2014年gre填空题辅导

ough Mount Saint Helens has been more during the last 4,500 years than any others volcano in the coterminous United States, its long dormancy before its recent eruption its violent nature.

(A) Awe-inspiring

(B) Explosive

(C) Gaseous

(D) Confirmed

(E) Suggested

(F) Belied

Answer: B F

Coterminous共边界的。

Awe-inspiring令人畏惧的(与狂暴无必然联系)，explosive爆炸性的，gaseous气体的，confirm确信，suggest说明，belie掩盖。

Belie: 证明…为假;与…相反;掩盖;揭示。(揭示与掩盖为反义同根)

翻译：尽管在过去的4500年中，SH火山比其它与美国共边界的火山更加易于爆发，但在它最近喷发之前的长期的休眠状态掩盖了他狂暴的属性。

Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current of Smiths valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the of present-day economics.

(A) Disregard

(B) Presumptuousness

(C) Relevance

(D) Outgrowths

(E) Precursors

(F) Vestiges

Answer: C E

时间关系题目，特征是题目矛盾对比不明确，解决方案是比权重、比位置高下、比大小。先判断第2空，根据时间逻辑，AD的贡献是当前经济学的先驱。

Disregard漠视，presumptuousness放肆、傲慢，relevance相关性，outgrowths结果，precursors前驱，vestiges后果、遗迹。

More A than B：更多的是A，而不仅仅是B(强调A>B，而不是强调A否定B)

翻译：AS的国富论至今仍然值得一读，更多的是为了欣赏它与当前经济学的相关性，而不仅仅是把它看成当前经济学的先驱。

spoke of superfluous and matters with exactly the same degree of intensity, as though for him serious issues mattered neither more nor less than did .

(A) Vital

(B) Humdrum

(C) Redundant

(D) Essentials

(E) Outcomes

(F) Trivialities

Answer: A F

Exactly the same degree of和neither more nor less than表示前后内容等价。

第1句的matters有两个属性，superfluous和第1空，第2句的matters也有两个属性，serious和第2空，互为对应即可。所以，第1空与serious同义，第2空与superfluous同义。

As though就像。superfluous多余的，累赘的(琐碎的)。

As though = as if，好像、仿佛。

Vital至关重要的，humdrum单调的，redundant冗余的，essentials基本的，outcomes成果，trivialities琐碎。

翻译：J用完全相同的力度谈到了琐碎和至关重要的.话题，就像对他来说严肃的话题和琐碎的话题没什么区别一样。

rienced and proficient, Susan is a good, trumpeter, her music is often more satisfying than Carol’s brilliant but playing.

(A) Mediocre

(B) Amateur

(C) Reliable

(D) Inimitable

(E) Influential

(F) Erratic

Answer: C F

第1空与experienced and proficient同义，填正评价词汇。第2空与第1空反义，填负评价词汇。

Mediocre平凡的，amateur业余的，reliable让人信赖的，inimitable无法效仿的，influential有影响的，erratic不稳定的。

翻译：S经验丰富而且水平很高，是一个优秀并且让人放心的小号手，她的音乐通常比C响亮但却飘忽不定的演奏更令人满意。

by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a solution to the company’s financial woes.

(A) fair

(B) temporary

(C) genuine

(D) realistic

(E) provisional

(F) complete

Answer: B E

Fair公平的，temporary临时的，realistic现实的，provisional临时的，complete完全的。

ough Johnson great enthusiasm for his employees project, in reality his interest in the project was so as to be almost non-existent.

(A) Generated

(B) Demanded

(C) Feigned

(D) Preemptive

(E) Redundant

(F) Perfunctory

Answer: C F

Generated造成，demanded命令，feigned伪装，preemptive抢占、占先，redundant冗余，perfunctory做事不认真、敷衍了事。

翻译：尽管J在他的员工项目上伪装出巨大的热情，而实际上，在这个项目上，他的兴趣是如此敷衍了事，以至于几乎不存在。

“impostor syndrome” often afflicts those who fear that true self-disclosure will lower them in others esteem; rightly handled, however, may actually ones standing.

(A) Affection

(B) Candor

(C) Willfulness

(D) Enhance

(E) Efface

(F) Jeopardize

Answer: B D

Impostor骗子。Disclosure揭露。

Affection影响、爱，candor坦诚，willfulness故意，enhance提升，efface消除，jeopardize危害。

翻译：骗子综合症总折磨那些担心真正的自我曝光会降低别人对他们尊重程度的人，但如果恰当处理的话，坦诚事实反而会增强一个人的地位。