新GRE考試歷年填空真題四

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1. It is true that the seeds of some plants have ----
    after two hundred years of dormancy, but reports
    that viable seeds have been found in ancient
    tombs such as the pyramids are entirely----
    (A) revived.. empirical
    (B) germinated.. unfounded
    (C) endured.. irrelevant
    (D) erupted.. reasonable
    (E) proliferated.. substantiated
    2. Even though many persons in the audience
    jeered the star throughout the play, she ---- 來自www.Examw.com
    curtain calls.
    (A) refused all
    (B) adored some
    (C) delayed several
    (D) appeared for
    (E) balked at
    3. The most technologically advanced societies
    have been responsible for the greatest ----;
    indeed, savagery seems to be in direct proportion
    to ----.
    (A) wars.. viciousness
    (B) catastrophes.. ill-will
    (C) atrocities.. development
    (D) inventions.. know-how
    (E) triumphs.. civilization
    4. The combination of ------and ------ in
    Edmund’s speech can be starting, especially when
    he slyly slips in some juicy vulgarity amid the
    mellifluous circumlocutions of a gentleman of the
    old school.
    (A) tact.. innocence
    (B) raciness.. ribaldry
    (C) piousness.. modesty
    (D) elegance.. earthiness
    (E) propriety.. bashfulness
    5. For many young people during the Roaring
    Twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American
    culture ---- a wanderlust to provoke an exodus
    abroad.
    (A) stymied
    (B) overwhelmed
    (C) reflected
    (D) combined with
    (E) conflicted with