GRE出国考试的试题：GRE北美试题4

   1. Because its average annual rainfall is only about four inches, one of the major tasks faced by the country has been to find ----sources of water.
    (A) discontinuous
    (B) natural
    (C) supplementary
    (D) pervasive
    (E) initial
    2. Both television commercials and programs present ---- view of the material world, one which promotes a standard of living that most of us can probably not attain.
    (A) an unrealistic
    (B) an imprudent
    (C) a standardized
    (D) a perplexing
    (E) a banal
    3. Although it is unusual to denounce museum- goers for not painting, it is quite common, even for those. who are unenthusiastic about sports, to criticize---- for athletic----.
    (A) artists.. ignorance
    (B) spectators.. inactivity
    (C) athletes.. snobbery
    (D) scholars.. apathy
    (E) commentators.. partiality
    4. Because the order in which the parts of speech appear in the sentences of a given language is decided merely by custom, it is---- to maintain that every departure from that order constitutes a ----of a natural law.
    (A) traditional.. transformation
    (B) conventional.. transgression
    (C) necessary.. prototype
    (D) unjustifiable.. violation
    (E) unreasonable.. formulation
    5. Most people are shameless ---- where the very rich are concerned, ---- curious about how they get their money and how they spend it.
    (A) prigs.. secretly
    (B) critics.. endlessly
    (C) voyeurs.. insatiably
    (D) exhibitionists.. blatantly
    (E) ingrates.. selfishly
    6. Some biologists argue that each specifically human trait must have arisen gradually and erratically, and that it is therefore difficult to isolate definite----in the evolution of the species.
    (A) fluctuations
    (B) generations
    (C) predispositions
    (D) milestones
    (E) manifestations
    7. Ultimately, the book's credibility is strained; the slender, though far from -----, web of evidence presented on one salient point is expected to support a vast ---- of implications.
    (A) unconvincing.. cacophony
    (B) nonexistent.. superstructure
    (C) indispensable.. array
    (D) intricate.. network
    (E) imposing.. compendium
    8. SKETCH: PAINGING::
    (A) outline: essay
    (B) apparatus: experiment
    (C) set: play
    (D) graph: report
    (E) rebuttal: debate
    9. GEAR: TOOTH::
    (A) hammer: anvil
    (B) bolt: nut
    (C) sprocket: chain
    (D) girder: rivet
    (E) screw: thread
    10. EXECUTOR: WILL::
    (A) soldier: order
    (B) predecessor: desire
    (C) benefactor: award
    (D) inheritor: estate
    (E) author: testimonial