D) inelastic: stretch

    (E) inflammable: ignite

    16. MISDEMEANOR: CRIME::

    (A) interview: conversation

    (B) lapse: error

    (C) oath: promise

    (D) rebuke: criticism

    (E) vendetta: feud