GRE出国考试模拟试题10

    GRE出国考试模拟试题10

    1. Though ---- to some degree, telling a small lie

    sometimes enables one to avoid ---- another’s

    feelings.

    (A) necessary.. mollifying

    (B) regrettable.. harming

    (C) unfortunate.. exaggerating

    (D) attractive.. considering

    (E) difficult.. resisting

    2. Perhaps because scientists have been so intrigued by

    dogs’ superior senses of smell and hearing, researchers

    have long ---- their eyesight, assuming that they

    inhabit a drab, black-and-white world, devoid of

    color.

    (A) studied

    (B) coveted

    (C) appreciated

    (D) resented

    (E) underestimated

    3. Despite a string of dismal earnings reports, the

    two-year-old strategy to return the company to

    profitability is beginning to ----.

    (A) falter

    (B) disappoint

    (C) compete

    (D) work

    (E) circulate

    4. The President reached a decision only after lengthy

    ------, painstakingly weighing the ----opinions

    expressed by cabinet members.

    (A) deliberation.. divergent

    (B) confrontation.. unanimous

    (C) relegation.. consistent

    (D) speculation.. conciliatory

    (E) canvassing.. arbitrary

    5. Although just barely ---- as a writer of lucid prose,

    Jones was an extremely ---- editor who worked

    superbly with other writers in helping them improve

    the clarity of their writing.

    (A) deficient.. muddling

    (B) proficient.. contentious

    (C) adequate.. capable

    (D) appalling.. competent

    (E) engaging.. inept

    6. The accusations we bring against others should be

    ---- ourselves; they should not ---- complacency

    and easy judgments on our part concerning our own

    moral conduct.

    (A) definitions of.. produce

    (B) instructions to.. equate

    (C) denigrations of.. exclude

    (D) warnings to.. justify

    (E) parodies of.. satirize

    7. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be

    liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicog-

    rapher is therefore unable to render spelling, in a

    great measure, ----.

    (A) arbitrary

    (B) superfluous

    (C) interesting

    (D) flexible

    (E) constant

    8. ELEGIAC: SORROW::

    (A) polemical: resolution

    (B) fictional: humor

    (C) devotional: reverence

    (D) didactic: inspiration

    (E) literary: emotion

    9. ROSTRUM: ORATOR::

    (A) stage: audience

    (B) bench: judge

    (C) shelf: clerk

    (D) municipality: citizen

    (E) crosswalk: pedestrian

    10. MISUNDERSTOOD: CLARIFY

    (A) fanatical: espouse

    (B) popular: renounce

    (C) fantastic: shock

    (D) erroneous: retract

    (E) conspicuous: flaunt

    11. REFINERY: PETROLEUM::

    (A) mill: grain

    (B) mine: ore

    (C) warehouse: merchandise

    (D) generator: electricity

    (E) forest: lumber

    12. TEDIOUS: ENERGY::

    (A) avaricious: satisfaction

    (B) fractious: irritation

    (C) disturbing: composure

    (D) improbable: ambition

    (E) informed: intelligence

    13. GRACEFUL: MOVEMENT::

    (A) euphonious: sound

    (B) forbidding: countenance

    (C) ephemeral: duration

    (D) melodramatic: emotion

    (E) vibrant: color

    14. BRAVURA: PERFORMANCE::

    (A) extravagant: expenditure

    (B) elaborate: oration

    (C) foreseeable: outcome

    (D) thorough: analysis

    (E) resplendent: appearance

    15. BADGER: BOTHER::

    (A) persecute: injure

    (B) haunt: remember

    (C) belabor: mention

    (D) quibble: argue

    (E) censure: evaluate

    16. CONGRUENT: DIMENSIONS::

    (A) convenient: time

    (B) coordinate: axis

    (C) conglomerate: parts

    (D) coincident: chance

    (E) coeval: age