新GRE考試指南：填空題部分解析
1. It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be ______.
A. predictable 可預言的
B. unexpected 意外的，意想不到的
C. admirable 令人欽佩的
D.explicit 明確的
E.confusing 令人困惑的
題型：反義轉折 on the other hand
思路：1.題目邏輯結構 -A= on the other hand, B相當於 A=-B
2.A= no surprise, 所以 B= surprise
3.選項B是正確答案
2.Like Bela Bartok, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composer’s acumen to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked (i) ______ the task. This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details of a performance in a written text, and this (ii) ______ makes her work a landmark in ethnomusicology.
Blank(i) A. reverence for 對…尊敬
B. detachment from 對…持有冷漠或超然的態度
C. curiosity about 對…好奇
Blank(ii) D. fastidious 挑剔的，難以取悅的
E. didacticism 喜歡教訓人，教訓主義
F.iconoclasm 反傳統，打破舊習
(i) 題型：同義遞進 not only, also
思路：1.not only A, also B, 相當於A=B
2.空格(i)= acumen，所以最能和acumen(敏銳，聰明)構成同義遞進只有選項A。
(ii) 題型：同義並列 and
思路：1.C, and D, 相當於C=D
2.this*空格(ii)= her agonizing(苦苦思索)…
3.空格(ii)最近接選項D
3.Political advertising may well be the most (i) ______ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii) ______, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
Blank(i) A. polemical 有爭議的
B. effective 有效的
C. deceptive 欺詐的.
Blank(ii) D.interchangeable 可互換的
E. dissimilar 不相似的
F.vocal 聲音的
(i) 題型：同義解釋
思路：1.A:B,yet C 相當於 A=Not C
2.空格(i)= hide important differences behind smoke screens,能夠體現“煙幕之有重大不同之處”同義重複的選項只有C。
(ii) 題型：反義
思路：1.A:B,yet C 相當於B=Not C
2.句意是“政治候選人們通常(ii) ______，但他們的競選廣告在笑容和空洞口號煙幕之後都隱藏著重大的不同。”
3.最優選項為B。句意連貫起來“(儘管)政治候選人們不盡相同，但他們(所有人)的競選廣告在笑容和空洞口號煙幕之後都隱藏著重大的不同(指政治許諾與真正目的不一致)。
4.Richard M. Russell said 52 percent of the nation’s growth since the Second World War had (i) ______ invention. He said, (ii) ______ research, the government’s greatest role in assuring continuing innovationis promoting a strong, modern patent office. “Unless we can (iii) ______ original ideas, we will not have invention,” Mr.Russell said. Speculating on the state of innovation over the next century, several inventors agreed that the future lay in giving children the tools to think creatively and the motivation to invent.
Blank(i) A.been at the expense of 以…為代價
B.no bearing on 與…無關
C. come through 透過…而來
Blank(ii) D.in addition to restricting 除了限制之外
E.aside from supporting 除了支援之外
F. far from exaggerating 完全不誇大
Blank(iii)G. evaluate 評價
H.protect 保護
I. disseminate 散佈
這道題通讀之後，先選擇關係最明確的空格(iii)來做
(iii) 題型：反義重複
思路：1. Unless A, B 相當於 A= Not B
2. 因為B=not have invention, 所以空格(iii)*original ideas=have invention
3.只有選H,protect(保護)原創創意，我們才能有發明。
(i) 題型：同義並列重複
思路：1.因為末句表達的主旨是“創造和發明是好的”，也就是對保護髮明進行了正評價。所以第一至第三句與末句呈同義並列重複關係。
2，空格(i)符合“創造和發明是好的”含義的選項只有C。
(ii) 題型：同義並列重複
思路： 1. 空格(ii)也要表達“創造和發明是好的”的正評價態度，並且空格(ii)和“assuring continuing innovation”的施動主語都是”the government”。
2.所以空格(ii)和“assuring continuing innovation”為同義重複。所以只有E為正確答案。
5, Statements presented as fact in a patent application are (i) ______ unless a good reason for doubt is found. The invention has only to be deemed “more likely than not” to work in order to receive initial approval. And, although thousands of patents are challenged in court for other reasons, no incentive exists for anyone to expend effort (ii) ______ the science of an erroneous patent. For this reason the endless stream of (iii) ______ devices will continue to yield occasional patents.
Blank(i) A. presumed verifiable 被假設為可被證實的
B.carefully scrutinized 被仔細審查的
C. considered capricious 被認為反覆無常的
Blank(ii) D.corroborating 證實，支援
E.advancing 促進
F. debunking 揭穿
Blank(iii)G. novel 新的
H. bogus 偽造的
I. obsolete 廢棄的，過時的
(i) 題型：反義重複
思路：1. Unless A, B 相當於 A= Not B
2. 因為B= a good reason for doubt is found(可以被質疑)，所以空格(i)= 不可被質疑。所以選項A為正確答案。
(ii) 題型：反義轉折重複
思路：1.although A, B相當於 A=Not B
2.A= patents are challenged, B= no incentive exists …to expend effort (ii) ______
3，空格(ii)=challenged，所以選項F.debunking(揭穿)為正確答案
(iii) 題型：同義因果重複
思路：1.因為A, 所以B 相當於A=B
2. A=沒有人有incentive去揭穿錯誤專利
3.選項H, bogus(偽造的)最接近A能導致的結果，也就是“不斷地會有偽造的裝置不斷產生不必然的專利”
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